The only refereed journal that concentrates on the editorial and publishing history of Victorian periodicals. Submissions: https://rs4vp.org/vpr. Subscriptions: https://www.press.jhu.edu/journals/victorian-periodicals-reviewhttps://bsky.app/profile/vpreditors.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/vpreditors.bsky.social/post/3mlr7ylmmnc2uAre you a grad student working on Victorian periodicals and newspapers? Submit your essay for @rs4vp.org's VanArsdel Prize, deadline June 15, 2026. The winner receives $500 and publication in VPR. https://rs4vp.org/awards/vanarsdel-prize/ #VictorianStudies13 May 2026 21:16 +0000at://did:plc:ve7dkx3onerv4s4m5k25dso7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlr7ylmmnc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/vpreditors.bsky.social/post/3mlockd32gc26VPR’s Expanding the Field Prize is awarded annually for an outstanding essay that diversifies the existing geographic, racial, and ethnic composition of C19 periodical studies. The winner receives $500 and publication in VPR. Submissions due June 15, 2026. More details at rs4vp.org/awards.12 May 2026 17:23 +0000at://did:plc:ve7dkx3onerv4s4m5k25dso7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlockd32gc26https://bsky.app/profile/vpreditors.bsky.social/post/3mkqeldcer224Anne McKee Stapleton considers how American and Scottish #editors harnessed Walter Scott’s global popularity to establish periodicals. Learn how the Waverley Magazine and Waverley Journal fostered literary alliances among women under the banner of #Waverley: https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/985894 @rs4vp.org30 Apr 2026 19:40 +0000at://did:plc:ve7dkx3onerv4s4m5k25dso7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkqeldcer224https://bsky.app/profile/vpreditors.bsky.social/post/3mk6qzag5bs2gIn VPR 58.3, Joseph Brett-Demetre explores Reynolds’s revival of the term “flunkeyism” to accuse the first working-class MPs of class treachery. Learn how the term evolved from anti-aristocratic insult to influential concept of class betrayal in late C19 politics: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/98589323 Apr 2026 19:34 +0000at://did:plc:ve7dkx3onerv4s4m5k25dso7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk6qzag5bs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/vpreditors.bsky.social/post/3mj3lwwrvuk2cIn VPR 58.3, @laurenottaviani.bsky.social examines the discourse on photography in the monthly magazine _The Woman at Home_ (1893–1918). Read more about how women photographers visualized their work even as they reinforced domestic femininity: https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/985892 @rs4vp.org09 Apr 2026 20:01 +0000at://did:plc:ve7dkx3onerv4s4m5k25dso7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj3lwwrvuk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/vpreditors.bsky.social/post/3miwfrivzpk2vNEW ISSUE ALERT! We're so excited about the latest issue of VPR, which features essays on women's photography, Reynolds's Newspaper, and Walter Scott's transatlantic influence on women's magazines, along with the massive RSVP Bibliography 2020-24. ToC here: muse.jhu.edu/issue/56615 @rs4vp.org07 Apr 2026 18:27 +0000at://did:plc:ve7dkx3onerv4s4m5k25dso7/app.bsky.feed.post/3miwfrivzpk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/vpreditors.bsky.social/post/3mg3pbhlaq22oCFP: VPR will celebrate its 60th anniversary in 2027. We’re taking this historic occasion to capture the state of our field in a “KEYWORDS” special issue guest edited by Fionnuala Dillane, @jimmussell.bsky.social & @mdamkjaer.bsky.social. Proposals due March 30. Details: https://rs4vp.org/vpr-cfp-special-issue-keywords/02 Mar 2026 16:45 +0000at://did:plc:ve7dkx3onerv4s4m5k25dso7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg3pbhlaq22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/vpreditors.bsky.social/post/3mg3hmcgacc2cWe’re delighted to announce that @laurenottaviani.bsky.social (KU Leuven) has joined VPR's staff as Associate Editor. Lauren will oversee book reviews, and she welcomes suggestions for special features. Visit rs4vp.org/vpr/ to message the editors or volunteer to review a book. #VictorianStudies02 Mar 2026 14:27 +0000at://did:plc:ve7dkx3onerv4s4m5k25dso7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg3hmcgacc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/vpreditors.bsky.social/post/3maejsyilw22gIn VPR 58.2, Sofie Vandepitte dives into Punch’s satire of British #seaside #tourism for the