Dr Clare Horrocks
@drhorrocks.bsky.social
SL in Cultural History, published researcher on Victorian magazine culture, Punch & Dickens. Submissions Editor for Victorian Periodicals Review (@RSVP)
Read more about the fantastic work we've been doing with outreach as part of the Punch's Pocket Book Archive project! Beta address following soon . . .
Happy Friday! Some light reading to enliven your weekend: a retrospective on the "Pictorial Punch: Treasures from the Archive" study day by our friends @punchspocketbook.bsky.social in November. Several candid photos from the day included! Thanks for #SharingYourNews!
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Pictorial Punch: Treasures from the Archive – RSVP
The Punch's Pocket Book Archive team shares a retrospective on their one-day study day hosted at the British Library on 7 November 2025.
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December 12, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Read more about the fantastic work we've been doing with outreach as part of the Punch's Pocket Book Archive project! Beta address following soon . . .
Reposted by Dr Clare Horrocks
As @drhorrocks.bsky.social @vicmanch.bsky.social noted, Victorianists have the opportunity of back-to-back conferences with #RSVP2026 held in Dublin, 23-25 July & #BAVS2026 held in Liverpool, 27-29 July
Too late to apply to RSVP, but submissions still open for BAVS!
#BookHistory #PeriodicalStudies
Too late to apply to RSVP, but submissions still open for BAVS!
#BookHistory #PeriodicalStudies
Check out the BAVS 2026 conference website: www.ljmu.ac.uk/bavs2026
CfP deadline extended until 12th December 2025!
CfP deadline extended until 12th December 2025!
British Association for Victorian Studies (BAVS) conference
The Centre for Modern and Contemporary History, with the Centre for Port and Maritime History, are delighted to welcome BAVS delegates to Liverpool in 2026.
www.ljmu.ac.uk
November 27, 2025 at 9:12 AM
As @drhorrocks.bsky.social @vicmanch.bsky.social noted, Victorianists have the opportunity of back-to-back conferences with #RSVP2026 held in Dublin, 23-25 July & #BAVS2026 held in Liverpool, 27-29 July
Too late to apply to RSVP, but submissions still open for BAVS!
#BookHistory #PeriodicalStudies
Too late to apply to RSVP, but submissions still open for BAVS!
#BookHistory #PeriodicalStudies
Reposted by Dr Clare Horrocks
📽️ The recording from our widely popular #RSVPDigiEvent "How to Get Published in an Academic Journal" is now live. We had a record-breaking 101 registrants for this panel! Since we did not quite hit that number in attendance, we know many will be interested to watch/re-watch: youtu.be/sP5Y1iicKJ0
How to Get Published in Academic Journal
YouTube video by Research Society for Victorian Periodicals
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November 24, 2025 at 7:37 PM
📽️ The recording from our widely popular #RSVPDigiEvent "How to Get Published in an Academic Journal" is now live. We had a record-breaking 101 registrants for this panel! Since we did not quite hit that number in attendance, we know many will be interested to watch/re-watch: youtu.be/sP5Y1iicKJ0
BAVS2026 has a shiny new website! www.ljmu.ac.uk/bavs2026! To celebrate, we are extending our CFP to December 12th. Do come and join us
British Association for Victorian Studies (BAVS) conference
The Centre for Modern and Contemporary History, with the Centre for Port and Maritime History, are delighted to welcome BAVS delegates to Liverpool in 2026.
www.ljmu.ac.uk
November 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
BAVS2026 has a shiny new website! www.ljmu.ac.uk/bavs2026! To celebrate, we are extending our CFP to December 12th. Do come and join us
Fantastic Long Service celebration lunch for JMU staff who have worked there for 25 years or more. Lovely to get chance to catch up with old friends and new
November 21, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Fantastic Long Service celebration lunch for JMU staff who have worked there for 25 years or more. Lovely to get chance to catch up with old friends and new
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Are you a community group with a passion for heritage? Or a museum, library, gallery or archive with a bold idea for community-led research?
The Spaces, Places and Belonging Community Hub is accepting applications for seed corn grants: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/community-hu... (1/2)
The Spaces, Places and Belonging Community Hub is accepting applications for seed corn grants: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/community-hu... (1/2)
November 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Are you a community group with a passion for heritage? Or a museum, library, gallery or archive with a bold idea for community-led research?
