Patrick Leary

Patrick Leary

@patrickleary.bsky.social

Historian, esp. 19c press, talk, book history. Author “Googling the Victorians,” “Punch Brotherhood,” etc. Co-founder SHARP, mgr VICTORIA. Fond of Old Time Radio, 60s Top 40, tennis, London. Liberal Texan in self-imposed Midwest exile. FRHistS

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Patrick Leary
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What a great idea this was for JVC’s 30th birthday: a thoughtful collection of 30 representative articles from this splendid journal, each one a gem, and each one open access! #victorian #19th-c.

Daniel Grey@djrgrey.bsky.social

2026 marks the 30th birthday of @jofvictculture.bsky.social!! 🎂 Reflecting this milestone & working with previous editors, we 5 Co-Editors have put together a Virtual Special Issue of the 30 articles felt to best represent the journal's lifetime📄 🌟https://academic.oup.com/jvc/pages/30-for-30th

academic.oup.com30 for 30thThe Journal of Victorian Culture is celebrating its thirtieth year! The JVC was founded in 1996, with two goals. The first was to promote inter- and multidiscip
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Pioneering advance in our understanding of cultural change across the 19th c.

Martin Hewitt@vicmanch.bsky.social

Delighted to announce this new JVC article, written in conjuction with @helenkingstone.bsky.social @pieterfrancois.bsky.social and @emilyjlm.bsky.social. First fruits of our collaborative generational analysis of periodicals. With graphs and even a reworked version of a Lexis diagram.

academic.oup.comAge and generation dynamics in Victorian periodical cultureAbstract. This article seeks to open up an exploration of the influence of age and in particular of generational identity as a key dynamic in the sociology

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Martin Hewitt
@vicmanch.bsky.social

New ECR opportunity, courtesy of JVC and BAVS. Please spread the word as widely as you can!

Journal of Victorian Culture@jofvictculture.bsky.social

NEW: JVC–BAVS Early Career Mentorship Scheme; a collaboration between the Journal of Victorian Culture (JVC) & British Association for Victorian Studies (BAVS) to support PhDs & early career scholars in developing their first peer-reviewed journal article. More here: jvc.oup.com/2026/09/28/j...

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Jessica R Valdez
@jrvaldez.bsky.social

Please spread the word to graduate students about this professional development workshop on Friday. We (the program organizers for this past year's RSVP conference) will share advice on "How to Conference Effectively." rs4vp.org/how-to-confe...

rs4vp.orgHow to Conference Effectively – RSVPGet ready for the 2027 conference season by learning tips and tricks from the pros! Our 2026 conference committee are ready to share their expertise.

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Josh Smith
@smithjj.bsky.social

Excited that my first monograph, The Politics of Reading at the British Subscription Library, has been published by @degruyterbrill.bsky.social. The book examines the political, social and intellectual culture of late 18thC Britain through books and reading habits. brill.com/display/titl...

brill.comThe Politics of Reading at the British Subscription Library, 1789-1832"The Politics of Reading at the British Subscription Library, 1789-1832" published on 08 Sep 2026 by Brill.

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Michael Warburton
@michaelwarburton.bsky.social

A clip from a little seen film called THE LONDON NOBODY KNOWS (1967) If you’re a JAMES MASON fan & history fascinates you’ll love this. Here he visits a decrepit Theatre in Camden about to be demolished.

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Open Book Publishers
@openbookpublish.bsky.social

OUT NOW | 'The Diaries of Anthony Hewitson, Provincial Journalist, Vol 2: 1891–1912' ed by Andrew Hobbs The 2nd vol of Anthony Hewitson's diaries offers rare insight into the career of a 19th century journalist Read freely online or buy a copy: buff.ly/hQ88jnZ #OpenAccess #journalism #19thCentury

Patrick Leary
@patrickleary.bsky.social

Congratulations, Helena -- what good news for us all!

