The Gale Dissertation Research Fellowship in Nineteenth-Century Media The Research Society for Victorian Periodicals (RSVP) is pleased to announce that the eighth annual Gale Dissertation Research Fellowship is now open for applications. Made possible by the generosity of publisher Gale, part of Cengage Learning, the award is in support of dissertation research that makes substantial use of full-text digitized collections of 19th-century British magazines and newspapers. A prize of $1500 will be awarded, together with one year’s passworded subscription to selected digital collections from Gale, including 19th Century UK Periodicals and 19th Century British Library Newspapers. Deadline: February 1, 2017, for […]
Linda H. Peterson Fellowship: Deadline February 1, 2017
In 2017 the Research Society for Victorian Periodicals will award one Linda H. Peterson Fellowship to provide a researcher with the most valuable scholarly resource—time. The Peterson Fellowship is intended to support, first and foremost, primary research on the nineteenth-century newspaper and periodical press. Therefore, eligible projects must engage primary sources, whether those sources appear in print, manuscript, or digital facsimile. The amount of the award will be $17,500. To apply for the Fellowship please see the details of eligibility and application procedure here.
Call for Papers: ‘Visual Design: the Periodical Page as a Designed Surface’
Call for Papers: ‘Visual Design: the Periodical Page as a Designed Surface’ International Conference of the DFG research unit “Journalliteratur“ (FOR 2288), 23-25 November 2017, Philipps-Universität Marburg (Germany) The conference “Visual design: the periodical page as a designed surface” is concerned with the visual design of the Journal, taken to mean the whole spectrum of periodical print publications, including amongst others newspapers and magazines. Interest is thus focused on the periodical page (or double-page spread) as a visible printed surface on which words and images appear in a designed context. The premise is that the written and pictorial content of the […]
RSVP Field Development Grant Accepting Proposals Now
In 2017 the Research Society for Victorian Periodicals will award one RSVP Field Development Grant to a single researcher or a team of researchers pursuing a project that would facilitate research by other scholars. Two smaller awards may be given if the right projects present themselves. The amount of the award will be up to $27,500. Please see the Field Development Grant page of our website for more details. The deadline for applications is February 1, 2017.
RSVP 2017 Conference Website Now Live
The website for the upcoming annual RSVP conference ‘Borders and Border Crossings’ hosted at Freiburg University, Germany 27th – 29th July 2017 is now live. Here you will find the CFP, information on travelling to the conference and advice on accommodation. The deadline for submitting a proposal is 31st January 2017.
Call for Nominations for The Robert and Vineta Colby Scholarly Book Prize 2017 Now Open
The Research Society for Victorian Periodicals is seeking nominations and suggestions of books published in 2016 which are eligible for consideration for the Robert and Vineta Colby Scholarly Book Prize. Please see the Colby Prize page of our website for more details.