RSVP

The Research Society for Victorian Periodicals

RSVP News & Events

Announcing the Launch of the Vann Victorian Collection

A lot of us will know the name J. Don Vann from the landmark collections that he edited with Rosemary VanArsdel: Victorian Periodicals: A Guide to Research (1978; 1989) Victorian Periodicals and Victorian Society (1994), and Periodicals of Queen Victoria’s Empire (1996). Don, a founding member of RSVP, has now donated the vast collection of Victorian books and magazines — including many rare part-issues — that he and his wife, Dolores, have assembled since 1962 to the University of North Texas Libraries.

The Vann Victorian Collection, which includes a permanent funds to purchase additional Victorian books for the collection,, has officially opened at the UNT Libraries. An online virtual exhibit includes a video interview with Don Vann in which he talks about RSVP, Dickens, and many other aspects of his career.

Call for Applications – Gale Dissertation Research Fellowship

The Research Society for Victorian Periodicals (RSVP) is pleased to announce the fifth annual Gale Dissertation Research Fellowship, made possible by the generosity of publisher Gale, part of Cengage Learning, in support of dissertation research that makes substantial use of full-text digitized collections of 19th-century British magazines and newspapers. A prize of $1500 will be awarded, together with one year’s passworded subscription to selected digital collections from Gale, including 19th Century UK Periodicals and 19th Century British Library Newspapers.

Please see our Awards page for further information.

Teaching Transatlanticism Resource – Texas Christian University, USA

All are invited to a virtual launch of the Teaching [19th-century] Transatlanticism website (http://teachingtransatlanticism.tcu.edu) from 5:30-6:30 CST on Monday, September 22, 2014.  This website features sample transatlantic teaching materials (syllabi, lesson plans, new publications relevant to teaching), information about the forthcoming book, Teaching Transatlanticism:  Resources for Teaching Nineteenth-Century Anglo-American Print Culture (Edinburgh UP, 2015),* and narratives of past teaching or learning experiences.  The site welcomes collaborative sharing of further teaching materials from all who are interested as well as interchanges about teaching and/or conceptual issues at the “Conversations” tab on the website.

 

The launch will be a “live” event via simultaneous participation from multiple sites and comments submitted to “Conversations” during the launch party.  The launch can also be followed at #TeachTransAtl

 

Teaching Transatlanticism Team:

Sarah R. Robbins

Linda K. Hughes

Tyler Branson

Marie Martinez