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2009 Conference at UC Riverside, California
Here is a collection of
photos from the conference taken by Dennis.
Our 2009 annual meeting is being held at UC Riverside, California on Apr 30th through
May 3rd in conjunction with the 2009 Eaton Science Fiction Conference.
Julia Mastro has put together some useful information for the conference. Check
it out here.
Here is the current schedule of events we that we will be partaking in:
Agenda
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Wed Apr 29 |
6:30 PM |
Informal dinner at: Cask ‘n Cleaver - 1333 University Dr, Riverside - (½ mile east of the Courtyard by Marriott) - +1 (951) 682-4580 |
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Thu Apr 30 |
Breakfast as you wish… | |
| 9:30 AM |
NAJVS Business Meeting (members only), Room 403 of the Rivera Library - Agenda TBA by NAJVS President Jean-Michel Margot (Room 403 is adjacent to Special Collections & Archives where the Eaton Collection is housed and where the Science Fiction Studies (SFS) Symposium will take place later that day.) |
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| 12:00 PM | Lunch break… (We‘ll figure something out.) | |
| 2:00 PM | SCIENCE FICTION STUDIES SYMPOSIUM: THE HISTORIES OF SF | |
| 4:30 PM | Eaton Reception in Rivera 403 | |
| 7:00 PM |
Traditional gathering dinner at: Ciao Bella - 1630 Spruce St, Riverside (1½ miles north of the Courtyard by Marriott), We‘ll be in The Wine Cellar, a separate room holding up to 25 people, +1 (951) 781-8840 |
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Fri May 1 |
Breakfast as you wish… | |
| 9:30 AM |
THE EMERGENCE OF MODERN SF (panel) Panelists include: - Arthur B. Evans, DePauw University |
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| 10:45 AM |
THE TWO JULES VERNES (panel) - Moderator: George Slusser, UC Riverside Panelists include: - Jean-Michel Margot, NAJVS Inc. |
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| 12:30 PM | Lunch break… (We‘ll figure something out.) | |
| 2:00 PM |
STEAMPUNK VERNE (paper session) - Moderator: Julia Mastro, NAJVS Inc. |
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| 4:45 PM |
VOYAGES … ELSEWHERE 3 (paper session) - Moderator: Terry Harpold, University of Florida |
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| 4:45 PM |
THE VERNE CONTINUUM (paper session) “The ‘Verne School’ in France: Paul d’Ivoi’s Voyages Excentriques” - Arthur B. Evans, DePauw University |
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| 5:45 PM | Dinner break… (We‘ll figure something out.) | |
| 7:00 PM |
EXTRAORDINARY REVISION, REPETITION, AND PASTICHE (panel) - Moderator: Terry Harpold, University of Florida |
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Sat May 2 |
Breakfast as you wish… | |
| 9:15 AM |
MICHEL VERNE RECONSIDERED (paper session) - Moderator: Arthur B. Evans, DePauw University “The Survivors of the ‘Jonathan’: A Drama” - Julia Mastro, NAJVS Inc. “The Secret of Wilhelm Storitz: Fathers and Sons at Work” - Peter Schulman, Old Dominion University |
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| 11:45 AM | Lunch break… (We‘ll figure something out.) | |
| 1:30 PM |
PLENARY ADDRESS: “The Role of Chance in Verne’s Rehabilitation in America” - Walter James Miller, New York University - Introduced by Terry Harpold, University of Florida |
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| 2:15 PM |
COLLECTING VERNE (panel) - Moderator: George Slusser, UC Riverside Panelists include: - Jean-Michel Margot, NAJVS Inc. - Andrew Nash, NAJVS Inc. |
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| 7:00 PM? |
Dinner… (We‘ll figure something out.) - (after SF POETRY ASSOCIATION READING and OPEN MIKE) |
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Sun May 3 |
Breakfast as you wish… | |
| 9:15 AM |
VERNE’S FRENCH LEGACIES (paper session) - Moderator: Peter Schulman, Old Dominion University “Intra-Ordinary Voyages: From Jules Verne to Surrealism” - George Slusser, UC Riverside “Surrealism in Verne” - Nicolas Saucy, Université de Genève |
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| 11:30 PM |
IN THE ABYSSES OF THE GLOBE (paper session) “Professor Lidenbrock and the Mole Men” - Terry Harpold, University of Florida |
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| 2:15 PM |
CLOSING REMARKS - Melissa Conway, Head of Special Collections, UC Riverside Libraries - Jean-Michel Margot, NAJVS Inc. |
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| — BON VOYAGE — | ||