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Sunday, July 26
 

2:00pm PDT

Universe Participants Check-In and Registration
Sunday July 26, 2026 2:00pm - 5:00pm PDT
Stevenson Circle
Sunday July 26, 2026 2:00pm - 5:00pm PDT
Stevenson Circle
  Everyone, Check-In and Registration

5:15pm PDT

Road Scholar and First-Timer Orientation
Sunday July 26, 2026 5:15pm - 6:00pm PDT
Stevenson Event Center @ Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
Sunday July 26, 2026 5:15pm - 6:00pm PDT
Stevenson Event Center
  Everyone, Orientation

6:15pm PDT

Dinner
Sunday July 26, 2026 6:15pm - 7:00pm PDT
Cowell/Stevenson Dining Hall @ 520 Cowell-Stevenson Road, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
Sunday July 26, 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 (Refreshments)
Sunday July 26, 2026 7:00pm - 7:45pm PDT
Humanities Plaza @ 520 Cowell-Stevenson Road, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
Sunday July 26, 2026 7:00pm - 7:45pm PDT
Humanities Plaza
  Everyone, Reception

7:45pm PDT

Lecture: Beth Newman (Southern Methodist University): “Bleak House‘s Fixations”
Sunday July 26, 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
avatar for Beth Newman

Beth Newman

Associate Professor of Literature, Southern Methodist University
Beth Newman is Professor Emerita at Southern Methodist University. Her book Subjects on Display: Psychoanalysis, Social Expectation, and Victorian Femininity was published by Ohio University Press in 2004, and she has published articles in Victorian Studies, PMLA, NOVEL, Vict... Read More →
Sunday July 26, 2026 7:45pm - 9:00pm PDT
Humanities Lecture Hall
  Everyone, Plenary Lecture or Talk

9:15pm PDT

Film Screening with Introduction by Kirk Davis: Why Adapt Dickens?
Sunday July 26, 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: 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
Sunday July 26, 2026 9:15pm - 11:15pm PDT
Humanities Lecture Hall
  Everyone, Film Screening
 
Monday, July 27
 

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

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
avatar for Barbara Leckie

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

Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel A
Monday July 27, 2026 11:45am - 12:45pm PDT
Humanities and Social Sciences, room 259 @ Humanities Lecture Hall, 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

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

Dickensian Seminar A
Monday July 27, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm PDT
Stevenson room 175 @ Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

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

3:00pm PDT

Victorian Tea Presented by the Friends of the Dickens Project
Monday July 27, 2026 3:00pm - 3:45pm PDT
Humanities Plaza @ 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
avatar for Carolyn Williams

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

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

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
avatar for Adam Abraham

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
 
Tuesday, July 28
 

8:00am PDT

Breakfast
Tuesday July 28, 2026 8:00am - 8:45am PDT
Cowell/Stevenson Dining Hall @ 520 Cowell-Stevenson Road, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
Tuesday July 28, 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
Tuesday July 28, 2026 8:15am - 10:15am PDT
Humanities Plaza @ 520 Cowell-Stevenson Road, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
Tuesday July 28, 2026 8:15am - 10:15am PDT
Humanities Plaza
  Everyone, Meal

9:00am PDT

Faculty-Led Contextual Discussion Group A
Tuesday July 28, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am PDT
Humanities 1, room 210 @ Humanities and Social Sciences Facility, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Tuesday July 28, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am PDT
Humanities 1, room 210
  Everyone, Faculty-Led Discussion

9:00am PDT

Faculty-Led Contextual Discussion Group B
Tuesday July 28, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am PDT
Humanities and Social Sciences, room 259 @ Humanities and Social Sciences Facility, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Tuesday July 28, 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
Tuesday July 28, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am PDT
Humanities Social Sciences, room 359 @ Humanities and Social Sciences Facility, 2 Hagar Dr, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Tuesday July 28, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am PDT
Humanities Social Sciences, room 359
  Everyone, Faculty-Led Discussion

10:15am PDT

Lecture: Talia Schaffer (Queens College and The Graduate Center, CUNY): “Starting with Service: Phil, Esther, and the Shape of Character in Bleak House“
Tuesday July 28, 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
avatar for Talia Schaffer

