This page records all the old announcements from the RSVP homepage from 2006 to the present. For current news and announcements, click here.
- 27 August 2008: Applications are invited for the Curran Fellowship. Further details can be downloaded here (pdf 23k). Send applications or any queries to curranfellowship@rs4vp.org. The deadline is 1 October 2008.
- 28 May 2008: The programme for the RSVP 2008 Annual Conference at Roehampton University has been announced.
- 13 May 2008: The Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (ncse) has been launched.
- 22 Apr 2008: Registration is now open for the RSVP 2008 Annual Conference at Roehampton University.
- 17 Mar 2008: The Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (ncse) announces the launch of the edition on the 13 May 2008, with a symposium at the British Library to mark the event.
- 19 Dec 2007: The deadline for proposals for the RSVP Annual Conference has been extended until the 15 January 2008.
- 26 Nov 2007: The website for the RSVP 2008 Annual Conference at Roehampton University is launched.
- 29 Oct 2007: The call for papers for the 2008 Annual Conference is announced. Download the printable conference CFP in Rich Text format (6 Kb), and spread the word.
- 22 Sep 2007: The 2007-2008 slate of officers and committee members for RSVP has been posted.
- 25 Aug 2007: The RSVP Membership List has been updated.
- 20 Aug 2007: For the forthcoming Dictionary of Nineteenth-Century Journalism, RSVP members are invited to contribute entries between 60 and 300 words on journals, newspapers, authors, key words, editors, publishers, printers, or artists connected with periodical publishing.
- 31 Mar 2007: VOLUNTEERS WANTED for the RSVP Wellesley Index Poetry Project. Contact Michelle Robinson at M.Renee.Robinson @ tcu.edu.
- 1 Oct 2006: The RSVP Bibliography for 1999-2001 is now online; earlier editions are forthcoming.
- 1 Oct 2006: Eileen Curran reminds our members that corrections and additions to the Dictionary of National Biography are always welcome. The DNB is in the process of expanding its entries, so start thinking about who should be included! On the ODNB site, use the "Comments" feature to send corrections and suggestions.
- 19 Sep 2006: Link to the Periodical Studies listserv from Brown University, where scholars interested in periodicals (from the 17th to the 21st centuries) can talk with each other online.
- 19 Sep 2006: Teresa Mangum is asking our members to submit examples of your "teaching with Victorian periodicals" materials so the Society can create a repository of teaching documents. Share your methods and materials with Teresa at teresa-mangum@uiowa.edu.
- 15 Sep 2006: Help proofread free-access online versions of Victorian periodicals for the Project Gutenburg Distributed Proofreaders organization.
- 22 Jul 2006: Do we have your email address? Have a look in our Members section!
- Spring 2006: VPR will adopt the Chicago style manual beginning in 2006. The editors ask that contributions please now follow the Chicago format.
- 4 Feb 2006: The Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (NCSE) launches their new project website.
- 24 Sep 2005: Victorian Periodicals Review is now available online as part of the Project Muse Premium Collection; talk to your librarian about access.
- Summer 2005: Andrea Broomfield has edited a special issue of VPR on Interdisciplinary Work and Periodical Connections in honor of Sally H. Mitchell. Contributors include Maria Frawley, Linda K. Hughes, Jennifer Phegley, Solveig C. Robinson, Talia Schaffer, and Clare Cotugno. Head to the VPR section for the table of contents, as well as contributor blurbs.