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.

Breaking News: Priyasha's book just won MLA's Aldo & Jeanne Scaglione Prize for South Asian Studies! Many congrats to Priyasha! Her talk at RSVP's DigiEvts speaks to the many audiences this book is speaks to!

In VPR 58.2, Atul V. Nair examines how the Anglo-Indian "Calcutta Review" debated the value of Indian literatures with other Indian and British #periodicals. Learn how the CR used evangelical ideals to contest the authority of Orientalism in the 1840s-50s: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl... @rs4vp.org

When I went to college a hundred years ago (2000-4), my school was actively recruiting humanities majors, w scholarships etc. Institutions incentivize areas of study in order to grow them. And they underfund them intentionally to strangle them. It’s not a random natural phenomenon.

Pleased to share that I've been awarded an NWO XS grant for "Terraforming from Above: Digital Methods for Colonial Aerial Photography" Between 1920-1949, Dutch pilots systematically photographed Indonesia from above, creating an unprecedented aerial archive of the colonial landscape.

Applications due December 15!

improving authorship attribution using phonetic features — fascinating work by Simon Gabay, @floriancafiero.bsky.social, and Jean-Luc Falcone at #CHR2025

It's worth reading the article from the student paper. If anybody ever doubted that there is a Pal Exception. Or who the silo'ing of disciplines & knowledge in unis serves...

Alongside the word of the year we should have “the word that has lost the most of its meaning this year”. I nominate “ceasefire”.

Save the date! Douglass Day 2026 "All Rights for All" Fri, February 13 Sign up today! DouglassDay.org Feat. the Colored Conventions Project! @ccp-org.bsky.social @digblk.bsky.social

A #tinyjoy to take you into the weekend. I just learned that 13- year-old Charlotte Brontë's TINY book, A Book of Ryhmes [sic] (it measures 9.5 cm by 6 cm) contains a poem titled "A Thing OF fourteen Line's. commonly called a" (& her tiny handwriting made the next word illegible.) #BookHistory

the NYT referring to "scientific orthodoxy" instead of "science" or "proven facts" or "the truth" is what helps you see that this newspaper is now, & has been for some time, a critical part of the fascist apparatus in this country

“Challenging scientific orthodoxy” is valorizing language. It suggests bold, innovative, out of the box thinking, not a self-obsessed crackpot operating with no scientific legitimacy whatsoever.

A reminder to our grad student attendees to apply for the Sally Mitchell Prize! 🏆

A terrific opportunity to be at the forefront of periodicals' research (and to develop editorial chops!). Don't miss out.

Mystified by how to approach an academic journal editor? Need help getting through the "revise and resubmit" doldrums? Our next #RSVPDigiEvent can help! Join us next Friday, Nov. 21 and hear from the editors of top #Victorian journals on "How to Get Published in a Academic Journal": buff.ly/ydJkKAK

If you know of a great book that analyzes the periodical press of 19th c Britain/empire (long 19th c), mosey along to the link and nominate it!

No excuse for not sending in a proposal for RSVP 2026!

Have you heard about our new Archie L. Dick Research Grants? If not, take a look and see if you qualify! Even if you don't, maybe someone you know does? Deadline to apply is December 1, 2025. sharpweb.org/grants-prize...

The deadline (15 November) is fast approaching for our annual Peterson Fellowships! Peterson Fellowships support one researcher for four, full-time months of work on a project related to #19thC periodicals. Application guidelines and more can be found on our website: rs4vp.org/awards/peter...

So sorry to hear of Michael Tyman's passing. I feel lucky to have taken a short seminar he lead on lithos at Reading some three years ago. I learned so much from the seminar and speaking with him that weekend.

Don’t miss "Copy-Print: Visualizing Empire in the Arts" for a fascinating intermedia discussion with Holly Shaffer, Alex Bubb, & Priti Joshi at #NAVSA2025

Excited about launch of a new book series I'm co-editing for EUP, entitled Edinburgh Critical Studies on the Colonial and Anti-Colonial Press. Several contributions in the pipeline already, and we're on the lookout for potential additions. Get in touch! edinburghuniversitypress.com/series-edinb...

BAVS 2026 in Liverpool follows on the hells of RSVP 2026 in Dublin -- twofer for North Americans, as the publicity copy says! (Here's RSVP's cfp with a Nov 1 deadline: rs4vp.org/rsvp-confere...

Just two weeks left to get your applications in for #MovementsMigrations aka #RSVP2026 in Dublin! We're looking forward to your hot takes on the ways in which the press shaped and was shaped by the movements and migrations throughout the long #19thC. See the full CFP on our website:

I can’t help but think today about how many young people were savaged on social media, branded as anti-semites and abandoned by their schools for daring to call for a ceasefire. I remember saying that it was the first time I can remember that calling for ceasefire was regarded as a hostile demand.