Talia Schaffer

Faculty, Queens College, CUNY
Talia Schaffer is a Distinguished Professor of English at Queens College, CUNY and the Graduate Center, CUNY, whose work focuses on gender, disability, care, and domesticity in Victorian fiction. Her books include Communities of Care: The Social Ethics of Victorian Fiction, (Pr... Read More →
Tuesday July 28, 2026 10:15am - 11:30am PDT
Humanities Lecture Hall
  Everyone, Plenary Lecture or Talk

11:45am PDT

Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel A
Tuesday July 28, 2026 11:45am - 12:45pm PDT
Humanities and Social Sciences, room 259 @ Humanities Lecture Hall, Humanities and Social Sciences Facility, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Tuesday July 28, 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
Tuesday July 28, 2026 11:45am - 12:45pm PDT
Humanities Social Sciences, room 359 @ Humanities and Social Sciences Facility, 2 Hagar Dr, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Tuesday July 28, 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
Tuesday July 28, 2026 11:45am - 12:45pm PDT
Cowell room 113 @ Humanities and Social Sciences Facility, 2 Hagar Dr, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Tuesday July 28, 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
Tuesday July 28, 2026 11:45am - 12:45pm PDT
Cowell room 132 @ Humanities and Social Sciences Facility, 2 Hagar Dr, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Tuesday July 28, 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
Tuesday July 28, 2026 11:45am - 12:45pm PDT
Stevenson room 151 @ Humanities and Social Sciences Facility, 2 Hagar Dr, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Tuesday July 28, 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
Tuesday July 28, 2026 11:45am - 12:45pm PDT
Stevenson room 152 @ Humanities and Social Sciences Facility, 2 Hagar Dr, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Tuesday July 28, 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
Tuesday July 28, 2026 11:45am - 12:45pm PDT
Stevenson room 175 @ Humanities and Social Sciences Facility, 2 Hagar Dr, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Tuesday July 28, 2026 11:45am - 12:45pm PDT
Stevenson room 175
  Everyone, Graduate Student-Led Workshop

1:00pm PDT

Lunch
Tuesday July 28, 2026 1:00pm - 1:45pm PDT
Cowell/Stevenson Dining Hall @ 520 Cowell-Stevenson Road, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
Tuesday July 28, 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
Tuesday July 28, 2026 1:00pm - 4:00pm PDT
Stevenson Event Center @ Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Tuesday July 28, 2026 1:00pm - 4:00pm PDT
Stevenson Event Center
  Everyone, Meal

2:00pm PDT

Dickensian Seminar A
Tuesday July 28, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm PDT
Stevenson room 175 @ Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Tuesday July 28, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm PDT
Stevenson room 175
  Everyone, Dickensian Seminar

2:00pm PDT

Film Screening (Repeat of Monday night’s screening: "Dickens Living in Color")
Tuesday July 28, 2026 2:00pm - 4:00pm PDT
Hum & Soc Sci, room 250 @ 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)
Tuesday July 28, 2026 2:00pm - 4:00pm PDT
Hum & Soc Sci, room 250
  Everyone, Film Screening

2:00pm PDT

Hike through the Redwoods with Mark Gordon
Tuesday July 28, 2026 2:00pm - 4:00pm PDT
Cowell College Circle @ Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Tuesday July 28, 2026 2:00pm - 4:00pm PDT
Cowell College Circle
  Everyone, Film Screening

3:00pm PDT

Victorian Tea Presented by the Friends of the Dickens Project
Tuesday July 28, 2026 3:00pm - 3:45pm PDT
Humanities Plaza @ Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Tuesday July 28, 2026 3:00pm - 3:45pm PDT
Humanities Plaza
  Everyone, Reception

4:00pm PDT

Talk: John O. Jordan (UC Santa Cruz & the Dickens Project): “Revisiting Supposing“
Tuesday July 28, 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
avatar for John O. Jordan

