Detailed Schedule for the Dickens Universe
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Schedule for July 20
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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 |
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Schedule for July 21
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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)
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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" |
Ustream |
| 7:45-9:00 PM |
Lecture: Tara Menon (Harvard University): "Shop Talk"
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| 9:15-11:15 PM |
Film Screening |
Ustream |
Schedule for July 22
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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" |
Ustream |
| 9:15-11:15 PM |
Film Screening |
Ustream |
Schedule for July 23
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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" |
Ustream |
| 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 |
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Schedule for July 24
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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" |
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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 |
| 4:00-5:00 PM |
Talk: TBA |
Ustream |
| 7:45-9:00 PM |
Performance: Farce directed by Adam Abraham (University of Miami) |
Ustream |
Schedule for July 25
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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) |
Ustream |
| 7:00-8:00 PM |
Friends of the Dickens Project Fundraising Auction |
Zoom |
| 8:00-8:20 PM |
Announcement of the 2026 novel |
Zoom |
