2017-2018 News Archive
Race, Violence, and Form in Nineteenth-Century Ireland
October 18, 2024
College of the Redwoods student is the 4th one to win Dickens scholarship
June 15, 2018
College of the Redwoods Honors student Kaylee Steiner has been awarded a 2018 Dickens Universe Community College scholarship for a literary analysis paper she wrote as partial fulfillment of an Honors credit contract.
2018 Dickens Universe Scholarship Recipients
June 10, 2018
The Dickens Project is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2018 Dickens Universe Scholarships.
Harry Potter course leaves students spellbound
June 5, 2018
Dickens Project Co-Director, Renee Fox, offered one of the most popular Humanities classes of 2018, using each volume of Harry Potter as a means to discuss literary theory.
School teachers receive national recognition
June 1, 2018
Summer Scholars attending NEH Summer Seminar, "Why Literature Matters: Voices from Nineteenth-Century America and Britain" Announced
For the Love of Dickens
March 11, 2018
The British author’s timeless storytelling is drawing fans to Auburn for Maine’s only reading group dedicated to him, the Pickwick Club.
Giving Day 2018: Support California Community College Students
February 18, 2018
Help us to raise funds to bring more California Community College students to the Dickens Universe each year.
Charles Dickens and His Publishers
January 22, 2018
We are very pleased to announce the publication of the of Robert L. Patten's revised and enlarged second edition of Charles Dickens and His Publishers.
Meet the tough professor who inspired Jonathan Nolan and John Mulaney
December 3, 2017
Profile of Dickens Project faculty member, John Glavin. “Everything I know about drama I learned from John Glavin.”
Dickens Project Receives NEH Grant to Host Summer Seminar for School Teachers
October 24, 2017
The Dickens Project at UC Santa Cruz has received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities the four-week NEH seminar entitled “Why Literature Matters: Voices from Nineteenth-Century Britain and America” will take place from June 24th to July 20th, 2018.
2017 Review: The Dickens Universe
August 28, 2017
Long-time Dickens Universe attendee and Friends of the Dickens Project board member, Beth Penney, reports on the activities of the 2017 Dickens Universe conference.
Dickens Universe Thriving at UC Santa Cruz
August 7, 2017
Nearly 300 people attended the Dickens Universe this year--a unique weeklong event held each summer among the redwood trees at UC Santa.
