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8:00am PDT

Breakfast

Monday July 27, 2026 8:00am - 8:45am PDT

Cowell/Stevenson Dining Hall @ 520 Cowell-Stevenson Road, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Monday July 27, 2026 8:00am - 8:45am PDT
Cowell/Stevenson Dining Hall 520 Cowell-Stevenson Road, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Everyone, Meal

8:15am PDT

Morning Coffee and Tea Service

Monday July 27, 2026 8:15am - 10:15am PDT

Humanities Plaza @ 520 Cowell-Stevenson Road, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Monday July 27, 2026 8:15am - 10:15am PDT
Humanities Plaza

Everyone, Meal

9:00am PDT

Victorianist Writing Retreat Morning Session A

Monday July 27, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am PDT

Cowell room 113 @ 520 Cowell-Stevenson Road, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Monday July 27, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am PDT
Cowell room 113

By Registration Only, Field Trips or Special Events

9:00am PDT

Victorianist Writing Retreat Morning Session B

Monday July 27, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am PDT

Hum & Soc Sci, room 250 @ 520 Cowell-Stevenson Road, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Monday July 27, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am PDT
Hum & Soc Sci, room 250

By Registration Only, Field Trips or Special Events

9:00am PDT

Graduate Student Creative Writing Workshop

Monday July 27, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am PDT

Stevenson room 151 @ 520 Cowell-Stevenson Road, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Monday July 27, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am PDT
Stevenson room 151

Consortium Members, Graduate Workshop or Seminar

9:00am PDT

Graduate Student Pedagogy Workshop

Monday July 27, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am PDT

Cowell room 132 @ 520 Cowell-Stevenson Road, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Monday July 27, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am PDT
Cowell room 132

Consortium Members, Graduate Workshop or Seminar

9:00am PDT

Graduate Student Writing Workshop

Monday July 27, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am PDT

Stevenson room 152 @ 520 Cowell-Stevenson Road, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Monday July 27, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am PDT
Stevenson room 152

Consortium Members, Graduate Workshop or Seminar

9:00am PDT

Faculty-Led Contextual Discussion Group A

Monday July 27, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am PDT

Humanities 1, room 210 @ Humanities and Social Sciences Facility, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Monday July 27, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am PDT
Humanities 1, room 210

Everyone, Faculty-Led Discussion

9:00am PDT

Faculty-Led Contextual Discussion Group B

Monday July 27, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am PDT

Humanities and Social Sciences, room 259 @ Humanities and Social Sciences Facility, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Monday July 27, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am PDT
Humanities and Social Sciences, room 259

Everyone, Faculty-Led Discussion

9:00am PDT

Faculty-Led Contextual Discussion Group C

Monday July 27, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am PDT

Humanities Social Sciences, room 359 @ Humanities and Social Sciences Facility, 2 Hagar Dr, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Monday July 27, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am PDT
Humanities Social Sciences, room 359

Everyone, Faculty-Led Discussion

10:15am PDT

Lecture: Barbara Leckie (Carleton University): “How to Begin: Reading Bleak House through Earth, Climate, and Hannah Arendt’s ‘Enacted Stories’”

Monday July 27, 2026 10:15am - 11:30am PDT

Humanities Lecture Hall @ Humanities Lecture Hall, Humanities and Social Sciences Facility, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Speakers, Faculty, & Scholars

Barbara Leckie

Faculty, Carleton University

Barbara Leckie is a Professor in the Department of English and the Institute for the Comparative Study of Literature, Art, and Culture at Carleton University. Her work includes Open Houses: Poverty, the Architectural Idea, and the Novel in Nineteenth-Century Britain (2018), C... Read More →

Monday July 27, 2026 10:15am - 11:30am PDT
Humanities Lecture Hall

Everyone, Plenary Lecture or Talk

11:45am PDT

Faculty Seminar

Monday July 27, 2026 11:45am - 12:45pm PDT

Humanities 1, room 210 @ Humanities and Social Sciences Facility, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Monday July 27, 2026 11:45am - 12:45pm PDT
Humanities 1, room 210

