Research Society for Victorian Periodicals
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An organization dedicated to researching and teaching about newspapers, magazines, and serial print forms in Britain and its empire throughout the long nineteenth century.
📽️ The recording from our widely popular #RSVPDigiEvent "How to Get Published in an Academic Journal" is now live. We had a record-breaking 101 registrants for this panel! Since we did not quite hit that number in attendance, we know many will be interested to watch/re-watch: youtu.be/sP5Y1iicKJ0
How to Get Published in Academic Journal
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November 24, 2025 at 7:37 PM
📽️ The recording from our widely popular #RSVPDigiEvent "How to Get Published in an Academic Journal" is now live. We had a record-breaking 101 registrants for this panel! Since we did not quite hit that number in attendance, we know many will be interested to watch/re-watch: youtu.be/sP5Y1iicKJ0
🎶 "Tomorrow, tomorrow / I'll send my #RSVP2026 proposal in!" That's right, proposals to our upcoming conference, "Movements & Migrations," are due tomorrow at 11:59 p.m. PST. The conference will be held in Dublin 23-25 July 2026. All proposals should be sent via our online portal.
2026 RSVP Conference Paper Submission Form - The Research Society for Victorian Periodicals (RSVP)
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November 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
🎶 "Tomorrow, tomorrow / I'll send my #RSVP2026 proposal in!" That's right, proposals to our upcoming conference, "Movements & Migrations," are due tomorrow at 11:59 p.m. PST. The conference will be held in Dublin 23-25 July 2026. All proposals should be sent via our online portal.
What treasures can a Peterson Fellowship unearth? Robert Burroughs shares some outcomes from his research on #19thC Black British editor, S. J. Celestine Edwards, which was supported by his 2023 Peterson Fellowship award. Thanks for #SharingYourNews, Robert! rs4vp.org/new-work-on-...
New Work on Britain's First Black Newspaper Editor – RSVP
Robert Burroughs shares the outcomes of his 2023 Peterson Fellowship award on Britain's first Black newspaper editor, S. J. Celestine Edwards
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November 19, 2025 at 7:25 PM
What treasures can a Peterson Fellowship unearth? Robert Burroughs shares some outcomes from his research on #19thC Black British editor, S. J. Celestine Edwards, which was supported by his 2023 Peterson Fellowship award. Thanks for #SharingYourNews, Robert! rs4vp.org/new-work-on-...
We're at it again!!
VPR is seeking an Associate Editor to oversee book reviews and assist the editor with special features. This is a great opportunity for a #periodicals scholar looking to develop editorial and leadership skills. Applications are due December 15. Details at rs4vp.org/vpr-seeks-as... @rs4vp.org
November 19, 2025 at 12:55 PM
We're at it again!!
Just 6 days left to get your #RSVP2026 proposals in! We hope you'll contemplate "Movements & Migrations" in and through the #19thC periodical press with us this summer @tcddublin.bsky.social. Our CFP deadline is THIS upcoming Friday, 21 November!
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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November 16, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Just 6 days left to get your #RSVP2026 proposals in! We hope you'll contemplate "Movements & Migrations" in and through the #19thC periodical press with us this summer @tcddublin.bsky.social. Our CFP deadline is THIS upcoming Friday, 21 November!
📖 Colby Book Prize nominations open today! We're accepting nominations from now until 31 Jan. 2026. The Colby Prize recognizes original book-length scholarship published in 2025 that most advances our understanding of the long #19thC British press. More info: buff.ly/LIi76WJ
The Robert and Vineta Colby Scholarly Book Prize – RSVP
The Colby Book Prize was endowed in 2006 in memory of Robert Colby by his wife, Vineta Colby, distinguished scholars and long-time members of RSVP. In 2011, following Vineta’s death, the Board of…
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November 15, 2025 at 3:49 PM
📖 Colby Book Prize nominations open today! We're accepting nominations from now until 31 Jan. 2026. The Colby Prize recognizes original book-length scholarship published in 2025 that most advances our understanding of the long #19thC British press. More info: buff.ly/LIi76WJ
Mystified by how to approach an academic journal editor? Need help getting through the "revise and resubmit" doldrums? Our next #RSVPDigiEvent can help! Join us next Friday, Nov. 21 and hear from the editors of top #Victorian journals on "How to Get Published in a Academic Journal": buff.ly/ydJkKAK
How to Get Published in an Academic Journal – RSVP
Join us Friday, November 21 for a special professional development session on how to get published in an academic journal!
