Endnotes

RSVP Conference

The Research Society for Victorian Periodicals will hold its annual conference at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, September 10-11, 2010. The conference theme is "The Material Cultures of Periodicals," and many of the Friday sessions will integrate displays of relevant periodicals, either from private collections or from Yale's libraries. The program will include a plenary lecture by Brian Maidment, Professor of English, Salford University, named in honor of Michael Wolff; a presentation by the winner of the 2010 Colby Scholarly Book Prize; and a special workshop on the process of print-making, led by Brian Maidment and curators at the Yale Center for British Art. For further information, see the conference website: http://www.yale.edu/english/rsvp-conference/rs4vp.html.

The Curran Fellowship for Research on the Victorian Press

The Research Society for Victorian Periodicals (RSVP) is pleased to announce the competition for the third annual Curran Fellowship, a travel and research grant intended to aid scholars studying nineteenth-century British magazines and newspapers in making use of primary print and archival sources. Made possible through the generosity of Eileen Curran, Professor Emerita of English, Colby College, and inspired by her pioneering research on Victorian periodicals, the Curran Fellowship is awarded annually in the form of two grants of $2500 each.

Applicants' projected research may involve study of any aspects of the periodical press in any of its manifold forms, and may range from within Britain itself to the many countries, within and outside of the Empire, where British magazines and newspapers were bought, sold, and read during "the long nineteenth century" (ca. 1780-1914).

Applicants should send a c.v., the names and contact information of two scholars who are familiar with the applicant and his or her research goals, and a description of the project to which these funds would be applied. Applications for the Curran Fellowship for research to be undertaken in 2011 must be submitted in electronic form and sent to curranfellowship@ rs4vp.org by 1 October 2010. Any queries about the application may be sent to the same address. Applicants will be notified by 1 December 2010. Successful applicants will be required to submit a brief report to RSVP at the conclusion of the funded portion of their project, describing the results of their research.

The full version of this call for applications, as well as a set of guidelines for applicants, may be found on the RSVP website at www.rs4vp.org

Congratulations to the 2009 Curran Fellowship winners for research to be undertaken in 2010: Clare Horrocks, Senior Lecturer at Liverpool John Moores University, and Michelle Tusan, Professor of History at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Dr. Horrocks's project, a research companion to Punch magazine, will entail transcribing, contextualizing, and publishing the manuscript ledger in the Punch Archive at the British Library that identifies contributors to the magazine from 1843 to 1900. Dr. Tusan's project explores "How Victorians Invented the Middle East: The Periodical Press and the Eastern Question," through the examination of archives associated with the philanthropic journals of societies active in Middle Eastern affairs.

VanArsdel Prize

Graduate students are invited to submit essays for the 2010 VanArsdel Prize for the best graduate student essay on, about, or extensively using Victorian periodicals. Manuscripts should be 15-25 pages and should not have appeared in print. The winner receives a plaque, $300, and publication of the prize essay in VPR. Send paper submissions postmarked by 1 April 2010 to Kathryn Ledbetter, Department of English, 601 University Drive, Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas 78666-4616. Please include a description of current status in graduate school.

Eileen Curran's most recent edition of the Curran Index of additions and corrections to the Wellesley Index is located at http://victorianresearch.org/curranindex.html. Her recently expanded "Biographies of Some Obscure Contributors to Victorian Periodicals" can be found at http://www.victori-anresearch.org/Obscure_contributors.html

Rosemary VanArsdel's guide, "Victorian Periodicals: Aids to Research," can be found on VictorianResearch.org at the following address: http://victorianresearch.org/periodicals.html. Newly revised and expanded, this select annotated bibliography now covers 183...