Detailed Schedule for the Dickens Universe
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The Dickens Universe will begin on Sunday, July 20, and end on Saturday, July 26, at College Nine and John R. Lewis College, UC Santa Cruz. Faculty and grad students should arrive Saturday afternoon, July 19, for a round of important meetings to be held through Sunday morning.
You'll notice from the schedule that the program is full, although you have 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 sessions are only available to faculty and grad students representing our consortium schools. Those items have asterisks in the schedule. If you have a question, don't hesitate to contact the office.
The schedule will also be available on Sched.com and via their mobile app. (Last updated 02/06/2025)
| SATURDAY, JULY 19 |
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| 2:00-5:00 PM | Faculty and Graduate Students Check-in and Registration Map: TBA |
Community Room |
| 5:30-7:30 PM | * Welcome Dinner | Dining Commons |
| 7:30-9:00 PM | * Orientation for Faculty and Graduate Students | Dining Commons |
| SUNDAY, JULY 20 |
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| 8:00-8:45 AM | * Breakfast | Dining Commons |
| 8:45-10:00 AM | * Consortium Faculty Planning Meeting | 71 SocSci 2 |
| * All Graduate Students Meeting | 75 SocSci 2 | |
| 10:00-10:30 AM | * Morning Coffee and Pastries | 71 SocSci 2 |
| 10:30-12:00 PM | * Plenary Meeting of Faculty and Graduate Students | 75 SocSci 2 |
| 1:00-1:45 PM | * Lunch | Dining Commons |
| 2:00-5:00 PM | Universe Participants Check-in and Registration Map: TBA |
Community Room |
| 2:00-3:00 PM | Executive Committee Meeting | 153 SocSci 1 |
| 5:15-6:00 PM | Road Scholar and First-Timer Orientation | Multipurpose Room |
| 6:15-7:00 PM | Dinner | Dining Commons |
| 7:00-7:45 PM | Post-Prandial Potations (refreshments) | Multipurpose Room |
| 7:45-9:00 PM | Lecture: Teresa Mangum (University of Iowa) |
Multipurpose Room |
| 9:15-11:15 PM | Film Screening: |
71 SocSci 2 |
| MONDAY, JULY 2 |
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| 8:00-8:45 AM | Breakfast | Dining Commons |
| 8:15-10:15 AM | Morning Coffee and Tea Service | Multipurpose Room |
| 9:00-10:00 AM | Faculty-led Contextual Discussion Groups | A: 110 SocSci 1 B: 71 SocSci 2 C: 75 SocSci 2 D: Zoom |
| Nineteenth-Century Seminar | 153 SocSci 1 | |
| * Graduate Student Pedagogy Workshop | 161 SocSci 1 | |
| * Graduate Student Publication Workshop | 145 SocSci 1 | |
| * Graduate Student Presentation Workshop | Namaste Lounge | |
| * Graduate Student Writing Workshop | 149 SocSci 1 | |
| 10:15-11:30 AM | Lecture: Daniel Novak (University of Alabama) |
Multipurpose Room |
| 11:45-12:45 PM | Graduate Student-led Workshops on the Novel | A: 110 SocSci 1 B: 145 SocSci 1 C: 149 SocSci 1 D: 153 SocSci 1 E: 161 SocSci 1 F: 71 SocSci 2 G: 75 SocSci 2 H: Zoom |
| * Faculty Seminar | Namaste Lounge | |
| 1:00-1:45 PM | Lunch | Dining Commons |
| 2:00-3:00 PM | Dickensian Seminars | A: 75 SocSci 2 B: Zoom |
| Undergraduate Seminar | 145 SocSci 1 | |
| * Faculty-led Graduate Student Seminars | A: 110 SocSci 1 B: 161 SocSci 1 C: Namaste Lounge |
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| 2:00-4:00 PM | Repeat Film Screening (repeat of Sunday night's screening) | 71 SocSci 2 |
| 3:00-3:45 PM | Victorian Tea presented by the Friends of the Dickens Project | Community Room |
| 4:00-5:00 PM | Talk: Carolyn Williams (Rutgers University) |
Multipurpose Room |
| Undergraduate Writing Workshop | 145 SocSci 1 | |
| 5:15-6:15 PM | Victorian Dance Lesson | Namaste Lounge |
| Farce Rehearsal | Multipurpose Room | |
| Teacher Workshop | 153 SocSci 1 | |
| Dickensian Needlepoint | TBA | |
| 6:15-7:00 PM | Dinner | Dining Commons |
| 7:00-7:45 PM | Post-Prandial Potations, Dickens Project T-shirt and Sweatshirt Sale, and Book Sale | Multipurpose Room |
| 7:45-9:00 PM | Lecture: Aviva Briefel (Bowdoin College) |