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November 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Mystified by how to approach an academic journal editor? Need help getting through the "revise and resubmit" doldrums? Our next #RSVPDigiEvent can help! Join us next Friday, Nov. 21 and hear from the editors of top #Victorian journals on "How to Get Published in a Academic Journal": buff.ly/ydJkKAK
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Building a spreadsheet of every pg in 83 vols of literary annuals w/ 300-400pp, 40 to 50 literary texts & 10 to 12 engravings. Stumbled on this engraving in 1833 Forget Me Not. Accompanying short story =ekphrastic rendering of engraving. Never seen a Black woman portrayed in this way in annuals 🤯
November 14, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Reminder that Peterson Fellowships are due THIS Saturday, 15 November! Let RSVP help you finish that 📘 or book proposal, fund that much-needed archival trip ✈️ or delve into that project that's been languishing due to lack of ⏰ +💲! All completed applications should be submitted here:
Peterson Fellowship - The Research Society for Victorian Periodicals (RSVP)
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November 12, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Reminder that Peterson Fellowships are due THIS Saturday, 15 November! Let RSVP help you finish that 📘 or book proposal, fund that much-needed archival trip ✈️ or delve into that project that's been languishing due to lack of ⏰ +💲! All completed applications should be submitted here:
📣 Save the date! Nominations for our annual Colby Book Prize opens next week on 15 November. To comply with tax laws, books must be nominated by somebody other than the author, so tell us about the best book YOU read on #19thC periodicals published in 2025. rs4vp.org/awards/colby...
The Robert and Vineta Colby Scholarly Book Prize – RSVP
The Colby Book Prize was endowed in 2006 in memory of Robert Colby by his wife, Vineta Colby, distinguished scholars and long-time members of RSVP. In 2011, following Vineta’s death, the Board of Dire...
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November 7, 2025 at 10:10 PM
📣 Save the date! Nominations for our annual Colby Book Prize opens next week on 15 November. To comply with tax laws, books must be nominated by somebody other than the author, so tell us about the best book YOU read on #19thC periodicals published in 2025. rs4vp.org/awards/colby...
Does anyone in our orbit know?
Hey, folks, I think I heard that Renton Nicholson's The Town was digitized recently, but I can't find where — is it publicly available? Thinking that @victorianlondon.bsky.social or @rs4vp.org may know!
November 7, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Does anyone in our orbit know?
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Another VPFA Study Day: 'The Critical Age in Victorian Popular Literature'
❓literary representations of the (peri-) menopause
🌏 online
📅 19th May 2026
💰 free for VPFA Members/ £5 for non-members
Send proposals (250) to
[email protected] and [email protected] by 19th February 2026
❓literary representations of the (peri-) menopause
🌏 online
📅 19th May 2026
💰 free for VPFA Members/ £5 for non-members
Send proposals (250) to
[email protected] and [email protected] by 19th February 2026
November 7, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Another VPFA Study Day: 'The Critical Age in Victorian Popular Literature'
❓literary representations of the (peri-) menopause
🌏 online
📅 19th May 2026
💰 free for VPFA Members/ £5 for non-members
Send proposals (250) to
[email protected] and [email protected] by 19th February 2026
❓literary representations of the (peri-) menopause
🌏 online
📅 19th May 2026
💰 free for VPFA Members/ £5 for non-members
Send proposals (250) to
[email protected] and [email protected] by 19th February 2026
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Challenging AI to create a Punch Pocket Book. We still rely on keywords for tagging as the most effective method for training data sets. Julia Thomas Pictorial Punch Study Day @britishlibrary.bsky.social @punchspocketbook.bsky.social @rs4vp.org @l19cmanmet.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Challenging AI to create a Punch Pocket Book. We still rely on keywords for tagging as the most effective method for training data sets. Julia Thomas Pictorial Punch Study Day @britishlibrary.bsky.social @punchspocketbook.bsky.social @rs4vp.org @l19cmanmet.bsky.social
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Fascinating discussion of the Almanacks and Pocket Books as depicted in the Silver Diary with @patrickleary.bsky.social for the Pictorial Punch Study Day @britishlibrary.bsky.social @punchspocketbook.bsky.social @rs4vp.org
November 7, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Fascinating discussion of the Almanacks and Pocket Books as depicted in the Silver Diary with @patrickleary.bsky.social for the Pictorial Punch Study Day @britishlibrary.bsky.social @punchspocketbook.bsky.social @rs4vp.org
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The wonderful @patrickleary.bsky.social begins his keynote at ‘Pictorial Punch’ at @britishlibrary.bsky.social . Great to be here with other @rs4vp.org friends!
November 7, 2025 at 12:05 PM
The wonderful @patrickleary.bsky.social begins his keynote at ‘Pictorial Punch’ at @britishlibrary.bsky.social . Great to be here with other @rs4vp.org friends!
Our next #RSVPDigiEvent is coming up on Friday, 21 November! We'll hear from the editors of 3 top Victorian studies journals (including VPR's own kmalonephd.bsky.social) on "How to Get Published in an Academic Journal." Come one, come all! buff.ly/ydJkKAK
November 3, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Our next #RSVPDigiEvent is coming up on Friday, 21 November! We'll hear from the editors of 3 top Victorian studies journals (including VPR's own kmalonephd.bsky.social) on "How to Get Published in an Academic Journal." Come one, come all! buff.ly/ydJkKAK
The deadline (15 November) is fast approaching for our annual Peterson Fellowships! Peterson Fellowships support one researcher for four, full-time months of work on a project related to #19thC periodicals. Application guidelines and more can be found on our website: rs4vp.org/awards/peter...
