Research Society for Victorian Periodicals

Research Society for Victorian Periodicals

@rs4vp.org

An organization dedicated to researching and teaching about newspapers, magazines, and serial print forms in Britain and its empire throughout the long nineteenth century.

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NB: We apologize to those who encountered tech issues. We have determined they were likely caused by a newly added Zoom security feature to prevent bots. We are currently assessing our options to ensure all our events remain secure and fully accessible to all. Thank you for bearing with us!

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Just a reminder that we are still accepting proposals to present at our upcoming joint study day on Fiction in Socialist Periodicals with @vpfa.bsky.social! Applications for individual papers and panel proposals are due in two weeks on 31 October! rs4vp.org/vpfa-online-...

rs4vp.orgRSVP-VPFA Online Study Day – RSVPThis online study day, the first co-organized by the Research Society for Victorian Periodicals (RSVP) and the Victorian Popular Fiction Association (VPFA), will bring together scholars from both…
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The latest from our friends over @gwmreynoldssociety.bsky.social is out now. An early holiday gift for all! 🎁

G. W. M. Reynolds Society@gwmreynoldssociety.bsky.social

‘A Tale for Christmas Introduction by Stephen Knight This story, quite short at 4300 words, appeared on Boxing Day 1846 in the Christmas edition of Reynolds’s Miscellany, which had only started in November that year. It was not the page one feature – that was Reynolds’ continuing serialisation of…

gwmreynoldssociety.com‘A Tale for ChristmasIntroduction by Stephen Knight This story, quite short at 4300 words, appeared on Boxing Day 1846 in the Christmas edition of Reynolds’s Miscellany, which had only started in November that year. It was not the page one feature – that was Reynolds’ continuing serialisation of his novel Wagner, the Wehr Wolf, but it did have a half-page illumination of the final Christmas dinner, with the family and visitors in view and the young couple admiring each other in the foreground – but the central male has his back to us, perhaps symbolic of his negative past.
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👂 What's that you say? Only 2.5 weeks left until #RSVP2027 abstracts are due? That's still plenty of time, but it will go quickly! Get your proposals in by 1 November for our upcoming Ottawa conference on "Structures." Head to our site for the full CFP: rs4vp.org/rsvp-confere...

rs4vp.orgRSVP Annual Conference – RSVPThe theme of Structures takes inspiration from the host city of Ottawa, where natural and built environments intersect in ways that foreground questions of infrastructure, governance, and historical m...
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Don't forget to join us next Friday, 16 Oct. for our #RSVPDigiEvent on regional magazines. Our speakers will discuss how periodicals of the periphery provoke vital questions about where cultural + political power is actually produced. Register for this free event here: rs4vp.org/preview-edin...

rs4vp.orgOff Centre: A Preview of the Edinburgh Companion to the Regional Magazine (2028) – RSVPJoin us on 16 October for a sneak peak of the Edinburgh Companion to the Regional Magazine (forthcoming for Edinburgh UP, 2028)!
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For those who may not have seen or heard the news, @sorgeway.bsky.social's work was recognized with a 2026 Emerging Research Open Scholarship Award this past summer. We wrote up a little something to celebrate this achievement and add our public congratulations to Julie! rs4vp.org/julie-sorge-...

rs4vp.orgJulie Sorge Way's Award-Winning Research – RSVPCongratulations to RSVP member Julie Sorge Way for receiving the 2026 Emerging Research Open Scholarship Award this past June!
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Our next #RSVPDigiEvent is on the horizon! Come feel some regional feels and get a sneak peak of the forthcoming Edinburgh Companion to the Regional Magazine (2028) from some of its editors and contributors! Join us Friday, 16 October at the usual time: rs4vp.org/preview-edin...

rs4vp.orgOff Centre: A Preview of the Edinburgh Companion to the Regional Magazine (2028) – RSVPJoin us on 16 October for a sneak peak of the Edinburgh Companion to the Regional Magazine (forthcoming for Edinburgh UP, 2028)!
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Such an exciting week we're having over here at RSVP! Congratulations to our winners!

