RSVP Digital Events

How can I keep up with my research if I pursue an “alt-ac” career? How would I do research without access to my institution’s library databases and subscriptions? Where can I find like-minded scholars who share my interests if I’m not pursuing higher education as a career? What does it look like to work with non-academic publishers?  In short, what does it take to be an “independent” scholar?  In the wake of Covid-19’s impact, many have asked the above questions as they face a future where academic austerity threatens to become the “new normal.” While not all scholars seek academic […]

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Join us on 10 May 2021 at 6 pm UK / 12 pm CT for the first in a series of RSVP workshops on race and trans-imperialism, titled, Returning Citation: The Journal of the Polynesian Society, Natural Science and Indigenous Agents. In this one-hour workshop, Dr. Megan Kuster will talk through questions about Indigenous contributorship raised by the Journal of the Polynesian Society. She will also outline how she has been drawing on Indigenous Studies methods to recontextualise the absent presences of Indigenous knowledge brokers. 20 to 30 minutes of discussion and suggestions for further reading will follow her 30-min presentation. Megan Kuster […]

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12 April 2021 at 1pm EST / 6pm UK (12pm CST, 7pm Central Europe) Do you keep hearing about the importance of using a reference management software? Are you concerned you’re not using yours to its full potential? This workshop will give an overview of the basics of Zotero. You will learn how to use this tool to keep track of citations and store primary or secondary research materials. Join us on Monday, 12 April 2021 at 1pm EST / 6 pm UK for a walk through on setting up Zotero and how to use its many capabilities. Registration is […]

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Join us on 19 March 2021 at 5 pm UK / 1 pm EST for the next installment of our #RSVPDigitalSalon 2021 series, “Teaching With Nineteenth-Century Periodicals Online”! We’ll learn more about how to teach periodicals effectively online during a time when many have had to adapt their syllabi to distance learning. Our panelists and topics include: Melissa H. Range, Using Digital Newspapers in Teaching Nineteenth Century African American Writers Melissa Range is the author of two collections of poetry: Scriptorium, a winner of the 2015 National Poetry Series (Beacon Press, 2016), and Horse and Rider (Texas Tech University Press, 2010). Her third collection, in progress, […]

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We warmly invite you to join us on Friday, 22 January 2021 at 1 p.m. (EST) / 6 p.m. (GMT) for “A Discussion on Decolonizing Periodical Studies,” part of the Research Society for Victorian Periodicals’ Digital Salon Series 2021. This event, like those taking place in cognate scholarly organizations and in wider public arenas, will engage with biases that shape nineteenth-century periodical studies. It will also provide the foundation for the development of a nineteenth-century periodical studies reading group focused on race and transimperialism. Our roundtable participants include: Caroline Bressey, Reader in Cultural and Historical Geography, specialist in the Black […]

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