John O. 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 →
Tuesday July 28, 2026 4:00pm - 5:00pm PDT
Humanities Lecture Hall
  Everyone, Plenary Lecture or Talk

5:15pm PDT

Dickensian Needlepoint
Tuesday July 28, 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
Tuesday July 28, 2026 5:15pm - 6:15pm PDT
Humanities 1, room 210
  Everyone, Field Trips or Special Events

5:15pm PDT

Victorian Dance Lesson
Tuesday July 28, 2026 5:15pm - 6:15pm PDT
Stevenson Event Center @ Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
Tuesday July 28, 2026 5:15pm - 6:15pm PDT
Stevenson Event Center
  Everyone, Field Trips or Special Events

6:15pm PDT

Dinner
Tuesday July 28, 2026 6:15pm - 7:00pm PDT
Cowell/Stevenson Dining Hall @ 520 Cowell-Stevenson Road, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
Tuesday July 28, 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
Tuesday July 28, 2026 7:00pm - 7:45pm PDT
Humanities Plaza @ 520 Cowell-Stevenson Road, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Tuesday July 28, 2026 7:00pm - 7:45pm PDT
Humanities Plaza
  Everyone, Meal

7:45pm PDT

Lecture: Hilary Schor (University of Southern California): “The Clerk’s Tale”
Tuesday July 28, 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
avatar for Hilary Schor

Hilary Schor

Faculty, University of Southern California
Hilary Schor is a Professor of English, Comparative Literature, and Law at the University of Southern California, where she co-directs the Center for Law, History, and Culture. A specialist in Victorian literature, contemporary fiction, and feminist theory, her research examines the intersections... Read More →
Tuesday July 28, 2026 7:45pm - 9:00pm PDT
Humanities Lecture Hall
  Everyone, Plenary Lecture or Talk

9:15pm PDT

Film Screening with Introduction by Kirk Davis: "Where's Esther's Doll?"
Tuesday July 28, 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
Bleak House 2005 ep. 1, 0:00 until  6:18
Kirk Dais remarks: 10 minutes
Bleak House 2005  ep. 10, 11, and 12, skipping end credits of 11 and 12) (about 90 minutes)
Tuesday July 28, 2026 9:15pm - 11:15pm PDT
Humanities Lecture Hall
  Everyone, Film Screening
 
Wednesday, July 29
 

8:00am PDT

Breakfast
Wednesday July 29, 2026 8:00am - 8:45am PDT
Cowell/Stevenson Dining Hall @ 520 Cowell-Stevenson Road, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
Wednesday July 29, 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
Wednesday July 29, 2026 8:15am - 10:15am PDT
Humanities Plaza @ 520 Cowell-Stevenson Road, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
Wednesday July 29, 2026 8:15am - 10:15am PDT
Humanities Plaza
  Everyone, Meal

9:00am PDT

Faculty-Led Contextual Discussion Group A
Wednesday July 29, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am PDT
Humanities 1, room 210 @ Humanities and Social Sciences Facility, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Wednesday July 29, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am PDT
Humanities 1, room 210
  Everyone, Faculty-Led Discussion

9:00am PDT

Faculty-Led Contextual Discussion Group B
Wednesday July 29, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am PDT
Humanities and Social Sciences, room 259 @ Humanities and Social Sciences Facility, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Wednesday July 29, 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
Wednesday July 29, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am PDT
Humanities Social Sciences, room 359 @ Humanities and Social Sciences Facility, 2 Hagar Dr, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Wednesday July 29, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am PDT
Humanities Social Sciences, room 359
  Everyone, Faculty-Led Discussion

10:15am PDT

Lecture: Sophia Hsu (Lehman College, CUNY): “On Counting and Not Counting Populations”
Wednesday July 29, 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
avatar for Sophia Hsu

Sophia Hsu

Faculty, Lehmann College, CUNY
Sophia Hsu is Associate Professor of English at Lehman College, CUNY. Her research and teaching cover such topics as nineteenth-century British literature, the novel, race, population, and the medical humanities. She also co-edits the journal Dickens Studies Annual and co-dire... Read More →
Wednesday July 29, 2026 10:15am - 11:30am PDT
Humanities Lecture Hall
  Everyone, Plenary Lecture or Talk

