The University of Portsmouth is pleased to announce that
registration for 'The Other Dickens: Victorian and Neo-Victorian Contexts'
conference at the Centre for Studies in Literature, University of Portsmouth,
6-8 July, is now open. You can register and view the draft conference
programme online at http://www.port.ac.uk/research/csl/literatureevents/conferences/otherdickens/
As well as the conference itself, Victorianists are invited
to register for two special events: a public lecture by Lillian Nayder entitled
'Afterlives: Mrs Dickens in Fact and Fiction' (7pm, 6th July) and Miriam
Margolyes' show 'Dickens' Women' (5pm, 8th July, Portsmouth Grammar School).
Further details can be found at http://www.port.ac.uk/special/dickens2012/specialevents/
We look forward to seeing you in the city of Dickens' birth
for these bicentenary events!