Research Society for Victorian Periodicals (RSVP)
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The Research Society for Victorian Periodicals (RSVP): interdisciplinary scholarly group, publisher of @VPReditors + now @rs4vp.bsky.social
Joined December 2011
RSVP is now on Bluesky! Stay up to date with award announcements, research funding, digital events, conference news, tidbits, and more at This account will no longer be active. 👋
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RT @DrHorrocks: Join us at MMU on Wednesday 2nd April, for an exciting afternoon of papers, including my new research on the Punch Almanack….
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ICYMI, our latest #RSVPDigEv with Stephan Pigeon is now available on YouTube! Stephan's talk gave us all much to think about not only the #19thcpress but also periodical studies and journalism history. Thank you, Stephan, and to all who attended!
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There's still time to get your Leary Grant proposal in! Leary Grants provide a single researcher or a team of researchers with💰 to build resources that enhance our understanding of the #19thC press. Applications are due *March 15* at 11:59 p.m. PST!
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The Patrick Leary Field Development Grant is named for long-time RSVP supporter, Board member and former President, Patrick Leary. It is intended to support one scholar or a team of researchers in...
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☎️Calling all recent PhD's! There's still time to submit your 2024 dissertation for our Mitchell Prize, but the deadline is coming up fast! Applications are due Saturday, Mar. 1, so ⏰ is of the essence!
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The Sally Mitchell Dissertation Prize is awarded annually to the best Ph.D. dissertation, defended in the previous calendar year, that explores the British periodical press of the long nineteenth...
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Join our #RSVPDigEv team next week to hear from Stephan Pigeon about the formation & goings-on of the Institute of Journalists! We'll convene on the usual day (Friday, Feb. 28) at the usual time (8am PT/11am EST/4pm UK/5pm CET). Hope to see you there!
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The RSVP Digital Events team welcomes Stephan Pigeon to our Speaker's Forum to talk on the Making of the Institute of Journalists February 28!
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RT @alchemiebooks: Ronnie needs you! The Lord Ronald Gower Diaries transcription project is gaining traction, but needs more volunteers. Pl….
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RT @VPReditors: Check your mailbox for a new issue of VPR! This double issue is packed with exciting scholarship, including our VanArsdel a….
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Did you defend your dissertation in 2024? Did it enhance our knowledge of the #19thC press? You may be eligible for our Mitchell Dissertation Prize! Submissions are open through March 1 - a scant two weeks away! More details can be found on our website:
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The Sally Mitchell Dissertation Prize is awarded annually to the best Ph.D. dissertation, defended in the previous calendar year, that explores the British periodical press of the long nineteenth...
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Do you have an innovative idea for advancing periodicals research? Do you need 💰 to make this idea a reality? Consider applying for our annual Patrick Leary Field Development Grant! Applications are open through March 15. More details on our website:
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📢Last call for Colby Book Prize nominations for your favorite new book on #19thC periodicals! Amongst other rewards, winners are invited to give our annual Colby lecture and of course, receive all laud and adulation. Submit your choice here:
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Just a quick reminder that our Colby Book Prize nominations are coming due next week! Tell us about your best periodicals read from this past year by Friday, January 31. Authors are welcome to self-nominate as well. More info on our website:
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The Colby Book Prize was endowed in 2006 in memory of Robert Colby by his wife, Vineta Colby, distinguished scholars and long-time members of RSVP. In 2011, following Vineta’s death, the Board of...
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Hot off the digital presses! Check out our first #RSVPDigEv recording of the year, hosted earlier today! We kicked off the year celebrating the Edinburgh Companion to British Colonial Periodicals (2024). Check it out!
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RT @VPFJournal: Delighted to announce the publication of Volume 6 Issue 2 of Victorian Popular Fictions - a special issue on Victorian Tran….
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📢Last call for Curran Fellowship applications! Curran Fellowships are travel grants designed to help facilitate research on primary source materials. Completed applications are due *TODAY* at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time! Submit your application here:
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Just a reminder to join us for our first #RSVPDigEv of 2025 next Friday! We're celebrating The Edinburgh Companion to British Colonial Periodicals (2024), the first-ever volume to consider the colonial periodical press's impact on the Empire in the #19thC.
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Kick off the RSVP 2025 Digital Event season with a book launch of the Edinburgh Companion to British Colonial Periodicals (2024), out now!
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Just a reminder that we're still accepting Curran Fellowship applications. Completed applications are due next Wednesday, 15 January!
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#RSVPDigEv is ready for 2025! Join us Friday, Jan. 17 at 8am PT/11am ET/4pm UK/5pm CET for a book launch of The Edinburgh Companion to British Colonial Periodicals (2024)! We'll hear from the editors and several contributors, and hope to see you there too!.
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Kick off the RSVP 2025 Digital Event season with a book launch of the Edinburgh Companion to British Colonial Periodicals (2024), out now!
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Thanks for #sharingyournews with us, Kristine! If you have news or tidbits to share, please let us know!.
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Congratulations to @kmoruzi on the publication of her new book, Philanthropy in Children's Periodicals, 1840-1930: The Charitable Child (2024)! We're excited to see this first book-length study on the topic finally in print!
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Kristine Moruzi's new book on periodicals' impact on fashioning "the charitable child," Philanthropy in Children's Periodicals, is out now!
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