"Celebrating Mr. Dickens" University of Delaware Symposium
The University of Delaware would like to extend an invitation to Villanova University's English department for the symposium "Celebrating Mr. Dickens." The Saturday symposium will take place on February 18, 2012 at the University of Delaware, Newark, DE
The Symposium is in honor of the 200th anniversary of the birth of novelist Charles Dickens. The "Celebrating Mr. Dickens" program includes talks on Dickens and his world by faculty members, a tour of two exhibitions in the University of Delaware Library, and a performance of the author's most celebrated public reading, "Sikes and Nancy."
Speakers include:
The Symposium is in honor of the 200th anniversary of the birth of novelist Charles Dickens. The "Celebrating Mr. Dickens" program includes talks on Dickens and his world by faculty members, a tour of two exhibitions in the University of Delaware Library, and a performance of the author's most celebrated public reading, "Sikes and Nancy."
Speakers include:
Margaret D. Stetz, Professor of Humanities, who will speak on "He wanted a wife and a family: Charles Dickens and Women."
Thomas Leitch, Professor of English and Director of the Film Studies Program, who will speak on "Dickens, Dickens, and Adaptation."
Heidi Kaufman, Associate Professor of English and Jewish Studies, who will speak on "The Fagin Myth."
The cost is $50 per person, including lunch. Space is limited.
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Thomas Leitch, Professor of English and Director of the Film Studies Program, who will speak on "Dickens, Dickens, and Adaptation."
Heidi Kaufman, Associate Professor of English and Jewish Studies, who will speak on "The Fagin Myth."
The cost is $50 per person, including lunch. Space is limited.
Click here for more information or to buy tickets.
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