Utagawa Hiroshige, 19th century master of Japanese woodblock prints, created this guide to making shadow puppets for children (or children at heart) (1842) www.openculture.com/2021/07/hiro...
Priti Joshi
@pritijoshi.bsky.social
I study 19th c periodicals (fr India & Britain), print culture, illustrations, British colonialism, book history. Always on the lookout for woodcuts, lithographs, pamphlets, newspapers, broadsides.
All fiction titles from the English Catalogue, Volume 4 have now been added! That means 1862–1889 are complete. Next up: the 1890s... • 27,471 title entries • 6,770 author entries (most with bios) Big thank you to my students from last semester who assisted me to this milestone.
It’s been a hard week and I nearly missed that this was finally out. I wrote “Victorian Studies and the American State” 5 years ago and have been discussing it with some of you for a decade. Surreal to see, and grateful to be in the good company of @jakeromanow.bsky.social and brilliant respondents
Victorian Studies and the American State | PMLA | Cambridge Core
Victorian Studies and the American State - Volume 141 Issue 2
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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!
Indeed you all are. And, gentle Bluesky readers, check out the news projected behind this team: a British Newspaper Archive discount for RSVP members that saves serious money on that subscription. Negotiated by the inexhaustible Mary. Even more reason for all C19 scholars to join @rs4vp.org!
Clare Clarke@clareclarke.bsky.social · last wk.With the wonderful Mary and Priti ahead of the RSVP AGM. What a team! #RSVP2026
Some lovely pics from the #RSVP2026 @rs4vp.org Closing Reception 😍😍 📷 By Pete
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We're running a short online survey to inform development of the Curran Index. If you're interested in Victorian periodicals, whether or not you've used the Curran recently, please complete the survey! Survey closes 10th August. Please retweet. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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And #RSVP2027 will be hosted next year at…the Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre of Carleton University in downtown Ottawa! 🇨🇦
It was genuinely thrilling to see close-up just how vibrant the field of periodical studies is. Congratulations to the two other wonderful shortlisted authors and books Maria Damkjær, Fiction on the Page(OUP) and Anne-Julia Zwierlein, Lecturing Women (Routledge). 2/2
@rs4vp.org #RSVP2026 off to a great start! Thanks to the labor of so many, particularly Clare Clarke and Mary Grant. A few from the coffee break where folks excitedly reconnected.
What a Day 1 at #RSVP2026! We welcomed 192 delegates to Dublin today (!), our largest gathering to date! Highlights included Brian Maidment's tribute panel + an inspiring Keynote Colby Conversation with our 2025 Book Prize co-winners. See snapshots from today in the thread below! 📸 👇#PrintInMotion
Ummm we get to have our welcome drinks in HERE?! I feel like I’m walking into the halls at Oxford again! #RSVP26 #PrintInMotion
Happening now in the Davis Theatre! Colby Conversation, featuring @tejapusapati.bsky.social + Andrew Lewis in conversation with Caroline Sumpter! #RSVP2026 #PrintInMotion
When you bring your left-brained husband to help with conference signage things get very precise. #RSVP2026
NB Yes, registration at 11am onwards!
Research Society for Victorian Periodicals@rs4vp.org · 2w agoHappy Conference Eve and welcome to Dublin! We are thrilled to gather @tcddublin.bsky.social for #RSVP2026 tomorrow. Registration opens at 11 a.m. in the Arts Building. Panels begin promptly at 1 p.m. An annotated map can be found here: buff.ly/JbX0MDs
NEW ISSUE OUT NOW Victorian Periodicals Review 58.4, Winter 2025 tiny.one/3p4h4d36 CONTRIBUTORS Shih-Wen Sue Chen Morgan Tanith Coleman Sarah Bliss Ruth Quante Mary L. Shannon Lesley Peterson Madeline B. Gangnes Teja Varma Pusapati Chetna Jena
Please join the network and our friends on the Punch's Pocket Book Archive team for our upcoming symposium "Global circulations – annuals and pocket books on the move", 26–27 November 2026, U of Caen Normandy. Deadline for proposals = 31 August 2026 caesar-project.unicaen.fr/event/call-f...
Call for papers for the CaeSAR ‘Punch’s Pocket Book’ project: ‘Global circulations - annuals and pocket books on the move’, 26–27 November 2026, University of Caen Normandy - CaeSAR
Caen, Strategy for Accelerating Research
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Congrats Anne-Julia!
Research Society for Victorian Periodicals@rs4vp.org · 3w agoOur 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 running a short online survey to inform development of the Curran Index. If you're interested in Victorian periodicals, whether or not you've used the Curran recently, please complete the survey! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Help widen the knowledge and understanding of newspapers in our collection from Commonwealth countries in this funded fellowship Apply by 15 July link.bl.uk/jy5
Congrats, Maria!
Research Society for Victorian Periodicals@rs4vp.org · last mo.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
Congrats to Maria, Anne-Julia, Stephen, & Matt! This is Periodicals Studies Strong!
Research Society for Victorian Periodicals@rs4vp.org · last mo.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!
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 a quick reminder that TODAY is the last day to register for #RSVP2026! We'll convene at Trinity College Dublin from 23-25 July for "Movements & Migrations in the #19thC Press". Hopefully we'll see you there? Rates + registration info on our site: buff.ly/rX5vsBg
Still hoping to apply for one of VPR’s annual prizes? Good news—we’ve extended the deadline to July 1! Learn more about the #VanArsdelPrize and the #ExpandingTheField Prize at rs4vp.org/awards. #CFP #VictorianStudies @rs4vp.org
