Dickens Universe 2024

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Dickens Universe 2024

2:00pm PDT

Faculty and Graduate Students Check-In and Registration Cowell Circle

5:30pm PDT

Welcome Dinner Cowell Provost House

7:30pm PDT

Orientation for Faculty and Graduate Students Cowell Provost House

8:00am PDT

Breakfast Stevenson Coffeehouse

8:45am PDT

All Graduate Students Meeting 359 Humanities Social Sciences Consortium Faculty Planning Meeting 210 Humanities 1

10:00am PDT

Morning Coffee and Pastries Humanities Plaza

10:30am PDT

Plenary Meeting of Faculty and Graduate Students Humanities Lecture Hall

1:00pm PDT

Lunch Stevenson Coffeehouse

2:00pm PDT

Executive Committee Meeting TBA Universe Participants Check-In and Registration Stevenson Circle

5:15pm PDT

Road Scholar and First-Timer Orientation Stevenson Event Center

6:15pm PDT

Dinner Stevenson Coffeehouse

7:00pm PDT

Post-Prandial Potations (Refreshments) Humanities Plaza

7:45pm PDT

Lecture: John Bowen (University of York), "Remorse" Humanities Lecture Hall

9:15pm PDT

Film Screening: Great Expectations (1946) Humanities Lecture Hall

8:00am PDT

Breakfast Stevenson Coffeehouse

8:15am PDT

Morning Coffee and Tea Service Humanities Lecture Hall

9:00am PDT

Graduate Student Presentation Workshop TBA Graduate Student Publication Workshop TBA Graduate Student Writing Workshop TBA Faculty-Led Contextual Discussion Group A Stevenson Event Center Faculty-Led Contextual Discussion Group B 259 Humanities and Social Sciences Faculty-Led Contextual Discussion Group C Stevenson 175 Faculty-Led Contextual Discussion Group D (Virtual) Zoom

10:15am PDT

Lecture: Summer Star (San Francisco State University), "'You can stuff your sorries [and wittles] in a sack, Mister': The problem of forgiveness in Great Expectations" Humanities Lecture Hall

11:45am PDT

Faculty Seminar 210 Humanities 1 Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel A TBA Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel B TBA Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel C Stevenson 175 Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel D 620 Humanities 1 Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel E 420 Humanities 1 Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel F 359 Humanities Social Sciences Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel G 320 Humanities 1 Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel H (virtual) Zoom

1:00pm PDT

Lunch Stevenson Coffeehouse

2:00pm PDT

Faculty-Led Graduate Student Seminar A TBA Faculty-Led Graduate Student Seminar B TBA Faculty-Led Graduate Student Seminar C TBA Dickensian Seminar A 320 Humanities 1 Undergraduate Seminar 520 Humanities 1 Dickensian Seminar B (Virtual) Zoom Film Screening (Repeat of Sunday's Screening): Great Expectations (1946) TBA

3:00pm PDT

Victorian Tea Presented by the Friends of the Dickens Project Stevenson Community Room

4:00pm PDT

Talk: John O. Jordan (UC Santa Cruz): "Partings Welded Together" Humanities Lecture Hall Undergraduate Writing Workshop Stevenson 151

5:15pm PDT

Victorian Dance Lesson Stevenson Event Center

6:15pm PDT

Dinner Stevenson Coffeehouse

7:00pm PDT

Post-Prandial Potations, Dickens Project T-shirt and Sweatshirt Sale, and Book Sale Humanities Plaza

7:45pm PDT

Lecture: Elizabeth Miller (UC Davis), "The Retronymic Ocean: Steam and the Recent Past in Great Expectations" Humanities Lecture Hall

9:15pm PDT

Film Screening: An Orphan's Tragedy (1955) Humanities Lecture Hall

8:15am PDT

Morning Coffee and Tea Service Humanities Plaza

9:00am PDT

Graduate Student Presentation Workshop TBA Graduate Student Publication Workshop TBA Graduate Student Writing Workshop TBA Breakfast Stevenson Coffeehouse Faculty-Led Contextual Discussion Group A Stevenson Event Center Faculty-Led Contextual Discussion Group B 259 Humanities and Social Sciences Faculty-Led Contextual Discussion Group C Stevenson 175 Faculty-Led Contextual Discussion Group D (Virtual) Zoom

