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Victorian Studies Association of Western Canada

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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

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Devin Garofalo@devingarofalo.bsky.social · 2w ago

This issue is stellar, & @emmadavenport.bsky.social ‘s essay is a true banger! And plz remind folks about the early career essay prize (deadline approaching) — more info below!

Victorian Poetry@victorianpoetry.bsky.social · 2w ago

A new issue of VP is live, featuring @emmadavenport.bsky.social prize-winning essay on Toru Dutt! Issue contents previewed in the image & alt-text, + a reminder abt the upcoming submission deadline for the journal’s annual early career essay prize. Please share far and wide! muse.jhu.edu/issue/57126

Issue 63.2 of Victorian Poetry is live! The full issue is open access. Its contents are as follows: EMMA DAVENPORT, "Crediting Toru Dutt's Poetic Labor: 'Our Casuarina Tree' and Paradise Lost -- winner of VP's inaugural early career essay prize MONICA DAVID, "'Your Harlot Roofs': Women, Individualism, and the Towers of Idylls of the King" JAMES QUINNELL, "'The Burden of the Strain': Self and World in the Poetry of Emily Brontë and Gerard Manley Hopkins" ELIZABETH K. HELSINGER, "Writing Toward and Against Death: Tennyson and the Rossettis" BENJAMIN O'DELL, "Verse Novel" -- a Poetry's Parts keyword essay In other news, Victorian Poetry invites submissions for its 2026 Early Career Prize, which recognizes exemplary essays by untenured scholars of all ranks and affiliations (including NTT and graduate student colleagues). Conferred on an annual basis, the prize carries an award of $500 and publication in Victorian Poetry. Strong essays that do not win the award may also be considered for publication as recommended by the prize committee. Submissions are due 3 August 2026. Scholars wishing to be considered should submit anonymized MS Word essays and brief CVs to victorianpoetryjournal [at] gmail [dot] com with "Early Career Essay Prize" in the subject line. Prior to submission, consult our guidelines for authors. Essays conceived and / or written with the assistance of generative AI are ineligible for the prize. Winning articles will be selected according to three criteria: (1) significance of contribution; (2) excellence of research, interpretation, and method; and (3) efficacy of presentation. The journal continues to expand its purview to a wider compass of archives and approaches. We welcome work that capaciously (re)interprets the field's originary contexts and reconsiders Victorian poetry (broadly construed) in new, innovative, cross-disciplinary, theoretical, and / or experimental ways.
Research Society for Victorian Periodicals@rs4vp.org · 2mo ago

If you are attending ACCUTE this week, please visit our sponsored panel on Thurs, 4 June @ 10:30am local time! Our speakers - Kaitlyn Fralick, Lisa C. Robertson, Stephan Pigeon + @maeasley.bsky.social - will reflect on journalism as a profession through periodical studies: rs4vp.org/rsvp-accute-...

RSVP at ACCUTE 2026 – RSVP

If you're attending ACCUTE, RSVP is hosting a panel on June 4 at 10:30 a.m. local time. Come here our panelists talk periodicals!

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Daniel Grey@djrgrey.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Today's the day to email in your paper proposal, people (22nd May)! Thanks so much to everyone who has already submitted 🌟 We'd love to hear from you & while spaces are limited, we definitely will have some room for non-presenting delegates to attend too on 4 September 😀

Daniel Grey@djrgrey.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Reminder - just 5 days left to submit a paper proposal for "Belonging to the Victorians? Community, Collections, and Care", a 1-day conference on 4 September 2026 to be held at Wilton's Music Hall. Details in attached image. 🌟

Call for Papers for conference "Belonging to the Victorians? Community, Collections and Care" on 4 September 2026 - deadline 22 May 2026.
Richard Fallon@richardfallon.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I wonder if H.R. Giger ever came across Georg Liljevall's fleshy, somewhat unnerving retouched photo illustrations of graptolites? These ones (Monograptus priodon and Isograptus gibberulus) are from the c.1890s, published by Oliver Bulman in the early 1930s #FossilFriday

A plate with close-ups of the fleshy curling thecae of a Monograptus The facehugger-like Isograptus gibberulus
Research Society for Victorian Periodicals@rs4vp.org · 5mo ago

🔔 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...

Mitchell Prize Submission Guidelines – RSVP

Eligible applicants for the Sally Mitchell Dissertation Prize will have successfully defended their dissertation within the previous calendar year (i.e., the 2025 prize winner defended in 2024). Proje...

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Alexis A. Ferguson@alexisdoeslit.bsky.social · 10mo ago

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"--

Victorian Studies Association of Western Canada@vsawc.bsky.social · 10mo ago

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

Malcolm Noble@malcolmjnoble.bsky.social · 10mo ago

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.

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J.D. Sargan@jdsargan.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Deadline extended! You have until Monday October 20th to put in an abstract! #queerbibliography #transbookhistory @bibsoc.bsky.social @bibsocamer.bsky.social @obs1922.bsky.social @transbookhistory.bsky.social @thetransfemininereview.com @sharpnews.bsky.social @royalhistsoc.org