The Graduate Student Winter Conference
During the Dickens Universe, faculty members present their projects to graduate students. The graduate student winter conference instead allows for graduate students to present their own work to faculty members. Prior to the conference, each student is paired with one faculty member from a university other than their own, and the pair works together to review the student’s work, affording the student the opportunity of gaining one-on-one insight from a fresh perspective. Ultimately, the winter conference provides an outlet for graduate students to continue the conversations initiated at the Dickens Universe, collaborate with others, and practice their public speaking and teaching skills by presenting their work to both fellow graduate students and faculty members.
The 2026 Winter Conference will be hosted by Southern Methodist University, with support from Rice University, and will be held from March 6th to 8th, 2026.
Past Conferences
| Year | Winter Graduate Conference | Photos |
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| 2026 | Southern Methodist University | |
| 2025 | UC Los Angeles | Photo Gallery |
| 2024 | University of Maryland | Photo Gallery |
| 2023 | UC Santa Cruz | |
| 2022 | Virtual | |
| 2021 | Virtual | |
| 2020 | Vanderbilt University | |
| 2019 | UC Los Angeles | |
| 2018 | UC Riverside | |
| 2017 | University of Kentucky | |
| 2016 | UC Davis | |
| 2015 | University of Tennessee, Knoxville | |
| 2014 | UC Los Angeles | |
| 2013 | Louisiana State University | |
| 2012 | UC Santa Cruz | |
| 2011 | Rice University | |
| 2010 | UC Los Angeles | |
| 2009 | Vanderbilt University | |
| 2008 | UC Davis | |
| 2007 | Rutgers University | |
| 2006 | UC Los Angeles | |
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| 1984 | UC San Diego | |
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