11:45am PDT

Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel A
Wednesday July 29, 2026 11:45am - 12:45pm PDT
Humanities and Social Sciences, room 259 @ Humanities Lecture Hall, Humanities and Social Sciences Facility, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Wednesday July 29, 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
Wednesday July 29, 2026 11:45am - 12:45pm PDT
Humanities Social Sciences, room 359 @ Humanities and Social Sciences Facility, 2 Hagar Dr, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Wednesday July 29, 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
Wednesday July 29, 2026 11:45am - 12:45pm PDT
Cowell room 113 @ Humanities and Social Sciences Facility, 2 Hagar Dr, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Wednesday July 29, 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
Wednesday July 29, 2026 11:45am - 12:45pm PDT
Cowell room 132 @ Humanities and Social Sciences Facility, 2 Hagar Dr, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Wednesday July 29, 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
Wednesday July 29, 2026 11:45am - 12:45pm PDT
Stevenson room 151 @ Humanities and Social Sciences Facility, 2 Hagar Dr, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Wednesday July 29, 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
Wednesday July 29, 2026 11:45am - 12:45pm PDT
Stevenson room 152 @ Humanities and Social Sciences Facility, 2 Hagar Dr, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Wednesday July 29, 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
Wednesday July 29, 2026 11:45am - 12:45pm PDT
Stevenson room 175 @ Humanities and Social Sciences Facility, 2 Hagar Dr, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Wednesday July 29, 2026 11:45am - 12:45pm PDT
Stevenson room 175
  Everyone, Graduate Student-Led Workshop

1:00pm PDT

Lunch
Wednesday July 29, 2026 1:00pm - 1:45pm PDT
Cowell/Stevenson Dining Hall @ 520 Cowell-Stevenson Road, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
Wednesday July 29, 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
Wednesday July 29, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm PDT
Stevenson room 175 @ 520 Cowell-Stevenson Road, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Wednesday July 29, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm PDT
Stevenson room 175
  Everyone, Dickensian Seminar

2:00pm PDT

Film Screening (Repeat of Tuesday night’s screening: "Where's Esther's Doll?")
Wednesday July 29, 2026 2:00pm - 4:00pm PDT
Hum & Soc Sci, room 250 @ 520 Cowell-Stevenson Road, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
Kirk Davis remarks: 5 minutes
Bleak House 2005 ep. 1, 0:00 until  6:18
Kirk Dais remarks: 10 minutes
Bleak House 2005  ep. 10, 11, and 12, skipping end credits of 11 and 12) (about 90 minutes)
Wednesday July 29, 2026 2:00pm - 4:00pm PDT
Hum & Soc Sci, room 250
  Everyone, Film Screening

3:00pm PDT

Victorian Tea Presented by the Friends of the Dickens Project
Wednesday July 29, 2026 3:00pm - 3:45pm PDT
Humanities Plaza @ 520 Cowell-Stevenson Road, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Wednesday July 29, 2026 3:00pm - 3:45pm PDT
Humanities Plaza
  Everyone, Reception

4:00pm PDT

Talk: Sara Hackenberg (San Francisco State University): “Transforming Bleak House: The Bondwoman’s Narrative and Other Fanfics”
Wednesday July 29, 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
avatar for Sara Hackenberg

Sara Hackenberg

Faculty, San Francisco State University
Sara Hackenberg is Professor of English at San Francisco State University and has published on penny fiction, popular transatlantic serial novels, early film serials, and Victorian visual culture. Her forthcoming monograph The Mysteries of Modern Life: Mystery Fiction, Popular ... Read More →
Wednesday July 29, 2026 4:00pm - 5:00pm PDT
Humanities Lecture Hall
  Everyone, Plenary Lecture or Talk

5:15pm PDT

Dickensian Needlepoint
Wednesday July 29, 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
Wednesday July 29, 2026 5:15pm - 6:15pm PDT
Humanities 1, room 210
  Everyone, Field Trips or Special Events

