News & Announcements

Call for proposals for a conference on nineteenth-century literature, art, and history to be held at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the University of Haifa, co-sponsored by the University of California’s Dickens Project.

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.

The Dickens Project is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2018 Dickens Universe Scholarships.

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.

Summer Scholars attending NEH Summer Seminar, “Why Literature Matters: Voices from Nineteenth-Century America and Britain” Announced

The British author’s timeless storytelling is drawing fans to Auburn for Maine’s only reading group dedicated to him, the Pickwick Club.

Help us to raise funds to bring more California Community College students to the Dickens Universe each year.

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.

Profile of Dickens Project faculty member, John Glavin. “Everything I know about drama I learned from John Glavin.”

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.

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.

By Scott Rappaport Nearly 300 people attended the Dickens Universe this year–a unique weeklong event held each summer among the redwood trees at UC Santa Cruz. The Dickens Universe combines elements of a research symposium, arts festival, book club, and summer camp all rolled into one big, unforgettable week of intellectual celebration. It brings together…