Research Society for Victorian Periodicals (RSVP)

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Join us at MMU on Wednesday 2nd April, for an exciting afternoon of papers, including my new research on the Punch Almanack with Sonja Lawrenson @RS4VP @BAVS_PGs #unlockingthearchive

ICYMI, our latest #RSVPDigEv with Stephan Pigeon is now available on YouTube! Stephan's talk gave us all much to think about not only the #19thcpress but also periodical studies and journalism history. Thank you, Stephan, and to all who attended! youtu.be/964UeHfuzqM

There's still time to get your Leary Grant proposal in! Leary Grants provide a single researcher or a team of researchers with💰 to build resources that enhance our understanding of the #19thC press. Applications are due *March 15* at 11:59 p.m. PST! rs4vp.org/awards/leary-g…

☎️Calling all recent PhD's! There's still time to submit your 2024 dissertation for our Mitchell Prize, but the deadline is coming up fast! Applications are due Saturday, Mar. 1, so ⏰ is of the essence! rs4vp.org/awards/mitchel…

Join our #RSVPDigEv team next week to hear from Stephan Pigeon about the formation & goings-on of the Institute of Journalists! We'll convene on the usual day (Friday, Feb. 28) at the usual time (8am PT/11am EST/4pm UK/5pm CET). Hope to see you there! rs4vp.org/making-the-ins…

Ronnie needs you! The Lord Ronald Gower Diaries transcription project is gaining traction, but needs more volunteers. Please retweet! fromthepage.com/lord/ronald @thevicsoc @VictorianWeb @Daily_Victorian @longvictorian2 @DecadentStudies @DigiVictorian @RS4VP @CentreVictorian @NW_L1

Check your mailbox for a new issue of VPR! This double issue is packed with exciting scholarship, including our VanArsdel and Expanding the Field Prize winners and a Roots of RSVP interview with Brian Maidment. muse.jhu.edu/issue/54262 @RS4VP

Did you defend your dissertation in 2024? Did it enhance our knowledge of the #19thC press? You may be eligible for our Mitchell Dissertation Prize! Submissions are open through March 1 - a scant two weeks away! More details can be found on our website: rs4vp.org/awards/mitchel…

Do you have an innovative idea for advancing periodicals research? Do you need 💰 to make this idea a reality? Consider applying for our annual Patrick Leary Field Development Grant! Applications are open through March 15. More details on our website: rs4vp.org/awards/leary-g…

📢Last call for Colby Book Prize nominations for your favorite new book on #19thC periodicals! Amongst other rewards, winners are invited to give our annual Colby lecture and of course, receive all laud and adulation. Submit your choice here: rs4vp.smapply.io/prog/Colby/

@LearNonsense's latest book, The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective (Yale UP, 2024) tells the story of real #19thC women who worked as detectives who inspired within the Victorian popular press. Thanks for #sharingyournews with us, Sara! rs4vp.org/new-book-victo…

Just a quick reminder that our Colby Book Prize nominations are coming due next week! Tell us about your best periodicals read from this past year by Friday, January 31. Authors are welcome to self-nominate as well. More info on our website: rs4vp.org/awards/colby-p…

Hot off the digital presses! Check out our first #RSVPDigEv recording of the year, hosted earlier today! We kicked off the year celebrating the Edinburgh Companion to British Colonial Periodicals (2024). Check it out! youtu.be/BvjWabb-yOE

@LucySussex You can check the table of contents here: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-the-edinb…

@RS4VP Does it include the Australian Journal? I have a co-written biography of AJ detective writer Mary Fortune out in Feb.

#RSVPDigEv is ready for 2025! Join us Friday, Jan. 17 at 8am PT/11am ET/4pm UK/5pm CET for a book launch of The Edinburgh Companion to British Colonial Periodicals (2024)! We'll hear from the editors and several contributors, and hope to see you there too! rs4vp.org/new-year-a-new…

Delighted to announce the publication of Volume 6 Issue 2 of Victorian Popular Fictions - a special issue on Victorian Transfictions and Transmedia Storytelling, edited by Erica Haugtvedt and Beth Palmer. victorianpopularfiction.org/publications/1…

📢Last call for Curran Fellowship applications! Curran Fellowships are travel grants designed to help facilitate research on primary source materials. Completed applications are due *TODAY* at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time! Submit your application here: rs4vp.smapply.io/prog/Curran/

Just a reminder to join us for our first #RSVPDigEv of 2025 next Friday! We're celebrating The Edinburgh Companion to British Colonial Periodicals (2024), the first-ever volume to consider the colonial periodical press's impact on the Empire in the #19thC. rs4vp.org/new-year-a-new…

Just a reminder that we're still accepting Curran Fellowship applications. Completed applications are due next Wednesday, 15 January!