THE DICKENS SOCIETY was founded in December 1970 to conduct, encourage, foster and further support research, publication, instruction and general interest in the life, times and literature of Charles Dickens. Dickens Quarterly, the Society's journal, began as Dickens Studies Newsletter in 1970; a New Series started in March 1984, when the title changed to Dickens Quarterly

President: Bert G. Hornback (Bellarmine College)

Vice President: Philip Collins (University of Leicester)

Secretary / Treasurer: Joel I. Brattin (Worcester Polytechnic Institute)

Program Chair for 1995: Hilary Schor (University of Southern California)

Board of Trustees for 1995: Doris Alexander (Venice, Italy), Nancy Armstrong (Brown), Nicola Bradbury (University of Reading), Iain Crawford (Berry College), John Cunningham (Hollins College), Etlwin.Eigner. (University of California, Riverside), Kate Flint (Oxford University), Heather Henderson (Mount Holyoke College), Patricia Marks (Valdosta State University), RobertL. Patten (Rice), Michael Steig (Simon Fraser University), and George Worth (University of Kansas).

The Robert B. Partlow, Jr. Prize. The Dickens Society awards each year a prize of $100.00 for the best essay submitted to Dickens Quarterly by a graduate student enrolled in a degree program. The essay will appear in the journal designated as the Partlow Prize essay of the year.

Membership in the Dickens Society. Annual subscriptions to the journal automatically provide membership in The Dickens Society and entitle members to participate in the Society's affairs at the Annual General Business Meeting held every December at the Modern Language Association Convention. Please note: attendance at any of the Society's paper sessions is open to all and not restricted to members. Contributing members of the Society pay an additional $30 to the annual subscription; Life Membership is also available for a single payment of $400. Since the Society is a legally approved tax-exempt organization, donors may deduct contributions, gifts, legacies, and transfers from their tax returns.

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