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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals

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An organization dedicated to researching and teaching about newspapers, magazines, and serial print forms in Britain and its empire throughout the long nineteenth century.

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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 17/09/2026
ICYMI in our last (newsletter), we're joining forces with @vpfa.bsky.social for our first-ever collaborative Online Study Day (5-6 Feb. 2027) on "Fiction in Victorian and Edwardian Social Periodicals." CFP open through 31 Oct. More details here: rs4vp.org/vpfa-online-...
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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 01/09/2026
The applications portal for #RSVP2027 is now officially open! We invite all of your latest ideas on the intersections of 'Structure' and #19thC periodicals/print culture. Final proposals due 1 November. Get inspired and more information on our website: rs4vp.org/rsvp-confere...
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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 30/08/2026
It was brought to our attention that our CFP image included a small but VERY important typo. Proposals will be accepted 1 Sept-1 Nov ✨2026! That will teach us to do graphic design in the wee hours 🙄 Corrected image attached. Full CFP still on our website: rs4vp.org/rsvp-confere...
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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 29/08/2026
Ok, we've had time to reminisce. It's time to look forward. We are thrilled to announce our CFP for #RSVP2027 is now live! We'll consider the theme of 'Structures' at our next annual gathering. The applications portal opens next week on 1 Sept. More details on our website: rs4vp.org/rsvp-confere...
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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 18/08/2026
Our Fall 2026 #RSVPDigiEvent line-up is officially here! 🍂 Check out the graphic below for topics and dates. More info will be forthcoming as each individual event approaches, but you can reserve your spot now by registering here: rs4vp.org/fall-digital...
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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 01/08/2026
Applications are now open for Round 3 of our Microgrants! We’re funding innovative research in #19thC periodicals by providing seed grants for archival travel, digital access to subscriptions or repositories, or digital tools to support your research. Apply by 1 September here: buff.ly/7r9cM50
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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 31/07/2026
How has it already been a week since #RSVP2026? If you're feeling some serious conference withdrawal (as we are), why not revisit the experience by taking our conference survey? The survey should take only 5-7 min. and will stay open until Aug. 12. Scan the QR code below to access the survey!
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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 25/07/2026
What a great looking bunch of periodical scholars! Thank you for a memorable conference!! ♥️ Exec+ 📸 Pete Clarke (the best!)
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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 25/07/2026
Did anyone lose a bracelet? Please let us know and we'll make sure it gets to you!
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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 25/07/2026
And that is a wrap on #RSVP2026 in Dublin! Sláinte! 🥂 Many many thanks to our host @tcddublin.bsky.social, organizers, keynote speakers, social media volunteers + attendees for an incredible conference! And ICYMI: get ready for #RSVP2027 in OTTAWA next year! 🇨🇦 Safe migrations home to all!
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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 25/07/2026
Announced at today's AGM: Huge congratulations to Stephen Donovan & Matthew Rubery, winners of the 2026 Colby Prize for Undercover: Victorian Investigative Journalism in Fact and Fiction! 🏆#RSVP2026 #PrintInMotion
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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 24/07/2026
Day 2 at #RSVP2026! Following 3 panel sessions + a working lunch Curran Index workshop, today's highlight was Katherine Bode’s Wolff Lecture, a world-rocking analysis of how #19thC periodicals scholars are well-equipped to navigate the "new material conditions" brought on by LLMs. 📸 Pete Clarke
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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 24/07/2026
Wolff Lecture by Katherine Bode commencing in 3...2...1...🎉 📸 Pete Clarke
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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 23/07/2026
A few snapshots from around campus today✨ 📸 Above and below courtesy of Pete Clarke
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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 23/07/2026
What a Day 1 at #RSVP2026! We welcomed 192 delegates to Dublin today (!), our largest gathering to date! Highlights included Brian Maidment's tribute panel + an inspiring Keynote Colby Conversation with our 2025 Book Prize co-winners. See snapshots from today in the thread below! 📸 👇#PrintInMotion
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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 23/07/2026
Happening now in the Davis Theatre! Colby Conversation, featuring @tejapusapati.bsky.social + Andrew Lewis in conversation with Caroline Sumpter! #RSVP2026 #PrintInMotion
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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 23/07/2026
Happening now in the Davis Theatre! Colby Conversation, featuring @tejapusapati.bsky.social + Andrew Lewis in conversation with Caroline Sumpter! #RSVP2026 #PrintInMotion
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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 23/07/2026
And we’re off! Registration is open for #RSVP2026! Pick up your badge + program in the Arts Building before panels start at 1 pm. The Colby Conversation will take place at 5 pm in the Davis Theatre, followed by our Welcome Reception in the Dining Hall at 7 pm. Happy conferencing! buff.ly/JbX0MDs
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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 22/07/2026
Exploring Dublin for #RSVP2026? Join our informal photo scavenger hunt! 📸 Snap a selfie with TCD’s Campanile, the Long Room, Oscar Wilde in Merrion Square, the “Dublin” signs about town, and any other fun literary sites you find + tag us using #RSVP2026 + #PrintInMotion so we can share the love!
