Research Society for Victorian Periodicals (RSVP)

"Currents in the Periodical Press"

6-9 July, 2023

Université Caen Normandie, France

It is with great pleasure that Caen Normandie University and ERIBIA (Équipe de Recherche sur la Grande-Bretagne, l'Irlande et l'Amérique du Nord) will be hosting the 2023 Conference of the Research Society for Victorian Periodicals.  

Held on the theme "Currents in the Periodical Press," the conference invites scholars to consider issues relating to the news – the representation of current affairs and topicality in the press – but also to progress and change in periodical titles, themes, forms, and roles over time. We are also interested in the notion of currency in business, industry, and information, as well as in the actual financial workings of periodicals and publishers. Undercurrents and crosscurrents allude to divergences and convergences as well as trends and influences, both in the Victorian periodical press and in twenty-first-century periodicals scholarship.

The opening reception will take place at the Abbaye-aux-Hommes, one of the many places that make Caen an ideal venue for these four days of intellectual stimulation and pleasurable sociability.

We are very much looking forward to welcoming you all on campus.