Endnotes

VanArsdel Prize

Congratulations to Katie Lanning of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, winner of this year's VanArsdel Prize for the best graduate student essay. She will receive $300 and publication of her essay, "Victorian Product Placement: Robinson Crusoe in The Moonstone," in the spring issue of Victorian Periodicals Review. Graduate students are invited to submit essays for the 2012 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. Send paper submissions postmarked by 1 April 2012 to Alexis Easley, Department of English, University of St. Thomas, 2115 Summit Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55105. Please include a description of current status in graduate school.

The Curran Fellowship for Research on the Victorian Press

The Research Society for Victorian Periodicals (RSVP) is pleased to announce the competition for the fourth 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 2012 must be submitted in electronic form and sent to curranfellowship@rs4vp.org by 1 October 2011. Any queries about the application may be sent to the same address. Applicants will be notified by 1 December 2011.

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 http://www.rs4vp.org/prizes.html.

Sentiment and Sensation in Victorian Periodicals: Research Society for Victorian Periodicals Annual Conference, 14-15 September 2012

The Research Society for Victorian Periodicals (RSVP) will hold its annual conference at the University of Texas at Austin, 14-15 September 2012. While papers addressing any aspect of Victorian periodicals will be considered, RSVP particularly welcomes proposals for papers on the discourse of sentiment and sensation in the newspaper and periodical press that variously promoted or targeted readerships, established journalistic networks or brands, and shaped, responded to, and/or addressed cultural and ideological concerns. Suggested themes include but are not limited to:

• The serialization of sensation fiction

• Sentimental or sensational illustration

• Major scandals, legal cases, crimes, or controversies

• Affect, cognition, and readerly sensations

• Sentimental poetry or fiction in periodicals

• The rhetoric of sentiment/sentimentality

• Sport or theatrical sensations

• Gender and periodical genres

• Entrepreneurialism and fame

• Sensational formatting and headlines

• The feeling of print or the materiality of periodicals

• Physiology and psychology in the press

Please email two-page (maximum) proposals for individual presentations or panels of three to rs4vp.2012@gmail.com. Please include a one-page CV with relevant publications, teaching, and/or coursework. The deadline for submission of proposals is 1 February 2012.

Graduate students who would like to be considered for travel grants should include a cover letter explaining how their conference proposal fits into their long-term research plans as well as any other special considerations. Recipients will be notified in spring of 2012. For information about local arrangements, check the RSVP 2012 website, www.rsvp2012.org or contact Kathryn Ledbetter, KLedbetter@txstate.edu.