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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 13/07/2026
Our final spotlight for the 2026 Colby Prize is Anne-Julia Zwierlein's Lecturing Women in British Fiction, Periodicals & Public Orality (Routledge, 2025). Learn what our judges had to say here: buff.ly/u816Usf The finalist will be announced 25 July at the #RSVP2026 AGM. Watch this space!
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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 08/07/2026
We're looking for a few volunteers to help promote #RSVP2026! If you are: 1) attending the Dublin conference from 23-25 July, 2) have a Bluesky account, and 3) Are willing to post about panels you attend + your conference experience with hashtags #RSVP2026 or #PrintInMotion, we want you!
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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 06/07/2026
Our next semifinalist for the 2026 Colby Book Prize is Stephen Donovan and Matthew Rubery's Undercover: Victorian Investigative Journalism in Fact and Fiction (Cambridge UP, 2025). Read on for what our judges had to say about this "page-turner of a book": rs4vp.org/2026-colby-p...
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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 01/07/2026
Julie Codell shares her article, “Correcting Art with Science: Victorian Painting in Nature,” in The History of Science, which examines how scientists writing for /Nature/ critiqued art from a scientific lens thru exhibition reviews and two "science for artists" series. Thanks for #SharingYourNews!
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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 30/06/2026
We've been busy gearing up for #RSVP2026 these past few weeks! We're pleased to share that the program is now live, as are suggestions on What to Do (including a handpicked list of bookshops!) and Where to Eat provided by our local host (under "Travel to Dublin"). Check it out! conference.rs4vp.org
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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 29/06/2026
This year, we're spotlighting each of our Colby Prize semifinalists leading up to the big reveal at #RSVP2026, starting today! First up we have @mdamkjaer.bsky.social's latest monograph, Fiction on the Page in #19thC Magazines (OUP, 2025). Read the judges' comments here: buff.ly/u816Usf
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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 24/06/2026
Just one more week to get your best draft for either of @vpreditors.bsky.social's annual essay prizes in! Winners receive $500 USD and publication of their essay in an upcoming issue of VPR. More info on RSVP's website (under "VPR Annual Prizes"): rs4vp.org/awards/
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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 22/06/2026
We are delighted to announce the SHORTLIST for the 2026 Colby Prize, which recognizes book-length scholarship on #19thC British/empire periodicals. Many congratulations to our 3 semifinalists! Watch this space for more on each book + the winner, who will be announced at the #RSVP2026 AGM on 25 July!
A collage of the three book covers shortlisted for the Colby Prize, from left to right: Fiction on the Page in Nineteenth-Century Magazines by Maria Damkjær; Lecturing Women in British Fiction, Periodicals and Public Orality, 1870-1910 by Anne-Julia Zwierlein; and Undercover: Victorian Investigative Journalism in Fact and Fiction by Stephen Donovan and Matthew Rubery.
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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 15/06/2026
⏰️ Just a quick reminder that TODAY is the last day to register for #RSVP2026! We'll convene at Trinity College Dublin from 23-25 July for "Movements & Migrations in the #19thC Press". Hopefully we'll see you there? Rates + registration info on our site: buff.ly/rX5vsBg
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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 12/06/2026
Just one weekend left to register for #RSVP2026! Registration closes on Monday, 15 June at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time. We'd hate for you to miss out! Registration rates and more can be found on the conference site: conference.rs4vp.org/program/regi...
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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 03/06/2026
We’re thrilled to award our 2026 Leary Grant to the team behind "Yellow Nineties 3.0"! In addition to securing their own archive, they seek to create an open-access toolkit for other aging #DH projects. Read the judges' full comments here: rs4vp.org/awards/leary... Congrats to the team! 🎉
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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 28/05/2026
📢 Join us next Friday, June 5 at 8am PT/11am ET/4pm BST/5pm CET for the first of our pre-#RSVP2026 digital panels "Art in the Victorian Press"! Three art historians explore tariffs, botanical art, & autographic replicas in the #19thC press. Full details & registration found here: buff.ly/k2Kuntm...
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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 28/05/2026
🎉Congratulations to @c19thnewshound.bsky.social, our 2026 Mitchell Prize winner! His work reframes the so-called "failure" of #19thC short-lived periodicals as innovative and intentional. Our judges described the project as "analytically acute and conceptually ambitious." Read more: buff.ly/mix9hRU
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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 11/05/2026
Looking for a new opportunity? If you are interested in putting your name forward to serve on RSVP’s Board of Directors or for Vice President, please reach out to President @pritijoshi.bsky.social (president [at] rs4vp.org) for more information and duties (and take note of the "NB" below!).
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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 05/05/2026
Submissions are now OPEN for VPR's "Expanding the Field" Prize! Winners receive $500 (USD) and publication in a forthcoming issue of VPR. 🔗 Full details here: rs4vp.org/awards/victo... Want to know what a winning essay entails? Join our upcoming #RSVPDigiEv on May 15 to hear from previous winners!
