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Detailed Schedule for the Dickens Universe

Schedule by Day

SAT

July 22

SUN

July 23

MON

July 24

TUE

July 25

WED

July 26

THU

July 27

FRI

July 28

SAT

Jul 29

The 2023 Dickens Universe will begin on Sunday, July 23 and end Saturday, July 29. Faculty and grad students should arrive Saturday afternoon, July 22 for a round of important meetings to be held through Sunday morning. 

You'll notice from the schedule that the program is very full, although you have a couple of free afternoons and a free evening, to go into town, or explore the beautiful campus. We also don't expect you to attend everything, so pace yourself.

Some of the programs are only available to faculty and grad students representing our consortium schools. Those items have asterisks in the schedule. If you have a question, please contact the office.

The schedule will also be available on Sched.com and via their mobile app.  (Last updated 4/26/2023)

 

Schedule for July 22
SATURDAY, JULY 22
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2:00-5:00 PM Faculty and Graduate Students
Check-in and Registration
 Map:		 Nine/Lewis Community Room
5:30-7:30 PM * Welcome Dinner Bhojwani Dining Room
7:30-9:00 PM * Orientation for Faculty and Graduate Students Bhojwani Dining Room

Schedule for July 23
SUNDAY, JULY 23
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8:00-8:45 AM * Breakfast Dining Hall
8:45-10:00 AM * Consortium Faculty Planning Meeting 161 Soc Sci 1
* All Graduate Students Meeting 179 Soc Sci 2
10:00-10:30 AM * Morning Coffee and Pastries Terry Freitas Commons
10:30-12:00 PM * Plenary Meeting of Faculty and Graduate Students 110 Soc Sci 1
1:00-1:45 PM * Lunch Dining Hall
2:00-5:00 PM Universe Participants
Check-in and Registration
Map: 		 Nine/Lewis Community Room
2:00-3:00 PM Executive Committee Meeting 153 Soc Sci 1
5:15-6:00 PM Road Scholar and First-Timer Orientation Bhojwani Dining Room
6:15-7:00 PM Dinner Dining Hall
7:00-7:45 PM Post-Prandial Potations (refreshments) Multipurpose Room
7:45-9:00 PM Opening Lecture: Catherine Robson (New York University), "A Tale of Two Cities and Britain's Island Fantasy"
 Multipurpose Room
9:15-10:45 PM Film Screening
 110 Soc Sci 1
Schedule for July 24
MONDAY, JULY 24
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8:00-8:45 AM Breakfast Dining Hall
8:15-10:15 AM Morning Coffee and Tea Service Terry Freitas Commons
9:00-10:00 AM Faculty-led Contextual Discussion Groups A: 145 Soc Sci 1
B: 149 Soc Sci 1
C: 153 Soc Sci 1
D: Zoom
19th-Century Seminar 171 Soc Sci 2
* Graduate Student Pedagogy Workshop 161 Soc Sci 1
* Graduate Student Publication Workshop 141 Soc Sci 2
* Graduate Student Presentation Workshop 165 Soc Sci 2
* Graduate Student Writing Workshop 159 Soc Sci 2
10:15-11:30 AM VIRTUAL Lecture: Nathalie Vanfasse (Aix-Marseille Université), "An Intercultural Tale of Two Cities: or, How to Translate the French Revolution into English"
 Multipurpose Room
11:45-12:45 PM Graduate Student-led Workshops on the Novel A: 145 Soc Sci 1
B: 149 Soc Sci 1
C: 153 Soc Sci 1
D: 161 Soc Sci 1
E: 141 Soc Sci 2
F: 159 Soc Sci 2
G: 165 Soc Sci 2
H: Zoom
* Faculty Seminar 179 Soc Sci 2
1:00-1:45 PM Lunch Dining Hall
2:00-3:00 PM Dickensian Seminars A: 165 Soc Sci 2
B: 167 Soc Sci 2
C: Zoom
Undergraduate Seminar 171 Soc Sci 2
* Faculty-led Graduate Student Seminars A: 145 Soc Sci 1
B: 149 Soc Sci 1
C: 153 Soc Sci 1
2:00-3:45 PM Repeat Film Screening (repeat of Sunday night's screening) 110 Soc Sci 1
3:00-3:45 PM Victorian Tea presented by the Friends of the Dickens Project Recreation Lounge
4:00-5:00 PM Talk: Helena Michie (Rice University) & Robyn Warhol (Ohio State University), "Project Endings" Multipurpose Room
Undergraduate Writing Workshop 145 Soc Sci 1
5:15-6:15 PM Victorian Dance Lesson Recreation Lounge
6:15-7:00 PM Dinner Dining Hall
7:00-7:45 PM Post-Prandial Potations, Dickens Project T-shirt and Sweatshirt Sale Recreation Lounge
7:45-9:00 PM Lecture: Amy King (Saint John's University), "A Tale of Two Islands: The Specter of Black Rebellion in Tale of Two Cities"
 Multipurpose Room
9:15-11:00 PM Film Screening
 110 Soc Sci 1
Schedule for July 25
TUESDAY, JULY 25
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8:00-8:45 AM Breakfast Dining Hall
8:15-10:15 AM Morning Coffee and Tea Service Terry Freitas Commons
9:00-10:00 AM Faculty-led Contextual Discussion Groups A: 145 Soc Sci 1
B: 149 Soc Sci 1
C: 153 Soc Sci 1
D: Zoom
19th-Century Seminar 171 Soc Sci 2
* Graduate Student Pedagogy Workshop 161 Soc Sci 1
* Graduate Student Publication Workshop 141 Soc Sci 2
* Graduate Student Presentation Workshop 165 Soc Sci 2
* Graduate Student Writing Workshop 159 Soc Sci 2
10:15-11:30 AM Lecture: Andrew H. Miller (Johns Hopkins University), "Dickens' Tones" Multipurpose Room
11:45-12:45 PM Graduate Student-led Workshops on the Novel A: 145 Soc Sci 1
B: 149 Soc Sci 1
C: 153 Soc Sci 1
D: 161 Soc Sci 1
E: 141 Soc Sci 2
F: 159 Soc Sci 2
G: 165 Soc Sci 2
H: Zoom
* Faculty Seminar 179 Soc Sci 2
1:00-1:45 PM Lunch Dining Hall
2:00-3:00 PM Dickensian Seminars A: 165 Soc Sci 2
B: 167 Soc Sci 2
C: Zoom
Undergraduate Seminar 171 Soc Sci 2
* Faculty-led Graduate Student Seminars A: 145 Soc Sci 1
B: 149 Soc Sci 1
C: 153 Soc Sci 1
2:00-3:45 PM Repeat Film Screening (repeat of Monday night's screening) 110 Soc Sci 1
3:00-3:45 PM Victorian Tea presented by the Friends of the Dickens Project Recreation Lounge
4:00-5:00 PM Talk: Christian Lehmann (Bard Early College High School and Friends of the Dickens Project), "Greek and Roman Mythology in A Tale of Two Cities"
 Multipurpose Room
Undergraduate Writing Workshop 145 Soc Sci 1
5:15-6:15 PM Victorian Dance Lesson Recreation Lounge
6:15-7:00 PM Dinner Dining Hall
7:00-7:45 PM Post-Prandial Potations Recreation Lounge
7:45-9:00 PM

