The Dickens Project sponsors scholarly conferences, institutes, and public presentations throughout the year. Chief among these is a week-long gathering known as the Dickens Universe. Held every year at the beginning of August on the beautiful UC Santa Cruz campus, the Dickens Universe brings together scholars, graduate students, high school teachers, and members of the general public for a week of study and Dickensian conviviality. The 2011 Dickens Universe featured Great Expectations.

In summer 2012, the Dickens Universe will feature Bleak House from July 29 to August 4.

A two-day conference called "Dickens! Author and Authorship in 2012" will be held just prior to this summer's Universe.

The Dickens Project holds an annual conference for graduate students each winter or spring. The 2011 Winter conference was held at Rice University in Texas. In 2012, UCSC will host the conference in March. Additionally, the Project regularly organizes summer seminars and institutes for teachers. In 2011 we hosted a Summer Seminar for Teachers, funded by NEH, titled "Great Adaptations: Teaching Dickens Through Literary and Cinematic Adaptations."

In addition to conferences held in California, the Dickens Project regularly co-sponsors international conferences. Conference locations have included England, France, Italy, Jerusalem, Australia, and South Africa.

The next international conference will be at the University of Portsmouth in England, July 6-8, 2012. More information about "The Other Dickens" may be found here.