Roll up, roll up for the 2026 Lyell Lectures! These will be given by Prof Mercedes García-Arenal on 'Muslim Books in Christian Hands: From Iberian Moriscos to Early Modern Europe' @bodleian.ox.ac.uk on 28, 30 April, & 5, 7. 11, May at 5pm. Free, but book! visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/lyell-lectur...
_Drafts of History_ (ably conceived and collected by Vaibhav Singh) is terrific. Another, slightly different project, is the Masthead Monday, run by Beth Gaskell of the BL.
Where did you find the image, Patrick? Do you own the comic? (I'd love to share the image the next time I teach my "JE & its Afterlives" class).
Wonderful! (And fascinating that the cover actually shows Bertha Mason, not JE...from a scene that never takes place in the novel, of course, but....).
📣 The second of our new Interview Series is live, just in time for your weekend reading! In this part (1 of 3), Linda Hughes talks with Gillian Walters about the past, present, + future of "Periodical Poetry Research," starting with her own career in establishing the field: rs4vp.org/periodical-p...
If interested in applying for our collaborative PhD, 'Uncharted Voices: Subaltern Cultures and Identities in Global Seafaring, 1880–1950', we will be holding a live webinar on Tuesday 24th March (1-2 pm). For further details about the project and webinar, see www.rmg.co.uk/ahrc-collabo...
The NYer devoted 2 revs to it; I recommend Justin Chang's who is v good on the way the movie "airbrushes" the violence of that time/Johnson's novella: "the film effectively uses Grainier’s psychology as cover for its own squeamishness."
Ooo, thank you, precooking not a problem. I'm a swapper, so might also swap out farro for...millets?
ooh, I need the cauliflower gratin recipe!
Enjoyed today's #RSVPDigiEvent? Can't wait for more #19thC periodicals' chat? Our March event is just around the corner next Friday, March 6! @triproftri.bsky.social will talk to us about the "Racial Anxieties of Polite Culture in the Forget Me Not for 1825 + 1833." Register now!
Shoutout to my amazing colleagues at Cambridge & Birmingham on the 'Small Performances' project into John Baskerville's typographic punches - today is released a @camdiglib.bsky.social collection of imagery of the punches. Check it out! cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/...
Did you know The Race and Regency Lab has a podcast?
See episodes featuring Kim Hall, Mathelinda Nabugodi, Devoney Looser, and Adrienne Childs.
www.raceandregency.org/podcast
This interview was a lot of fun to do. Many thanks to Dr. Matthew Stephens (@c19thnewshound.bsky.social) for the kind invitation.
🔔 Attention ECRs! Just a reminder that March 1 (next Sunday) is the last day to get your applications in for our annual Mitchell Dissertation Prize! Winners receive $1,000 USD + a 2-yr. membership to RSVP. We look forward to reading your work! rs4vp.org/awards/mitch...
Don't forget to join us next week for an exciting discussion about the transnational press of the long #19thC. As a reminder, all of our #RSVPDigiEvents are free and open to all, but you must register to receive the Zoom link. buff.ly/rD2BgEG
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I had a great conversation with Dom Davies and you can listen in!
One way my class "gets around" the anachronism problem -- placing letterpress _in conversation_ w/ ms. -- is several sessions on mss. & the labor of producing them. I also assign sections of Emma Donoghue's 2022 _Haven_ on the monk-scribe copying. It's incredible & students FEEL the labor.
ooo! I'm envious about your setup and space. (Our printshop is literally 1/2 the size!). What fun the student are clearly having!
Woohoo, Matthew! Well done. Look forward to toasting you before too long. In the meantime, have a few of those in the left picture!
Announcement for RSVP event with green paper boards of the 1825 Forget Me Not British Literary Annual
Been following my adventures in #periodicals ? Join me on March 6 @ 8am PST with @rs4vp.org Pick-a-Periodical: "The Racial Anxieties of Polite Culture in the *Forget Me Not* British Literary Annual" (1825 & 1833)
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We are thrilled to announce that applications for our 1st round of Microgrant funding are now open! These small seed grants of up to $300 USD support exploratory research or new projects in periodical studies. Applications for this first round of funds are due March 1!
Interesting article in @jbritishstudies.bsky.social about missionary periodicals. When I first joined @rs4vp.org I was going to do something with the Bible Society’s *Monthly Register*. Someone still should.
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Save the dates for our upcoming #RSVPDigiEvents! More details will be shared as dates approach (so watch this space!). Registration links for each of these events can be found by scanning the QR code or visiting our website: rs4vp.org/digital-even... Hope to "see" you there!
Congrats to Clare! (and many thanks to committee).
That sig on the right indicates the Dalziel brothers' firm that did woodcut work. In _Wood-engravers Self-Portrait_ Bethan Stevens discusses the many individuals who worked for the firm, some whose names we know, others not. In short, this signature is a "composite" or corporate identity.
That's what I've been doing: getting a student from the previous semester to prep the slurry beforehand. And I have FOUR m&d.... I think our choke point is pulling the paper off the mould & drying racks. (I tend to have 18 students and 80 min).
Seconding Michael's recs. These are always my go-tos in trying to identify British engravers, draughtsmen, and artists in the trade.
I have students soak paper overnight & bring it to class. Even so, we barely have time for blending the soaked sheets, getting the slurry to the right consistency, & letting each student have 2 chances to pull sheets. How many mould-&-deckles do you have?
Last call! Colby Book Prize nominations are due TOMORROW, 31 January. This prize is awarded to a book published during the preceding year that most advances our understanding of the #19thC British press. If you recently read a book that fits that description, we want to know!
Did you read or review a great new book on #19thC periodical studies? Was it published in the last year? If yes, nominate it for a Colby Book Prize! We're still accepting nominations through 31 January. [NB: For tax reasons, authors *cannot* self-nominate.] More info here: