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2016 Conference of the International Dickens Fellowship

August 4, 2015 By Denton Dickens Fellowship staff

Aberdeen is the chosen location for the 2016 Conference of the International Dickens Fellowship.  Find out more information on membership, participation, and sponsorship as posted at the Dickens Museum of London's website . Read the full press release below: Press Release 9.4.2014 Prestigious International Conference coming to AberdeenAberdeen has been selected to host the 2016 conference of … [Read more...]

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Hand Marked Set Tops the News at Ghent

August 1, 2015 By Denton Dickens Fellowship staff

RS4VP.ORG

The Research Society for Victorian Periodical's (RSVP) 2015 Conference in Ghent made international news in a number of ways with lectures and papers presented in an awe-inspiring, historical setting. RSVP reports on scholar and bookdealer Jeremy Parrott's presentation of a marked set of All the Year Round with hand-written annotations in the margins, some of which appear to be in Dicken's own … [Read more...]

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Call for Papers – 20th Annual Dickens Society Symposium

November 10, 2014 By Denton Dickens Fellowship staff

Halifax

Liquid Dickens Halifax, Nova Scotia 8-10 July 2015 In 1842, Charles Dickens visited several prominent cities in the United States and British North America. He subsequently published a travelogue, American Notes, detailing his experience in North American society. He arrived in Halifax Harbour in January of 1842, and the fledgling garrison town would be incorporated as the City of Halifax in … [Read more...]

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Memorial Wreath-laying at Westminster Abbey

May 21, 2014 By Denton Dickens Fellowship staff

Westminster Abbey

Dr. Sandra Spencer, Secretary of the Denton Dickens Fellowship, will be at Westminster Abbey  to lay the wreath commemorating the 144th Anniversary of the death of Charles Dickens. The annual ceremony is preceded by Evensong in the Abbey. Evensong is at 5:00 p.m. (GMT) Assembly for the Wreath-Laying is at 5:45 More information available at the International Dickens Fellowship Website … [Read more...]

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Dickens Journals Online Announces a New Literary Journalism Competition

March 17, 2014 By Denton Dickens Fellowship staff

Charles Dickens’s weekly periodicals ushered in an innovative look at Mid-Victorian life in England.  In 2012, Dickens Journals Online (DJO) adopted a similar innovation when they introduced an Open Access website devoted to exploring articles in these periodicals.  John Drew of the University of Buckingham, where the new journal is housed, remarks that the website is “dedicated to representing … [Read more...]

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Loyola University Chicago Hosts International Conference

February 27, 2014 By Denton Dickens Fellowship staff

Loyola University Lakeshore Campus

News Release from Central Dickens Fellowship, Chicago: The Chicago branch of the Dickens Fellowship will host the International Conference at Loyola University's Lakeshore Campus, Wednesday, July 16 through Monday, July 21, 2014. Speakers include: Lillian Nayder, Catherine Dickens biographer Dr. Malcolm Andrews, Emeritus Professor, University of Kent Dr. Jennifer Conary, Assistant … [Read more...]

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19th-Century Seminar Opens Doors to Non-Members

February 20, 2014 By Denton Dickens Fellowship staff

The Dickens Universe announces an exciting opportunity for Victorianist faculty and graduate students whose colleges and universities are NOT currently institutional members of the Dickens Project Consortium. The 19th-Century Seminar is a working group of scholars led by two faculty members affiliated with the Dickens Project. Any independent faculty member or graduate student who plans to attend … [Read more...]

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A Tale of Two Cities Conference: Papers Published

December 19, 2013 By Denton Dickens Fellowship staff

In January 2013 a two-day conference on Dickens’s 1859 novel of the French Revolution was held at the Ecole Normale Superieure  and the Universite de la Sorbonne Nouvelle in Paris.  The conference was part funded by the Dickens Fellowship and attended by the then President of the Fellowship, Mark Dickens. The papers presented at that conference have now been published, some in French some in … [Read more...]

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Dickens and Philanthropy

May 20, 2014 By J. Don Vann

When I think of Dickens, I think of him first as a novelist, but also as a reformer and a philanthropist. The first act of philanthropy I can find (outside of helping family members) is his effort to … [Read More...]

Dickens and the Law

May 21, 2014 By J. Don Vann

Dickens’ first experience with the law probably came in 1824 when his father, John Dickens, was arrested for debt and imprisoned in the Marshalsea Prison. After six months John Dickens was released , … [Read More...]

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