Endnotes

2013 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 this year’s award competition is May 1, 2013. For submission guidelines, see http://www.rs4vp.org/prizes.html.

Research Society for Victorian Periodicals 45^th Annual Conference at the University of Salford July 12–13, 2013

The Research Society for Victorian Periodicals will hold its annual conference at the University of Salford, July 12–13, 2013, on the theme “Tradition and the New.” In addition to plenary lectures and concurrent panels, the conference will offer small-group trips to some of Manchester’s many libraries of scholarly and historic interest on the afternoon of July 11. That evening, there will be a reception in the recently built People’s History Museum on the newly developed banks of the infamous Irwell so horrifyingly described by Engels. On July 12, a reception and Lancashire hot-pot supper will be held in the Victorian buildings of the Salford Museum and Art Gallery on the university campus. A guided walk through the commercial and industrial centre of Manchester will be offered on the morning of July 14. For further information, consult http://www.rsvp2013.com.

Curran Fellowship for Research on the Victorian Press

The Curran Fellowship is a travel and research grant intended to aid scholars studying nineteenth-century British magazines and newspapers. Made possible through the generosity of Eileen Curran, Professor Emerita of English, Colby College, the fellowship awards two grants of $2,500 each.

The Curran Fellowship for 2013 has been awarded to Professor Martin Hewitt (University of Huddersfield) for a study of the campaign for repeal of the taxes on knowledge (1849–69) and to Professor Jennifer Phegley (University of Missouri-Kansas City) for a study of publishers John Maxwell and Samuel Beeton and their development of niche-market periodicals from the 1850s to the 1870s. The Curran committee received many splendid proposals this year and wishes to express its thanks to all who applied as well as its hearty congratulations to Professors Hewitt and Phegley. Details about the next Curran competition will be posted on the RSVP website in September: http://www.rs4vp.org/prizes.html.