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Faculty and Graduate Students Check-In and Registration 2:00pm - 5:00pm

Welcome Dinner 5:30pm - 7:30pm

Orientation for Faculty and Graduate Students 7:30pm - 9:00pm

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Lecture: Beth Newman (Southern Methodist University): “Bleak House‘s Fixations” 7:45pm - 9:00pm

Film Screening 9:15pm - 11:15pm

Post-Prandial Potations (Refreshments) 7:00pm - 7:45pm

Universe Participants Check-In and Registration 2:00pm - 5:00pm

Road Scholar and First-Timer Orientation 5:15pm - 6:00pm

Consortium Graduate Student Meeting 8:45am - 10:00am

Consortium Faculty Planning Meeting 8:45am - 10:00am

Morning Coffee and Pastries 10:00am - 10:30am

Plenary Meeting of Faculty and Graduate Students 10:30am - 12:00pm

Executive Committee Meeting 2:00pm - 3:00pm

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Lecture: Barbara Leckie (Carleton University): “How to Begin: Reading Bleak Hous... 10:15am - 11:30am

Talk: Carolyn Williams (Rutgers University): “The Family Picture... 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Lecture: Adam Abraham (University of Miami): “Dickens in Chancery” 7:45pm - 9:00pm

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Morning Coffee and Tea Service 8:15am - 10:15am

Victorian Tea Presented by the Friends of the Di... 3:00pm - 3:45pm

Post-Prandial Potations, Dickens Project T-shirt... 7:00pm - 7:45pm

Victorian Dance Lesson 5:15pm - 6:15pm

Victorianist Writing Retreat Morning Session 9:00am - 10:00am

Graduate Student Presentation Workshop 9:00am - 10:00am

Faculty-Led Contextual Discussion Group C 9:00am - 10:00am

Graduate Student Writing Workshop 9:00am - 10:00am

Faculty-Led Contextual Discussion Group B 9:00am - 10:00am

Faculty-Led Contextual Discussion Group A 9:00am - 10:00am

Graduate Student Publication Workshop 9:00am - 10:00am

Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel B 11:45am - 12:45pm

Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel E 11:45am - 12:45pm

Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel F 11:45am - 12:45pm

Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel D 11:45am - 12:45pm

Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel C 11:45am - 12:45pm

Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel A 11:45am - 12:45pm

Faculty Seminar 11:45am - 12:45pm

Faculty-Led Graduate Student Seminar C 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Victorianist Writing Retreat Afternoon Session 2:00pm - 5:00pm

Dickensian Seminar A 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Faculty-Led Graduate Student Seminar B 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Undergraduate Seminar 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Faculty-Led Graduate Student Seminar A 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Film Screening (Repeat of Sunday night's Screening) 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Undergraduate Writing Workshop 5:15pm - 6:15pm

Linoleum Printing Workshop with Bleak House Illustrator Gerry Mo... 5:15pm - 6:15pm

Dickensian Needlepoint 5:15pm - 6:15pm

Teacher Workshop 5:15pm - 6:15pm

Faculty-Led Contextual Discussion Group D 9:00am - 10:00am

Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel G (Virtual) 11:45am - 12:45pm

Dickensian Seminar B (Virtual) 2:00pm - 3:00pm

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Lecture: Talia Schaffer (Queens College and The Graduate Center, CUNY): “Startin... 10:15am - 11:30am

Talk: John O. Jordan (UC Santa Cruz & the Dickens Project): “Rev... 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Lecture: Hilary Schor (University of Southern California): “The Clerk’s Tale” 7:45pm - 9:00pm

Film Screening TBA 9:15pm - 11:15pm

Morning Coffee and Tea Service 8:15am - 10:15am

Victorian Tea Presented by the Friends of the Di... 3:00pm - 3:45pm

Post-Prandial Potations, Dickens Project T-shirt... 7:00pm - 7:45pm

Victorian Dance Lesson 5:15pm - 6:15pm

Faculty-Led Contextual Discussion Group A 9:00am - 10:00am

Victorianist Writing Retreat Morning Session 9:00am - 10:00am

Graduate Student Presentation Workshop 9:00am - 10:00am

Graduate Student Publication Workshop 9:00am - 10:00am

Faculty-Led Contextual Discussion Group B 9:00am - 10:00am

Faculty-Led Contextual Discussion Group C 9:00am - 10:00am

Graduate Student Writing Workshop 9:00am - 10:00am

Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel F 11:45am - 12:45pm

Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel D 11:45am - 12:45pm

Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel A 11:45am - 12:45pm

Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel B 11:45am - 12:45pm

Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel C 11:45am - 12:45pm

Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel E 11:45am - 12:45pm

Faculty Seminar 11:45am - 12:45pm

Repeat Film Screening (repeat of Monday night’s screening) 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Faculty-Led Graduate Student Seminar A 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Undergraduate Seminar 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Dickensian Seminar A 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Victorianist Writing Retreat Afternoon Session 2:00pm - 5:00pm

Faculty-Led Graduate Student Seminar C 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Faculty-Led Graduate Student Seminar B 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Dickensian Needlepoint 5:15pm - 6:15pm