Lecture: Renée Fox (UC Santa Cruz), "Revolutionary Genres"

 Multipurpose Room
9:15-11:00 PM Film Screening
 110 Soc Sci 1

Schedule for July 26
WEDNESDAY, JULY 26
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8:00-8:45 AM Breakfast Dining Hall
8:15-10:15 AM  Morning Coffee and Tea Service Terry Freitas Commons
9:00-10:00 AM Faculty-led Contextual Discussion Groups A: 145 Soc Sci 1
B: 149 Soc Sci 1
C: 153 Soc Sci 1
D: Zoom
19th-Century Seminar 171 Soc Sci 2
* Graduate Student Pedagogy Workshop 161 Soc Sci 1
* Graduate Student Publication Workshop 141 Soc Sci 2
* Graduate Student Presentation Workshop 165 Soc Sci 2
* Graduate Student Writing Workshop 159 Soc Sci 2
10:15-11:30 AM VIRTUAL Lecture: Manu Samriti Chander (Rutgers University), "Dickens' Universalism"
 Multipurpose Room
11:45-12:45 PM Graduate Student-led Workshops on the Novel A: 145 Soc Sci 1
B: 149 Soc Sci 1
C: 153 Soc Sci 1
D: 161 Soc Sci 1
E: 141 Soc Sci 2
F: 159 Soc Sci 2
G: 165 Soc Sci 2
H: Zoom
* Faculty Seminar 179 Soc Sci 2
1:00-1:45 PM Lunch Dining Hall
Legacy Circle Luncheon Bhojwani Dining Room
2:00-3:00 PM Dickensian Seminars A: 165 Soc Sci 2
B: 167 Soc Sci 2
C: Zoom
Undergraduate Seminar 171 Soc Sci 2
* Graduate Professionalization Seminar: 141 Soc Sci 1
* Graduate Professionalization Seminar: 149 Soc Sci 1
* Graduate Professionalization Seminar: 153 Soc Sci 1
* Graduate Professionalization Seminar: 141 Soc Sci 2
* Graduate Professionalization Seminar: 159 Soc Sci 2
2:00-3:45 PM Repeat Film Screening (repeat of Tuesday night's screening) 110 Soc Sci 1
3:00-3:45 PM Victorian Tea presented by the Friends of the Dickens Project Recreation Lounge
4:00-5:00 PM Talk: Logan Browning (Rice University), "A Tale of Two Editors: Is A Tale Still A Tale without its Famous Beginning?
 Multipurpose Room
Undergraduate Writing Workshop 145 Soc Sci 1
5:15-6:15 PM Victorian Dance Lesson Recreation Lounge
6:15-7:00 PM Dinner Dining Hall
7:15-9:00 PM Early Film Screening
 110 Soc Sci 1
7:15-11:00 PM Free Time
Schedule for July 27
THURSDAY, JULY 27
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8:00-8:45 AM Breakfast Dining Hall
8:15-10:15 AM Morning Coffee and Tea Service Terry Freitas Commons
9:00-10:00 AM Faculty-led Contextual Discussion Groups A: 145 Soc Sci 1
B: 149 Soc Sci 1
C: 153 Soc Sci 1
D: Zoom
19th-Century Seminar 171 Soc Sci 2
* Graduate Student Pedagogy Workshop 161 Soc Sci 1
* Graduate Student Publication Workshop 141 Soc Sci 2
* Graduate Student Presentation Workshop 165 Soc Sci 2
* Graduate Student Writing Workshop 159 Soc Sci 2
10:15-11:30 AM Lecture: Catherine Gallagher (UC Berkeley), "Historical Vengeance in A Tale of Two Cities" Multipurpose Room
11:45-12:45 PM Graduate Student-led Workshops on the Novel A: 145 Soc Sci 1
