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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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Want to Learn About the Indian Punch?

RSVP’s Digital Events committee is pleased to welcome Maryam Sikander for our next virtual event. As the inaugural presenter in our Speaker’s Forum series, Maryam will deliver a talk titled “Avadh Punch (1877-1938): Transformation of Colonial Text and Context” on Wednesday, March 1 at 8 a.m. PST / 11 a.m. EST / 4 p.m. GMT / 9:30 p.m. IST. Maryam Sikander is a Junior Fellow at Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi. She was awarded our 2021 Sally Mitchell Dissertation Prize for her PhD thesis which she completed at SOAS University of London in 2021. Her thesis explored the […]

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Digital Events Return Feb. 3 with “Pick A Periodical”

RSVP’s Digital Events Committee is back in action! We’re delighted that Lorraine Janzen Kooistra will inaugurate our year’s events on Friday, February 3 at 8 a.m. PST/10 a.m. CST/ 11 a.m. EST / 4 p.m. GMT. She will be guiding attendees in the first of our recurring “Pick a Periodical” event series with a discussion of Volume 5 (April 1895) of The Yellow Book. What Is Pick A Periodical? Pick A Periodical is a new event series we will host…periodically…in which we ask a scholar and member of RSVP to select an issue (or range) of a newspaper or periodical […]

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Call for Contributors to RSVP Bibliography

We Need Your Help! RSVP seeks contributors to its biennial bibliography, which will be published in Victorian Periodicals Review in Fall 2023. Contributors to the bibliography are asked to adopt three to ten scholarly journals from a list, identify articles published between December 2017 and December 2020 that have direct relevance to the study of Victorian journalism, and compile a list of annotated entries. All contributors are acknowledged in the published bibliography. Entries will be due in May 2023. If you are interested in contributing to this project or can recommend someone, please email Dr. Kristin Kondrlik at for the […]

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Call for VPR Submissions Editors

Victorian Periodicals Review (VPR) is expanding its editorial board to include Submissions Editors who will facilitate the double-blind peer review process. The journal invites expressions of interest from individuals working in nineteenth-century periodical studies who meet the criteria described below. What’s Involved Each Submissions Editor takes responsibility for securing specialist reviewers for approximately three submissions per year. On the basis of the reviewers’ reports, the Submissions Editor then provides a recommendation to the Editor. In the case of a recommendation for major revisions, the Submissions Editor’s opinion is usually sought on resubmission. Submissions Editors will play a major role in shaping […]

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Upcoming Joint RSVP/ESPRit Online Event

Join Us for a Virtual Seminar on The Foreign Language Press RSVP and ESPRit are delighted to host a joint online event featuring colleagues from TransfoPress, the Transnational network for the study of Foreign Language Press from the 18th to the 20th century. The seminar will take place 8th December 2022 at 5 p.m. GMT / 6 p.m. CET via Zoom, and will last approximately 90 minutes. During the seminar, the below speakers will give 15-minute presentations, followed by Q&A and discussion. The seminar is free and all are welcome. Invited Speakers At this online event, we’re pleased to welcome the following colleagues from the Transfopress […]

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