Peterson Fellowship Guidelines – RSVP
Each 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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October 31, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The deadline (15 November) is fast approaching for our annual Peterson Fellowships! Peterson Fellowships support one researcher for four, full-time months of work on a project related to #19thC periodicals. Application guidelines and more can be found on our website: rs4vp.org/awards/peter...
📣BREAKING NEWS! We've extended our CFP deadline for #RSVP2026 "Movements and Migrations"! Proposals now due 21 November 2025. Full CFP and more details about all things conference on our website: rs4vp.org/rsvp-confere...
October 29, 2025 at 7:42 PM
📣BREAKING NEWS! We've extended our CFP deadline for #RSVP2026 "Movements and Migrations"! Proposals now due 21 November 2025. Full CFP and more details about all things conference on our website: rs4vp.org/rsvp-confere...
ICYMI: @emilyjlm.bsky.social's talk on "From Periodicals to Dailies" is now live on our YouTube channel! This well-attended and stirring #RSVPDigiEvent highlighted both the joys and challenges of doing attribution research in an era of "archival plenitude." Thank you, Emily! youtu.be/Wp_b2C6iGnY
"From Periodicals to Dailies": An Update from the Curran Index
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October 24, 2025 at 4:25 PM
ICYMI: @emilyjlm.bsky.social's talk on "From Periodicals to Dailies" is now live on our YouTube channel! This well-attended and stirring #RSVPDigiEvent highlighted both the joys and challenges of doing attribution research in an era of "archival plenitude." Thank you, Emily! youtu.be/Wp_b2C6iGnY
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@rs4vp.org and periodicals folks: I'm trying to find an example of unstamped newspaper publishers evading paper duty. I am quite sure I've seen pamphlets/flyers/news printed on cloth before, but a Google search is only trying to sell me handkerchiefs.
Did these exist or have I gone insane?
Did these exist or have I gone insane?
October 21, 2025 at 3:47 PM
@rs4vp.org and periodicals folks: I'm trying to find an example of unstamped newspaper publishers evading paper duty. I am quite sure I've seen pamphlets/flyers/news printed on cloth before, but a Google search is only trying to sell me handkerchiefs.
Did these exist or have I gone insane?
Did these exist or have I gone insane?
Just a quick reminder that Curran Fellowship recommendation letters are due TODAY! If you're writing a letter of support for a Curran applicant, be sure to submit it via our online portal by 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time (which might buy a few of you some time 😏): buff.ly/1p1VE8f
October 22, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Just a quick reminder that Curran Fellowship recommendation letters are due TODAY! If you're writing a letter of support for a Curran applicant, be sure to submit it via our online portal by 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time (which might buy a few of you some time 😏): buff.ly/1p1VE8f
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The official CFP is a few days off, but I can't wait that long to announce that #BAVS2026 will be held in Liverpool, 27-29 July. We hope that some of the @rs4vp.org crowd will be able to make the trip over from #RSVP2026 and join @bavs-uk.bsky.social for more Victorian stuff. Details to follow.
October 15, 2025 at 10:51 AM
The official CFP is a few days off, but I can't wait that long to announce that #BAVS2026 will be held in Liverpool, 27-29 July. We hope that some of the @rs4vp.org crowd will be able to make the trip over from #RSVP2026 and join @bavs-uk.bsky.social for more Victorian stuff. Details to follow.
Just two weeks left to get your applications in for #MovementsMigrations aka #RSVP2026 in Dublin! We're looking forward to your hot takes on the ways in which the press shaped and was shaped by the movements and migrations throughout the long #19thC. See the full CFP on our 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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October 18, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Just two weeks left to get your applications in for #MovementsMigrations aka #RSVP2026 in Dublin! We're looking forward to your hot takes on the ways in which the press shaped and was shaped by the movements and migrations throughout the long #19thC. See the full CFP on our website:
We know NO ONE waits until the last minute to submit their Curran Fellowship applications 😉 For those who may have let the weeks slip by, however, TODAY is the last day to submit your completed applications! Make sure they're in by 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time via our online portal here: buff.ly/1p1VE8f
October 15, 2025 at 2:49 PM
We know NO ONE waits until the last minute to submit their Curran Fellowship applications 😉 For those who may have let the weeks slip by, however, TODAY is the last day to submit your completed applications! Make sure they're in by 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time via our online portal here: buff.ly/1p1VE8f
Just a reminder to join the #RSVPDigiEv team this Friday, 17 Oct. to hear from our Curran Index editors about the "joys and challenges" of archival and attribution research. We'll meet at the usual time, usual place (Zoom). Registration is, as always, free and open to all!
Oct. Digital Event: "From Periodicals to Dailies" – RSVP
Our October DigiEvent features a talk by editors of the Curran Index on the joys and challenges of archival plenitude. Join us October 17!
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October 13, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Just a reminder to join the #RSVPDigiEv team this Friday, 17 Oct. to hear from our Curran Index editors about the "joys and challenges" of archival and attribution research. We'll meet at the usual time, usual place (Zoom). Registration is, as always, free and open to all!