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Under the sponsorship of the Dickens Society, a round table on “Critical Race Theory and New Directions for Victorian Studies” convened at the annual Modern Language Association conference in Chicago early January, and enjoyed a lively discussion on how to redress methodological and citational exclusions of critical race theory within the field of Victorian studies.

On the occasion of Charles Dickens’s 207th birthday, please join us a festive evening of birthday cake, discussion about Victorian marriage, and a film screening.

Josh Commander, a Dickens Universe alumni, discusses his project, Annotated-The Online Library of Annotated Editions, which provides annotated works online for free.

Miriam Branch, a member of the Greater Riverside Area Dickens Fellowship, reflects on the “Barnaby Rudge” Reading Marathon with the high school senior AP English class from Foshay Learning Center.

Charles Dickens is known for his marriage plots: no matter what kinds of twists and turns threaten the path of true love, in the end David Copperfield gets his Agnes, Esther Summerson gets her Woodcourt, and John Harmon gets his Bella. But was marriage really a happy ending for the women in Dickens’s novels?

Charles Dickens just wants to talk about his book, A Christmas Carol, but what happens when Scrooge, Tiny Tim, Mrs. Catherine Dickens, and the Ghost of Christmas Present show up? Chaos, confusion, conflict, and complaints, just like a typical holiday gathering.

Gerri Kimber reviews Jon Michael Varese’s debut novel, ‘The Spirit Photographer,’ for ‘The Times Literary Supplement’ drawing connections between Wilkie Collins and Joseph Campbell’s ‘Heart of Darkness.’

Here’s your chance to get an audio immersion in UC Santa Cruz’s famed Dickens Universe—you’ll feel like you’re right there, uncovering new meanings in the text, drinking tea, and getting ready for the Victorian dance.

Long-time Dickens Universe attendee and Friends of the Dickens Project board member, Beth Penney, reports on the activities of the 2018 Dickens Universe conference.

South LA teens bring exhibition for its third installation at Dickens Universe 2018

UC Santa Cruz has received two grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to support humanities projects in the Literature Department.

UCSC alumni Jon Varese gives a talk on his first published novel, The Spirit Photographer, at 2018 Dickens Universe