Helena Goodwyn@helenagoodwyn.bsky.social

The Americanisation of W. T. Stead is out now! So delighted to get my author copies, huge thanks to @edinburghup.bsky.social. We’ve a 30% launch discount, if you’re a librarian/ in collection development, pls consider recommending for your library. #VictorianStudies #PeriodicalStudies #BookHistory

Patrick Leary
@patrickleary.bsky.social

If you work on the 19th-c press and are looking at bills for travel, repro fees, etc., applying for a Curran Fellowship should be a no-brainer. Not a lot of hoops to jump through, and the folks making the decisions are researchers just like you. These are open to anybody, of any age, anywhere. #C19

Research Society for Victorian Periodicals@rs4vp.org

📢 It's Curran Fellowship time! These awards support research on #19thC periodicals as objects of study in their own right. Multiple awards of up to $6,000 (USD) are given each year, thanks to the generosity and enduring legacy of Eileen Curran. Apps due 15 Oct. Full guidelines here: buff.ly/Vw4Q3Tr

buff.lyCurran Fellowship Guidelines – RSVPThe Research Society for Victorian Periodicals (RSVP) grants at least six Curran Fellowship awards each calendar year. Applicants may request any amount of support up to $6000; the Curran Fellowships…

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Troy J. Bassett
@3volumenovel.bsky.social

All fiction titles from the English Catalogue, Volume 4 have now been added! That means 1862–1889 are complete. Next up: the 1890s... • 27,471 title entries • 6,770 author entries (most with bios) Big thank you to my students from last semester who assisted me to this milestone.

Patrick Leary
@patrickleary.bsky.social

The Curran Index, named after my old friend Eileen Curran, is the world's only ongoing research project devoted to identifying the authors of anonymous articles, stories, and poems in the 19th-c. press. Please check it out and let us know what you think. Your help will be invaluable. #victorian

Martin Hewitt@vicmanch.bsky.social

Still plugging the short survey on the future of the Curran Index. Interestingly, have had almost as many retweets of my original post as there have been actual completions of the survey. Closes on the 10th, so if your work touches at all on nineteenth century periodicals please have your say!

Patrick Leary
@patrickleary.bsky.social

Indeed you all are. And, gentle Bluesky readers, check out the news projected behind this team: a British Newspaper Archive discount for RSVP members that saves serious money on that subscription. Negotiated by the inexhaustible Mary. Even more reason for all C19 scholars to join @rs4vp.org!

Clare Clarke@clareclarke.bsky.social

With the wonderful Mary and Priti ahead of the RSVP AGM. What a team! #RSVP2026

Patrick Leary
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Marie Léger-St-Jean@marielsj.bsky.social

Lois Burke —formerly at Tilburg University, now at the University of Stirling— is making her pitch for the usefulness of manuscript magazines. There is for instance "The Sunbeam Magazine" (1866), edited by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894)... collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/1067... #BAVS2026

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Martin Hewitt
@vicmanch.bsky.social

We're running a short online survey to inform development of the Curran Index. If you're interested in Victorian periodicals, whether or not you've used the Curran recently, please complete the survey! Survey closes 10th August. Please retweet. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

docs.google.comCurran Index User SurveyThanks for being willing to complete this short survey. Whether or not you have used the Curran Index recently (or at all) we are looking for opinions on how the Curran can best be improved and develo...
Patrick Leary
@patrickleary.bsky.social

So happy to be in Dublin for this year’s @rs4vp.org meeting. Here posing with Sir Isaac amid the empty shelving of the soon to be renovated Old Library…and searching in vain for someone to explain to me why the letter J is missing from all the shelves. #RSVP2026

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Long Nineteenth-Century Network @ Manchester Met
@l19cmanmet.bsky.social

Please join the network and our friends on the Punch's Pocket Book Archive team for our upcoming symposium "Global circulations – annuals and pocket books on the move", 26–27 November 2026, U of Caen Normandy. Deadline for proposals = 31 August 2026 caesar-project.unicaen.fr/event/call-f...

caesar-project.unicaen.frCall for papers for the CaeSAR ‘Punch’s Pocket Book’ project: ‘Global circulations - annuals and pocket books on the move’, 26–27 November 2026, University of Caen Normandy - CaeSARCaen, Strategy for Accelerating Research