5:15pm PDT

Victorian Dance Lesson
Wednesday July 29, 2026 5:15pm - 6:15pm PDT
Stevenson Event Center @ Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
Wednesday July 29, 2026 5:15pm - 6:15pm PDT
Stevenson Event Center
  Everyone, Field Trips or Special Events

6:15pm PDT

Dinner
Wednesday July 29, 2026 6:15pm - 7:00pm PDT
Cowell/Stevenson Dining Hall @ 520 Cowell-Stevenson Road, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
Wednesday July 29, 2026 6:15pm - 7:00pm PDT
Cowell/Stevenson Dining Hall 520 Cowell-Stevenson Road, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
  Everyone, Meal

7:15pm PDT

Early Film Screening with Introduction by Kirk Davis: "The Endings"
Wednesday July 29, 2026 7:15pm - 9:15pm PDT
Humanities Lecture Hall @ Humanities Lecture Hall, Humanities and Social Sciences Facility, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
Kirk Davis remarks: 5 minutes
Bleak House 1959 ep.11: 28:52 to end (about 5 minutes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCzlhJxj-QI&t=28m52s
Bleak House 1985 (final) ep.8: 41:15 to end (about 11 minutes)
Bleak House 2005 ep.13, 14, 15 (skipping credits on 13 and 14) about 90 minutes.
Wednesday July 29, 2026 7:15pm - 9:15pm PDT
Humanities Lecture Hall
  Everyone, Film Screening

7:15pm PDT

Folk Song Sing-Along with Gene Kirkham
Wednesday July 29, 2026 7:15pm - 9:30pm PDT
Stevenson Event Center @ Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
Kirk Davis remarks: 5 minutes
Bleak House 1959 ep.11: 28:52 to end (about 5 minutes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCzlhJxj-QI&t=28m52s
Bleak House 1985 (final) ep.8: 41:15 to end (about 11 minutes)
Bleak House 2005 ep.13, 14, 15 (skipping credits on 13 and 14) about 90 minutes.
Wednesday July 29, 2026 7:15pm - 9:30pm PDT
Stevenson Event Center
  Everyone, Film Screening

7:15pm PDT

Free Time
Wednesday July 29, 2026 7:15pm - 11:00pm PDT
TBA @ Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
Wednesday July 29, 2026 7:15pm - 11:00pm PDT
TBA
  Everyone, Free Time
 
Thursday, July 30
 

8:00am PDT

Breakfast
Thursday July 30, 2026 8:00am - 8:45am PDT
Cowell/Stevenson Dining Hall @ 520 Cowell-Stevenson Road, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
Thursday July 30, 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
Thursday July 30, 2026 8:15am - 10:15am PDT
Humanities Plaza @ 520 Cowell-Stevenson Road, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
Thursday July 30, 2026 8:15am - 10:15am PDT
Humanities Plaza
  Everyone, Meal

10:15am PDT

Lecture: Amy Wong (Dominican University of California): “China’s Bleak House“
Thursday July 30, 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
avatar for Amy Wong

Amy Wong

Faculty, Dominican University of California
Amy R. Wong, is an Associate Professor of English at Dominican University of California. Her first book, Refiguring Speech: Late Victorian Fictions of Empire and the Poetics of Talk (Stanford UP, 2023), examines scenes of “failed” speech in late Victorian fictions of empire... Read More →
Thursday July 30, 2026 10:15am - 11:30am PDT
Humanities Lecture Hall
  Everyone, Plenary Lecture or Talk