Victorian Periodicals Review@vpreditors.bsky.social

Congratulations to VPR’s 2026 prizewinners: Mehran Ghandi (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) and Sampurna Nandy (University of Bristol). They'll each receive $500 and publication in an upcoming issue of VPR. To learn more about our annual essay prizes, visit rs4vp.org/awards. @rs4vp.org #VictorianStudies

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And the fun just keeps coming: Peterson Fellowship applications are now open! This award offers $20,000 USD to support 4 months of dedicated primary research into long #19thC periodicals worldwide. Open to faculty, independent, and retired scholars. Applications due 15 Nov: rs4vp.org/awards/peter...

rs4vp.orgPeterson Fellowship Guidelines – RSVPEach year, the Research Society for Victorian Periodicals (RSVP) intends to grant one Linda H. Peterson Fellowship (henceforth, “the Peterson Fellowship”) in the amount of $20,000 to a single research...
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Many CFPs have pinged across our digital radar lately. Make the most of your 2027 conference season by attending our next #RSVPDigiEvent ✨️THIS✨️ Friday, 18 Sept. Our 2026 committee will share their best tips on writing proposals, networking, and giving killer presentations! rs4vp.org/how-to-confe...

rs4vp.orgHow to Conference Effectively – RSVPGet ready for the 2027 conference season by learning tips and tricks from the pros! Our 2026 conference committee are ready to share their expertise.
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The latest entry from our friends over @gwmreynoldssociety.bsky.social!

G. W. M. Reynolds Society@gwmreynoldssociety.bsky.social

‘The Father: An Episode in the Life of a Nobleman’ Introduction by Stephen Knight The shortest of all the Reynolds stories, at just 2500 words, this also has the earliest  known date, appearing in The Monthly magazine in September 1838 – Reynolds had started editing it in August 1837. The title is…

gwmreynoldssociety.com‘The Father: An Episode in the Life of a Nobleman’Introduction by Stephen Knight The shortest of all the Reynolds stories, at just 2500 words, this also has the earliest  known date, appearing in The Monthly magazine in September 1838 – Reynolds had started editing it in August 1837. The title is ambiguous: the father is not a nobleman but a fairly successful London shop-keeper, another widower, who is financially assisted by a lord because of the father’s lovely daughter, after the three meet by accident in the street.
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Watch our 2025 Colby winners Andrew Lewis & Teja Varma Pusapati converse with Caroline Sumpter on the "new directions" of “Authority, Politics, and the Nineteenth Century Press": youtu.be/u-lv_G9JrQE?...

youtu.be2026 Colby Keynote Conversation: Teja Pusapati & Andrew Lewis, in conversation with Caroline SumpterAs there were joint winners of the Colby Prize for 2025, this year's lecture was modeled as a conversation between winners Andrew Lewis, an independent scholar, and Teja Varma Pusapati, Associate…
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Last call for Microgrant funding! Applications for Round 3 close on 1 September. Whether you need support for archival or digital access, digital tools, or other research needs, these grants are designed to lower the financial barriers of your latest project! Apply here: buff.ly/7r9cM50

buff.lyRSVP Microgrants – RSVPMicrogrants are seed grants designed to support new research projects and/or explore ideas in the field of nineteenth-century British/empire periodical studies. The Microgrants scheme was established…
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*sigh* Is it too soon to reminisce about #RSVP2026? For those feeling nostalgic, we are pleased to share this lovely write-up from @tcddublin.bsky.social that fell into our inbox this week. Many thanks again to @clareclarke.bsky.social + team for hosting such a smashing event! tinyurl.com/4pjbwca5

tinyurl.comRSVP Conference 2026 TCD - Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences | Trinity College DublinThe international RSVP Annual Conference took place from the 23-25 July 2026 in TCD and was organised by Dr Clare Clarke, School of English.

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Long Nineteenth-Century Network @ Manchester Met
@l19cmanmet.bsky.social

Please join the network and our friends on the Punch's Pocket Book Archive team for our upcoming symposium "Global circulations – annuals and pocket books on the move", 26–27 November 2026, U of Caen Normandy. Deadline for proposals = 31 August 2026 caesar-project.unicaen.fr/event/call-f...

caesar-project.unicaen.frCall for papers for the CaeSAR ‘Punch’s Pocket Book’ project: ‘Global circulations - annuals and pocket books on the move’, 26–27 November 2026, University of Caen Normandy - CaeSARCaen, Strategy for Accelerating Research
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Congratulations, Helena! 🎉

