Charles Dickens’ BOZ Colonial Connections IN OZ Dickens Fellowship 112th Annual International Conference 25–30 October 2018 Sydney, Australia Conference Brochure & Booking Form NSW Dickens Society. Dickens Fellowship 112th BOZ Annual International Conference 25–30 October 2018 IN OZ Sydney, Australia Charles Dickens’ Colonial Connections About A range of exceptional talks, visits and entertainments celebrating the life of one of the world’s most famous writers of all time, Charles Dickens. Based at The Pullman Sydney Hyde Park the program includes talks by Booker Prize winning author Tom Keneally AO, Jacqui Newling from the Sydney Living Museums, the well-known writers’ walk along Circular Quay led by Susannah Fullerton OAM, FRSN, a display of Dickens-related materials at the State Library of New South Wales and a talk from State Librarian John Vallance as well as many other talks celebrating the life and works of Charles Dickens and his links with Australia. The Festival banquet at Vaucluse House is based on a menu from a book by Catherine Dickens. The conference is hosted by the NSW Dickens Society and the Dickens Fellowship. Venue The Pullman Sydney Hyde Park 36 College St, Sydney NSW 2010 Phone: +61 (02) 9361 8400 www.pullmansydneyhydepark.com.au The NSW Dickens Society is honoured to be hosting the 112th International Dickens Fellowship Conference at the stunning The Pullman Sydney Hyde Park Hotel. Conveniently located in the city of Sydney and overlooking Hyde Park, The Pullman Sydney Hyde Park is a three minute walk from the Museum train station, which is linked to both domestic and international airports. Most talks will be in the Ibis Room, which offers free wi- fi, and lunches will be held here as well as optional dinners and accommodation in the hotel for those who require it. The Pullman Sydney Hyde Park is within walking distance to other hotels at a range of prices, bus and train transport, and our coaches for our visits can pull up at the front door. We will have our own floor with areas for pop-up stores and merchandise to enhance the conference. All transfers to afternoon and evening events will depart from the hotel lobby. bozinoz.com "Charles Dickens as he appears when reading." Wood engraving from a sketch by Charles A. Barry (1830-1892). Illustration in Harper's Weekly, v. 11, no. 571, 7 December 1867, p. 777. 2018 Program Day 1: Thursday, 25th October From 2pm Registration – Outside the Ibis Room, The Pullman Sydney Hyde Park 7pm Lord Mayor’s Reception – Lord Mayor’s Reception Room, Town Hall Day 2: Friday, 26th October 8:30 - 9.00am Conference Daily Brief - Coffee and Tea available 9.00 - 10.00am Colonial Dickens: What Australians Made of the World’s Favourite Writer Professor Susan Martin and Dr Kylie Mirmohamadi 10.00 - 11.00am Charles Dickens’ sons in Australia Tom Keneally AO 11.00 - 11.30am Morning Tea at The Pullman Sydney Hyde Park 11.30 - 12.30pm Fallen Women Dr Olivia Murphy 12.30 - 1.30pm Lunch at The Pullman Sydney Hyde Park 2.00 - 3.30pm State Library of NSW Opening of the Conference Charles Dickens Display Dr John Vallance, State Librarian. This session is now closed as maximum numbers have been reached. 4 - 5pm; 5 - 6pm Writers’ Walk at Circular Quay Susannah Fullerton OAM, FRSN 5.30 - 7.00pm Free Time 7.00 – 10.00pm Dickens Trivia Night at The State Library of NSW 2018 Program Day 3: Saturday, 27th October 8.00 - 9.00am Conference Daily Brief - Coffee and Tea available Dickens Fellowship AGM at The Pullman Sydney Hyde Park 9.00 - 10.00am Was Fagin modeled on my great-great-great uncle, Ikey Solomon? Scott Whitmont 10.00 - 11.00am What shall we have for dinner? Advice from Mrs Charles Dickens Jacqui Newling 11.00 - 11.30am Morning Tea at The Pullman Sydney Hyde Park 11.30 - 12.30pm Dickens’ Early Sketches Dr Paul Schlicke 12.30 - 1.30pm Collecting Dickens Downunder Professor Chris Browne 1.30 - 2.45pm Travel by coach to Centennial Parklands and a picnic lunch 2.45 - 3.45pm The Dickens Statue at Centennial Parklands Sandra Faulkner 3.45 - 5.00pm Return to The Pullman Hyde Park and Free Time 5.00 - 10.30pm Travel by coach to the Evening Banquet at Vaucluse House Day 4: Sunday, 28th October 8.30 - 9.00am Conference Daily Brief - Coffee and Tea available 9.00 - 10.00am The Mesmerising Dickens Walter Mason 10.00 – 11.00am The Charles Dickens Museum: literary shrine or cabinet of curiosities? Dr Cindy Sughrue OBE 11.00 - 11.30am Morning Tea at The Pullman Sydney Hyde Park 11.30 – 12.30pm Dickens in Australia through the Eyes of Trollope Susannah Fullerton OAM, FRSN 12.30 – 1.30pm Lunch at The Pullman Sydney Hyde Park 2.00 - 3.00pm Eliza Donnithorne and her Dickensian Connections Emeritus Professor Margaret Harris 4.00 - 5.00pm Church