Linoleum Printing Workshop with Bleak House Illustrator Gerry Mo... 5:15pm - 6:15pm

Undergraduate Writing Workshop 5:15pm - 6:15pm

Faculty-Led Contextual Discussion Group D (Virtual) 9:00am - 10:00am

Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel G (virtual) 11:45am - 12:45pm

Dickensian Seminar B (Virtual) 2:00pm - 3:00pm

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Talk: Sara Hackenberg (San Francisco State University): “Transfo... 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Early Film Screening: TBA 7:15pm - 9:15pm

Morning Coffee and Tea Service 8:15am - 10:15am

Victorian Tea Presented by the Friends of the Di... 3:00pm - 3:45pm

Victorian Dance Lesson 5:15pm - 6:15pm

Faculty-Led Contextual Discussion Group B 9:00am - 10:00am

Faculty-Led Contextual Discussion Group A 9:00am - 10:00am

Graduate Student Publication Workshop 9:00am - 10:00am

Graduate Student Writing Workshop 9:00am - 10:00am

Faculty-Led Contextual Discussion Group C 9:00am - 10:00am

Graduate Student Presentation Workshop 9:00am - 10:00am

Victorianist Writing Retreat Morning Session 9:00am - 10:00am

Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel B 11:45am - 12:45pm

Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel D 11:45am - 12:45pm

Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel E 11:45am - 12:45pm

Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel C 11:45am - 12:45pm

Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel A 11:45am - 12:45pm

Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel F 11:45am - 12:45pm

Faculty Seminar 11:45am - 12:45pm

Graduate Professionalization Seminar B: TBA 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Repeat Film Screening (repeat of Wednesday night’s screening) 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Victorianist Writing Retreat Afternoon Session 2:00pm - 5:00pm

Undergraduate Seminar 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Graduate Professionalization Seminar A: TBA 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Graduate Professionalization Seminar C: TBA 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Dickensian Seminar A 2:00pm - 3:00pm

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Undergraduate Writing Workshop 5:15pm - 6:15pm

Linoleum Printing Workshop with Bleak House Illustrator Gerry Mo... 5:15pm - 6:15pm

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Faculty-Led Contextual Discussion Group D (Virtual) 9:00am - 10:00am

Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel G (virtual) 11:45am - 12:45pm

Dickensian Seminar B (Virtual) 2:00pm - 3:00pm

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Lecture: Amy Wong (Dominican University of California): “China’s Bleak House“ 10:15am - 11:30am

Screening of "Havisham!" Ballet Performance 4:00pm - 5:15pm

Talk: Logan Browning (Rice University), “Unlocking Tulkinghorn’s... 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Morning Coffee and Tea Service 8:15am - 10:15am

Victorian Tea Presented by the Friends of the Di... 3:00pm - 3:45pm

Victorian Dance Lesson 5:15pm - 6:15pm

Entertainment: Dickensian Talent Show 7:45pm - 9:00pm

Post-Prandial Potations 7:00pm - 7:45pm

Faculty-Led Contextual Discussion Group C 9:00am - 10:00am

Faculty-Led Contextual Discussion Group B 9:00am - 10:00am

Graduate Student Presentation Workshop 9:00am - 10:00am

Graduate Student Writing Workshop 9:00am - 10:00am

Victorianist Writing Retreat Morning Session 9:00am - 10:00am

Faculty-Led Contextual Discussion Group A 9:00am - 10:00am

Graduate Student Publication Workshop 9:00am - 10:00am

Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel F 11:45am - 12:45pm

Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel E 11:45am - 12:45pm

Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel A 11:45am - 12:45pm

Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel C 11:45am - 12:45pm

Faculty Seminar 11:45am - 12:45pm

Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel D 11:45am - 12:45pm

Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel B 11:45am - 12:45pm

Faculty-Led Graduate Student Seminar A 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Faculty-Led Graduate Student Seminar B 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Repeat Film Screening (repeat of Wednesday night’s screening) 2:00pm - 3:45pm

Undergraduate Seminar 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Faculty-Led Graduate Student Seminar C 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Dickensian Seminar A 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Victorianist Writing Retreat Afternoon Session 2:00pm - 5:00pm

Dickensian Needlepoint 5:15pm - 6:15pm

Linoleum Printing Workshop with Bleak House Illustrator Gerry Mo... 5:15pm - 6:15pm

Grand Party, to which everyone is invited (hosted by the Friends) 9:00pm - 10:30pm

Faculty-Led Contextual Discussion Group D (Virtual) 9:00am - 10:00am

Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel G (virtual) 11:45am - 12:45pm

Dickensian Seminar B (Virtual) 2:00pm - 3:00pm

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Early Dinner 5:00pm - 5:45pm

Fireside Chat with John O. Jordan (UC Santa Cruz), Renée Fox (UC... 3:30pm - 4:30pm

Morning Coffee and Tea Service 8:15am - 10:15am

Friends of the Dickens Project Fundraising Auction 7:00pm - 8:00pm

Victorian Dance 8:30pm - 11:00pm

Early Post-Prandial Potations, Dickens Project T-shirt and Book... 6:00pm - 7:00pm

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