Consortium Members, Faculty Seminar

11:45am PDT

Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel A

Monday July 27, 2026 11:45am - 12:45pm PDT

Humanities and Social Sciences, room 259 @ Humanities and Social Sciences Facility, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Monday July 27, 2026 11:45am - 12:45pm PDT
Humanities and Social Sciences, room 259

Everyone, Graduate Student-Led Workshop

11:45am PDT

Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel B

Monday July 27, 2026 11:45am - 12:45pm PDT

Humanities Social Sciences, room 359 @ Humanities and Social Sciences Facility, 2 Hagar Dr, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Monday July 27, 2026 11:45am - 12:45pm PDT
Humanities Social Sciences, room 359

Everyone, Graduate Student-Led Workshop

11:45am PDT

Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel C

Monday July 27, 2026 11:45am - 12:45pm PDT

Cowell room 113 @ Humanities and Social Sciences Facility, 2 Hagar Dr, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Monday July 27, 2026 11:45am - 12:45pm PDT
Cowell room 113

Everyone, Graduate Student-Led Workshop

11:45am PDT

Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel D

Monday July 27, 2026 11:45am - 12:45pm PDT

Cowell room 132 @ Humanities and Social Sciences Facility, 2 Hagar Dr, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Monday July 27, 2026 11:45am - 12:45pm PDT
Cowell room 132

Everyone, Graduate Student-Led Workshop

11:45am PDT

Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel E

Monday July 27, 2026 11:45am - 12:45pm PDT

Stevenson room 151 @ Humanities and Social Sciences Facility, 2 Hagar Dr, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Monday July 27, 2026 11:45am - 12:45pm PDT
Stevenson room 151

Everyone, Graduate Student-Led Workshop

11:45am PDT

Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel F

Monday July 27, 2026 11:45am - 12:45pm PDT

Stevenson room 152 @ Humanities and Social Sciences Facility, 2 Hagar Dr, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Monday July 27, 2026 11:45am - 12:45pm PDT
Stevenson room 152

Everyone, Graduate Student-Led Workshop

11:45am PDT

Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel G

Monday July 27, 2026 11:45am - 12:45pm PDT

Stevenson room 175 @ Humanities and Social Sciences Facility, 2 Hagar Dr, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Monday July 27, 2026 11:45am - 12:45pm PDT
Stevenson room 175

Everyone, Graduate Student-Led Workshop

11:45am PDT

Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel H (Virtual)

Monday July 27, 2026 11:45am - 12:45pm PDT

Zoom @ Humanities and Social Sciences Facility, 2 Hagar Dr, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Monday July 27, 2026 11:45am - 12:45pm PDT
Zoom

Virtual, Graduate Student-Led Workshop

1:00pm PDT

Lunch

Monday July 27, 2026 1:00pm - 1:45pm PDT

Cowell/Stevenson Dining Hall @ 520 Cowell-Stevenson Road, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Monday July 27, 2026 1:00pm - 1:45pm PDT
Cowell/Stevenson Dining Hall 520 Cowell-Stevenson Road, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Everyone, Meal

1:00pm PDT

Talent Show Rehearsal

Monday July 27, 2026 1:00pm - 4:00pm PDT

Stevenson Event Center @ Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Monday July 27, 2026 1:00pm - 4:00pm PDT
Stevenson Event Center

Everyone, Meal

2:00pm PDT

Faculty-Led Graduate Student Seminar A

Monday July 27, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm PDT

Humanities and Social Sciences, room 259 @ Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Monday July 27, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm PDT
Humanities and Social Sciences, room 259

Consortium Members, Graduate Workshop or Seminar

2:00pm PDT

Faculty-Led Graduate Student Seminar B

Monday July 27, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm PDT

Humanities Social Sciences, room 359 @ Humanities and Social Sciences Facility, 2 Hagar Dr, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Monday July 27, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm PDT
Humanities Social Sciences, room 359

