The Victorian Studies Centre at the University of Leicester has a long tradition of Dickens scholarship, supported by rich archival holdings and a lively programme of academic and public events focused upon the author. We are especially active in this area in the run-up to the Bicentenary of Dickens’s birth, and the University is a partner in the Dickens 2012 project. Since 2006 the Victorian Studies Centre has co-organised the annual 'Dickens Day', in partnership with Birkbeck College, London, and the Dickens Fellowship. Read more about our public activities below.

Dickens 2012
Dickens Day
Everybody's Reading
Public Lectures and Seminars
Dickens Research at Leicester
Collaborative Doctoral Award with the Charles Dickens Museum
Library Holdings and Special Collections