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kottke.org
@kottke.org

A complete digital version of The Naturalist’s Library (1833-43), William Jardine’s 40-volume book series on natural history, including restored versions of each of the 1300+ illustrations in the library. Wow. [kottke.org]

kottke.orgThe Naturalist’s Library (1833-43)Nicholas Rougeux, whose work I have featured here before, has published a complete digital edition of William Jardine’s 40-volume book series on natural history published in the early-to-mid 19th-century. As part of the
Patrick Leary
@patrickleary.bsky.social

I find this so deeply moving— not only that we can now read writings that haven’t been read in two millennia, but that this miraculous accomplishment is owing to an unshakable commitment to public, cooperative scholarship.

Ada Palmer@adapalmer.bsky.social

In 79 AD, Mt. Vesuvius buried the Roman town of Herculaneum under ash. In a villa, a library of papyrus scrolls was buried. For 2,000 years they’ve been unreadable. Researchers with the Vesuvius Challenge have read an entire scroll without opening it. buff.ly/WSjPmXf #ShareGoodNewsToo

buff.lyAn entire Herculaneum scroll has been read for the first timePHerc. 1667, sealed since the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD, has been virtually unwrapped and read from beginning to end — without ever being opened.

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Martin Hewitt
@vicmanch.bsky.social

We're running a short online survey to inform development of the Curran Index. If you're interested in Victorian periodicals, whether or not you've used the Curran recently, please complete the survey! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

docs.google.comCurran Index User SurveyThanks for being willing to complete this short survey. Whether or not you have used the Curran Index recently (or at all) we are looking for opinions on how the Curran can best be improved and develo...

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Hannah Barker
@historyhannahb.bsky.social

There’s a permanent modern British history post going at Manchester 🎉Come and join a great department and please share with anyone who might be interested. (Don’t let the short deadline put you off). #skystorians 🗃️

jobs.ac.ukLecturer in Modern British History (post-1800) at The University of ManchesterApply now for the Lecturer in Modern British History (post-1800) role on jobs.ac.uk - the leading job board for higher education jobs. View details.

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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals
@rs4vp.org

The latest installment of our three-part interview with Linda Hughes is now live! Continuing on from their previous conversation about "the past" foundations of periodical poetry research, Linda and Gillian Walters discuss the "present" state of the field. Read on here: rs4vp.org/periodical-p...

rs4vp.orgPeriodical Poetry Research Today – RSVPOur second interview with Linda K. Hughes kicks off. Linda shares insights from her career on how to get started with periodical poetry.

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Ancestral Enquiries - Tony Smith 🌳
@ancestralenq.bsky.social

A 2 year restoration project has been completed on a 6.5 metre stained glass window at Salisbury Cathedral, Wiltshire designed by Pre-Raphaelite artists, William Morris & Edward Burne-Jones. 👇 BBC News - Salisbury Cathedral's stained glass window restored - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.ukSalisbury Cathedral's stained glass window restoredThe £120k two-year project has seen the window restored and returned to Salisbury Cathedral.

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Efram Sera-Shriar
@dreframss.bsky.social

This is another routine reminder that our journal @advancesjournal.bsky.social is actively seeking proposals for themed issues. Do get in touch with me directly if you are interested in submitting a proposal. Journal details 👇 www.tandfonline.com/journals/ran...

tandfonline.comAdvances in Nineteenth-Century ResearchExplore the latest peer-reviewed articles and learn how to publish your work in Advances in Nineteenth-Century Research.
Patrick Leary
@patrickleary.bsky.social

Great stuff here from a splendid historian of the 19th-c press. Bonus: during the discussion period he talks about what an utterly miserable experience it is to work in the archives of the London Times! But worth it. #victorian #bookhistory

Research Society for Victorian Periodicals@rs4vp.org

For those who may have had to miss it Friday, the recording of our wonderful talk by Graham Law on "Commissioned Letters to The Times" is now live on our YouTube channel! youtu.be/4KKgILJqiE0

youtu.be"Commissioned Letters to The Times," A Lecture by Graham LawYouTube video by Research Society for Victorian Periodicals