Detailed Schedule for the Dickens Universe

Schedule by Day

SUN

July 23

MON

July 24

TUE

July 25

WED

July 26

THU

July 27

FRI

July 28

Schedule for July 23
SUNDAY, JULY 23
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7:45-9:00 PM Opening Lecture: Catherine Robson (New York University), "A Tale of Two Cities and Britain's Island Fantasy"
Schedule for July 24
MONDAY, JULY 24
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9:00-10:00 AM Faculty-led Contextual Discussion Group
10:15-11:30 AM VIRTUAL Lecture: Nathalie Vanfasse (Aix-Marsaille Université),"An Intercultural Tale of Two Cities: or, How to Translate the French Revolution into English"
11:45-12:45 PM Graduate Student-led Workshop on the Novel
2:00-3:00 PM Dickensian Seminar
4:00-5:00 PM Talk: Helena Michie (Rice University) & Robyn Warhol (Ohio State University), "Project Endings"
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"
Schedule for July 25
TUESDAY, JULY 25
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9:00-10:00 AM Faculty-led Contextual Discussion Group
10:15-11:30 AM Lecture: Andrew H. Miller (Johns Hopkins University), "Dickens' Tones"
11:45-12:45 PM Graduate Student-led Workshop on the Novel
2:00-3:00 PM Dickensian Seminar
4:00-5:00 PM Talk: Christian Lehmann (Bard Early College High School & the Friends of the Dickens Project), "Greek and Roman Mythology in A Tale of Two Cities"
7:45-9:00 PM Lecture: Renée Fox (UC Santa Cruz), "Revolutionary Genres"
Schedule for July 26
WEDNESDAY, JULY 26
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9:00-10:00 AM Faculty-led Contextual Discussion Group
10:15-11:30 AM Lecture: Manu Samriti Chander (Rutgers University), "Dickens' Universalism"
11:45-12:45 PM Graduate Student-led Workshop on the Novel
2:00-3:00 PM Dickensian Seminar
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?"
Schedule for July 27
THURSDAY, JULY 27
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9:00-10:00 AM Faculty-led Contextual Discussion Group
10:15-11:30 AM Lecture: Catherine Gallagher (UC Berkeley), "Historical Vengeance in A Tale of Two Cities"
11:45-12:45 PM Graduate Student-led Workshop on the Novels
2:00-3:00 PM Dickensian Seminar
4:00-5:00 PM Book Talk: Jon Varese (Author and Friends of the Dickens Project), "Dombey 2.0: The Company" (interviewed by Jason Rudy)
Schedule for July 28
FRIDAY, JULY 28
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9:00-10:00 AM Faculty-led Contextual Discussion Group
10:15-11:30 AM Lecture: Sukanya Banerjee (UC Berkeley), "Loyalty and Revolution"
11:45-12:45 PM Graduate Student-led Workshop on the Novels
2:00-3:00 PM Dickensian Seminar
4:00-5:00 PM Fireside Chat with John O. Jordan (UC Santa Cruz) and Renée Fox (UC Santa Cruz)
7:30-8:30 PM Friends of the Dickens Project Fundraising Auction
Announcement of the 2024 novel.