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Draft Schedule. Details will be posted about one month before the conference; copies of the schedule will be distributed at registration. (Copies will not be mailed in advance.) If you have any specific concerns, please contact Julie Olin-Ammentorp ( olinamme@lemoyne.edu ).

Times on this draft schedule are approximate. Exact times will be posted with the final copy of the schedule about a month in advance of the conference.

Thursday, June 23

Noon-5 p.m. Registration (Marist College) [Note: There is no box lunch on Thursday.]

3-5 p.m. Welcome tea, carriage house* (on the Marist campus)
6 p.m. Dinner*
7:30 p.m. Welcoming remarks; keynote speech by Prof. Martha Banta, UCLA

Friday, June 24
8:45-10:00 Concurrent sessions I
10-10:30 Coffee break*
10:30-11:45 Concurrent sessions II
11:45-12:45 Box lunch*
12:45-2:00 Concurrent sessions III
2:00-3:15 Concurrent sessions IV
3:15-3:45 Coffee break*
3:45-5:00 Plenary session: Two directors discuss their recent adaptations of Wharton's novel. Jonathan Bank, of the Mint Theater, directed a revised version of the Wharton/Fitch adaptation of The House of Mirth in 1998; Rachel Dickstein of Ripe Time directed a new version of the novel in the winter of 2004-2005. Question and answer session to follow.
Dinner on your own.

7:45 Introduction to Terence Davies' recent film adaptation of The House of Mirth. Linda Costanzo Cahir (Kean University) and Edie Thornton (Univ. of Wisconsin, Whitewater) will deliver introductory remarks.

8:00-10:15 Screening of the film.

Saturday, June 25
8:45-10:00 Concurrent sessions V
10-10:30 Coffee break*
10:30-11:45 Concurrent sessions VI
11:45-12:30 Box lunch*
12:30-1:45 Plenary session: Celebrating The House of Mirth . Members of the Wharton Society Executive Board read favorite passages from the novel and briefly discuss their importance as we wrap up the conference.

*Starred meals and coffee breaks are included in the conference registration fee. Please note that there was one error on the registration form: i.e., registration does not include a box lunch on Thursday.