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Punch's Pocket Book Archive @punchspocketbook.bsky.social · 28d

Sounds really fascinating!

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Priti Joshi @pritijoshi.bsky.social · Sep 5

What's not to like about this amazing opportunity for a dedicated periodicals studies scholar! Apps due by Oct 15.

Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · Sep 4

💼 We're hiring! RSVP seeks a new Editor or pair of Co-Editors to lead the Curran Index into its next phase. Many many thanks to our outgoing Editors, @emilyjlm.bsky.social+Lars Atkin for their dedication to this ongoing DH project. Applications due 15 October! rs4vp.org/curran-edito...

Lead the Curran Index as Our New Editor – RSVP

RSVP seeks a new Editor or Editors to lead the Curran Index! Applications should be sent to VP Alison Chapman by October 15.

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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · Sep 1

✨ It's official! We're now accepting proposals for #RSVP2026, "Movements and Migrations"! We invite scholars to examine the relationship between periodicals, migrations, and movements for our 2026 conference in Dublin. Full CFP and more details on our main website.

RSVP Annual Conference – RSVP

The nineteenth century was marked by unprecedented migration, as people moved to urban centers; were forcibly or semi-forcibly relocated; and emigrated to escape war, famine, economic instability, or…

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Remember LOP @rememberlop.bsky.social · Aug 28

Looking forward to this online event in September, thanks to @feministcity.bsky.social, @wcmlibrary.bsky.social among others.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/archiving-...

Front pages of many local alternative and community newspapers - Archiving the people's papers - learning from Leeds, Liverpool & Birmingham

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The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · Aug 27

Lewis Carroll's original sepia ink illustrations for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/carroll-illustrations-for-alice-undergound @britishlibrary

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Punch's Pocket Book Archive @punchspocketbook.bsky.social · Aug 25

Only a few days left to register for our "Pictorial Punch - Treasures from the Archive" study day, to be held at the #BritishLibrary on November 7.

Information and registration here: pictorial-punch.sciencesconf.org/registration

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Punch's Pocket Book Archive @punchspocketbook.bsky.social · Jun 23

Pleased to announce that registration for the "Pictorial Punch - Treasures from the Archive" study day at the British Library (Nov. 7, 2025) is now open.
Information can be found on the event website, including a link to the registration page. Please note that the registration deadline is 31 August

Pictorial Punch - Treasures from the Archive - Sciencesconf.org

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Long Nineteenth-Century Network @ Manchester Met @l19cmanmet.bsky.social · Jun 2

Thx to our amazing intern Ellie Croot for her post on the @punchspocketbook.bsky.social blog re LNCN's latest research event. Ellie soon starts a new research internship at the University of Oxford on 'Slave Trade and Plantation Management: The Barham Papers (1792-1820)'. 👏
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Transnational Popular Print in the Long Nineteenth Century: Reading Across Borders, Genres and Histories

On Wednesday April 2nd, Manchester Metropolitan University hosted the engaging hybrid research seminar “Transnational Popular Print in the Long Nineteenth Century.” Drawing together scholars from across the university and beyond, the event explored the international networks, subversive aesthetics and marginalised voices...

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Victorian Periodicals Review @vpreditors.bsky.social · Apr 11

CFP: Essays in Honor of Brian Maidment (Proposals due May 15; Essays due Nov. 1). Guest editors Mary Elizabeth Leighton and Lisa Surridge invite proposals for a special issue of VPR. For full details, visit rs4vp.org/cfp-vpr-spec... @rs4vp.bsky.social

CFP: Special VPR Issue (Winter 2026) – RSVP

Call for proposals for a special issue of VPR honoring the late Brian Maidment! Proposals due May 15, 2025 and will be published Winter 2026.

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Punch's Pocket Book Archive @punchspocketbook.bsky.social · Mar 26

Punch's Pocket Book Archive team is thrilled to announce that we have received a grant from the @paulmelloncentr.bsky.social for the organisation of our 'Pictorial Punch – Treasures from the Archive' study day at the britishlibrary.bsky.social

CFP available here: eribia.unicaen.fr/evenement/pi...

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Punch's Pocket Book Archive @punchspocketbook.bsky.social · Mar 10

The Punch's Pocket Archive team is organising a study day at the @britishlibrary.bsky.social on November 7, 2025, and we would be delighted to receive a paper proposal from you!

“Pictorial Punch – Treasures from the Archive”

The call is available here:
eribia.unicaen.fr/evenement/pi...

Pictorial Punch – Treasures from the Archive · ERIBIA - Équipe de recherche interdisciplinaire sur la Grande-Bretagne, l'Irlande et l'Amérique du Nord

Pictorial Punch – Treasures from the Archive November 7, 2025 - The British Library, London, UK. Confirmed keynote speakers: Dr. Patrick Leary, historian

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Punch's Pocket Book Archive @punchspocketbook.bsky.social · Mar 5

Pleased as Punch to discover these wonderful (but hitherto unlisted) collections in @universite-caen.bsky.social's Victorian collections!

Françoise Baillet @fbaillet.bsky.social · Mar 5

What a lovely surprise, today, to learn that @universite-caen.bsky.social holds complete runs of The Yellow Book and The Savoy! The collections will now be given pride of place among our Victorian holdings. #TheYellowBook #TheSavoy

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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · Mar 3

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 #19thCpress. Applications are due *March 15* at 11:59 p.m. PST!

The Patrick Leary Field Development Grant – RSVP

The Patrick Leary Field Development Grant is named for long-time RSVP supporter, Board member and former President, Patrick Leary. It is intended to support one scholar or a team of researchers in…

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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · Feb 28

Definitely worth adding to your weekend reading. Brian's work and leadership is truly foundational to our present understanding of the #19thcpress, not to mention the collegiality of RSVP

Victorian Periodicals Review @vpreditors.bsky.social · Feb 27

Brian Maidment, past president and friend of RSVP, passed away on Jan 28. This past summer, he spoke with Marysa Demoor for our Roots of RSVP series and reflected on a long career of studying mass circulation print culture. Read the interview in VPR: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl... @rs4vp.bsky.social

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Punch's Pocket Book Archive @punchspocketbook.bsky.social · Feb 25

Wonderful findings in Punch's Pocket Book today: a child's multicoloured collage and a student's sketches (1879 & 1880). Also found: a coded message!

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Victorian Periodicals Review @vpreditors.bsky.social · Feb 13

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.bsky.social

Cover of VPR 57.1-2, burgundy background with photograph of Shevantibai Nikambe from a signed copy of her book, Ratanbai: A Sketch of a Bombay High Caste Hindu Young Wife (London: Marshall Brothers, 1895).

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Punch's Pocket Book Archive @punchspocketbook.bsky.social · Feb 19

A Victorian take on gender terminology from Punch's Pocket Book for 1854.

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