B: 149 Soc Sci 1
C: 153 Soc Sci 1
D: 161 Soc Sci 1
E: 141 Soc Sci 2
F: 159 Soc Sci 2
G: 165 Soc Sci 2
H: Zoom
* Faculty Seminar 179 Soc Sci 2
1:00-1:45 PM Lunch Dining Hall
2:00-3:00 PM Dickensian Seminars A: 165 Soc Sci 2
B: 167 Soc Sci 2
C: Zoom
Undergraduate Seminar 171 Soc Sci 2
* Faculty-led Graduate Student Seminars A: 145 Soc Sci 1
B: 149 Soc Sci 1
C: 153 Soc Sci 1
2:00-3:45 PM Repeat Film Screening (repeat of Wednesday night's screening) 110 Soc Sci 1
3:00-3:45 PM Victorian Tea presented by the Friends of the Dickens Project Recreation Lounge
4:00-5:00 PM Book Talk: Jon Varese, "Dombey 2.0: The Company" (interviewed by Jason Rudy)
 Multipurpose Room
5:15-6:15 PM Victorian Dance Lesson Recreation Lounge
6:15-7:00 PM Dinner Dining Hall
7:00-7:45 PM Post-Prandial Potations Recreation Lounge
7:45-8:45 PM A Tale of Two Cities farce, written and directed by Adam Abraham (Cornell College) Multipurpose Room
9:00-10:30 PM Grand Party, to which everyone is invited (hosted by the Friends) Namaste Lounge
Schedule for July 28
FRIDAY, JULY 28
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8:00-8:45 AM Breakfast Dining Hall
8:15-10:15 AM Morning Coffee and Tea Service Terry Freitas Commons
9:00-10:00 AM Faculty-led Contextual Discussion Groups A: 145 Soc Sci 1
B: 149 Soc Sci 1
C: 153 Soc Sci 1
D: Zoom
10:15-11:30 AM Lecture: Sukanya Banerjee (UC Berkeley), "Loyalty and Revolution"
 Multipurpose Room
11:45-12:45 PM Graduate Student-led Workshops on the Novel A: 145 Soc Sci 1
B: 149 Soc Sci 1
C: 153 Soc Sci 1
D: 161 Soc Sci 1
E: 141 Soc Sci 2
F: 159 Soc Sci 2
G: 165 Soc Sci 2
H: Zoom
* Faculty Seminar 179 Soc Sci 2
1:00-1:45 PM Lunch Dining Hall
Road Scholars Special Catered Lunch Bhojwani Dining Room
2:00-3:00 PM Dickensian Seminars A: 165 Soc Sci 2
B: 167 Soc Sci 2
C: Zoom
4:00-5:00 PM Fireside Chat with John O. Jordan (UC Santa Cruz) and Renée Fox (UC Santa Cruz) Namaste Lounge
5:00-6:15 PM Victorian Dance Lesson Recreation Lounge
6:15-7:00 PM Dinner Dining Hall
7:00-7:45 PM Post-Prandial Potations Multipurpose Room
7:30-8:30 PM Friends of the Dickens Project Fundraising Auction Multipurpose Room
Announcement of the 2024 novel. Copies will be available for sale. Multipurpose Room
8:30-11:00 PM Victorian Dance Multipurpose Room
Schedule for July 29
SATURDAY, JULY 29
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8:00-8:45 AM Breakfast Dining Hall
8:00-10:00 AM Check-out, Return Keys and Meal Cards
Please see Dickens Project staff for assistance with luggage.		 Nine/Lewis Community Room
9:00 and 10:00 AM Everyone departs. See you next year!
Return Shuttles to SJC and SFO Airports
Reservations required. Click links above to access the reservation pages for each airport shuttle.		 Nine/Lewis Community Room