Centre for Studies in Literature (CSL)

The Other Dickens

6 - 8 July 2012, the Centre for Studies in Literature, University of Portsmouth

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The Other Dickens: Victorian and Neo-Victorian Contexts

Two hundred years after Dickens's birth in the city, Portsmouth's Centre for Studies in Literature will host this interdisciplinary conference considering the relatively unexplored aspects of his life and work.  Speakers will re-examine a broad range of themes in contemporary and Victorian contexts.

Keynote speakers

  • Professor Jay Clayton (Vanderbilt University),
  • Professor Ann Heilmann (University of Hull), 
  • Professor Cora Kaplan (Queen Mary, University of London), 
  • Professor Lillian Nayder (Bates College), 
  • Professor Gail Turley-Houston (University of New Mexico).