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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals 46th Annual Conference at the University of Delaware September 12-13, 2014
We are pleased to invite paper proposals for the 2014 RSVP Conference. As always, proposals for papers that address any aspect of nineteenth-century British periodicals or newspapers will be considered. However, this year we particularly encourage proposals on the topic "Places and Spaces" in the nineteenth-century press. Possible topics might include:
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• The country/city dynamic, seen through the lens of the periodical press.
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• The provincial or urban press (regional niche markets).
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• Industrial spaces (occupational niche markets).
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• Periodicals and a "sense of place."
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• Locality: representation of London's spaces.
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• Mapping of networks, transatlantic exchange.
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• Place and image: travel narrative and illustration, colonial spaces, grand tour representation.
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• Social position and classed spaces.
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• Selling places (where periodicals were sold).
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• Forbidden spaces (taboo topics).
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• Imaginary places (and children's periodicals).
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• Scale and page layout.
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• Poetry "spaces" on the page.
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• Illustration, cartoons, adverts, and other things that take up space.
Please e-mail two-page (maximum) proposals for individual presentations or panels of three to rs4vp2014@gmail.com. Please include a one-page [End Page 587] curriculum vitae with relevant publications, teaching, and/or coursework. Final papers should take fifteen minutes (twenty minutes maximum) to present.
The deadline for submission of proposals is February 1, 2014.
2014 VanArsdel Essay Prize
The VanArsdel Prize is awarded annually to the best graduate student essay investigating Victorian periodicals and newspapers. The prize was established in 1990 to honor Rosemary VanArsdel, a founding member of RSVP whose groundbreaking research continues to shape the field of nineteenth-century periodical studies. The deadline for next year's award competition is May 1, 2014. For submission guidelines, see http://www.rs4vp.org/prizes.html.
Robert and Vineta Colby Scholarly Book Prize
The Robert and Vineta Colby Scholarly Book Prize is awarded annually to the book that most advances the understanding of the nineteenth-century British newspaper or periodical press. To nominate a book, contact the chair of the prize committee, Laurel Brake (l.brake@bbk.ac.uk) by December 31, 2013. Further information on the prize is available on the RSVP website: www.rs4vp.org/prizes.html. [End Page 588]
