Research Society for Victorian Periodicals
@rs4vp
An organization dedicated to researching and teaching about newspapers, magazines, and serial print forms in Britain and its empire throughout the long nineteenth century.
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
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!
What a great looking bunch of periodical scholars! Thank you for a memorable conference!! ♥️ Exec+ 📸 Pete Clarke (the best!)
Did anyone lose a bracelet? Please let us know and we'll make sure it gets to you!
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!
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
Wolff Lecture by Katherine Bode commencing in 3...2...1...🎉 📸 Pete Clarke
Happening now in the Davis Theatre! Colby Conversation, featuring @tejapusapati.bsky.social + Andrew Lewis in conversation with Caroline Sumpter! #RSVP2026 #PrintInMotion
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
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!
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!
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!
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...
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!
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
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
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/
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!
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...
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! 🎉
🎉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
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!).
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!
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🧵
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
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!
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!
📅 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