Editors’ Blog – Journal of Victorian Culture Online

A toast to Professor Laurel Brake on the occasion of her eightieth birthday

April 18, 2021 Isobel Armstrong Editors' Blog, Other

When Marysa Demoor, a longstanding member of Journal of Victorian Culture’s editorial board, suggested a celebration of eminent Victorianist Laurel Brake’s birthday, she was deluged with contributions from some of the most prominent scholars in the field: Margaret Beetham, Anne Humpherys, John Stokes, Helen Small, Lene Østermark, Marianne van Remoortel, James Mussell, Fionnuala Dillane, Andrew King, Mark Turner and Gowan Dawson. Each offered a personal take on the impact Professor Brake has had on their area of research activity, whether

JVC 25.2 is now available

June 8, 2020 Elly McCausland Editors' Blog, Published in JVC

Given the challenging circumstances in which we are all working – authors, editors, the team at OUP, our anonymous reviewers – we are especially proud to launch the Summer issue of Journal of Victorian Culture. We want to thank all the contributors to the work of the journal for their patient and too often unsung efforts on behalf of JVC. Our cover image comes from Victoria Mills’ richly illustrated open access essay on Charles Kingsley’s Hypatia, a mid-century novel that

Asa Briggs (1921-2016)

March 16, 2016 lucinda matthews-jones Editors' Blog, Victorians Beyond the Academy

Asa Briggs was an extraordinary force of nature. The range and the significance of his contributions to twentieth-century British history and to British historiography defy summary. He played a part in Bletchley Park code-breaking unit during the Second World War, before an academic career which saw him serve as Professor of History at Leeds, Vice-Chancellor of the new University of Sussex, and Provost of Worcester College Oxford, as well as Chancellor of the Open University. Along the way he was a member of the University Grants Committee,

Allison Scardino Belzer, Family Values: Tracing Ideas through the Generations

March 12, 2015 lucinda matthews-jones Editors' Blog, Published in JVC

Allison Scardino Belzer is an assistant professor of History at Armstrong State University in Savannah, Georgia. Her earlier work focused on women in Italy during the Great War. Currently she is working on a larger biography of the Ashurst family. This post accompanies Allison Scardino Belzer’s Journal of Victorian Culture article published (2015). It can be read in full here. Dear Elizabeth Neall October, 1841 Emilie & I are going tonight to one of their meetings [to repeal of the Corn

Call for Blog Posts for International Women’s Day

February 19, 2014 lucinda matthews-jones Editors' Blog

It’s International Women’s Day on Saturday 8th March and at the JVC Online we would like to mark this day with a number of short contributions on nineteenth-century women (real and imagined). Your post could be on an inspirational Victorian woman/ women, a hidden female voice or someone you are/ have researched and want to bring to the fore. You can also highlight any individual or collaborative research projects and posts that discuss how to study and teach nineteenth-century gender

Let’s Bake Victorian Style! Comic Relief and this year’s JVC Bake Off

February 12, 2013 lucinda matthews-jones Editors' Blog, Victorians Beyond the Academy

Lucinda Matthews-Jones (LJMU) Inspired by the recent celebrity Great British Bake Off, Helen Rogers and I have decided to do our own bake off at Liverpool John Moores University for Comic Relief. We’re in the process of inviting staff and students across the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences to join us; the results of which will be tasted and judged at a Victorian tea party in early March. Pictures will be uploaded on to the website. Rather than keep

Let’s talk Open Access

December 5, 2012 lucinda matthews-jones Editors' Blog, Victorians Beyond the Academy

Lucinda Matthews-Jones (LJMU) These are the views of the author. Overview We need to start talking about Open Access. If the Academy of Social Sciences conference that I attended last week reinforced anything to me, it is the speed with which open access is already being implemented. Many of us are unaware of what is happening. I have been surprised by the lack of conversation surrounding the implications of the Finch Report. We should not assume that open access is

JVC online needs YOU!

September 27, 2012 lucinda matthews-jones Editors' Blog

As a multi-authored blog, we’re always looking for your contributions to JVC online. We want our readers to see JVC online as a place to blog without having to commitment to writing regular posts, or feeling tied down to having your own blog. Interested in writing a post then email Lucie at l.m.matthew-jones@ljmu.ac.uk. How can you get involved? Fun Posts We’re always looking for reviews of films, TV and exhibitions (temporary/permanent). You can also let us know about any Victorian or