@vsawc
Bringing a community of scholars committed to interdisciplinary research and innovative teaching about the Victorian period together since 1972. Our journal is @victorianreview.bsky.social Our website is https://vsawc.org
Don't forget to join us next week for an exciting discussion about the transnational press of the long #19thC. As a reminder, all of our #RSVPDigiEvents are free and open to all, but you must register to receive the Zoom link. buff.ly/rD2BgEG
🔔 Attention ECRs! Just a reminder that March 1 (next Sunday) is the last day to get your applications in for our annual Mitchell Dissertation Prize! Winners receive $1,000 USD + a 2-yr. membership to RSVP. We look forward to reading your work! rs4vp.org/awards/mitch...
Registration for ‘VSAWC 2026: Victorian Trade’ is now open! You will find the link you need to register at vsawc.org/registration/
We look forward to sharing a draft program with you soon.
Ben Moore (B.P.Moore@uva.nl) and Rebecca Styler (rstyler@lincoln.ac.uk) by Monday 2nd March 2026.
Short-listed applicants will be invited to attend an informal online interview.
Applicants should be aware that the position is not remunerated.
• If possible, you are willing to attend the Gaskell Society conference and/or AGM on occasion, which are usually held in the UK
To apply, please submit a CV and a one-page statement of interest, indicating your relevant experience and what you would bring to the role, to +
• You have taught and/or published on Elizabeth Gaskell’s works
• You have editorial and/or (peer) review experience
• You are enthusiastic about taking the journal forward and generating academic interest in Gaskell studies +
in collaboration with the Editorial Board and a rotating Guest Judge.
The Journal invites applications from interested parties who meet the following requirements:
• You are an established or emerging scholar working in Victorian studies (or a closely related area) with a focus on literature +
including co-writing the journal’s front matter and receiving and editing reports from the various Gaskell Society branches.
The co-Editors are also responsible for coordinating the journal’s biannual Joan Leach Memorial Graduate Student Essay Prize, +
In addition, they will assist in answering enquiries, soliciting contributions, and maintaining links with the Gaskell Society and with the journal’s Editorial Board. They will work closely with the Reviews Editor, Production Editor and Editorial Assistant to produce the journal each year, +
The successful applicant will become one of two co-Editors responsible for receiving, desk-reviewing and distributing for peer review article submissions, and overseeing the revisions process, as well as contributing to reviewing as suits their expertise. +
In a typical issue, the journal publishes 3-4 original articles, 3-4 book reviews, and reports from the Society’s branches across the UK and the world. +
It is owned by the Gaskell Society and is distributed to its members, as well as being indexed in various academic databases (for more details, see The Gaskell Journal – The annual Journal of the Gaskell Society). +
[Post on behalf of the Gaskell Journal]
The Gaskell Journal invites applications for the position of co-Editor.
The Gaskell Journal is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal published annually, dedicated to disseminating the most authoritative, dynamic and agenda-setting research in Gaskell Studies. +
CFP for the Undergraduate and Graduate Victorian Studies Association (UGSVA) fourth annual online conference! The conference will take place on Tuesday April 28st from about 9:00 AM-4:00 PM EST (time approximate) via Zoom. CFP deadline is on Sunday.
call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2026/01/...
Today is the day! Send us your proposals, folks!
Reminder: The extended deadline to submit your proposal for VSAWC 2026 is in five days!
Had a busy week? You're in luck! The deadline to submit your proposals to present at our May 2026 conference on Victorian Trade as been extended to December 15th! Please go to vsawc.org/events/ for more details!
Abstracts due today!
Please see vsawc.org/events/ for more details!
A reminder to submit proposals for VSAWC's 2026 conference on VICTORIAN TRADE by December 1!
I am so grateful to Doreen Thierauf for the invitation to contribute to this forum! As Jill Ehnenn points to in her response, the political (and disciplinary!) landscape has changed significantly since writing my contribution, "After the Tipping Point"--
Congratulations, Katharine!
More time to perfect your abstract on space, place, and community (anywhere) for queer bib. These lively, friendly, sustaining conferences are entirely worth the time + energy. **Hybrid**, so you don't even need to leave house. Althrough the organisers are working hard to make it worth the travel.
Call for Contributions: Victorian Infrastructures & their Environmental Legacies
We're still looking for articles to be included in our @openlibhums.org special issue!
Abstracts are due 31 October, full texts 31 March '26.
@bavs-uk.bsky.social @rs4vp.org @asleuki.bsky.social @easlce.bsky.social
📢CFP -- "Mediating Medicine: Health and Illness in the Victorian Age", 5 December 2025, Online Workshop
Send us your proposals for 15min papers or 5min flashlight talks by 30 Sept!⚕️💉👨⚕️🚑📖📰
PGR, ERC & NeoVictorian contributions very welcome 🫶
#MedHum #19Century #Victorian
shorturl.at/ePhU5
Auckland university is hiring a Lecturer (that’s Assistant Prof for all you Americans) in English, specialising in the long nineteenth century, to a permanent position commencing before Semester 1, 2026 (or by negotiation). Focus is nineteenth century fiction - details below!
Want to attend NAVSA 2025: Aftermaths but can't make it to DC? Want MORE brilliant Victorianist scholarship than you can get at the in-person event? The NAVSA 2025 DIGITAL PRESESSION is free and open to all —registration required for security
(thread of papers below)
Issue 50.2 of Victorian Review is out on Project Muse! First up in this issue is a forum edited by Doreen Thierauf, "Thinking Reproductive and Sexual Justice with the Victorians after Dobbs: Future Paths Previously Trod"
muse.jhu.edu/issue/55679
We were so excited about this issue that we typed too fast and failed to highlight the cluster's focus, Victorians and Video Games! Check it out!