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Now Accepting Curran Fellowship Applications and Colby Prize Nominations

The web portal for the 2022 Curran Fellowship applications and Colby Book Prize nominations is now open! The deadline for Curran applications is Dec. 15, 2021. Applicant reference letters are due by Dec. 22, 2021. This set of travel and research grants is intended to aid scholars studying 19th-century British magazines and newspapers in making use of primary print and archival sources. The Curran Fellowships are open to researchers of any age from any of a wide range of disciplinary perspectives. They are made possible through the generosity of the late Eileen Curran, Professor Emerita of English, Colby College. For […]

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Please Welcome Our Newest Board Members

And the votes are in! Please welcome our four newest board members: Priti Joshi Matt Poland Catherine Waters Teja Varma Pusapati We appreciate your willingness to help lead our organization during an exciting time in Victorian scholarship. And of course, thanks to all who voted! Meet Our Newest Board Members Priti Joshi is a Professor of English and Asian Studies at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington, located on the unceded territories of the Puyallup people. She has spent the last dozen years in the archives of 19th-century Indian newspapers and is the author of Empire News: The […]

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Settler Colonialism and the Slave Trade: Our November Transimperialism Workshop

The RSVP Race and Transimperialism Workshop Series presents: Settler Colonialism and the Slave Trade: Exploring Henry and Mary Bibb’s Voice of the Fugitive (1851-1853) and Mary Ann Shadd Cary’s The Provincial Freeman (1853-1857) Dr. Fariha Shaikh (University of Birmingham) Wednesday 17 November 2021, 6pm GMT / 12 pm CST This third workshop in our series will focus on two mid-century Canadian periodicals: the first Black-owned periodical, Henry and Mary Bibb’s Voice of the Fugitive (1851-1853) and the first Black periodical to be owned by a woman, Mary Ann Shadd Cary’s The Provincial Freeman (1853-1857). Dr. Shaikh will situate these periodicals […]

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VanArsdel Prize Winner Announced

The 2021 VanArsdel Prize has been awarded to Elizabeth Howard (PhD Candidate, University of Minnesota) for her essay, “‘Keeping Christmas’ on the Page: the Adelaide Observer, Alice in Wonderland, and the Australian Periodical at Play.” The committee commented, “This is an excellently written, interesting essay that focuses on an understudied area to make an original contribution to the field of periodical studies. Its astute analysis of the Adelaide Observer highlights this newspaper’s status as a colonial/settler production but contains insights more broadly relevant to newspaper culture in the Victorian world.”  The VanArsdel Prize, established in 1990 to honor Rosemary VanArsdel, […]

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Workshop: The Making of Transimperial Technological Networks

Join us on 21 October 2021 at 5:30 pm BST / 11:30 am CST for a workshop titled, The Making of Transimperial Technological Networks: A Case Study of Select Marathi Periodicals. This event is the second in our series on Race and Transimperialism. Dr. Vaibhav Singh (University of Reading) will introduce us to Marathi periodicals to discuss aspects of design processes, typographic history, printing and textual communications in the context of transimperial technological networks. The 50-minute workshop will include a presentation from Dr. Singh and Q&A, with time for discussion and suggestions for further reading. The workshop is free. All are […]

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Call for Guest Editors of VPR

Victorian Periodicals Review invites proposals from guest editors for special themed issues to be published in 2022, 2023, and 2024. Individuals or co-editors should submit proposals to Katherine Malone by October 15, 2021.  Proposals should include a short description of your topic and its relevance to Victorian periodical studies, along with a brief bio for each editor. A full list of VPR’s past special issues is available on our website. If your proposal for a special issue is accepted, the guest editor(s) will: Solicit essays (either by CFP or invitation) Select five to seven articles for publication Oversee the revision process […]

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