The Spaces, Places and Belonging Community Hub is accepting applications for seed corn grants: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/community-hu... (1/2)
The Spaces, Places and Belonging Community Hub is accepting applications for seed corn grants: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/community-hu... (1/2)
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📖 Colby Book Prize nominations open today! We're accepting nominations from now until 31 Jan. 2026. The Colby Prize recognizes original book-length scholarship published in 2025 that most advances our understanding of the long #19thC British press. More info: buff.ly/LIi76WJ
The Robert and Vineta Colby Scholarly Book Prize – RSVP
The Colby Book Prize was endowed in 2006 in memory of Robert Colby by his wife, Vineta Colby, distinguished scholars and long-time members of RSVP. In 2011, following Vineta’s death, the Board of…
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November 15, 2025 at 3:49 PM
📖 Colby Book Prize nominations open today! We're accepting nominations from now until 31 Jan. 2026. The Colby Prize recognizes original book-length scholarship published in 2025 that most advances our understanding of the long #19thC British press. More info: buff.ly/LIi76WJ
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Does anyone in our orbit know?
Hey, folks, I think I heard that Renton Nicholson's The Town was digitized recently, but I can't find where — is it publicly available? Thinking that @victorianlondon.bsky.social or @rs4vp.org may know!
November 7, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Does anyone in our orbit know?
Challenging AI to create a Punch Pocket Book. We still rely on keywords for tagging as the most effective method for training data sets. Julia Thomas Pictorial Punch Study Day @britishlibrary.bsky.social @punchspocketbook.bsky.social @rs4vp.org @l19cmanmet.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Challenging AI to create a Punch Pocket Book. We still rely on keywords for tagging as the most effective method for training data sets. Julia Thomas Pictorial Punch Study Day @britishlibrary.bsky.social @punchspocketbook.bsky.social @rs4vp.org @l19cmanmet.bsky.social
Second keynote at our Pictorial Punch Study Day @britishlibrary.bsky.social. Julia Thomas, Cardiff, on A Digital Treasure Hunt @punchspocketbook.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Second keynote at our Pictorial Punch Study Day @britishlibrary.bsky.social. Julia Thomas, Cardiff, on A Digital Treasure Hunt @punchspocketbook.bsky.social
Fascinating discussion of the Almanacks and Pocket Books as depicted in the Silver Diary with @patrickleary.bsky.social for the Pictorial Punch Study Day @britishlibrary.bsky.social @punchspocketbook.bsky.social @rs4vp.org
November 7, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Fascinating discussion of the Almanacks and Pocket Books as depicted in the Silver Diary with @patrickleary.bsky.social for the Pictorial Punch Study Day @britishlibrary.bsky.social @punchspocketbook.bsky.social @rs4vp.org
Panel 2 on Decadence, Celebrity and Social Networks at Pictorial Punch @britishlibrary.bsky.social @punchspocketbook.bsky.social Bethany Dahlstrom, myself and Jane Harrison
November 7, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Panel 2 on Decadence, Celebrity and Social Networks at Pictorial Punch @britishlibrary.bsky.social @punchspocketbook.bsky.social Bethany Dahlstrom, myself and Jane Harrison
First keynote at Pictorial Punch @britishlibrary.bsky.social from @patrickleary.bsky.social on The Education of Henry Silver @punchspocketbook.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 12:06 PM
First keynote at Pictorial Punch @britishlibrary.bsky.social from @patrickleary.bsky.social on The Education of Henry Silver @punchspocketbook.bsky.social
Panel 1 at Pictorial Punch on Illustrators, Engravers and the Sensational @britishlibrary.bsky.social @punchspocketbook.bsky.social @l19cmanmet.bsky.social With Emma Liggins, Anne Anderson and Lorraine Janzen Kooistra
November 7, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Panel 1 at Pictorial Punch on Illustrators, Engravers and the Sensational @britishlibrary.bsky.social @punchspocketbook.bsky.social @l19cmanmet.bsky.social With Emma Liggins, Anne Anderson and Lorraine Janzen Kooistra
And we are off. Pictorial Punch Study Day at @britishlibrary.bsky.social @punchspocketbook.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 10:03 AM
And we are off. Pictorial Punch Study Day at @britishlibrary.bsky.social @punchspocketbook.bsky.social
Pre conference dinner at the Punch Tavern with our keynote speakers @patrickleary.bsky.social and Julia Thomas ahead of our @britishlibrary.bsky.social Study Day tomorrow @punchspocketbook.bsky.social @fbaillet.bsky.social @l19cmanmet.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Pre conference dinner at the Punch Tavern with our keynote speakers @patrickleary.bsky.social and Julia Thomas ahead of our @britishlibrary.bsky.social Study Day tomorrow @punchspocketbook.bsky.social @fbaillet.bsky.social @l19cmanmet.bsky.social
Pater Punch, aka @patrickleary.bsky.social outside the old Punch Tavern, Fleet Street, just down from where the Punch offices were at Bouverie Street @punchspocketbook.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Pater Punch, aka @patrickleary.bsky.social outside the old Punch Tavern, Fleet Street, just down from where the Punch offices were at Bouverie Street @punchspocketbook.bsky.social
To celebrate Digital Preservation Day, we are delighted to see the first pages of the Beta @punchspocketbook.bsky.social being released. Huge thanks to the Technical team, Julia and Subha, for pushing against time to release this. More to come at our Pictorial Punch day tomorrow #unlockingarchives
November 6, 2025 at 10:58 AM
To celebrate Digital Preservation Day, we are delighted to see the first pages of the Beta @punchspocketbook.bsky.social being released. Huge thanks to the Technical team, Julia and Subha, for pushing against time to release this. More to come at our Pictorial Punch day tomorrow #unlockingarchives
Do come and join us in Liverpool next July, we look forward to welcoming you!
