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1st Bi-annual North American Dickens Conference
Salem State University, Salem, MA
September 26-28, 2014
The International Dickens Fellowship-North of Boston Branch
along with the Planning Committee and Advisory Board will hold the 1st
Bi-annual North American Dickens Conference. This three-day conference on
Charles Dickens, titled “Pickwickian Endeavors,” will be held on September
26-28, 2014, at Salem State University, Salem, MA. The event will include noted
Dickens scholars John Jordan, Professor of English at the University of
California, Santa Cruz and Director of the Dickens Project, Natalie McKnight,
Assoc. Dean of Faculty Research and Professor of Humanities at Boston
University and author of books on Dickens and Victorian Literature, and Lillian
Nayder, Professor and Chair of the English Department at Bates College.
It will also offer lectures and sessions on Dickens work and
related cultural events. These include talks by Jan Turnquist, Director of
Orchard House, performing ‘Mrs. Jarley’s Wax Works’, Karen Goodno-McQuire,
Visiting Lecturer in History at Salem State, whose research shows how Dickens inspires
Louisa May Alcott, and a presentation on film adaptations of Dickens’ novels by
author Fred Guida. We are pleased to have Gerald Dickens performing and
discussing his great, great grandfathers theatrical pleasures. Optional visits
with talks will include the House of Seven Gables, Omni Parker House, and other
related local historical and literary sites. An additional option will include
a day for research and visit to the Fellman Dickens Collection at the Worcester
Polytechnic Institute on Monday, September 29, 2014. We hope you will
support us and encourage your colleagues and students to attend.
The International Dickens Fellowship, founded in 1902, is a
worldwide association of individuals sharing an interest in the life and works
of Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870). The Fellowship is based in London, England,
at the Charles Dickens Museum, with 48 branches, located in the UK, the USA,
Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, India, Japan and the Netherlands. We
hope that this conference will serve as a template for future bi-annual North
American & Canadian regional conferences with Dickensian flair.
Please visit www.dickensnorthofboston.com for
preliminary itinerary, registration, and details. The International
Dickens Fellowship page is also found there.
Sponsors of the event will have their names on all
conference materials and are offered an individual link on the conference
website. We are asking sponsors to add their organizational name to the
event, and to contribute to the operating costs. We thank you in advance
for your consideration in lending your support to this
1st Bi-annual North American Dickens Conference.
Sponsorship Payments of $300, $200 or $100.- by Dec.
31, 2013, will be gratefully received by: Kathy Anderson@ 3 Ronna Rd,
Gloucester, MA 01930 and made to the same.