Multipurpose Room |
| 9:15-11:15 PM | Film Screening |
71 SocSci 2 |
| TUESDAY, JULY 22 |
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| 8:00-8:45 AM | Breakfast | Dining Commons |
| 8:15-10:15 AM | Morning Coffee and Tea Service | Multipurpose Room |
| 9:00-10:00 AM | Faculty-led Contextual Discussion Groups | A: 110 SocSci 1 B: 71 SocSci 2 C: 75 SocSci 2 D: Zoom |
| Nineteenth-Century Seminar | 153 SocSci 1 | |
| * Graduate Student Pedagogy Workshop | 161 SocSci 1 | |
| * Graduate Student Publication Workshop | 145 SocSci 1 | |
| * Graduate Student Presentation Workshop | Namaste Lounge | |
| * Graduate Student Writing Workshop | 149 SocSci 1 | |
| 10:15-11:30 AM | Lecture: Tara Menon (Harvard University) | Multipurpose Room |
| 11:45-12:45 PM | Graduate Student-led Workshops on the Novel | A: 110 SocSci 1 B: 145 SocSci 1 C: 149 SocSci 1 D: 153 SocSci 1 E: 161 SocSci 1 F: 71 SocSci 2 G: 75 SocSci 2 H: Zoom |
| * Faculty Seminar | Namaste Lounge | |
| 1:00-1:45 PM | Lunch | Dining Commons |
| 2:00-3:00 PM | Dickensian Seminars | A: 75 SocSci 2 B: Zoom |
| Undergraduate Seminar | 145 SocSci 1 | |
| * Faculty-led Graduate Student Seminars | A: 110 SocSci 1 B: 161 SocSci 1 C: Namaste Lounge |
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| 2:00-4:00 PM | Repeat Film Screening (repeat of Monday night's screening) | 71 SocSci 2 |
| 3:00-3:45 PM | Victorian Tea presented by the Friends of the Dickens Project | Community Room |
| 4:00-5:00 PM | Talk: Jonathan Grossman (UC Los Angeles) |
Multipurpose Room |
| Undergraduate Writing Workshop | 145 SocSci 1 | |
| 5:15-6:15 PM | Victorian Dance Lesson | Namaste Lounge |
| Farce Rehearsal | Multipurpose Room | |
| Dickensian Needlepoint | TBA | |
| 6:15-7:00 PM | Dinner | Dining Commons |
| 7:00-7:45 PM | Post-Prandial Potations, Dickens Project T-shirt and Sweatshirt Sale, and Book Sale | Multipurpose Room |
| 7:45-9:00 PM |
Lecture: Jacob Risinger (Ohio State University) |
Multipurpose Room |
| 9:15-11:15 PM | Film Screening |
71 SocSci 2 |
| WEDNESDAY, JULY 23 |
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| 8:00-8:45 AM | Breakfast | Dining Commons |
| 8:15-10:15 AM | Morning Coffee and Tea Service | Multipurpose Room |
| 9:00-10:00 AM | Faculty-led Contextual Discussion Groups | A: 110 SocSci 1 B: 71 SocSci 2 C: 75 SocSci 2 D: Zoom |
| Nineteenth-Century Seminar | 153 SocSci 1 | |
| * Graduate Student Pedagogy Workshop | 161 SocSci 1 | |
| * Graduate Student Publication Workshop | 145 SocSci 1 | |
| * Graduate Student Presentation Workshop | Namaste Lounge | |
| * Graduate Student Writing Workshop | 149 SocSci 1 | |
| 10:15-11:30 AM | Lecture: Maha Jafri (Sewanee, University of the South) |
Multipurpose Room |
| 11:45-12:45 PM | Graduate Student-led Workshops on the Novel | A: 110 SocSci 1 B: 145 SocSci 1 C: 149 SocSci 1 D: 153 SocSci 1 E: 161 SocSci 1 F: 71 SocSci 2 G: 75 SocSci 2 H: Zoom |
| * Faculty Seminar | Namaste Lounge | |
| 1:00-1:45 PM | Lunch | Dining Commons |
| 2:00-3:00 PM | Dickensian Seminars | A: 75 SocSci 2 B: Zoom |
| Undergraduate Seminar | 145 SocSci 1 | |
| * Graduate Professionalization Seminar A | 110 SocSci 1 | |
| * Graduate Professionalization Seminar B | 153 SocSci 1 | |
| * Graduate Professionalization Seminar C | 161 SocSci 1 | |
| * Graduate Professionalization Seminar D | Namaste Lounge | |
| 2:00-4:00 PM | Repeat Film Screening (repeat of Tuesday night's screening) |
71 SocSci 2 |
| 3:00-3:45 PM | Victorian Tea presented by the Friends of the Dickens Project | Community Room |
| 4:00-5:00 PM | Talk: TBA |
Multipurpose Room |
| Undergraduate Writing Workshop | 145 SocSci 1 | |
| 5:15-6:15 PM | Victorian Dance Lesson | Namaste Lounge |
| Farce Rehearsal | Multipurpose Room | |
| Dickensian Needlepoint | TBA | |
| 6:15-7:00 PM | Dinner | Dining Commons |
| 7:15-9:15 PM | Early Film Screening | 71 SocSci 2 |
| 7:15-11:00 PM | Free Time |
| THURSDAY, JULY 24 |
