Dickens Universe 2026

Dickens Universe 2026

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8:00am PDT

Breakfast

Friday July 31, 2026 8:00am - 8:45am PDT

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

Friday July 31, 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

Friday July 31, 2026 8:15am - 10:15am PDT

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

Friday July 31, 2026 8:15am - 10:15am PDT
Humanities Plaza

Everyone, Meal

9:00am PDT

Victorianist Writing Retreat Morning Session A

Friday July 31, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am PDT

Humanities 1, room 545 @ 520 Cowell-Stevenson Road, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Friday July 31, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am PDT
Humanities 1, room 545

By Registration Only, Field Trips or Special Events

9:00am PDT

Victorianist Writing Retreat Morning Session B

Friday July 31, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am PDT

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

Friday July 31, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am PDT
TBA

By Registration Only, Field Trips or Special Events

9:00am PDT

Faculty-Led Contextual Discussion Group A

Friday July 31, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am PDT

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

Friday July 31, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am PDT
Humanities 1, room 210

Everyone, Faculty-Led Discussion

9:00am PDT

Faculty-Led Contextual Discussion Group B

Friday July 31, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am PDT

Humanities 1, room 620 @ Humanities and Social Sciences Facility, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Friday July 31, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am PDT
Humanities 1, room 620

Everyone, Faculty-Led Discussion

9:00am PDT

Faculty-Led Contextual Discussion Group C

Friday July 31, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am PDT

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

Friday July 31, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am PDT
Humanities Social Sciences, room 359

Everyone, Faculty-Led Discussion

9:00am PDT

Faculty-led Contextual Discussion Groups D

Friday July 31, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am PDT

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

Friday July 31, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am PDT
Zoom

Virtual, Dickensian Seminar

10:15am PDT

Panel Discussion with Miriam Margoyles (actress), Helena Michie (Rice University), and Rebecca Stern (University of South Carolina)

Friday July 31, 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

Helena Michie

Teacher and Author, Rice University

Helena Michie, a Guggenheim and National Endowment for the Humanities fellow, teaches Victorian literature and feminist theory at Rice University. Author of five books on Victorian studies and gender, including the award-winning Love Among the Archives, she is currently developin... Read More →

Miriam Margolyes

Actor and Memoirist

Miriam Margolyes is an award‑winning actress and memoirist known for her vivid character work on stage and screen, including her role as Professor Sprout in the Harry Potter films. A longtime friend of the Dickens Project, she has performed and recorded numerous Dickensian characters and brought Victorian literature to audiences worldwide... Read More →

Rebecca Stern

Associate Professor of English, University of South Carolina

Rebecca Stern is Associate Professor of English at the University of South Carolina. She is working on her second monograph, Forming: Deep Time and Aesthetic Form in Nineteenth-Century Britain... Read More →

Friday July 31, 2026 10:15am - 11:30am PDT
Humanities Lecture Hall

Everyone, Plenary Lecture or Talk

11:45am PDT

Faculty Seminar

Friday July 31, 2026 11:45am - 12:45pm PDT

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

Friday July 31, 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

Friday July 31, 2026 11:45am - 12:45pm PDT

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

Friday July 31, 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

Friday July 31, 2026 11:45am - 12:45pm PDT

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

Friday July 31, 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

Friday July 31, 2026 11:45am - 12:45pm PDT

Humanities 1, room 545 @ Humanities and Social Sciences Facility, 2 Hagar Dr, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Friday July 31, 2026 11:45am - 12:45pm PDT
Humanities 1, room 545

Everyone, Graduate Student-Led Workshop

11:45am PDT

Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel D

Friday July 31, 2026 11:45am - 12:45pm PDT

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

Friday July 31, 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

Friday July 31, 2026 11:45am - 12:45pm PDT

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

Friday July 31, 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

Friday July 31, 2026 11:45am - 12:45pm PDT

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

Friday July 31, 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

Friday July 31, 2026 11:45am - 12:45pm PDT

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

Friday July 31, 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)

Friday July 31, 2026 11:45am - 12:45pm PDT

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

Friday July 31, 2026 11:45am - 12:45pm PDT
Zoom

Virtual, Graduate Student-Led Workshop

1:00pm PDT

Road Scholars Lunch

Friday July 31, 2026 1:00pm - 1:45pm PDT

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

Friday July 31, 2026 1:00pm - 1:45pm PDT
Stevenson Patio

By Registration Only, Meal

1:00pm PDT

Lunch

Friday July 31, 2026 1:00pm - 1:45pm PDT

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

Friday July 31, 2026 1:00pm - 1:45pm PDT
Cowell/Stevenson Dining Hall 520 Cowell-Stevenson Road, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Everyone, Meal

2:00pm PDT

Dickensian Seminar A

Friday July 31, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm PDT

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

Friday July 31, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm PDT
TBA

Everyone, Dickensian Seminar

2:00pm PDT

Dickensian Seminar B (Virtual)

Friday July 31, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm PDT

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

Friday July 31, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm PDT
Zoom

Virtual, Dickensian Seminar

2:00pm PDT

Victorianist Writing Retreat Afternoon Session

Friday July 31, 2026 2:00pm - 5:00pm PDT

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

Friday July 31, 2026 2:00pm - 5:00pm PDT
Humanities 1, room 210

By Registration Only, Field Trips or Special Events

3:30pm PDT

Fireside Chat with John O. Jordan (UC Santa Cruz), Renée Fox (UC Santa Cruz)

Friday July 31, 2026 3:30pm - 4:30pm PDT

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

Speakers, Faculty, & Scholars

John Jordan

Research Professor of Literature, UC Santa Cruz

John O. Jordan is a research professor of literature at the University of California, Santa Cruz and the Co-Director of the Dickens Project. His primary research interests include Victorian literature and culture, Charles Dickens and narrative theory. John is the author of Supp... Read More →

Friday July 31, 2026 3:30pm - 4:30pm PDT
Humanities Lecture Hall

Everyone, Plenary Lecture or Talk

5:00pm PDT

Early Dinner

Friday July 31, 2026 5:00pm - 5:45pm PDT

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

Friday July 31, 2026 5:00pm - 5:45pm PDT
Cowell/Stevenson Dining Hall 520 Cowell-Stevenson Road, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Everyone, Meal

6:00pm PDT

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

Friday July 31, 2026 6:00pm - 7:00pm PDT

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

Friday July 31, 2026 6:00pm - 7:00pm PDT
Stevenson Plaza

Everyone, Meal

7:00pm PDT

Friends of the Dickens Project Fundraising Auction

Friday July 31, 2026 7:00pm - 8:00pm PDT

Stevenson Event Center @ Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Friday July 31, 2026 7:00pm - 8:00pm PDT
Stevenson Event Center

Everyone, Field Trips or Special Events

8:00pm PDT

Announcement of the 2027 novel. Copies will be available for sale.

Friday July 31, 2026 8:00pm - 8:20pm PDT

Stevenson Plaza @ Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Friday July 31, 2026 8:00pm - 8:20pm PDT
Stevenson Plaza

Everyone, Field Trips or Special Events

8:30pm PDT

Victorian Dance

Friday July 31, 2026 8:30pm - 11:00pm PDT

Stevenson Event Center @ Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Friday July 31, 2026 8:30pm - 11:00pm PDT
Stevenson Event Center

Everyone, Field Trips or Special Events

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