Priti Joshi
@pritijoshi.bsky.social
I study 19th c periodicals (fr India & Britain), print culture, illustrations, British colonialism, book history. Always on the lookout for woodcuts, lithographs, pamphlets, newspapers, broadsides.
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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:
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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January 21, 2026 at 8:38 PM
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:
Congrats to our newest fellows -- exciting research on the horizon!
ICYMI in our last (newsletter, that is), we have eight new Curran Fellows for 2026 set to embark on some exciting #19thC periodicals research! This year's cohort comes from several disciplines across institutions in the US, UK, Germany and Italy. Congratulations to all! 🎉
January 13, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Congrats to our newest fellows -- exciting research on the horizon!
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Mark your calendars! We're kicking off our 2026 #RSVPDigiEvent season on Friday, 23 January with a talk by Beth Gaskell entitled "Yesterday's News: Behind the Scenes at the British National Newspaper Collection." As always, this event is free and open to all. Register here: rs4vp.org/yesterdays-n...
January 9, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Mark your calendars! We're kicking off our 2026 #RSVPDigiEvent season on Friday, 23 January with a talk by Beth Gaskell entitled "Yesterday's News: Behind the Scenes at the British National Newspaper Collection." As always, this event is free and open to all. Register here: rs4vp.org/yesterdays-n...
Only word/link missing there was "schadenfreude"!
"When I came out, I probably seemed unsavory compared to the competitors. But that was when academic research happened in libraries and George W. Bush was considered the stupidest president. Tell me, how have you guardians of facts been doing recently?" #McSweeneysTop25of2025
Hi, It’s Me, Wikipedia, and I Am Ready for Your Apology
Our 9th most-read article of 2025. - - -“Wikipedia, the constantly changing knowledge base created by a global free-for-all of anonymous users, no...
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January 6, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Only word/link missing there was "schadenfreude"!
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“Our [university]system of governance (which management scientists term ‘Kafkaesque bureaucracy meets Lord of the Files,’ though no one understands these references since we cut our literature requirements)”
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An Accurate Organizational Chart of Your University
Our 20th most-read article of 2025.
- - -In accordance with our informal tradition of updating documents every thirty years, whether they need it ...
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January 6, 2026 at 8:15 PM
“Our [university]system of governance (which management scientists term ‘Kafkaesque bureaucracy meets Lord of the Files,’ though no one understands these references since we cut our literature requirements)”
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Well the news is out! I'll be the next Editor of the Curran Index. Thrilled to have the opportunity to take the Curran forwards for the next five years. Looking forward to building on the work of Emily Middleton and Lars Atkin and making the Curran even more central to Victorian scholarhip.
The Curran Index to Nineteenth-Century Periodicals
The Curran Index to Nineteenth-Century Periodicals
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December 21, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Well the news is out! I'll be the next Editor of the Curran Index. Thrilled to have the opportunity to take the Curran forwards for the next five years. Looking forward to building on the work of Emily Middleton and Lars Atkin and making the Curran even more central to Victorian scholarhip.
Breaking News: Priyasha's book just won MLA's Aldo & Jeanne Scaglione Prize for South Asian Studies! Many congrats to Priyasha! Her talk at RSVP's DigiEvts speaks to the many audiences this book is speaks to!
Our last #RSVPDigiEvent of 2025 with Priyasha Mukhopadhyay is now live on our YouTube channel! Thanks to Sarah Bliss for moderating, Priyasha for piquing our collective curiosity, and to all who attended! Stay tuned for more RSVP Digital Events in the new year! youtu.be/PfO8pLlQgkc
"Reading for Time," A Talk by Priyasha Mukhopadhyay
In this #RSVPDigiEvent (our last of 2025!), we hear from Priyasha Mukhopadhyay (Yale University) about her award-winning new book, Required Reading: The Life of Everyday Texts in the British Empire…
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December 17, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Breaking News: Priyasha's book just won MLA's Aldo & Jeanne Scaglione Prize for South Asian Studies! Many congrats to Priyasha! Her talk at RSVP's DigiEvts speaks to the many audiences this book is speaks to!
