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Michael Wolff

It is with enormous sorrow that we announce the death of Michael Wolff. He was of course a founding figure of the Research Society for Victorian Periodicals, and a crucial figure in the successful development of the Society over the past fifty years. His commitment to what is now Victorian Periodicals Review has been a major factor in the journal’s success. Beyond the Society, he has been a visionary and effective presence in the field of Victorian Studies more widely. His work with Jim Dyos on the magisterial volumes of The Victorian City  (1973), for example, gave direction and inspiration […]

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Call for Papers – Special Issue of Victorian Periodicals Review: “The Material Culture of Victorian Domestic Life and the Press”

Guest Editor, Julie Codell The Victorian press actively shaped Victorians’ notions of domestic life around several topics: material culture, architecture, interior design, and the gendering of domestic space. Deborah Cohen’s Household Gods (2009) and Thad Logan’s The Victorian Parlour (2006) both articulate a critical analysis of Victorian domestic life joined with material culture studies to go beyond the stereotypes of cluttered rooms and gendered “separate” spaces. Recently Jane Hamlett’s Material Relations (2010) continues the exploration of how people lived at home through a study of their material goods. Scholars such as John Potvin have explored interior design in relation to […]

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North West Victorian Print Culture Network Meeting

The fourth meeting of the North West Victorian Print Culture Network will take place on Wednesday November 23rd. between 1-30 and 5-30 in the Aldham Robarts Library at Liverpool John Moores University. Confirmed speakers include Peter Blake (Brighton) on G. A. Sala, Clare Horrocks (Liverpool John Moores), Kim Edwards- Keates (Bolton) and Nick Foggo (Liverpool) on his Liverpool Newspaper project. All are welcome. For programme and further details contact Brian Maidment.

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Call for Papers: RSVP annual Conference ‘Borders and Border Crossings’

We are delighted to announce that the call for papers is now open for our next conference Borders and Border Crossings. The conference will take place at Freiburg University, Germany, 27th – 29th July 2017. Below are some pictures of the ‘Jewel of the Black Forest’ as Freiburg is sometimes known! [envira-gallery id=”2642″] Photographs courtesy of Sandra Meyndt, Joachim Hirschfeld, Baschi Bender.    

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Victorian Women Writers conference in honor of Linda Peterson, May 7-8, Yale University

All are invited to attend a memorial conference in honor of Linda Peterson, on May 7-8, 2016, in celebration of her final publication, The Cambridge Companion to Victorian Women’s Writing, to be hosted by the 18-19th Century Colloquium. A member of the Yale community for 38 years, Linda was a scholar of Victorian prose and an authority on life writing; she served as English chair for seven years, helped shape Yale’s undergraduate writing program, and profoundly enhanced the scope and tenor of the Yale English Department. She was a scholar, teacher, colleague, and friend. Please save May 7-8 for an […]

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