Charles Dickens in Context with Dr. Marlene Tromp In-Person
We all know the great author and his works, but how much do you know about the world in which he lived? Who were the writers who surrounded Charles Dickens and with whom he competed for sales? What were some critical issues in the literary landscape of his life? How did he comment on social issues and politics in his era? Learn more about Victorian habits, beliefs, and values—the sea in which Dickens swam—in this conversation about Dickens in his nineteenth century context.
This program is presented in conjunction with the Charles Dickens exhibition on display in the Library's Foyer through January, on loan from the Helen Martin Spalding Collection.
Pre-registration is required, and proof of vaccination and a mask is required for all attendees.
The program will also be live streamed on the Library's Vimeo. Click here to watch online.
- Date:
- Saturday, January 22, 2022
- Time:
- 3:00pm - 4:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Mountain Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- John A. and Carole O. Moran Lecture Hall
- Campus:
- The Community Library
- Audience:
- Adults
- Categories:
- Lectures & Conversations
Dr. Marlene Tromp is the 7th president of Boise State University. She is committed to supporting students and faculty, serving and advancing the state of Idaho, and helping the university foster research excellence to increase discovery for its students and the world.
Before joining Boise State in July 2019, Dr. Tromp was the campus provost and executive vice chancellor at the University of California at Santa Cruz, ranked by U.S. News and World Report as the 26th best public university in the country. Before joining the University of California system – broadly recognized as the premier public university system in the country – Dr. Tromp was the dean of Arizona State University’s New Interdisciplinary College of Arts and Sciences and the vice provost of the university’s West Campus.
She grew up in Green River, Wyoming, a trona mining town along Interstate 80 that saw its population jump three-fold in the 1970s when nearby mines led an economic boom. Her father worked at one of the mines. Neither of her parents were college graduates, but they supported their two daughters’ college aspirations – especially when Tromp decided she was going to become a doctor. She earned scholarships to Creighton University, nearly 800 miles away in Omaha, Nebraska, but the financial challenges remained tangible.
Though bound for medical school, she fell in love with Robert Browning’s poetry. Instead, she would go on to earn her bachelor’s degree in English, come home to Wyoming to complete a master’s degree and then study for her doctorate at the University of Florida. There, she wrote a dissertation on Victorian novels and the new laws being written then on domestic violence.
