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Next “Pick-A-Periodical” Digital Event Next Friday, 5 May

Join the RSVP Digital Events committee for our next “Pick-A-Periodical” event on May 5 at 10 a.m. CST / 11 a.m. EST / 4 p.m. GMT! During this informal session, our host Patrick Leary will open up a discussion on a fascinating but little-known trade journal, Press News. Everyone in the periodicals trade called it “Press News,” but the full title of this now obscure periodical bristled with broader ambitions: “The London, Colonial, and Provincial Press News.”  In an almost 50-year run that began in 1866, Press News aimed to be much more than simply a trade journal for the […]

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Congratulations to Our 2023 Curran Fellows

Our 2023 Curran Fellows have been chosen! RSVP received many strong proposals for this year’s Curran Fellowship competition. The Curran Fellowships are a set of travel and research grants intended to aid scholars studying 19th-century British magazines and newspapers in making use of primary print and archival sources. Made possible through the generosity of the late Eileen Curran, Professor Emerita of English, Colby College, and inspired by her pioneering research on Victorian periodicals, the Fellowships are awarded annually. Join us in congratulating the successful applications of: Congratulations to all!

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2023 Colby Scholarly Book Prize Winner Announced

The Research Society for Victorian Periodicals is delighted to announce the Winner of the2023 Robert and Vineta Colby Scholarly Book Prize, awarded annually to the book,published in the preceding year that most advances our understanding of the nineteenth-century press. The Colby Book Prize was endowed in 2006 in memory of Robert Colby by his wife, VinetaColby, both distinguished scholars and long-time members of RSVP. In 2011, following Vineta’sdeath, the Board of Directors of RSVP unanimously voted to re-name the prize to honorboth Robert and Vineta Colby for their many fine contributions to the study of Victorianperiodicals and their long commitment […]

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Subscribe to the RSVP Newsletter

Stay up-to-date with the latest research and exciting opportunities related to the fascinating world of Victorian periodicals with RSVP’s monthly newsletter. As an international research society dedicated to the study of nineteenth-century newspapers and magazines, we’re proud to support and facilitate research on all aspects of Victorian periodicals. Whether you’re a seasoned researcher or just starting to explore the world of Victorian media, our newsletter is an invaluable resource that will inform and inspire you. All RSVP members are subscribers to the monthly newsletter. Become an RSVP member today and join our community of Victorian periodicals researchers! Want to Get […]

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Need Help With Periodical Research?

RSVP Digital Events can help! Join us Friday, April 7 for our first “Collaborative Learning and Troubleshooting” workshop with Jiwon Min on “The Making and Unmaking of Krakatau: Reading Nineteenth Century Periodicals, the Volcano and Climate Change.” The workshop will take place Friday, April 7 at 8 a.m. PST / 11 a.m. EST / 4 p.m. GMT. Jiwon will share international media coverage (newspapers and periodicals that relied on telegraphs and new underwater cables), weather observations and maps (that deployed a range of illustrative technologies), and other accounts in the periodical press. The Krakatau eruption and these reports fueled scientific […]

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CFP: RSVP at MLA 2024

Special Session: Celebration and Commemoration in Nineteenth-Century Periodicals The Research Society for Victorian Periodicals (RSVP) seeks proposals for a special session at the 2024 Modern Language Convention in Philadelphia, in keeping with the presidential theme of Celebration: Joy and Sorrow. We welcome abstracts of 250-400 words on any aspect of celebration and/or commemoration within the nineteenth-century periodical press. Topicsmight include: Send Your Proposal In by March 13, 2023 Please send abstracts and a 1-page C.V. to Natalie Houston by March 13, 2023. Applicants do not need to be members of RSVP to submit. Authors ofaccepted papers must be (or become) […]

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