Service at St. James’ Church 5.00 - 7.00pm Free Time 7.00 - 8.30pm Film screening of ‘The First Fagin’ and dinner at The Pullman Sydney Hyde Park 2018 Program Day 5: Monday, 29th October 8.30 - 9.00am Conference Daily Brief - Coffee and Tea available 9.00 – 10.00am The Gad’s Hill Gazette: An experiment in print culture by Dickens’ sons Emeritus Scientia Professor Christine Alexander 10.00 – 11.00am Why read and teach Dickens today? David Hunt, Kate Forsyth, David Dyer 11.00 - 11.30am Morning Tea at The Pullman Sydney Hyde Park 11.30 – 12.30pm Dickens, crime and the rise of police detective: Changes in policing in England and Australia Dr Rachel Franks 12.30 – 1.30pm Lunch at The Pullman Sydney Hyde Park 1:30pm - 2:15pm, Hyde Park Barracks Tour (Guests will choose between two session slots) 2:15pm – 3:00pm 3.30 - 4.30pm Dickens and the Art Gallery of NSW 6.00pm Farewell Drinks in The Bar, The Pullman Sydney Hyde Park Optional Day: Tuesday, 30th October The optional day is designed to give an opportunity for our international and interstate visitors to explore more of Sydney. Please note that the optional day is an additional cost of $140. Morning Sydney Opera House Tour The Sydney Opera House is one of the world’s most recognisable landmarks and this is your chance to truly get up close. You can run your hands over the world-famous shell tiles and marvel at the vaulted ceilings. The tour will cover the stories behind architect Jørn Utzon’s revolutionary designs for this masterpiece and how he solved the engineering challenges. We will visit off-limit areas to the public and we will be able to capture photographs from rare vantage points. Explore theatres and foyers where more than 1600 concerts, operas, dramas and ballets take place each year, then look at the Opera House from the water and explore Sydney harbour over lunch. 12.30 - 2.30pm Sydney Harbour Cruise and Lunch The buffet lunch cruise with commentary explores the most beautiful and fascinating coves of the harbour. Sights include the stunning Opera House of course, fascinating Shark Island, Taronga Zoo, historic Fort Denison. The cruise goes under the Sydney Harbour Bridge, views Darling Harbour and the newest harbour foreshore playground at Barangaroo. Please note that there are stairs to the buffet and no lift on this cruise. Events Dickens in the colonies: Australian responses to the world’s favourite writer How was Dickens received in Australia? Did Australians queue on the docks to hear the fate of his characters, as they did in America? How did they interpret Dickens’ stories in the context of Australian life? Which of Dickens’ characters spoke to Australians most and why? Dr Kylie Mirmohamadi and Professor Susan Martin are the authors of Colonial Dickens; What Australians Made of the World’s Favourite Writer. From the streets of nineteenth-century Melbourne to crowded colonial theatres, they will trace the ways in which Dickens and his works were read, re-read and reinterpreted in distinctly Australian ways. When: 9.00 – 10.00am, Friday, 26th October, Where: Ibis Room, The Pullman Sydney Hyde Park Charles Dickens’ sons in Australia Two of the sons of Catherine and Charles Dickens migrated to Australia. Alfred D’Orsay Tennyson Dickens arrived here in 1865, followed by his brother Edward Bulwer Lytton Dickens three years later. Why did they decide to come so far from home or was the decision made by Dickens? How did their make their way in Australia? Booker Prize winner, prolific writer and a lover of Dickens’ work, Tom Keneally, will explore the fate of Alfred and Edward in Australia. When: 10.00 – 11.00am, Friday, 26th October, Where: Ibis Room, The Pullman Sydney Hyde Park Fallen Women The fate of the ‘fallen’ woman is a preoccupation of eighteenth and nineteenth century literature. From Oliver’s mother and Nancy in Oliver Twist, to Little Emily and Martha in David Copperfield, there are many ‘fallen’ women in the works of Dickens, and Dickens himself worked to rehabilitate real-life fallen women with the aim of preparing them for life in the British colonies, including Australia, South Africa and Canada. This talk by Dr Olivia Murphy looks at how such women are represented in literature in order to explore the ideas Dickens inherited and those that he helped propagate. When: 11.30am - 12.30pm, Friday, 26th October, Where: Ibis Room, The Pullman Sydney Hyde Park State Library of New South Wales Opening of the Conference Charles Dickens display This session is now closed as maximum numbers have been reached. The Librarians of the State Library of NSW have searched their collections and created a display of for Dickens- related items for the Conference.
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