elite and lower classes. Discover how #Punch represented Welsh resorts as loci of both decadence and primitiveness: https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/975319 @rs4vp.org19 Dec 2025 20:30 +0000at://did:plc:ve7dkx3onerv4s4m5k25dso7/app.bsky.feed.post/3maejsyilw22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/vpreditors.bsky.social/post/3ma4m6kfmf22bIn 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: https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/975318 @rs4vp.org16 Dec 2025 16:51 +0000at://did:plc:ve7dkx3onerv4s4m5k25dso7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma4m6kfmf22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/vpreditors.bsky.social/post/3m7qfj4l2p22lIn VPR 58.2, @kyleeanneh.bsky.social traces reproductions of F.W. Burton’s 1840 watercolor “A Blind Girl at A Holy Well” to consider how #periodicals deployed its sentimental depiction of blindness in mid-century debates about Irish culture and nationhood: https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/975316 @rs4vp.org11 Dec 2025 20:19 +0000at://did:plc:ve7dkx3onerv4s4m5k25dso7/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7qfj4l2p22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/vpreditors.bsky.social/post/3m7nyqxyhbs2yIn VPR 58.2 @amymatthewson.bsky.social examines how ILN repurposed images of China in its 1842 coverage of the Opium War. Learn how violent textual accounts were juxtaposed with tranquil landscapes to create a cohesive narrative about British military power: https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/975313 @rs4vp.org10 Dec 2025 21:26 +0000at://did:plc:ve7dkx3onerv4s4m5k25dso7/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7nyqxyhbs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/vpreditors.bsky.social/post/3m76nh7xffc2yNEW ISSUE ALERT! You won’t want to miss these articles on China in the ILN, the textual afterlife of F. W. Burton’s A Blind Girl at a Holy Well, the Calcutta Review and the imperial anglophone periodical circuit, and images of Welsh seaside tourism in Punch. muse.jhu.edu/issue/55969 @rs4vp.org04 Dec 2025 18:54 +0000at://did:plc:ve7dkx3onerv4s4m5k25dso7/app.bsky.feed.post/3m76nh7xffc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/vpreditors.bsky.social/post/3m5u426rkjs2zVPR is seeking an Associate Editor to oversee book reviews and assist the editor with special features. This is a great opportunity for a #periodicals scholar looking to develop editorial and leadership skills. Applications are due December 15. Details at https://rs4vp.org/vpr-seeks-associate-editor/ @rs4vp.org17 Nov 2025 20:50 +0000at://did:plc:ve7dkx3onerv4s4m5k25dso7/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5u426rkjs2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/vpreditors.bsky.social/post/3lzlpe322qk2uRachel Calder examines how The Bookseller #tradejournal laid the foundation for the communication and information system that remains at the heart of today’s global #publishing industry. Read about founder Joseph Whitaker’s innovative strategies in VPR 58.1: https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/969186 @rs4vp.org24 Sep 2025 15:01 +0000at://did:plc:ve7dkx3onerv4s4m5k25dso7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzlpe322qk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/vpreditors.bsky.social/post/3lzgnv2xmr22tDrawing 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: https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/969185 @rs4vp.org22 Sep 2025 14:51 +0000at://did:plc:ve7dkx3onerv4s4m5k25dso7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzgnv2xmr22thttps://bsky.app/profile/vpreditors.bsky.social/post/3lz4piiptdc2oNilkantha Pal investigates the emergence of children’s #periodicals in Bengali literary culture. Learn how these vernacular periodicals helped shape a literary selfhood among Bengali middle classes from the 1870s onward: https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/969184 @rs4vp.org #ExpandingTheField18 Sep 2025 15:54 +0000at://did:plc:ve7dkx3onerv4s4m5k25dso7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz4piiptdc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/vpreditors.bsky.social/post/3lyxnkmrggc2vIn VPR 58.1 @adeleguyton.bsky.social compares Pearson’s 1897 serialization of "The War of the Worlds" to #hgwells ’s later revisions for book publication. Discover how the serial narrator underscores the value of layperson experiences to scientific knowledge: https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/969183 @rs4vp.org16 Sep 2025 15:36 +0000at://did:plc:ve7dkx3onerv4s4m5k25dso7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyxnkmrggc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/vpreditors.bsky.social/post/3lyv2e35sbk2iNEW 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.org15 Sep 2025 14:47 +0000at://did:plc:ve7dkx3onerv4s4m5k25dso7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyv2e35sbk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/vpreditors.bsky.social/post/3lwp24lobmk26Congrats to yevhenyashchuk.bsky.social for his #VanArsdelPrize winning essay “‘A Special Correspondent of the Times Sends a Telegram from Odessa’: Kyiv Newspapers, Victorian Media, and the Translation of the International Crisis in 1875–78.” Learn about VPR’s prizes at rs4vp.org/awards. @rs4vp.org18 Aug 2025 18:36 +0000at://did:plc:ve7dkx3onerv4s4m5k25dso7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwp24lobmk26https://bsky.app/profile/vpreditors.bsky.social/post/3luq5kmxeps2qEvery issue of Victorian Periodicals Review includes reviews of new academic titles related to #periodicals studies. If you're a scholar interested in reviewing for VPR, just visit rs4vp.org/vpr to volunteer and indicate your areas of expertise. @rs4vp.org #RSVP202524 Jul 2025 18:20 +0000at://did:plc:ve7dkx3onerv4s4m5k25dso7/app.bsky.feed.post/3luq5kmxeps2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/vpreditors.bsky.social/post/3lunayt5k4c2eDrawing on #PeriodicalStudies, #narratology, and #MediaTheory, Camille Stallings reveals the structures of anti-working-class bias in a range of journalistic genres. See how narrative techniques shape public opinion about the working classes in VPR 57.4: https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/965276 @rs4vp.org23 Jul 2025 14:44 +0000at://did:plc:ve7dkx3onerv4s4m5k25dso7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lunayt5k4c2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/vpreditors.bsky.social/post/3luks5x3vyk2fAnne-Marie Millim considers how #Dickens ’s journals championed the view that only a native speaker can master a language. Learn how contributors to #HouseholdWords and #AllTheYearRound worked to implement a prestige language in VPR 57.4: https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/965275 @rs4vp.org22 Jul 2025 15:13 +0000at://did:plc:ve7dkx3onerv4s4m5k25dso7/app.bsky.feed.post/3luks5x3vyk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/vpreditors.bsky.social/post/3luas5bpr4222Annemarie McAllister examines the surprising success of the #Temperance Companion (1894–1901) in navigating the currents of the commercial market. Read about this weekly broadsheet’s adventurous female editor and its relationship to #NewJournalism in VPR57.4: https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/965274 @rs4vp.org18 Jul 2025 15:46 +0000at://did:plc:ve7dkx3onerv4s4m5k25dso7/app.bsky.feed.post/3luas5bpr4222https://bsky.app/profile/vpreditors.bsky.social/post/3lu3s5jgihc2kSara Lodge @victoriandetective.bsky.social analyzes how Elizabeth Burgoyne Corbett's detective stories, published as a series in local papers, interrogate capitalism from a feminist and socialist viewpoint. Read more in VPR 57.4: https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/965273 @rs4vp.org16 Jul 2025 16:03 +0000at://did:plc:ve7dkx3onerv4s4m5k25dso7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lu3s5jgihc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/vpreditors.bsky.social/post/3ltz4xiyukc2tIn VPR 57.4, Ali Hatapçı @alihatapci.bsky.social examines how the Gardeners’ Chronicle, The Builder, and The Field presented general news content to their specialist readers. Learn more about the surprising role of news in transforming class #periodicals: https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/965272 @rs4vp.org15 Jul 2025 14:38 +0000at://did:plc:ve7dkx3onerv4s4m5k25dso7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltz4xiyukc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/vpreditors.bsky.social/post/3ltx3dqk4hs26VPR's special issue "Currents and Currencies in the #Victorian #PeriodicalPress" is out now! Huge thanks to guest editors Victoria Clarke (@vjctorianist.bsky.social) and Annemarie McAllister. Check out their intro essay: https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/965271 @rs4vp.org14 Jul 2025 19:04 +0000at://did:plc:ve7dkx3onerv4s4m5k25dso7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltx3dqk4hs26