11:45am PDT

Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel A
Thursday July 30, 2026 11:45am - 12:45pm PDT
Humanities and Social Sciences, room 259 @ Humanities Lecture Hall, Humanities and Social Sciences Facility, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Thursday July 30, 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
Thursday July 30, 2026 11:45am - 12:45pm PDT
Humanities Social Sciences, room 359 @ Humanities and Social Sciences Facility, 2 Hagar Dr, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Thursday July 30, 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
Thursday July 30, 2026 11:45am - 12:45pm PDT
Cowell room 113 @ Humanities and Social Sciences Facility, 2 Hagar Dr, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Thursday July 30, 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
Thursday July 30, 2026 11:45am - 12:45pm PDT
Cowell room 132 @ Humanities and Social Sciences Facility, 2 Hagar Dr, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Thursday July 30, 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
Thursday July 30, 2026 11:45am - 12:45pm PDT
Stevenson room 151 @ Humanities and Social Sciences Facility, 2 Hagar Dr, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Thursday July 30, 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
Thursday July 30, 2026 11:45am - 12:45pm PDT
Stevenson room 152 @ Humanities and Social Sciences Facility, 2 Hagar Dr, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Thursday July 30, 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
Thursday July 30, 2026 11:45am - 12:45pm PDT
Stevenson room 175 @ Humanities and Social Sciences Facility, 2 Hagar Dr, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Thursday July 30, 2026 11:45am - 12:45pm PDT
Stevenson room 175
  Everyone, Graduate Student-Led Workshop

1:00pm PDT

Lunch
Thursday July 30, 2026 1:00pm - 1:45pm PDT
Cowell/Stevenson Dining Hall @ 520 Cowell-Stevenson Road, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
Thursday July 30, 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
Thursday July 30, 2026 1:00pm - 4:00pm PDT
Stevenson Event Center @ Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Thursday July 30, 2026 1:00pm - 4:00pm PDT
Stevenson Event Center
  Everyone, Meal

2:00pm PDT

Dickensian Seminar A
Thursday July 30, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm PDT
Stevenson room 175 @ Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Thursday July 30, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm PDT
Stevenson room 175
  Everyone, Dickensian Seminar

2:00pm PDT

Film Screening (Repeat of Wednesday night’s screening: "The Endings")
Thursday July 30, 2026 2:00pm - 4:00pm PDT
Hum & Soc Sci, room 250 @ Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
Kirk Davis remarks: 5 minutes
Bleak House 1959 ep.11: 28:52 to end (about 5 minutes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCzlhJxj-QI&t=28m52s
Bleak House 1985 (final) ep.8: 41:15 to end (about 11 minutes)
Bleak House 2005 ep.13, 14, 15 (skipping credits on 13 and 14) about 90 minutes.
Thursday July 30, 2026 2:00pm - 4:00pm PDT
Hum & Soc Sci, room 250
  Everyone, Film Screening

3:00pm PDT

Victorian Tea Presented by the Friends of the Dickens Project
Thursday July 30, 2026 3:00pm - 3:45pm PDT
Humanities Plaza @ Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Thursday July 30, 2026 3:00pm - 3:45pm PDT
Humanities Plaza
  Everyone, Reception

4:00pm PDT

Talk: Logan Browning (Rice University), “Unlocking Tulkinghorn’s Chambers”
Thursday July 30, 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
avatar for Logan Browning

Logan Browning

Faculty, Rice University
Logan Browning is Professor in the Practice of English and Humanities in the Department of English and Creative Writing at Rice University and has held pivotal roles at Rice University’s SEL Studies in English Literature 1500-1900, serving Publisher and Executive Editor from... Read More →
Thursday July 30, 2026 4:00pm - 5:00pm PDT
Humanities Lecture Hall
  Everyone, Plenary Lecture or Talk

5:15pm PDT

Dickensian Needlepoint
Thursday July 30, 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
Thursday July 30, 2026 5:15pm - 6:15pm PDT
Humanities 1, room 210
  Everyone, Field Trips or Special Events

5:15pm PDT

Victorian Dance Lesson
Thursday July 30, 2026 5:15pm - 6:15pm PDT
Stevenson Event Center @ Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
Thursday July 30, 2026 5:15pm - 6:15pm PDT
Stevenson Event Center
  Everyone, Field Trips or Special Events

6:15pm PDT

Dinner
Thursday July 30, 2026 6:15pm - 7:00pm PDT
Cowell/Stevenson Dining Hall @ 520 Cowell-Stevenson Road, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
Thursday July 30, 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, Sale, and Silent Auction
Thursday July 30, 2026 7:00pm - 7:45pm PDT
Humanities Plaza @ 520 Cowell-Stevenson Road, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Thursday July 30, 2026 7:00pm - 7:45pm PDT
Humanities Plaza
  Everyone, Meal

