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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 2017

  We are delighted to announce that the call for papers is now open for our next conference Borders and Border Crossings (website link to follow). The conference will take place at Freiburg University, Germany, 27th – 29th July 2017. Call for Papers Victorians reached out not only to rule the world but even more so to explore it in travel, scientific endeavour or in search of new experiences. Victorian periodicals reported on these experiences, and gave advice or warnings. As the 2017 conference is taking place in the border country of Germany, Switzerland and France, its special interest will […]

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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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Late-Victorian Literary Liverpool: A Symposium

Members of the RSVP community may be interested in attending the free event Late-Victorian Literary Liverpool: A Symposium. On 29 October 2016, Liverpool Central Library will bring together scholars and collectors from the UK and the US for a one-day symposium about Liverpool as a literary and cultural centre at the end of the 19th century. A flyer for the event can be found here.  

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