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In VPR 58.2, Atul V. Nair examines how the Anglo-Indian "Calcutta Review" debated the value of Indian literatures with other Indian and British #periodicals. Learn how the CR used evangelical ideals to contest the authority of Orientalism in the 1840s-50s: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl... @rs4vp.org
December 16, 2025 at 4:51 PM
In VPR 58.2, Atul V. Nair examines how the Anglo-Indian "Calcutta Review" debated the value of Indian literatures with other Indian and British #periodicals. Learn how the CR used evangelical ideals to contest the authority of Orientalism in the 1840s-50s: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl... @rs4vp.org
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When I went to college a hundred years ago (2000-4), my school was actively recruiting humanities majors, w scholarships etc. Institutions incentivize areas of study in order to grow them. And they underfund them intentionally to strangle them. It’s not a random natural phenomenon.
one of the great, pernicious myths perpetrated about higher ed—which media, higher ed administrators, politicians, and a number of faculty are complicit in spreading—is that humanities departments close due to some combination of cratering student demand and unjustifiable cost. It’s not true
My humanities dept was relevant. Majors were up. Courses were 100% enrolled. Revenue positive, GE serving, etc etc. We were still eliminated.
The problem is ideological administrative destruction. Couldn’t write a report, a self study, or a spreadsheet against that.
The problem is ideological administrative destruction. Couldn’t write a report, a self study, or a spreadsheet against that.
December 16, 2025 at 12:56 AM
When I went to college a hundred years ago (2000-4), my school was actively recruiting humanities majors, w scholarships etc. Institutions incentivize areas of study in order to grow them. And they underfund them intentionally to strangle them. It’s not a random natural phenomenon.
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Pleased to share that I've been awarded an NWO XS grant for "Terraforming from Above: Digital Methods for Colonial Aerial Photography"
Between 1920-1949, Dutch pilots systematically photographed Indonesia from above, creating an unprecedented aerial archive of the colonial landscape.
Between 1920-1949, Dutch pilots systematically photographed Indonesia from above, creating an unprecedented aerial archive of the colonial landscape.
December 15, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Pleased to share that I've been awarded an NWO XS grant for "Terraforming from Above: Digital Methods for Colonial Aerial Photography"
Between 1920-1949, Dutch pilots systematically photographed Indonesia from above, creating an unprecedented aerial archive of the colonial landscape.
Between 1920-1949, Dutch pilots systematically photographed Indonesia from above, creating an unprecedented aerial archive of the colonial landscape.
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Applications due December 15!
Hey #periodicals scholars-- Are you interested in joining our editorial team at @vpreditors.bsky.social? There's still time to apply for the Associate Editor position. Details available at rs4vp.org/vpr-seeks-as... @rs4vp.org
December 12, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Applications due December 15!
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improving authorship attribution using phonetic features — fascinating work by Simon Gabay, @floriancafiero.bsky.social, and Jean-Luc Falcone at #CHR2025
December 12, 2025 at 3:38 PM
improving authorship attribution using phonetic features — fascinating work by Simon Gabay, @floriancafiero.bsky.social, and Jean-Luc Falcone at #CHR2025
It's worth reading the article from the student paper. If anybody ever doubted that there is a Pal Exception. Or who the silo'ing of disciplines & knowledge in unis serves...
December 8, 2025 at 8:07 PM
It's worth reading the article from the student paper. If anybody ever doubted that there is a Pal Exception. Or who the silo'ing of disciplines & knowledge in unis serves...
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Alongside the word of the year we should have “the word that has lost the most of its meaning this year”. I nominate “ceasefire”.
December 8, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Alongside the word of the year we should have “the word that has lost the most of its meaning this year”. I nominate “ceasefire”.
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Feat. the Colored Conventions Project! @ccp-org.bsky.social @digblk.bsky.social
Douglass Day 2026
"All Rights for All"
Fri, February 13
Sign up today!
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Feat. the Colored Conventions Project! @ccp-org.bsky.social @digblk.bsky.social
December 8, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Save the date!
Douglass Day 2026
"All Rights for All"
Fri, February 13
Sign up today!
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Feat. the Colored Conventions Project! @ccp-org.bsky.social @digblk.bsky.social
Douglass Day 2026
"All Rights for All"
Fri, February 13
Sign up today!
