Detailed Schedule for the Dickens Universe

Schedule by Day

SUN

July 20

MON

July 21

TUE

July 22

WED

July 23

THU

July 24

FRI

July 25

Please note: all posted times are in Pacific Daylight Time. Click here to convert the times to your local time.

Schedule for July 20
SUNDAY, JULY 20
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7:45-9:00 PM Lecture: Teresa Mangum (University of Iowa): "Curious Old Age in The Old Curiosity Shop"
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9:15-11:15 PM Film Screening: A History of Punch and Judy with introduction by Logan Browning (Rice University) Vimeo
Schedule for July 21
MONDAY, JULY 21
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9:00-10:00 AM Faculty-led Contextual Discussion Group Zoom
10:15-11:30 AM Lecture: Daniel Novak (University of Alabama): "'Magic Reel': Photography, Theatre, and Narrative in The Old Curiosity Shop"
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11:45-12:45 PM Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel Zoom
2:00-3:00 PM Dickensian Seminar Zoom
4:00-5:00 PM Talk: Carolyn Williams (Rutgers University): "How Melodrama Works" Vimeo
7:45-9:00 PM Lecture: Tara Menon (Harvard University): "Whose Novel is This Anyway? Speech and Character in The Old Curiosity Shop"
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9:15-11:15 PM Film Screening: Mr. Quilp (1975) Vimeo
Schedule for July 22
TUESDAY, JULY 22
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9:00-10:00 AM Faculty-led Contextual Discussion Group Zoom
10:15-11:30 AM Lecture: Jacob Risinger (Ohio State University): "Sure Enough"
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11:45-12:45 PM Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel Zoom
2:00-3:00 PM Dickensian Seminar Zoom
4:00-5:00 PM Talk: Jonathan Grossman (UC Los Angeles): “The Tragedy Tolled in Clock
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7:45-9:00 PM Lecture: Maha Jafri (Sewanee, University of the South): "Curiouser and Curiouser: The Uncanny and the Size of Life" Vimeo
9:15-11:15 PM Film Screening: The Old Curiosity Shop (1979) Vimeo
Schedule for July 23
WEDNESDAY, JULY 23
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9:00-10:00 AM Faculty-led Contextual Discussion Group Zoom
10:15-11:30 AM Lecture: Galia Benziman (Hebrew University of Jerusalem): "Seeing in the Dark: Realism, Objects, and Transitional Attachment" Vimeo
11:45-12:45 PM Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel Zoom
2:00-3:00 PM Dickensian Seminar Zoom
4:00-5:00 PM Talk: John O. Jordan (UC Santa Cruz): Dickens and Soundscape: The Old Curiosity Shop
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6:30-8:30 PM Early Film Screening: The Old Curiosity Shop (1979) Vimeo
Schedule for July 24
THURSDAY, JULY 24
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9:00-10:00 AM Faculty-led Contextual Discussion Group Zoom
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" Vimeo
11:45-12:45 PM Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novels Zoom
2:00-3:00 PM Dickensian Seminar Zoom
4:00-5:00 PM Talk: Clark Cloyd (The Paideia School), Ray Crosby (Kern Valley High School), and Catherine Springer (The Paideia School): "Teaching Dickens at the High School Level" Vimeo
7:45-9:00 PM Farce: "Curiosity Killed the Shop: A Dickensian Travesty," written and directed by Adam Abraham (University of Miami) Vimeo
Schedule for July 25
FRIDAY, JULY 25
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9:00-10:00 AM Faculty-led Contextual Discussion Group Zoom
10:15-11:30 AM Roundtable with all the Speakers
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11:45-12:45 PM Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novels Zoom
2:00-3:00 PM Dickensian Seminar Zoom
3:30-4:30 PM Fireside Chat with John O. Jordan (UC Santa Cruz) and Renée Fox (UC Santa Cruz) Vimeo
7:00-8:00 PM Friends of the Dickens Project Fundraising Auction Zoom
8:00-8:20 PM Announcement of the 2026 novel Zoom