Call for Applications – the Curran Fellowship
RSVP are delighted to announce that the competition for 2015’s Curran Fellowships is now open, with a deadline of November 15 2014. Please see our Awards page for further information on applying.
RSVP News
General interest posts
CFP RSVP 2015 Conference, University of Ghent, Belgium
RSVP 2015 Conference – Life and Death in the 19th Century, 10 – 11 July 2015, University of Ghent, Belgium Call for Papers and Conference Website now available here
Teaching Transatlanticism Resource
All are invited to a virtual launch of the Teaching [19th-century] Transatlanticism website (http://teachingtransatlanticism.tcu.edu) from 5:30-6:30 CST on Monday, September 22, 2014. For further information, please see our Teaching and Larning page.
Call for Nominations – Robert and Vineta Colby Scholarly Book Prize
The Research Society for Victorian Periodicals is pleased to announce this year’s call for submissions for the Robert and Vineta Colby Scholarly Book Prize, awarded to the scholarly book that most advances the understanding of the nineteenth-century British newspaper or periodical press. Please see our Awards page for further information.
Looking Ahead to Special Issues
Victorian Periodicals Review is pleased to announce two forthcoming special issues! Issue 47.4 (Winter 2014) will feature articles on “Tradition and the New” with guest editors Natalie Houston and Margret Beetham. Issue 48.2 (Summer 2015) will be entitled “Digital Pedagogies: Building Learning Communities for Studying Victorian Periodicals” with guest editor Clare Horrocks. Look for more information in the coming months!
Summer issue of VPR out now!
The Summer issue of Victorian Periodicals Review is now out. Issue 47.2 features papers by Fergus Dunne, Kirsite Blair, Michael D. Lewis, Rebecca N. Mitchell, Marina Cano-Lopez, Melissa Score, and Troy Gregory. It also has a memorial by Richard Fulton of one RSVP’s founders, William Scheuerle. The issue can be accessed online here. For subscription information (which includes membership of RSVP), see the VPR page.