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| 8:00-8:45 AM | Breakfast | Dining Commons |
| 8:15-10:15 AM | Morning Coffee and Tea Service | Multipurpose Room |
| 9:00-10:00 AM | Faculty-led Contextual Discussion Groups | A: 110 SocSci 1 B: 71 SocSci 2 C: 75 SocSci 2 D: Zoom |
| Nineteenth-Century Seminar | 153 SocSci 1 | |
| * Graduate Student Pedagogy Workshop | 161 SocSci 1 | |
| * Graduate Student Publication Workshop | 145 SocSci 1 | |
| * Graduate Student Presentation Workshop | Namaste Lounge | |
| * Graduate Student Writing Workshop | 149 SocSci 1 | |
| 10:15-11:30 AM | Lecture: Galia Benziman (Hebrew University of Jerusalem): "Seeing in the Dark: Realism, Objects, and Transitional Attachment in Master Humphrey's Clock and The Old Curiosity Shop" | Multipurpose Room |
| 11:45-12:45 PM | Graduate Student-led Workshops on the Novel | A: 110 SocSci 1 B: 145 SocSci 1 C: 149 SocSci 1 D: 153 SocSci 1 E: 161 SocSci 1 F: 71 SocSci 2 G: 75 SocSci 2 H: Zoom |
| * Faculty Seminar | Namaste Lounge | |
| 1:00-1:45 PM | Lunch | Dining Commons |
| 2:00-3:00 PM | Dickensian Seminars | A: 75 SocSci 2 B: Zoom |
| Undergraduate Seminar | 145 SocSci 1 | |
| * Faculty-led Graduate Student Seminars | A: 110 SocSci 1 B: 161 SocSci 1 C: Namaste Lounge |
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| 2:00-3:45 PM | Repeat Film Screening (repeat of Wednesday night's screening) | 71 SocSci 2 |
| 3:00-3:45 PM | Victorian Tea presented by the Friends of the Dickens Project | Community Room |
| 4:00-5:00 PM | Talk: John O. Jordan (UC Santa Cruz) |
Multipurpose Room |
| 5:15-6:15 PM | Victorian Dance Lesson | Namaste Lounge |
| Farce Rehearsal | Multipurpose Room | |
| Dickensian Needlepoint | TBA | |
| 6:15-7:00 PM | Dinner | Dining Commons |
| 7:00-7:45 PM | Post-Prandial Potations | Multipurpose Room |
| 7:45-8:45 PM | Entertainment: Farce directed by Adam Abraham (University of Miami) | Multipurpose Room |
| 9:00-10:30 PM | Grand Party, to which everyone is invited (hosted by the Friends) | Namaste Lounge |
| FRIDAY, JULY 25 |
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| 8:00-8:45 AM | Breakfast | Dining Commons |
| 8:15-10:15 AM | Morning Coffee and Tea Service | Multipurpose Room |
| 9:00-10:00 AM | Faculty-led Contextual Discussion Groups | A: 110 SocSci 1 B: 71 SocSci 2 C: 75 SocSci 2 D: Zoom |
| Nineteenth-Century Seminar | 153 SocSci 1 | |
| 10:15-11:30 AM | Lecture: Robyn Warhol (Ohio State University), Helena Michie (Rice University) and Huw Edwardes-Evans (Rice University): "Curious Endings, Curious Beginnings: Close Reading with Project Endings" |
Multipurpose Room |
| 11:45-12:45 PM | Graduate Student-led Workshops on the Novel | A: 110 SocSci 1 B: 145 SocSci 1 C: 149 SocSci 1 D: 153 SocSci 1 E: 161 SocSci 1 F: 71 SocSci 2 G: 75 SocSci 2 H: Zoom |
| * Faculty Seminar | Namaste Lounge | |
| 1:00-1:45 PM | Lunch | Dining Commons |
| Road Scholar Lunch | Multipurpose Room | |
| 2:00-3:00 PM | Dickensian Seminars | A: 75 SocSci 2 B: Zoom |
| 4:00-5:00 PM | Fireside Chat with John O. Jordan (UC Santa Cruz), Renée Fox (UC Santa Cruz), and Murray Baumgarten (UC Santa Cruz) | Multipurpose Room |
| 5:30-6:15 PM | Early Dinner | Dining Commons |
| 6:30-7:15 PM | Early Post-Prandial Potations, Dickens Project T-shirt and Sweatshirt Sale, and Book Sale | Multipurpose Room |
| 7:00-8:00 PM | Friends of the Dickens Project Fundraising Auction | Multipurpose Room |
| 8:00-8:20 PM | Announcement of the 2026 novel. Copies will be available for sale. | Multipurpose Room |
| 8:30-11:00 PM | Victorian Dance | Multipurpose Room |
| SATURDAY, JULY 26 |
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| 8:00-8:45 AM | Breakfast | Dining Commons |
| 8:00-10:00 AM | Check-out, Return Keys and Meal Cards Please see Dickens Project staff for assistance with luggage. |
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| 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. |
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