CFP “Copying and Copyright in 19th-Century British Newspapers and Periodicals”

“Copying and Copyright in 19th-Century British Newspapers and Periodicals” Conference and special issue of Victorian Periodicals Review Université Paris Diderot, 16-17 March 2017   Despite the importance that newspapers, magazines, and other periodicals had for authors and readers in nineteenth-century Britain, the scholarship on copyright during this period remains book-centered. Most studies of serials pay little attention to questions of copyright, and most studies of copyright barely mention serials. What features of newspapers and periodicals made them different from books, and to what extent did these differences matter to authors, readers, legislators, and judges? What rules did writers, editors, and […]

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RSVP ANNUAL CONFERENCE CFP 2016 – UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-KANSAS CITY

BIGGER, Better, More! — Growth and Expansion in the Victorian Press University of Missouri-Kansas City, September 9–10, 2016 The Research Society for Victorian Periodicals invites proposals for its 2016 conference on the theme of growth and expansion in the Victorian press. We encourage broad interpretation of what “Bigger, Better, More!” means for Victorian newspapers and magazines, with possible topics including: • Proliferation of news events, headline stories, scandals • Serialization, sequels, symposia, rejoinders, recurring columns • Developments in printing technology, formats, editorial vision • Increased readership, population, urban and imperial expansion • Economic growth, profits, investments, windfalls, boom-and-bust cycles • […]

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Is Our Memory of the Great Marriage Debate a Failure? by Emma Burris-Janssen (University of Connecticut)

  Emma Burris-Janssen is a third-year PhD student at the University of Connecticut. Her research interests centre on gendered violence and trauma, which is how she became acquainted with the work of Mona Caird and the Great Marriage Debate of 1888, and she is currently working on a larger project connecting Mona Caird’s work on marriage with that of Thomas Hardy. Her dissertation will bring these research interests into tighter focus by examining figurations of criminalised abortion in the British periodical press (particularly medical journals) and the British novel from 1861-1967. As this project is in its early stages, reading […]

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Application for 2016 Curran Fellowships now open

Applications for the Curran Fellowships for research to be undertaken in 2016 must be submitted in electronic form to curranfellowship@rs4vp.org no later than November 1, 2015. Applicants should send a current c.v., the names and contact information of two scholars who are familiar with the applicant and his or her research goals, and a description of the project to which these funds will be applied.  Any questions about these awards can be sent to curranfellowship@rs4vp.org See our Awards Pages for further details on eligibility and how to apply

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Midwest Victorian Studies Association CFP Victorian News: Print Culture and the Periodical Press

CFP:  Victorian News: Print Culture & The Periodical Press Midwest Victorian Studies Association 2016   #MVSA 2016 April 8-10, University of Missouri, Columbia Taking as its starting point the remarkable explosion in the periodical press and the availability of cheap print in the Victorian Era, the conference aims to attract papers that reflect fresh and current thinking about the topic. Proposals for papers of twenty minutes in length are sought from scholars working in art history, musicology, history, science, philosophy, theater, and literature. We particularly encourage presentations that will contribute to cross-disciplinary discussion, a special feature of MVSA conferences. Possible topics include, […]

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