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Pick-a-Periodical with Katherine D. Harris – RSVP Join us March 6 for our "Pick a Periodical" event with Kathy Harris, who will introduce us to the racial anxieties within the Forget Me Not.

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!

Shoutout to my amazing colleagues at Cambridge & Birmingham on the 'Small Performances' project into John Baskerville's typographic punches - today is released a @camdiglib.bsky.social collection of imagery of the punches. Check it out! cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/...

Did you know The Race and Regency Lab has a podcast?

See episodes featuring Kim Hall, Mathelinda Nabugodi, Devoney Looser, and Adrienne Childs.

www.raceandregency.org/podcast

This interview was a lot of fun to do. Many thanks to Dr. Matthew Stephens (@c19thnewshound.bsky.social) for the kind invitation.

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...

🔔 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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I had a great conversation with Dom Davies and you can listen in!

One way my class "gets around" the anachronism problem -- placing letterpress _in conversation_ w/ ms. -- is several sessions on mss. & the labor of producing them. I also assign sections of Emma Donoghue's 2022 _Haven_ on the monk-scribe copying. It's incredible & students FEEL the labor.

ooo! I'm envious about your setup and space. (Our printshop is literally 1/2 the size!). What fun the student are clearly having!

Woohoo, Matthew! Well done. Look forward to toasting you before too long. In the meantime, have a few of those in the left picture!

Announcement for RSVP event with green paper boards of the 1825 Forget Me Not British Literary Annual

Been following my adventures in #periodicals ? Join me on March 6 @ 8am PST with @rs4vp.org Pick-a-Periodical: "The Racial Anxieties of Polite Culture in the *Forget Me Not* British Literary Annual" (1825 & 1833)

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RSVP Microgrants – RSVP Microgrants are seed grants designed to support new research projects and/or explore ideas in the field of periodical studies. The Microgrants scheme was established in response to the 2025 survey of…

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!

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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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!

Congrats to Clare! (and many thanks to committee).

That sig on the right indicates the Dalziel brothers' firm that did woodcut work. In _Wood-engravers Self-Portrait_ Bethan Stevens discusses the many individuals who worked for the firm, some whose names we know, others not. In short, this signature is a "composite" or corporate identity.

That's what I've been doing: getting a student from the previous semester to prep the slurry beforehand. And I have FOUR m&d.... I think our choke point is pulling the paper off the mould & drying racks. (I tend to have 18 students and 80 min).

Seconding Michael's recs. These are always my go-tos in trying to identify British engravers, draughtsmen, and artists in the trade.

I have students soak paper overnight & bring it to class. Even so, we barely have time for blending the soaked sheets, getting the slurry to the right consistency, & letting each student have 2 chances to pull sheets. How many mould-&-deckles do you have?

Colby Book Prize Nomination - The Research Society for Victorian Periodicals (RSVP) Application portal

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!

The Robert and Vineta Colby Scholarly Book Prize – RSVP The Colby Book Prize was endowed in 2006 in memory of Robert Colby by his wife, Vineta Colby, distinguished scholars and long-time members of RSVP. In 2011, following Vineta’s death, the Board of…

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:

The Indian YMCA, a 20 min walk from the BL, does three meals a day for those staying there, but anyone can pay to eat. It's super cheap and all-you-can eat -- veg and delicious, non-greasy, non-fancy food.

Congrats to our newest fellows -- exciting research on the horizon!

Mark your calendars! We're kicking off our 2026 #RSVPDigiEvent season on Friday, 23 January with a talk by Beth Gaskell entitled "Yesterday's News: Behind the Scenes at the British National Newspaper Collection." As always, this event is free and open to all. Register here: rs4vp.org/yesterdays-n...

Last year at MLA...feel like such a dream!

Congrats, Kris! Let's connect.

Only word/link missing there was "schadenfreude"!

An Accurate Organizational Chart of Your University Our 20th most-read article of 2025. - - -In accordance with our informal tradition of updating documents every thirty years, whether they need it ...

“Our [university]system of governance (which management scientists term ‘Kafkaesque bureaucracy meets Lord of the Files,’ though no one understands these references since we cut our literature requirements)”

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Excited to see Kris's book is out; she was an enormous help when I was visiting Bewick country (where she'd spent a term). I won't be at MLA, but will seek out the book!

Well the news is out! I'll be the next Editor of the Curran Index. Thrilled to have the opportunity to take the Curran forwards for the next five years. Looking forward to building on the work of Emily Middleton and Lars Atkin and making the Curran even more central to Victorian scholarhip.