The BAVS 2026 Annual Conference CfP is now live: victorianist.wordpress.com/2025/10/20/c...
We hope you can join us in Liverpool next year!
We hope you can join us in Liverpool next year!
CFP: BAVS 2026 Conference Liverpool
BAVS Liverpool 202627 – 29 July 2026 Keynote Speakers: Dr Alison Chapman (University of Victoria, BC), others to be confirmed. The Centre for Modern and Contemporary History (CMCH) at Liverpool Joh…
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November 5, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Do come and join us in Liverpool next July, we look forward to welcoming you!
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The official CFP is a few days off, but I can't wait that long to announce that #BAVS2026 will be held in Liverpool, 27-29 July. We hope that some of the @rs4vp.org crowd will be able to make the trip over from #RSVP2026 and join @bavs-uk.bsky.social for more Victorian stuff. Details to follow.
October 15, 2025 at 10:51 AM
The official CFP is a few days off, but I can't wait that long to announce that #BAVS2026 will be held in Liverpool, 27-29 July. We hope that some of the @rs4vp.org crowd will be able to make the trip over from #RSVP2026 and join @bavs-uk.bsky.social for more Victorian stuff. Details to follow.
Nearly time for our @punchspocketbook.bsky.social Pictorial Punch Study Day at @britishlibrary.bsky.social. See you Friday 7 November with @patrickleary.bsky.social, Sonja Lawrenson, Francoise Baillet and others for a stimulating day of frivolity and japes!
November 5, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Nearly time for our @punchspocketbook.bsky.social Pictorial Punch Study Day at @britishlibrary.bsky.social. See you Friday 7 November with @patrickleary.bsky.social, Sonja Lawrenson, Francoise Baillet and others for a stimulating day of frivolity and japes!
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Our first bit of business? Registration for #RSVP2025 is now live! You can register and find out more details about travel, accommodations, and a bird's eye view of the program, and more at our conference website! Share your enthusiasm via #VoicesandVisions conference.rs4vp.org
RSVP Conference 2025 – RSVP
Dates July 10-12, 2025
conference.rs4vp.org
February 4, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Our first bit of business? Registration for #RSVP2025 is now live! You can register and find out more details about travel, accommodations, and a bird's eye view of the program, and more at our conference website! Share your enthusiasm via #VoicesandVisions conference.rs4vp.org
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The advert for our Research Associate post in Victorian Cultural and Material History is now up on jobs.ac.uk - www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKS158/r...
Please spread the word!!!!
Please spread the word!!!!
Research Associate in Victorian Cultural and Material History at Lancaster University
Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Research Associate in Victorian Cultural and Material History on jobs.ac.uk!
www.jobs.ac.uk
November 21, 2024 at 3:26 PM
The advert for our Research Associate post in Victorian Cultural and Material History is now up on jobs.ac.uk - www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKS158/r...
Please spread the word!!!!
Please spread the word!!!!
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Warm welcome to all new followers! To my fellow Victorianists: the VICTORIA discussion group remains a generous, welcoming space, supportive without at all overwhelming your inbox. And the archives are a great resource. If you’re not already a member, check it out: list.iu.edu/sympa/info/v...
November 9, 2024 at 12:02 AM
Warm welcome to all new followers! To my fellow Victorianists: the VICTORIA discussion group remains a generous, welcoming space, supportive without at all overwhelming your inbox. And the archives are a great resource. If you’re not already a member, check it out: list.iu.edu/sympa/info/v...
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Thanks, Beth! This is enormously useful, particularly to independent researchers, and a welcome complement to the much more modest but also helpful Open Access 19th-c. Periodicals list: www.victorianresearch.org/openaccesspe...
November 14, 2024 at 12:48 PM
Thanks, Beth! This is enormously useful, particularly to independent researchers, and a welcome complement to the much more modest but also helpful Open Access 19th-c. Periodicals list: www.victorianresearch.org/openaccesspe...