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Edward Mendelson of Columbia University has shared scanned images of three sets of proofs newly discovered in Columbia’s library. They include two Virginia Woolf novels, as well as an edition…

Report highlights how British workhouses were funded and supported by those who profited from slave economy They were places of crushing hardship for the poorest people in Britain for centuries but a new report highlights how closely workhouses in England and Wales were linked with slavery and British imperialism. Workhouses, perhaps best known in popular culture through the Charles Dickens story Oliver Twist, were routinely funded and administered by people involved in the slave trade, the study says. The paper Racial Capitalism and the Workhouse–Plantation Nexus in the Atlantic World was published in Antipode. Continue reading...

Dickens' genius as a novelist is acknowledged the world over ... but what was he like as a poet?Joining Dominic today to find out are the inimitable Dr. Lydia Craig & Dr. Emily Middleton who have ...

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Free round table event, featuring four Dickensian academics. Hybrid event, you can join us onsite or virtually.  Wednesday 21st May 2025 at 2pm (UK time). Click here to book a seat ONSITE Click here t...

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Free round table event, featuring four Dickensian academics. Hybrid event, you can join us onsite or virtually.  Wednesday 21st May 2025 at 2pm (UK time). Click here to book a seat ONSITE Click here t...

Poll of 5,000 researchers finds contrasting views on when it’s acceptable to involve AI and what needs to be disclosed.

Search America's Historic Newspaper Pages through 1963 Please Note: The Library of Congress has transitioned the longstanding Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers website to this new digi...

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Continuing our series on parliamentary architecture, and marking Women’s History Month, this blog from our assistant editor Dr Kathryn Rix looks at the provision made for women to witness debates i…

I am delighted to have received a Curran Fellowship for 2025-26 for a small project to explore the authorship of the contributions to the popular weekly miscellany Chambers’s Journal in a key perio…

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Elif Shafak, Sarah Perry, Jeffrey Boakye and others tell us which of the two totemic literary figures they favour

Perhaps the strongest argument for Great Expectations as evidence of Dickens’ potential as a videogame writer are its multiple endings.

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150 years ago the Conservative prime minister Lord Derby retired from office, having managed to pass one of the most significant constitutional reform packages of the 19th century – despite l…

The Pamela Cox Public History Prize recognises activities that enhance public understanding of social and cultural history. It was established as a mark of gratitude to our outgoing chair Professor…