Category: Event
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“Dickens and Soundscape: The Old Curiosity Shop“
Please join the Dickens Project for the rescheduled Dickens Universe talk by John Jordan, Dickens Project Co-Founder and Co-Director. Delve into the sounds of The Old Curiosity Shop on Sunday, December 7, from 1:00-2:30 PM (Pacific time).
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Festival of Monsters: Oh, the Horror!
Oh, The Horror!”, a panel where they will talk about monsters, horror, and why they write stories that scare.
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Talking Tales of the Undead
October 8, 2025 at 6:30 PM | Santa Cruz Public Libraries Downtown Branch Join UC Santa Cruz professors Michael Chemers (The Monster in Theater History), Renée Fox (The Necromantics), and Kimberly J. Lau (Specters of the Marvelous) as they discuss the histories and politics of vampires, ghouls, zombies and other undead monsters in literature, theater, and pop culture in this free…
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The Pickwick Club presents Malcolm Andrews
Join us for the Santa Cruz Dickens Fellowship / Pickwick Club’s special discussion of The Old Curiosity Shop with Malcolm Andrews, author and Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Kent. Explore the intricate artwork and history of the original edition on Saturday, July 12, from 9:00-10:30 AM (Pacific time).
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Dickens in Columbus
December 22, 2023 By Clark Cloyd and Catherine Springer Charles Dickens didn’t make it to Columbus, Ohio, during his American tours, but he visited Columbus by proxy at the annual NCTE (National Council of the Teachers of English) conference this past November. Atlanta teachers Catherine Springer and Clark Cloyd presided over a Dickens Project booth…
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Hannah Baumgarten’s World Premiere “Havisham!” February 7 & 8, 2024
Dickens Does Dance in Site-Specific “Havisham!” at North Miami Beach Spanish Monastery By Robert Rosenberg, Press Relations (305) 586-2019 Great Expectations is one of British master Charles Dickens’s most beloved novels, and the character he created for it of Miss Havisham is one of his most famous. Dance NOW! Miami Artistic Director Hannah Baumgarten will reimagine…
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Goblins, Ghosts, & Martians: History of A Christmas Carol
Join us at 2:00 p.m. (ET) on Wednesday, June 16, for a one-hour lecture and Q&A to learn about the history of Charles Dickens’s classic, ‘A Christmas Carol.’
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Decoding Dickens: Context, Approaches, Inspirations
An online networking symposium introduces the ‘savage stenographic mystery of Dickens’s shorthand and the challenges of deciphering unusual scripts. July 23, 2021, 2:00-6:40 PM (BST)
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Dear lola, Love South LA: A Film Festival
You are cordially invited to join us for the premiere screening of Dear Iola, Love South LA, a film festival produced by South L.A. teens, all inspired by their journey with the 19th-century novel ‘Iola Leroy’ by Frances E. W. Harper, one of the most influential African American woman activists of her period. Celebrate these…
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Dickens in the Digital Age
Join the Deciphering Dickens team on Thursday, February 18, 2021, from 1:00-6:00 PM (GMT) to explore the V&A’s Dickens collections and discuss exciting new approaches to how we might read, edit, and share historical materials in the digital age, both in Dickens’s case and beyond.
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Friends Christmas Auction
The Friends of the Dickens Project’s fundraising auction is a community-building event to celebrate the work of the Dickens Project. All proceeds will support the activities of the Dickens Project, including high school and community college scholarships and travel grants.
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Christmas with Dickens
Charles Dickens just wants to talk about his book, A Christmas Carol, but what happens when spirits begin to show up? Is Dickens being guilt-tripped by his estranged wife, Catherine; haunted by the Ghost of Christmas Present; regretting his portrayal of Ebenezer Scrooge? And what is Queen Victoria doing there?