Helena Goodwyn@helenagoodwyn.bsky.social

The Americanisation of W. T. Stead is out now! So delighted to get my author copies, huge thanks to @edinburghup.bsky.social. We’ve a 30% launch discount, if you’re a librarian/ in collection development, pls consider recommending for your library. #VictorianStudies #PeriodicalStudies #BookHistory

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📢 It's Curran Fellowship time! These awards support research on #19thC periodicals as objects of study in their own right. Multiple awards of up to $6,000 (USD) are given each year, thanks to the generosity and enduring legacy of Eileen Curran. Apps due 15 Oct. Full guidelines here: buff.ly/Vw4Q3Tr

buff.lyCurran Fellowship Guidelines – RSVPThe Research Society for Victorian Periodicals (RSVP) grants at least six Curran Fellowship awards each calendar year. Applicants may request any amount of support up to $6000; the Curran Fellowships…
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🚨CFP alert!!

Victorian Periodicals Review@vpreditors.bsky.social

CFP: Movements & Migrations (Summer 2028). Building on the theme of #RSVP2026, this special issue will consider how the topic of movements and migrations helps us theorize #Victorian #periodicals in new ways. Proposals due September 1, 2026. Details at rs4vp.org/cfp-movement... @rs4vp.org

rs4vp.orgVPR CFP: Movements & Migrations – RSVPVictorian Periodicals Review calls for proposals for a special issue on "Movements and Migrations." Proposals due 1 September!
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@miladaskalova.bsky.social writes to share that her open-access book, The Nineteenth-Century Asylum Periodical: Britain, America and Beyond, has physical copies now available from Cambridge UP. Congrats, Mila, and thanks for #SharingYourNews! We're so excited to read it! tinyurl.com/2nwyr3w6

cambridge.orgThe Nineteenth-Century Asylum PeriodicalCambridge Core - Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology - The Nineteenth-Century Asylum Periodical
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Have a spare moment? Want to shape future periodicals' research? Take our short Curran Index survey! There's still plenty of time to add your thoughts!

Martin Hewitt@vicmanch.bsky.social

Still plugging the short survey on the future of the Curran Index. Interestingly, have had almost as many retweets of my original post as there have been actual completions of the survey. Closes on the 10th, so if your work touches at all on nineteenth century periodicals please have your say!

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The latest from the @gwmreynoldssociety.bsky.social digitization project!

G. W. M. Reynolds Society@gwmreynoldssociety.bsky.social

‘The Gipsy-Boy’ Introduction by Stephen Knight This fairly short story, at 4400 words, shares a range of similarities, and reversals, with `Ellen Maxwell’. Rather than at sea, here the action is in the army in Britain, not far from London. The main characters are, as in the other story, an…

gwmreynoldssociety.com‘The Gipsy-Boy’Introduction by Stephen Knight This fairly short story, at 4400 words, shares a range of similarities, and reversals, with `Ellen Maxwell’. Rather than at sea, here the action is in the army in Britain, not far from London. The main characters are, as in the other story, an intelligent, well-bred young man acting at a low level under orders, a sensitive beauty placed under extreme pressures, and, remarkably, another rather brutal and self-assertive colonel.
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How has it already been a week since #RSVP2026? If you're feeling some serious conference withdrawal (as we are), why not revisit the experience by taking our conference survey? The survey should take only 5-7 min. and will stay open until Aug. 12. Scan the QR code below to access the survey!

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Patrick Leary
@patrickleary.bsky.social

Indeed you all are. And, gentle Bluesky readers, check out the news projected behind this team: a British Newspaper Archive discount for RSVP members that saves serious money on that subscription. Negotiated by the inexhaustible Mary. Even more reason for all C19 scholars to join @rs4vp.org!

Clare Clarke@clareclarke.bsky.social

With the wonderful Mary and Priti ahead of the RSVP AGM. What a team! #RSVP2026

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Such great news! 🥳

Françoise Baillet@fbaillet.bsky.social

Punch's Pocket Book Archive has been selected for a substantial award from the @agencerecherche.bsky.social! This will allow us to create two jobs, and bring the project to completion in 2030. With thanks to @rs4vp.org, @l19cmanmet.bsky.social and all members of the project, past and present.