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RSVP ANNUAL CONFERENCE CFP 2016 – UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-KANSAS CITY

BIGGER, Better, More! — Growth and Expansion in the Victorian Press University of Missouri-Kansas City, September 9–10, 2016 The Research Society for Victorian Periodicals invites proposals for its 2016 conference on the theme of growth and expansion in the Victorian press. We encourage broad interpretation of what “Bigger, Better, More!” means for Victorian newspapers and magazines, with possible topics including: • Proliferation of news events, headline stories, scandals • Serialization, sequels, symposia, rejoinders, recurring columns • Developments in printing technology, formats, editorial vision • Increased readership, population, urban and imperial expansion • Economic growth, profits, investments, windfalls, boom-and-bust cycles • […]

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Midwest Victorian Studies Association CFP Victorian News: Print Culture and the Periodical Press

CFP:  Victorian News: Print Culture & The Periodical Press Midwest Victorian Studies Association 2016   #MVSA 2016 April 8-10, University of Missouri, Columbia Taking as its starting point the remarkable explosion in the periodical press and the availability of cheap print in the Victorian Era, the conference aims to attract papers that reflect fresh and current thinking about the topic. Proposals for papers of twenty minutes in length are sought from scholars working in art history, musicology, history, science, philosophy, theater, and literature. We particularly encourage presentations that will contribute to cross-disciplinary discussion, a special feature of MVSA conferences. Possible topics include, […]

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REMINDER: CFP deadline approaching for the Annual RSVP Conference

A reminder that the deadline for proposals for the annual conference of the Research Society for Victorian Periodicals is February 1.  RSVP welcomes proposals on any aspect of 19th-century magazines and newspapers, but the specific topic for the 2015 conference is “Life and Death in the 19th-Century Press.”  The conference will be held in Ghent, Belgium, on July 10 and 11.    For more information please visit our Conference News area of the website.

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RSVP 2014: Places, Spaces, and the Victorian Periodical Press

  The 2014 Research Society for Victorian Periodicals conference will be held at the University of Delaware’s Wilmington campus on September 12 and 13. The conference theme is “Places, Spaces and the Victorian Periodical Press.” In addition to a wide range of panels, the program will include the Michael Wolff lecture, to be given this year by Lorraine Janzen Kooistra of Ryerson University. Professor Kooistra, who also serves as Co-Director, Centre for Digital Humanities at Ryerson, will speak on the subject “Reading between the Lines of Time and Space: Remediation and the Illustrated Periodical.” The conference will also feature a […]

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