Happy Monday! This is your friendly reminder that Leary Resource Development Grant applications are due this coming Sunday, March 15! Leary Grants offer up to $27,500 USD to support new tools, repositories, datasets, + other projects that deepen our engagement with the #19thC press.
Last Friday's #RSVPDigiEvent on the #19thC British press in non-Anglophone countries is now live on our YouTube channel! And don't forget to join us *tomorrow* for our March event featuring @triproftri.bsky.social and the Forget Me Not!
(Re)View February's event here: youtu.be/Z_SHdYrF6tE
Some of the most engrossing 19th century prose I know of can be found on a website run by a retiree who has spent the last 16 years transcribing thousands of letters, almost all of them in private hands, written by Civil War soldiers. billyyankjohnnyreb.wordpress.com/2015/12/05/l... #19thCentury
More exciting VPR news!
Welcome to our new Associate Editor! 🎉
Enjoyed today's #RSVPDigiEvent? Can't wait for more #19thC periodicals' chat? Our March event is just around the corner next Friday, March 6! @triproftri.bsky.social will talk to us about the "Racial Anxieties of Polite Culture in the Forget Me Not for 1825 + 1833." Register now!
Many thanks to Patrick and @c19thnewshound.bsky.social for your time, talents, and enthusiasm in launching this new series! It's a tough act to follow, but if anyone can, it is Linda Hughes in conversation with Gillian Walters, coming to a feed near you this March!
In this final installment of our inaugural Interview Series, @patrickleary.bsky.social pays homage to the many projects whose power rests in their meticulous archival research. He reminds us of the power of the periodical aura "to shape and revitalize your entire project". rs4vp.org/getting-star...
Just a few more days to apply for our first round of Microgrant funding, RSVP's latest funding opportunity! Completed applications are due this Sunday, March 1. Our next cycle will open mid-April with a deadline of May 15. Apply on our website: rs4vp.org/awards/micro...
🔔 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...
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
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We are thrilled to announce that applications for our 1st round of Microgrant funding are now open! These small seed grants of up to $300 USD support exploratory research or new projects in periodical studies. Applications for this first round of funds are due March 1!
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!
Interesting article in @jbritishstudies.bsky.social about missionary periodicals. When I first joined @rs4vp.org I was going to do something with the Bible Society’s *Monthly Register*. Someone still should.
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Calling all grad students!
New VPFA Study Day Announcement 📢: 'Out of this World: Science Fiction in the Victorian Period'.
Read the CfP on our website: victorianpopularfiction.org/out-of-this-....
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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
ICYMI, our Jan. #RSVPDigiEvent is now on YouTube! In this well-attended event (50+ attendees!), @bethgaskell.bsky.social gave us a behind-the-scenes look at her work as Lead Curator for the British National Newspaper Collection at the British Library. Many thanks, Beth!
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Last call! Colby Book Prize nominations are due TOMORROW, 31 January. This prize is awarded to a book published during the preceding year that most advances our understanding of the #19thC British press. If you recently read a book that fits that description, we want to know!
Come and speak at first ever Tennyson and Ecocriticism Conference: CFP deadline this Saturday - all information below @tennysonsociety.bsky.social @lindakhughes.bsky.social @victorianweb.bsky.social @victorianreview.bsky.social @rs4vp.org @jofvictculture.bsky.social @victstudies.bsky.social
To round out your January, please enjoy Part 2 of "Getting Started in Periodicals Research," a conversation between @c19thnewshound.bsky.social and @patrickleary.bsky.social! In this installment, Patrick talks attributions research and digitization in periodical studies. rs4vp.org/getting-star...
Did you read or review a great new book on #19thC periodical studies? Was it published in the last year? If yes, nominate it for a Colby Book Prize! We're still accepting nominations through 31 January. [NB: For tax reasons, authors *cannot* self-nominate.] More info here:
@triproftri.bsky.social shares some exciting news about her upcoming workshop Jun. 8-12 at the 2026 Digital Humanities Summer Institute on "DH Leadership." Early registration is still open! Thanks for #SharingYourNews! rs4vp.org/dh-summer-wo...
Hard same! 😉
The Sally Mitchell Dissertation Prize awards $1,000 USD to the best Ph.D. dissertation defended in 2025 that explores the British periodical press as an object of study in its own right, not as a source of material for other historical topics. More info here: buff.ly/sqKVZiI
The Leary Resource Development Grant offers up to $27,500 USD to support a scholar or team of researchers in creating resources that facilitate the work of others in their study of British newspapers and periodicals from the long nineteenth century. More info here: buff.ly/Qn6dpAS
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.
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! 🎉