10:15am PDT

Lecture: Briony Wickes (Royal Holloway, University of London), "Dickens's Woolen Threads: Sheep, Settlement, and Magwitch's Plot" Humanities Lecture Hall

11:45am PDT

Faculty Seminar 210 Humanities 1 Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel A TBA Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel B TBA Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel C Stevenson 175 Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel D 620 Humanities 1 Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel E 420 Humanities 1 Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel F 359 Humanities Social Sciences Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel G 320 Humanities 1 Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel H (virtual) Zoom

1:00pm PDT

Lunch Stevenson Coffeehouse

2:00pm PDT

Faculty-Led Graduate Student Seminar A TBA Faculty-Led Graduate Student Seminar B TBA Faculty-Led Graduate Student Seminar C TBA Dickensian Seminar A 320 Humanities 1 Undergraduate Seminar 520 Humanities 1 Dickensian Seminar B (Virtual) Zoom Film Screening (Repeat of Monday's Screening): An Orphan's Tragedy (1955) TBA

3:00pm PDT

Victorian Tea Presented by the Friends of the Dickens Project Stevenson Community Room

4:00pm PDT

Talk: Mary Mullen (Villanova University): "Young Monsters, Old Ghosts: Dickens and Memoir" Humanities Lecture Hall Undergraduate Writing Workshop Stevenson 151

5:15pm PDT

Victorian Dance Lesson Stevenson Event Center

6:15pm PDT

Dinner Stevenson Coffeehouse

7:00pm PDT

Post-Prandial Potations, Dickens Project T-shirt and Sweatshirt Sale, and Book Sale Humanities Plaza

7:45pm PDT

Lecture: Elaine Auyoung (University of Minnesota), "Learning to Feel Ashamed of Home" Humanities Lecture Hall

9:15pm PDT

Film Screening: Fitoor (2016) Humanities Lecture Hall

8:15am PDT

Morning Coffee and Tea Service Humanities Plaza

9:00am PDT

Graduate Student Presentation Workshop TBA Graduate Student Publication Workshop TBA Graduate Student Writing Workshop TBA Breakfast Stevenson Coffeehouse Faculty-Led Contextual Discussion Group A Stevenson Event Center Faculty-Led Contextual Discussion Group B 259 Humanities and Social Sciences Faculty-Led Contextual Discussion Group C Stevenson 175 Faculty-Led Contextual Discussion Group D (Virtual) Zoom

10:15am PDT

Lecture: Matthew Sussman (University of Sydney), Lecture Title "Laughter and the Dickensian Sense of Humour" Humanities Lecture Hall

11:45am PDT

Faculty Seminar 210 Humanities 1 Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel A TBA Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel B TBA Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel C Stevenson 175 Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel D 620 Humanities 1 Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel E 420 Humanities 1 Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel F 359 Humanities Social Sciences Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel G 320 Humanities 1 Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel H (virtual) Zoom

1:00pm PDT

Lunch Stevenson Coffeehouse

2:00pm PDT

Graduate Professionalization Seminar: TBA TBA Graduate Professionalization Seminar: TBA TBA Graduate Professionalization Seminar: TBA TBA Dickensian Seminar A 320 Humanities 1 Undergraduate Seminar 520 Humanities 1 Dickensian Seminar B (Virtual) Zoom Film Screening (Repeat of Tuesday Screening): Fitoor (2016) TBA

3:00pm PDT

Victorian Tea Presented by the Friends of the Dickens Project Stevenson Community Room

4:00pm PDT

Talk: Michael Stern (Friends of Dickens Project), "Expectations of Greatness: Dickens as an Entrepreneur" Humanities Lecture Hall Undergraduate Writing Workshop Stevenson 151