Consortium Members, Graduate Workshop or Seminar

2:00pm PDT

Faculty-Led Graduate Student Seminar C

Monday July 27, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm PDT

Cowell room 113 @ Humanities and Social Sciences Facility, 2 Hagar Dr, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Monday July 27, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm PDT
Cowell room 113

Consortium Members, Graduate Workshop or Seminar

2:00pm PDT

Dickensian Seminar A

Monday July 27, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm PDT

Stevenson room 175 @ Humanities and Social Sciences Facility, 2 Hagar Dr, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Monday July 27, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm PDT
Stevenson room 175

Everyone, Dickensian Seminar

2:00pm PDT

Undergraduate Seminar

Monday July 27, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm PDT

Cowell room 132 @ Humanities and Social Sciences Facility, 2 Hagar Dr, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Monday July 27, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm PDT
Cowell room 132

Undergraduates, Undergraduate and High School Student Seminar or Workshop

2:00pm PDT

Dickensian Seminar B (Virtual)

Monday July 27, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm PDT

Zoom @ Humanities and Social Sciences Facility, 2 Hagar Dr, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Monday July 27, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm PDT
Zoom

Virtual, Dickensian Seminar

2:00pm PDT

Film Screening (Repeat of Sunday night's Screening: Why Adapt Dickens?)

Monday July 27, 2026 2:00pm - 4:00pm PDT

Hum & Soc Sci, room 250 @ Humanities and Social Sciences Facility, 2 Hagar Dr, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Kirk Davis remarks: 15 minutes
The Death of Jo (the earliest surviving Dickens film) about 1 minute
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqufG89Jlyc
BH 1959, ep. 9 from 10:51 to 14:43
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqwoitRhFeg&t=10m51s
BH 1985, ep. 6 from 40:10 to 45:09
BH 2005, ep. 11 from 22:50 to 25:23
BH 1959 ep. 1, 2, and 3, skipping end credits of 2 and 3 (about 87 minutes total):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E40kCwelmyo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jue5_nXA4MU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2lsNEMGP78

Monday July 27, 2026 2:00pm - 4:00pm PDT
Hum & Soc Sci, room 250

Everyone, Film Screening

2:00pm PDT

Victorianist Writing Retreat Afternoon Session

Monday July 27, 2026 2:00pm - 5:00pm PDT

Humanities 1, room 210 @ Humanities and Social Sciences Facility, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Monday July 27, 2026 2:00pm - 5:00pm PDT
Humanities 1, room 210

By Registration Only, Field Trips or Special Events

3:00pm PDT

Victorian Tea Presented by the Friends of the Dickens Project

Monday July 27, 2026 3:00pm - 3:45pm PDT

Humanities Plaza @ Humanities and Social Sciences Facility, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Monday July 27, 2026 3:00pm - 3:45pm PDT
Humanities Plaza

Everyone, Reception

4:00pm PDT

Talk: Carolyn Williams (Rutgers University): “The Family Picture Gallery”

Monday July 27, 2026 4:00pm - 5:00pm PDT

Humanities Lecture Hall @ Humanities Lecture Hall, Humanities and Social Sciences Facility, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Speakers, Faculty, & Scholars

Carolyn Williams

Faculty, Rutgers University

Carolyn Williams is Distinguished Professor and Kenneth Burke Chair in English at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ. Before she devoted herself to melodrama – including melodrama as it appears in the novel – she wrote Transfigured World: Walter Pater’s Aesthetic Histo... Read More →

Monday July 27, 2026 4:00pm - 5:00pm PDT
Humanities Lecture Hall

Everyone, Plenary Lecture or Talk

5:15pm PDT

Linoleum Printing Workshop with Bleak House Illustrator Gerry Mooney Registration Required