7:45pm PDT

Entertainment: Dickensian Talent Show
Thursday July 30, 2026 7:45pm - 8:45pm PDT
Stevenson Event Center @ Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Thursday July 30, 2026 7:45pm - 8:45pm PDT
Stevenson Event Center
  Everyone, Meal

9:00pm PDT

Grand Party, to which everyone is invited (hosted by the Friends)
Thursday July 30, 2026 9:00pm - 10:30pm PDT
Stevenson Wagstaff Fireside Lounge @ Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Thursday July 30, 2026 9:00pm - 10:30pm PDT
Stevenson Wagstaff Fireside Lounge
  Everyone, Field Trips or Special Events
 
Friday, July 31
 

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

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

Friday July 31, 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
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 Group 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
  Everyone, Faculty-Led Discussion

10:15am PDT

Panel Discussion with Miriam Margolyes (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
avatar for Helena Michie

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 →
avatar for Miriam Margolyes

Miriam Margolyes

Virtual
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 →
avatar for Rebecca Stern

Rebecca Stern

Faculty, 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

Graduate Student-Led Workshop on the Novel A
Friday July 31, 2026 11:45am - 12:45pm PDT
Humanities and Social Sciences, room 259 @ Humanities Lecture Hall, 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
Cowell room 113 @ Humanities and Social Sciences Facility, 2 Hagar Dr, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Friday July 31, 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
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

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

Friday July 31, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm PDT
Humanities Social Sciences, room 359
  Everyone, Dickensian Seminar

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
avatar for John O. Jordan

John O. 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, Final Dickens Project T-shirt and Book Sale
Friday July 31, 2026 6:00pm - 7:00pm PDT
Humanities Plaza @ 520 Cowell-Stevenson Road, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Friday July 31, 2026 6:00pm - 7:00pm PDT
Humanities Plaza
  Everyone, Meal

7:00pm PDT

Turveydrop Gala: Friends of the Dickens Project Fundraising Auction
Friday July 31, 2026 7:00pm - 8:00pm PDT
Humanities Lecture Hall @ Humanities Lecture Hall, Humanities and Social Sciences Facility, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Friday July 31, 2026 7:00pm - 8:00pm PDT
Humanities Lecture Hall
  Everyone, Field Trips or Special Events

8:00pm PDT

Turveydrop Gala: Announcement of the 2027 novel. Copies will be available for sale.
Friday July 31, 2026 8:00pm - 8:15pm PDT
Humanities Lecture Hall @ Humanities Lecture Hall, Humanities and Social Sciences Facility, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Friday July 31, 2026 8:00pm - 8:15pm PDT
Humanities Lecture Hall
  Everyone, Field Trips or Special Events

8:30pm PDT

Turveydrop Gala: Victorian Dance and Gaming
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
 
Saturday, August 1
 

8:00am PDT

Breakfast
Saturday August 1, 2026 8:00am - 8:45am PDT
Cowell/Stevenson Dining Hall @ 520 Cowell-Stevenson Road, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
Saturday August 1, 2026 8:00am - 8:45am PDT
Cowell/Stevenson Dining Hall 520 Cowell-Stevenson Road, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
  Everyone, Meal

8:15am PDT

Check-out, Return Keys and Meal Cards (Please see Dickens Project staff for assistance with luggage)
Saturday August 1, 2026 8:15am - 10:15am PDT
Cowell College Circle @ 520 Cowell-Stevenson Road, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Saturday August 1, 2026 8:15am - 10:15am PDT
Cowell College Circle
  Everyone, Check-Out

9:00am PDT

Everyone Departs: See You Next Year!
Saturday August 1, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am PDT
TBA @ 520 Cowell-Stevenson Road, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
Saturday August 1, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am PDT
TBA
  Everyone, Check-Out
 
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Cowell room 113
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Hum & Soc Sci, room 250
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Humanities Plaza
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Stevenson room 151
Stevenson room 152
Stevenson room 175
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