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We asked eighth-time Universe attendee Stanley Kramer of Berkeley, CA to tell us more about what draws him to Santa Cruz each summer. This Q&A is part of our new series highlighting members of the Dickens Project and Dickens Universe community.

Tara Thomas, Ph.D. Candidate in Literature at UC Santa Cruz recently spoke with Beverley Rilett, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lecturer and Research Assistant Professor in English about launching the George Eliot Archive, an online repository of George Eliot’s writings, reviews, early biographical studies, and portraits.

Brigitte Fielder, Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and leader in Frances E.W. Harper studies, will be serving as a Consulting Organizer for the 2020 Dickens Universe. We spoke with her recently to learn more about her goals for the conference.

Celebrate and explore the enduring legacy of the world’s first science-fiction horror story with FRANKENCON, a three-day conference of scientists, theorists, and artists on November 21-23, 2019.

The Humanities Institute (THI) of UC Santa Cruz profiles Literature Ph.D. candidate Tara Thomas, a 2019 THI Summer Research Fellow.

Peter Kosenko, who had Dickens Project founder John Jordan as a professor, has included the project in his estate.

Establishing a bequest to the Dickens Project is Caitlin Croughan’s way of making sure this treasure is available to as many people as possible in the years to come.

One of the highlights at this year’s Dickens Universe will be a featured exhibit coming to the campus from Los Angeles along with Jacqueline Barrios, who is using a Dickens novel to explore the impact and history of the Los Angeles riots of 1992 with her high school students.

Retired attorney, former literature professor, current film producer Mike Stern make a planned gift to the Dickens Project.

Eleven-time Dickens Universe attendee, Svein Arber, describes what continues to draw him back to Santa Cruz each summer.