We have several exciting Digital Events on the horizon for the latter half of 2026! We also know calendars and diaries fill up quickly, especially when approaching the holiday season. Below you will find the topics, dates, and speakers of our upcoming digital events.

All events take place on a Friday ...

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A Professional Development Workshop -
RSVP is pleased to kick off our fall Digital Events series by welcoming our 2026 conference committee members Jessica Valdez, Caroline Jones, and Sharin Schroder for a Professional Development Workshop on Conferences and Conferencing. Our speakers will give ...

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Special Issue of Victorian Periodicals Review on "Movements and Migration" - The nineteenth century was marked by unprecedented migration. People were forcibly or semi-forcibly relocated; traveled temporarily for pleasure or for work; and emigrated to escape war, famine, economic instability, or other crises. As people moved across Britain and the globe, they ...

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We are delighted to announce the shortlist for the 2026 Robert & Vineta Scholarly Book Prize! The Colby Book Prize recognizes book-length scholarship published during the preceding year that most advances our understanding of the nineteenth-century press of Britain and its empire. The committee has shortlisted the following three books for their excellent scholarship on periodicals of the long nineteenth century. The winner will be ...

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Join us for an action-packed month of digital fun in June! We’re kicking off summer with a series of digital events throughout the month, including a few pre-conference panel and a collaborative event co-hosted with the Empire & Colonialism Caucus of the North American Victorian Studies Association (NAVSA) ...

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This is the third and final part of our three-part Interview Series on "Getting Started in Periodical Poetry Research," continuing a conversation between GRIPS representative Gillian Walters and long-time RSVP Board member and supporter, Linda K. Hughes. ...

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The Research Society for Victorian Periodicals invites those attending the upcoming 2026 conference of the Association of Canadian College and University Teachers of English (ACCUTE) to our sponsored panel, Rethinking the Profession of Journalism and Authorship in/through Periodical Studies" on June 4 at 10:30 a.m. local time. Recent work on nineteenth-century periodicals (including newspapers and magazines), invites ...

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A Collaboration Between RSVP and NAVSA's Empire & Colonialism Caucus RSVP and the Empire & Colonialism Caucus of the North American Victorian Studies Association (NAVSA) came together to organize a joint Pick-a-Periodical event and Caucus Salon on Friday, June 12 featuring Dr. Gigi Tang. Participants learned about the periodical South […]

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Getting Started in Periodical Poetry Research: Part 2 - This is Part 2 of our three-part interview with Linda K. Hughes, in conversation with GRIPS representative Gillian Walters. Their conversation naturally coalesced around discussing the past, present, and future of periodical poetry research. We continue here with ...

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Our May Digital Event - RSVP is thrilled to welcome all the past winners of the RSVP/Victorian Periodicals Review (VPR) Expanding the Field Prize: Sourav Chatterjee (Rice), Nilkantha Pal (Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali), and Tarini Bhamburkar (Bristol). This roundtable, ...

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