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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 01/05/2026
Happy May Day! April showers have brought us not flowers, but a number of exciting upcoming Digital Events. Mark your calendars/diaries! 📆 As a reminder, ALL of these events (even the pre-conference ones!) are free to attend and open to all. Details below in the🧵
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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 17/03/2026
Join us April 17 for our next #RSVPDigiEvent, a talk by Graham Law on "Commissioned Letters to the Editor for The Times." Dr. Law will present on The Times's occasional, surreptitious practice of commissioning pseudo-letters to the editor from professional agents. Register here: buff.ly/gYSyn0H
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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 11/02/2026
Save the dates for our upcoming #RSVPDigiEvents! More details will be shared as dates approach (so watch this space!). Registration links for each of these events can be found by scanning the QR code or visiting our website: rs4vp.org/digital-even... Hope to "see" you there!
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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 04/02/2026
Congratulations are in order to our 2026 Peterson Fellowship winner, Clare Clark! The committee notes that her project "promises a new angle on a familiar figure by applying a lens of periodical literature" to it. Read more here: rs4vp.org/awards/peter... We can't wait to read the finished product!
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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 01/02/2026
📅 Save the date for our next #RSVPDigiEvent! On 27 Feb., RSVP will host the editors and several contributors to The Edinburgh History of the Transnational British Press in Non-Anglophone Countries, 1800-1914 (2025) in a roundtable discussion about their exciting new collection! buff.ly/rD2BgEG
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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 15/01/2026
We're now accepting applications for our 2026 Patrick Leary Resource Development Grants and Mitchell Dissertation Prize! Both awards offer 💵 for tools and research relating to the #19thC periodical press. More information about each award can be found in the thread below.
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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 13/01/2026
ICYMI in our last (newsletter, that is), we have eight new Curran Fellows for 2026 set to embark on some exciting #19thC periodicals research! This year's cohort comes from several disciplines across institutions in the US, UK, Germany and Italy. Congratulations to all! 🎉
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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 09/01/2026
Mark your calendars! We're kicking off our 2026 #RSVPDigiEvent season on Friday, 23 January with a talk by Beth Gaskell entitled "Yesterday's News: Behind the Scenes at the British National Newspaper Collection." As always, this event is free and open to all. Register here: rs4vp.org/yesterdays-n...
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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 29/10/2025
📣BREAKING NEWS! We've extended our CFP deadline for #RSVP2026 "Movements and Migrations"! Proposals now due 21 November 2025. Full CFP and more details about all things conference on our website: rs4vp.org/rsvp-confere...
Black-and-white printed image of crowd of people overlaid with CFP announcement that says "Movements and Migrations Trinity College, Dublin, 23-25 July 2026 New proposal deadline 21 November 2025"
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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 22/10/2025
Just a quick reminder that Curran Fellowship recommendation letters are due TODAY! If you're writing a letter of support for a Curran applicant, be sure to submit it via our online portal by 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time (which might buy a few of you some time 😏): buff.ly/1p1VE8f
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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 15/10/2025
We know NO ONE waits until the last minute to submit their Curran Fellowship applications 😉 For those who may have let the weeks slip by, however, TODAY is the last day to submit your completed applications! Make sure they're in by 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time via our online portal here: buff.ly/1p1VE8f
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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 21/08/2025
#RSVPDigiEvents is getting into the back-to-school spirit on Friday, 5 Sept. We'll learn from our experts on how to create standout grant application, just in time for Curran and (upcoming) Peterson Fellowship season! As always, registration is free and open to all: rs4vp.org/digital-even...
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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 08/08/2025
A CFP has recently come across our digital desk that is sure to be of interest. /Women's Writing/ is celebrating 200 years of Margaret Oliphant with a special issue! Abstracts (300 words) are due 1 December 2025. Thanks for #SharingYourNews! More info here: think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
Colorized etched portrait of Margaret Oliphant, a white elderly woman in lace cap sitting at a three-quarter profile
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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 24/07/2025
As announced at the close of #RSVP2025, congratulations are in order to our two Colby Book Prize winners, Andrew Lewis and @tejapusapati.bsky.social! You can read what our committee has to say about these fantastic additions to the field of periodical studies here: rs4vp.org/awards/colby...
Graphic design of the two book covers of Colby Prize winners in ovals on a navy blue back with white wavy design. Text reads, "2025 Colby Book Prize Winners - Congratulations!"
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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 23/06/2025
Our last #VoicesVisions pre-conference (and very topical) panel, "People, Politics, and Protest in the Victorian Press" is this Friday, June 27! As with previous panels, this event is free and open to all, but you must register for the event to receive the Zoom link: rs4vp.org/june-digital...
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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 16/06/2025
Join us Friday, 20 Jun for our 3rd free #RSVP2025 pre-conference panel on "Representation & Remediation in Victorian Periodicals"! This 90-min event will showcase how "remediation" shapes print culture in myriad ways. No travel required! Register to get the Zoom link here: rs4vp.org/june-digital...
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