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2026 Tennyson Conference at a Glance

TENNYSON 2026:

ECOLOGY, LANDSCAPE, ENVIRONMENT

14th – 17th July 2026 at Lincoln Bishop University, UK

Tuesday 14th July 2026

Delegates’ arrival & registration

11:00 -12:00 noon:  Publications Board

15:00 – 16:00  Tennyson Society AGM

18:00: Supper on campus

19:15: Keynote Speaker 1 (Professor Erik Gray) – chaired by Professor Linda Hughes

Lecture Theatre, Hardy Building

Wednesday 15th July 2026

09:00 Registration  &  Welcome

09:30 – 11:00: Parallel Panels 1 & 2 Hardy Building)

Coffee & Comfort Break (30 minutes, Hardy Building)

11:30 – 13:00: Parallel Panels 3 & 4 (Hardy Building)

Lunch (13:00)

14:00 – 15:30: Parallel Panels 5 & 6 (Hardy Building)

Coffee & Comfort Break (30 minutes, Hardy Building)

16:00 – 17:30: Parallel Panels 7 & 8 (Hardy Building)

18:00: Supper on campus (Lincolnshire-inspired menu)

19:15: Keynote Speaker 2 (Dr Lindsay Wells) – chaired by Professor Jim Cheshire Lecture Theatre, Hardy Building

‘Enoch Arden’ at the Cinema – projector needed for 30 minutes

Thursday 16th July 2026

09:00 – 11:00: Parallel Panels 9, 10, 11 (Hardy Building)

Coffee & Comfort Break (30 minutes (Hardy Building)

11:15 – 12:30 Keynote Speaker 3 (Professor Clare Pettitt) – chaired by Professor Claudia Capancioni Lecture Theatre, Hardy Building

Lunch (12:30)

13.15: Departure on a coach trip to visit Bardney Manor Gardens and Somersby Church and Rectory

18.30 Arrive back to conference venue

19:15: Conference Dinner

21:00: Lincolnshire Folk Songs with Kate Witney

Friday 17th July 2026

Delegates’ departure

Optional Voluntary activities to discover Lincoln through Tennyson (to be confirmed)