[In Progress] Gothic Transformations: Monsters and Mad Science With the Ghoul Guides, Dr. Lauren Nixon and Dr. Mary Going | Virtual Course

Date / Time

  • May 30, 2023
    6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
  • June 13, 2023
    6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
  • June 27, 2023
    6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

A 6-session course exploring the transformations of the Gothic in the nineteenth century. Following the origin of the Gothic with Horace Walpole’s Castle of Otranto in 1765 and the rise of Gothic icons Ann Radcliffe and Matthew Lewis in the 1790s and early 1800s, the nineteenth century saw the Gothic turn towards monsters, supernatural transformations, and science.  

[In Progress] Reading Proust’s In Search of Lost Time: Swann’s Way with Rebecca Goldner | Virtual Course

Date / Time

  • June 1, 2023
    6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

The first volume of Marcel Proust’s In Search of Lost Time, “Swann’s Way” begins in a half-awake, half-dreaming state that leads our narrator to reflect on his childhood in Combray, culminating in the now-famous madeleine episode. This class will be a guided discussion: the teacher will offer questions and passages for focus but will allow the class to discuss the text at hand for the majority of our time together, giving participants the opportunity to share their thoughts, questions and reflections in conversation.

[In Progress] Reading The Satanic Verses with Randy Boyagoda | Virtual Course

Date / Time

  • June 6, 2023
    7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Registration Tuition for this course is $250. 10% off for Rosenbach members and the Delancey Society. Not a member? Learn more. This course is limited to participants who are 18 years of age or older. Please check your spam folder for your email confirmation. If you have questions, please call (215) 732-1600 or email [email protected]. Registration opens (more…)

[SOLD OUT!] Reading Middlemarch with Dr. Sean Christopher Hughes | Virtual Course

Date / Time

  • June 21, 2023
    7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Registration Tuition for this course is $250. 10% off for Rosenbach members and the Delancey Society. Not a member? Learn more. This course is limited to participants who are 18 years of age or older. Please check your spam folder for your email confirmation. If you have questions, please call (215) 732-1600 or email [email protected]. Registration opens (more…)

Pickwick Monthly (online)

Date / Time

  • June 24, 2023
    2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
  • July 15, 2023
    2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
  • August 19, 2023
    2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
  • September 23, 2023
    2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
  • October 21, 2023
    2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
  • November 18, 2023
    2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
  • December 16, 2023
    2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
  • January 20, 2024
    2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
  • February 17, 2024
    2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
  • March 16, 2024
    2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
  • April 20, 2024
    2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
  • May 18, 2024
    2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
  • June 22, 2024
    2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
  • July 20, 2024
    2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
  • August 17, 2024
    2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
  • September 21, 2024
    2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
  • October 19, 2024
    2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Join us for a monthly journey through Charles Dickens’ The Pickwick Papers. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club was the first serialized novel written by  Dickens and was published in 20 monthly parts (2-3 chapters per month) from March 1836-October 1837. Edward G. Pettit and a rotating set of Dickensian cohosts will talk about (more…)

Sherlock Mondays

Date / Time

  • September 18, 2023
    7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
  • September 25, 2023
    7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
  • October 2, 2023
    7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
  • October 9, 2023
    7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
  • October 16, 2023
    7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
  • October 23, 2023
    7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
  • October 30, 2023
    7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
  • November 6, 2023
    7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
  • November 13, 2023
    7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
  • November 20, 2023
    7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
  • November 27, 2023
    7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
  • December 4, 2023
    7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
  • December 11, 2023
    7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
  • December 18, 2023
    7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
  • January 8, 2024
    7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
  • January 15, 2024
    7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
  • January 22, 2024
    7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
  • January 29, 2024
    7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
  • February 5, 2024
    7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
  • February 12, 2024
    7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
  • February 19, 2024
    7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
  • February 26, 2024
    7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
  • March 4, 2024
    7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
  • March 11, 2024
    7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
  • March 18, 2024
    7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
  • March 25, 2024
    7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
  • April 1, 2024
    7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
  • April 8, 2024
    7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
  • April 15, 2024
    7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
  • April 22, 2024
    7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

The Rosenbach’s new Biblioventure series will focus on Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories. We’re taking a deep-dive into the adventures of the world’s first consulting detective, Sherlock Holmes, and his assistant, Dr. John Watson, as they battle the criminal forces of London.