5:15pm PDT

Victorian Dance Lesson Stevenson Event Center

6:15pm PDT

Dinner Stevenson Coffeehouse

8:15am PDT

Morning Coffee and Tea Service Humanities Plaza

9:00am PDT

Graduate Student Presentation Workshop TBA Graduate Student Publication Workshop TBA Graduate Student Writing Workshop TBA Breakfast Stevenson Coffeehouse Faculty-Led Contextual Discussion Group A Stevenson Event Center Faculty-Led Contextual Discussion Group B 259 Humanities and Social Sciences Faculty-Led Contextual Discussion Group C Stevenson 175 Faculty-Led Contextual Discussion Group D (Virtual) Zoom

10:15am PDT

Lecture: Sara Hackenberg (San Francisco State University): "Welding Parts Together" Humanities Lecture Hall

11:45am PDT

Faculty Seminar 210 Humanities 1 Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel A TBA Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel B TBA Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel C Stevenson 175 Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel D 620 Humanities 1 Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel E 420 Humanities 1 Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel F 359 Humanities Social Sciences Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel G 320 Humanities 1 Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel H (virtual) Zoom

1:00pm PDT

Lunch Stevenson Coffeehouse

2:00pm PDT

Faculty-Led Graduate Student Seminar A TBA Faculty-Led Graduate Student Seminar B TBA Faculty-Led Graduate Student Seminar C TBA Dickensian Seminar A 320 Humanities 1 Undergraduate Seminar 520 Humanities 1 Dickensian Seminar B (Virtual) Zoom Film Screening (Repeat of Tuesday's Screening): Fitoor (2016) TBA

3:00pm PDT

Victorian Tea Presented by the Friends of the Dickens Project Stevenson Community Room

4:00pm PDT

Screening of "Havisham!" Ballet Performance Humanities Lecture Hall

5:15pm PDT

Victorian Dance Lesson Stevenson Event Center

6:15pm PDT

Dinner Stevenson Coffeehouse

7:00pm PDT

Post-Prandial Potations, Dickens Project T-shirt and Sweatshirt Sale, and Book Sale Humanities Plaza

7:45pm PDT

Performance: Lura Johnson (Resident Pianist of the Baltimore Symphony and Principal Pianist of the Delaware Symphony) and discussion with Jason Rudy (University of Maryland) Stevenson Event Center

9:00pm PDT

Grand Party TBA

8:15am PDT

Morning Coffee and Tea Service Humanities Plaza

9:00am PDT

Breakfast Stevenson Event Center Faculty-Led Contextual Discussion Group A Stevenson Event Center Faculty-Led Contextual Discussion Group B 259 Humanities and Social Sciences Faculty-Led Contextual Discussion Group C Stevenson 175 Faculty-Led Contextual Discussion Group D (Virtual) Zoom

10:15am PDT

Lecture: Rosemarie Bodenheimer (Boston College): "At a Loss in Dickens" Humanities Lecture Hall

11:45am PDT

Faculty Seminar 210 Humanities 1 Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel A TBA Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel B TBA Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel C Stevenson 175 Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel D 620 Humanities 1 Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel E 420 Humanities 1 Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel F 359 Humanities Social Sciences Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel G 320 Humanities 1 Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel H (virtual) Zoom

1:00pm PDT

Lunch Stevenson Coffeehouse Road Scholars Special Catered Lunch TBA

2:00pm PDT

Dickensian Seminar A 320 Humanities 1 Dickensian Seminar B (Virtual) Zoom

4:00pm PDT

Fireside Chat with John O. Jordan (UC Santa Cruz) and Renée Fox (UC Santa Cruz) Humanities Lecture Hall

5:15pm PDT

Victorian Dance Lesson Stevenson Event Center

6:15pm PDT

Dinner Stevenson Coffeehouse

7:00pm PDT

Post-Prandial Potations (Refreshments) Humanities Plaza

7:30pm PDT

Announcement of the 2024 Novel Humanities Lecture Hall Friends of the Dickens Project Fundraising Auction Humanities Lecture Hall

8:30pm PDT

Victorian Dance Stevenson Event Center

8:00am PDT

Breakfast Stevenson Event Center Checkout, Return Keys and Meal Cards TBA

9:00am PDT

Everyone Departs: See You Next Year! TBA Return Shuttle to SFO Airport TBA Return Shuttle to SJC Airport TBA

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