Monday July 27, 2026 5:15pm - 6:15pm PDT

Humanities and Social Sciences, room 259 @ Humanities Lecture Hall, Humanities and Social Sciences Facility, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Monday July 27, 2026 5:15pm - 6:15pm PDT
Humanities and Social Sciences, room 259

By Registration Only, Field Trips or Special Events

5:15pm PDT

Dickensian Needlepoint

Monday July 27, 2026 5:15pm - 6:15pm PDT

Humanities 1, room 210 @ Humanities and Social Sciences Facility, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Complete the Interest Form here:
https://forms.gle/X2oCGMuamHzfzCbJ7

Monday July 27, 2026 5:15pm - 6:15pm PDT
Humanities 1, room 210

Everyone, Field Trips or Special Events

5:15pm PDT

Teacher Workshop

Monday July 27, 2026 5:15pm - 6:15pm PDT

Hum & Soc Sci, room 250 @ Humanities and Social Sciences Facility, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Monday July 27, 2026 5:15pm - 6:15pm PDT
Hum & Soc Sci, room 250

Everyone, Undergraduate and High School Student Seminar or Workshop

5:15pm PDT

Victorian Dance Lesson

Monday July 27, 2026 5:15pm - 6:15pm PDT

Stevenson Event Center @ Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Monday July 27, 2026 5:15pm - 6:15pm PDT
Stevenson Event Center

Everyone, Field Trips or Special Events

5:15pm PDT

Undergraduate Writing Workshop

Monday July 27, 2026 5:15pm - 6:15pm PDT

Humanities Social Sciences, room 359 @ Humanities and Social Sciences Facility, 2 Hagar Dr, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Monday July 27, 2026 5:15pm - 6:15pm PDT
Humanities Social Sciences, room 359

Undergraduates, Undergraduate and High School Student Seminar or Workshop

6:15pm PDT

Dinner

Monday July 27, 2026 6:15pm - 7:00pm PDT

Cowell/Stevenson Dining Hall @ 520 Cowell-Stevenson Road, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Monday July 27, 2026 6:15pm - 7:00pm PDT
Cowell/Stevenson Dining Hall 520 Cowell-Stevenson Road, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Everyone, Meal

7:00pm PDT

Post-Prandial Potations, Dickens Project T-shirt and Book Sale, and Silent Auction

Monday July 27, 2026 7:00pm - 7:45pm PDT

Humanities Plaza @ 520 Cowell-Stevenson Road, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Monday July 27, 2026 7:00pm - 7:45pm PDT
Humanities Plaza

Everyone, Reception

7:45pm PDT

Lecture: Adam Abraham (University of Miami): “Dickens in Chancery”

Monday July 27, 2026 7:45pm - 9:00pm PDT

Humanities Lecture Hall @ Humanities Lecture Hall, Humanities and Social Sciences Facility, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Speakers, Faculty, & Scholars

Adam Abraham

Faculty, University of Miami

Adam Abraham earned a doctoral degree in English at the University of Oxford. He is the author of three books: Attack of the Monster Musical: A Cultural History of Little Shop of Horrors (Bloomsbury), Plagiarizing the Victorian Novel: Imitation, Parody, Aftertext (Cambridge... Read More →

Monday July 27, 2026 7:45pm - 9:00pm PDT
Humanities Lecture Hall

Everyone, Plenary Lecture or Talk

9:15pm PDT

Film Screening with Introduction by Kirk Davis: "Dickens Living in Color"

Monday July 27, 2026 9:15pm - 11:15pm PDT

Humanities Lecture Hall @ Humanities Lecture Hall, Humanities and Social Sciences Facility, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Kirk Davis remarks: 5 minutes:
BH 1985 ep. 1 0:00 to 8:45
Kirk remarks: 3 minutes
BH 1985 ep. 3 and 4 in their entirety, skipping the end credits of ep. 4. (about 104 minutes)

Monday July 27, 2026 9:15pm - 11:15pm PDT
Humanities Lecture Hall

Everyone, Film Screening

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