The Summer Institutes sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities provide K–12 teachers and higher education faculty with the opportunity to engage in sustained, rigorous study of foundational texts and ideas in the humanities. Through a combination of close reading, collaborative discussion, critical writing, and reflective inquiry, participants deepen their disciplinary knowledge while joining a vibrant community of scholars dedicated to advancing humanities education.
Since 1983, the Dickens Project has hosted 13 NEH Institutes, offering educators transformative experiences that not only renew their intellectual engagement with literature and culture but also enrich their classroom instruction. Building on this distinguished tradition, the Dickens Project continues to serve as a nationally recognized center for scholarly excellence and professional growth.
Past NEH Institutes and Seminars
| 2026 | Great Expectations in the Global Imaginary |
| 2019 | Reimagining Jane Eyre and Great Expectations: Teaching Literature through Adaptations |
| 2018 | Why Literature Matters: Voices from Nineteenth-Century American and British Literature |
| 2016 | Charles Dickens: Hard Times and A Tale of Two Cities |
| 2014 | Performing Dickens: Oliver Twist and Great Expectations on Page, Stage, and Screen |
| 2014 | Great Adaptations: Dickens in Literature and Film |
| 2011 | Great Adaptations: Teaching Dickens Through Literary and Cinematic Adaptations |
| 2007 | Adaptation and Revision: The Example of Great Expectations |
| 2004 | The Remaking of Charles Dickens: Crisis and Transformation, 1857-1861 |
| 1997 | Reading Bleak House: Charles Dickens and Serial Production |
| 1995 | Reading Our Mutual Friend: Charles Dickens and Serial Production |
| 1988 | Victorian Novels of Selfhood: Great Expectations and Jane Eyre |
| 1985 | Dickens Humanities Institute |
| 1983 | Dickens and the Fantastic |