Oxford University Press will be awarding up to 10 ECRs the opportunity to publish their first book in open access as well as in hardback. Today the website was revised to make clear that independent/unaffiliated scholars are eligible. Deadline March 3. academic.oup.com/pages/early-ca…

Just a quick reminder that our Colby Book Prize nominations are coming due next week! Tell us about your best periodicals read from this past year by Friday, January 31. Authors are welcome to self-nominate as well. More info on our website: rs4vp.org/awards/colby-p…

Are you engaged with the cookery market and knowledgeable in putting together multi-platform campaigns? As Jamie continues to lead the cookbook industry after 30 years of bestselling success, we are looking for an organised and creative individual to take Penguin’s Jamie Oliver

Ronnie needs you! The Lord Ronald Gower Diaries transcription project is gaining traction, but needs more volunteers. Please retweet! fromthepage.com/lord/ronald The Victorian Society Victorian Web The Daily Victorian The Long Victorian British Association of Decadence Studies Dr Bob Nicholson Research Society for Victorian Periodicals (RSVP) Centre for Victorian Studies #حزب مطنوخ

Are you a great team player, highly organised and thrive in busy environments? Do you want to work on books that change lives? If interested apply here: bit.ly/3D4lqsq

There's still time to get your Leary Grant proposal in! Leary Grants provide a single researcher or a team of researchers with💰 to build resources that enhance our understanding of the #19thC press. Applications are due *March 15* at 11:59 p.m. PST! rs4vp.org/awards/leary-g…

ICYMI, our latest #RSVPDigEv with Stephan Pigeon is now available on YouTube! Stephan's talk gave us all much to think about not only the #19thcpress but also periodical studies and journalism history. Thank you, Stephan, and to all who attended! youtu.be/964UeHfuzqM

Join us at MMU on Wednesday 2nd April, for an exciting afternoon of papers, including my new research on the Punch Almanack with Sonja Lawrenson Research Society for Victorian Periodicals (RSVP) BAVS Postgrads #unlockingthearchive

CFP: Cultivating Connections, Research Opportunities at the Royal Horticultural Society Plan Collector Archive victorianist.wordpress.com/2025/03/21/cfp…

There's still time for 2nd (L5) & final year (L6) Liverpool John Moores University students to apply for a paid Discovery Internship working with a local organisation, starting in May after assessments. Closing date: midnight on Sun 6 April. You must be registered with @unitempsL bit.ly/DiscoveryInter…

Drop me a line if you’d like to write a 2,000-word piece about topical 19C concerns for the Forums section of the new Taylor & Francis journal ‘Advances in Nineteenth-Century Research’ launching in 2026! 🎉✍️📄

Thx to our amazing intern Ellie for her post on the PPBkA blog re LNCN's latest research event. Ellie soon starts a new research internship at the University of Oxford on 'Slave Trade and Plantation Management: The Barham Papers (1792-1820)'. Yay Ellie 👏 ppbka.hypotheses.org/1711

General registration for the BAVS 25th Anniversary Conference is now open! english.web.ox.ac.uk/bavs2025

I’m honoured to share that I’ve been awarded an MBE for services to Holocaust Education and Combatting Antisemitism. My recent production of The Merchant of Venice 1936—is driven by a commitment to Holocaust education and challenging antisemitism through storytelling. As well as

Fabulous to see Tracy-Ann Oberman MBE on the Birthday Honours list after her outstanding tour of Merchant of Venice

Please consider joining the MMU Visual Culture Research Group on 25/6 to celebrate the launch of the Routledge Companion to Irish Art (2025) eds. Fionna Barber (Reader Art History, Art & Performance, MMU) & Fintan Cullen (Prof Em Art History, Nottingham). eventbrite.com/e/book-launch-…

Registration for the "Pictorial Punch - Treasures from the Archive" study day at the British Library (7 Nov 2025) is now open. Please see below for info, including a link to the registration page. Please note that the registration deadline is 31 August: pictorial-punch.sciencesconf.org

As Wimbledon begins, suddenly everyone's into tennis. PUNCH Summer Number 1926 cover by Frank Reynolds #sport

Alice's Day is celebrated on July 4th because it was on this day in 1862 that Lewis Carroll first told the story of ‘Alice's Adventures Underground’ to Alice Liddell & her sisters during a boat trip. Pictured: Carroll's original drawings. Shelfmark: Christ Church Carroll-B1-B12.

We always make sure to host extremely fun and interesting events at our annual conferences. Register for the conference before 8th July so you don't miss out on the Magic Lantern Man! #VPFAExtremes