***DEADLINE EXTENDED*** Please apply for MVSA 2026, “The Underground,” April 10-12, 2026, hosted by Xavier University Cincinatti, OH! The application deadline has been extended to December 6, 2025. See the full CFP here: midwestvictorian.org/conference/

Are you working on a dissertation in Victorian studies? Consider applying for MVSA's Arnstein Prize to support your research. Deadline January 2, 2026. More info here: midwestvictorian.org/prizes/

Join us for MVSA 2026, “The Underground,” April 10-12, 2026, hosted by Xavier University Cincinatti, OH! The application deadline is November 15, 2025. See the full CFP here: midwestvictorian.org/conference/

The new deadline for MVSA in April 2025 in Fort Wayne, IN, is Dec. 1! Attendees wishing to workshop a written project can apply for seminar spot by Jan. 5. Grad students doing dissertation research may apply for the Arnstein Prize, deadline Jan. 2. Visit our website for info: midwestvictorian.org

Warm congratulations to Past-President Andrea Kaston Tange for winning the 2024 Donald Gray Prize for her article “Gestures of Connection: Victorian Technologies of Photography and Visible Mothering," published in Victorian Studies. Huzzah! See her article here: doi.org/10.2979/vic....

Join us for MVSA 2025, “Genealogies,” April 3-6, 2025, hosted by Purdue University Fort Wayne, IN! The application deadline is November 15, 2024. See the full CFP here: midwestvictorian.org/conference/

There is still time to apply for the Walter L. Arnstein Prize for Dissertation Research in Victorian Studies. This $1,500 prize supports research in British Victorian Studies undertaken by a student enrolled in a doctoral program in the U.S. or Canada. Due Jan 2, 2024. midwestvictorian.org/prizes/

Mark your calendars for next year's MVSA at the University of Iowa on the theme of “Evolving Forms,” meant to highlight the many ways Victorians created and responded to change. Dates are 19-21 April 2024. More here: midwestvictorian.org/conference/