Two x permanent Lecturer (0.5 FTE, Contract Type A) in English (Creative Writing) at the University of Galway. universityvacancies.com/university-gal…

Just a quick reminder that applications for our Linda H. Peterson Fellowship and Patrick Leary Grants are due Friday @ 11:59pm (Pacific Time)! General info can be found here and below: rs4vp.org/awards/

History shifts languages; languages shape history What is the history of language learning in Ireland? This wide-ranging, detailed study draws on multiple sources to cast a fresh light on the complex Irish history of language education In bookshops nationwide from May 2024

Don't forget to join us tomorrow for our April #RSVPDigEv, "The Future of Periodical Studies: A Conversation with the Current and Former Editors of Victorian Periodicals Review"! Register for this free event on our website: rs4vp.org/the-future-of-…

The RSVP Bibliography: 2017-20 indexes scholarship on C19 journalism in Britain and across the empire. This installment includes a whopping 631 works! Check out this essential reference for the state of Victorian #PeriodicalStudies in VPR 57.3: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/… Research Society for Victorian Periodicals (RSVP)

We're chuffed to see this boom in #periodicalstudies scholarship out there in the wild! Many thanks to @kekondrlik and her team for all your wonderful bibliographical work!

#RSVP2024 Richard Menke, Teja Varma Pusapati, and Francoise Baillet take turns at pulling sheets at the Pathfoot Press

📣 Are you at The Research Society for Victorian Periodicals Annual Conference #RSVP2024? Use the code EVENT30 for 30% off your pre-order of The Edinburgh Companion to British Colonial Periodicals. Link to book 👉 edin.ac/4b4r8oY

Today during the #RSVP24 lunch break four panelists (@gaskell_beth, Marie Léger-St-Jean (marielsj.bsky.social), Mila Daskalova, and Elizabeth from Edinburgh University Press) spoke on a professionalization session advising our postgrad scholars on careers related to periodical studies and discussed the current UK job market

Yesterday, after the incredible welcome reception for #RSVP24, the RSVP postgraduates met at a local Stirling pub to forge connections and sing karaoke 🎤 the increasing presence of young periodicals scholars at our annual conference is a testament to our ever growing field!

📽️ICYMI or for those who wish to relive the glory, our keynote addresses from #RSVP24 are now up on our YouTube channel! Many thanks again to Erik Västerbo (Colby Lecture) and @RichardMenke (Wolff Lecture) for sharing their insights! youtube.com/@rs4vp

Mark your calendars! We're hosting our next book launch for *British Writers, Popular Literature and New Media Innovation, 1820–45* on Aug. 30! We'll learn about the emergence of a mass reading public in the early #19thC. Join us, won't you?tinyurl.com/bdh229wd

A quick reminder to our membership that the polls close for our annual elections TOMORROW Sept. 3 @ 5 p.m. EST* Cast your votes NOW for our open Board seats, Student Representatives, and incoming VP. Make your voice heard!🗳️

👩‍🎓👨‍🎓Huge congratulations Cleona Ní Chrualaoi Colm Bairéad who received an Honorary Doctorate UCD Scoil ICSF University College Dublin in recognition of their achievements in the field of Irish language filmmaking and in response to the global success of their Oscar-nominated feature film An Cailín Ciúin

I am delighted to announce the winners of the 2024 VPR Prizes: rs4vp.org/2024-vpr-prize…. Congrats to Nilkantha Pal (Indian Institute of Science Education and Research) and @AdeleGuyton (KU Leuven).

Porscha Fermanis examines ethnographic accounts of the Orang Asli of Malaysia to reveal how scientific periodicals shifted from context-driven studies of Indigenous peoples to an emphasis on numerical data such as cranial measurements. Read more in VPR56.4 muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/…

Kristin Kondrlik @kekondrlik is seeking contributors to the RSVP Bibliography 2020-24. This project is a great way to keep up with new scholarship in our field, and all contributors will be acknowledged in the published work. For more info, visit rs4vp.org/call-for-contr… Research Society for Victorian Periodicals (RSVP)

Calling all grad students, postdocs, ECRS, & anyone looking to publish! Don't forget to join us next Friday, Nov. 1 for a talk on "Publishing Academic Research" with Matthew Stephens - Nineteenth-century Newshound and our guests from Edinburgh University Press. Register for this *free* event here: rs4vp.org/publishing-aca…