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Feat. the Colored Conventions Project! @ccp-org.bsky.social @digblk.bsky.social
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A #tinyjoy to take you into the weekend. I just learned that 13- year-old Charlotte Brontë's TINY book, A Book of Ryhmes [sic] (it measures 9.5 cm by 6 cm) contains a poem titled "A Thing OF fourteen Line's. commonly called a" (& her tiny handwriting made the next word illegible.) #BookHistory
November 28, 2025 at 6:14 PM
A #tinyjoy to take you into the weekend. I just learned that 13- year-old Charlotte Brontë's TINY book, A Book of Ryhmes [sic] (it measures 9.5 cm by 6 cm) contains a poem titled "A Thing OF fourteen Line's. commonly called a" (& her tiny handwriting made the next word illegible.) #BookHistory
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the NYT referring to "scientific orthodoxy" instead of "science" or "proven facts" or "the truth" is what helps you see that this newspaper is now, & has been for some time, a critical part of the fascist apparatus in this country
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
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November 21, 2025 at 7:03 PM
the NYT referring to "scientific orthodoxy" instead of "science" or "proven facts" or "the truth" is what helps you see that this newspaper is now, & has been for some time, a critical part of the fascist apparatus in this country
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“Challenging scientific orthodoxy” is valorizing language. It suggests bold, innovative, out of the box thinking, not a self-obsessed crackpot operating with no scientific legitimacy whatsoever.
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 21, 2025 at 7:13 PM
“Challenging scientific orthodoxy” is valorizing language. It suggests bold, innovative, out of the box thinking, not a self-obsessed crackpot operating with no scientific legitimacy whatsoever.
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A reminder to our grad student attendees to apply for the Sally Mitchell Prize! 🏆
Award: Sally Mitchell Prize (Submission Deadline: 12/1/25) navsa.wildapricot.org/News/13564135
NAVSA - Award: Sally Mitchell Prize (Submission Deadline: 12/1/25)
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November 18, 2025 at 11:09 PM
A reminder to our grad student attendees to apply for the Sally Mitchell Prize! 🏆
A terrific opportunity to be at the forefront of periodicals' research (and to develop editorial chops!). Don't miss out.
VPR is seeking an Associate Editor to oversee book reviews and assist the editor with special features. This is a great opportunity for a #periodicals scholar looking to develop editorial and leadership skills. Applications are due December 15. Details at rs4vp.org/vpr-seeks-as... @rs4vp.org
November 18, 2025 at 4:48 AM
A terrific opportunity to be at the forefront of periodicals' research (and to develop editorial chops!). Don't miss out.
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Mystified by how to approach an academic journal editor? Need help getting through the "revise and resubmit" doldrums? Our next #RSVPDigiEvent can help! Join us next Friday, Nov. 21 and hear from the editors of top #Victorian journals on "How to Get Published in a Academic Journal": buff.ly/ydJkKAK
How to Get Published in an Academic Journal – RSVP
Join us Friday, November 21 for a special professional development session on how to get published in an academic journal!
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November 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Mystified by how to approach an academic journal editor? Need help getting through the "revise and resubmit" doldrums? Our next #RSVPDigiEvent can help! Join us next Friday, Nov. 21 and hear from the editors of top #Victorian journals on "How to Get Published in a Academic Journal": buff.ly/ydJkKAK
If you know of a great book that analyzes the periodical press of 19th c Britain/empire (long 19th c), mosey along to the link and nominate it!
📖 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 18, 2025 at 4:33 AM
If you know of a great book that analyzes the periodical press of 19th c Britain/empire (long 19th c), mosey along to the link and nominate it!
No excuse for not sending in a proposal for RSVP 2026!
📣BREAKING NEWS! We've extended our CFP deadline for #RSVP2026 "Movements and Migrations"! Proposals now due 21 November 2025. Full CFP and more details about all things conference on our website: rs4vp.org/rsvp-confere...
November 18, 2025 at 4:32 AM
No excuse for not sending in a proposal for RSVP 2026!
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Have you heard about our new Archie L. Dick Research Grants? If not, take a look and see if you qualify! Even if you don't, maybe someone you know does? Deadline to apply is December 1, 2025.
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The Archie L. Dick Research Development Grants – SHARPweb
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November 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Have you heard about our new Archie L. Dick Research Grants? If not, take a look and see if you qualify! Even if you don't, maybe someone you know does? Deadline to apply is December 1, 2025.
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The deadline (15 November) is fast approaching for our annual Peterson Fellowships! Peterson Fellowships support one researcher for four, full-time months of work on a project related to #19thC periodicals. Application guidelines and more can be found on our website: rs4vp.org/awards/peter...
Peterson Fellowship Guidelines – RSVP
Each year, the Research Society for Victorian Periodicals (RSVP) intends to grant one Linda H. Peterson Fellowship (henceforth, “the Peterson Fellowship”) in the amount of $20,000 to a single research...
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October 31, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The deadline (15 November) is fast approaching for our annual Peterson Fellowships! Peterson Fellowships support one researcher for four, full-time months of work on a project related to #19thC periodicals. Application guidelines and more can be found on our website: rs4vp.org/awards/peter...