The deadline for application is Oct 15. If you or somebody you know works on periodicals and attribution research, do apply (or spread the word).

The deadline for Curran Fellowships is fast approaching: Oct 15 (letters due a week later). Who doesn't want money for travel & research? So much exciting work to do on British/empire periodicals of the long 19th c!

Deadline to submit proposals is a month away! Don't miss the boat!

William & Mary University in Virginia is looking for an assistant professor of Global Victorian Literatures. Application deadline is November 9. williammary.wd12.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/WM/det... #C19th #19th-c

Drawing on a transatlantic archive, @miladaskalova.bsky.social explores the experience of time in asylum #periodicals. Learn how these publications served as instruments of both recalibration and resistance in the latest issue of VPR: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl... @rs4vp.org

RBS is happy to announce that we are now accepting applications for: 𝗥𝗕𝗦-𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀 (apply by 𝟮 𝗡𝗼𝘃.) 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠. 𝗖. 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆, 𝗕𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀 (apply by 𝟳 𝗗𝗲𝗰.) Details: rarebookschool.org/2025-scholarships-fellowships/

Nilkantha's paper at RSVP-Chicago was terrific & I'm excited to read this essay.

REMINDER: Deadline to apply to be the next SHARP News Bibliographer(s) coming up soon! Apply by October 01 2025. See the link for details: sharpweb.org/sharpnews/20... #BookHistory #Bibliography #Bibliographer #Research #Zotero #Publishing #Books

NEW ISSUE ALERT! It's a happy day when you find the latest VPR in your mailbox. This number includes the 2024 VanArsdel and Expanding the Field essays as well as articles on asylum periodicals and the bookselling trade. Treat yourself to some delightful reading: muse.jhu.edu/issue/55567 @rs4vp.org

A wonderful opportunity with good financial support for a scholar of British periodicals of the 19th c to have time to research, write, think for a period of 4 mos.

Victorianists: Got a new book? Want to review one? Hit me up! Next deadline's the end of this calendar year.

I'm so excited to see this project in print. This is a brilliant and important project! Congrats, Susan! Everyone else: get your hands on this ASAP!

Please spread the word—The Scholars’ Workshop in Early African American Print at AAS Jan. 12-15, 2026. A writing workshop and intro to archives for junior scholars working on the dissertation or first book. Fully funded. Apply by Oct. 15 2025. PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD

We have a wonderful line up of keynote speakers for RSVP-Dublin: KATHERINE BODE (Australian National University) will deliver the Wolff keynote and ANDREW LEWIS and TEJA VARMA PUSAPATI will be in conversation for the Colby keynote! And you too can be there - submit a proposal by Nov 1.

What's not to like about this amazing opportunity for a dedicated periodicals studies scholar! Apps due by Oct 15.

No, RSVP doesn't hand out 50,000 GBP -- but up to 6,000 USD (for the Curran Fellowship) and $20k (for the Peterson). Join this session to learn how to write a strong proposal! (Advance registration required.

The theme of RSVP's 2026 conference in Dublin is movements and migrations -- submit an abstract! rs4vp.org/rsvp-confere...

#RSVPDigiEvents is getting into the back-to-school spirit on Friday, 5 Sept. We'll learn from our experts on how to create standout grant application, just in time for Curran and (upcoming) Peterson Fellowship season! As always, registration is free and open to all: rs4vp.org/digital-even...

Promises to be a terrific conference! RSVP's first time in Ireland!

Don't forget to join us next week Friday (5 September) for our first #RSVPDigiEvent post-conference. We'll learn some tips + tricks on crafting a *standout* grant application to fund your next book project or archival research trip. Say, aren't Curran Fellowships still open? 😏 tinyurl.com/yc5fsdva

Patrick, as always, puts it in a nutshell. (Also: don't forget the grant-writing workshop on Sept 5 and, if you're a grad student or ECR, check out our latest newsletter for additional mentoring).

Reposting the podcast news as I finally appreciate the clever design of the “title page”. But it’s also worth listening to. womensprinthistoryproject.com/blog/post/147

Wonderful opportunity to apply for up to $6,000 for research with primary periodical sources of Britain and its empire in the long 19th c!

teachers! excited to share a new website at this late date of Aug 15 to try to help us collectively prepare for back to school in the interpretative humanities classroom assaulted by the AI grift, so we don't have to go it alone. take a look, share, + most importantly: CONTRIBUTE against-a-i.com