2014 Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana

Here is a collection of photos from the conference taken by Dennis, and Ron (Dennis’s dad).
 
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Limited edition button created by Jean-Michel for the meeting.
Cover for 2014 Conference program.
 
Our 2014 annual meeting was held in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA on Wednesday May 28 through Saturday May 31, 2014 in cooperation with l’Alliance Française de La Nouvelle-Orléans
1519 Jackson Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70130
Organized in conjunction with the Alliance Française, there were two primary events held on Friday and Saturday night.
Marie-Hélène Huet (Emeritus Professor of French, Princeton University and Affiliate Faculty of MIT) delivered the keynote address “Journeys to Worlds Unknown: From Jules Verne to Modern Science-Fiction” on Saturday night.
Additional speakers included:
  • Jean-Michel Margot - “From Novelist to Salesman, or How Jules Verne Became a Popular Archetype”
  • William B. Jones, Jr. - “Off on a Comic …”
  • Alex Kirstukas - “Translating a Book of Books: Intertextual Adventures with Les Enfants du Capitaine Grant”
  • Prof. Marie-Thérèse Noiset - “The Self-Propelled Island: A New Way to See the World”
  • Dr. Peter Schulman - “Melancholic Mirages: Jules Verne’s Vision of a Saharan Sea”
During the event Brian Taves was interviewed for Radio NOLA Alliance Française podcast and other members were interviewed at the Saturday night event at the US Mint.
 

Agenda

 
Wed
May 28 		7:00 PM Welcome dinner at: Copeland’s Cheesecake Bistro
   - 2001 St. Charles Ave., New Orleans, LA 70130
   - +1 (504) 593-9955
Thu
May 29 		Breakfast as you wish…
11:00 AM Gray Line Super City Tour (Paddle & Wheel Combo)
   - Mark has made a reservation for the people interested
   - Meet at the Avenue Plaza, 2111 St. Charles Street for departure at 11:00 AM
   - website: Gray Line Tours of New Orleans
Fri
May 30 		Breakfast as you wish…
10:00 AM NAJVS Business Meeting (members only) held at:
   - l’Alliance Française de La Nouvelle-Orléans
   - 1519 Jackson Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70130
   - +1 (504) 568-0770
   
   - Agenda TBA by NAJVS President Brian Taves
1:00 PM Lunch, Dinner?, and Tourist activities as you wish…
Evening programming held at:
   - l’Alliance Française de La Nouvelle-Orléans
7:00 PM Presentations by NAJVS members

Opening Remarks
   - Brian Taves, President, NAJVS Inc.

“From Novelist to Salesman, or How Jules Verne Became a Popular Archetype”
   - Jean-Michel Margot, NAJVS Inc.

“Off On a Comic …”
   - William B. Jones Jr., NAJVS Inc.

“Translating a Book of Books: Intertextual Adventures with Les Enfants du capitaine Grant”
   - Alex Kirstukas, NAJVS Inc.

“The Self-Propelled Island: A New Way to See the World”
   - Prof. Marie-Thérèse Noiset, University of North Carolina Charlotte

“Melancholic Mirages: Jules Verne’s Vision of a Saharan Sea”
   - Prof. Peter Schulman, Old Dominion University
9:00 PM Discussion and Social Gathering
Sat
May 31 		Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner?, and Tourist activities as you wish…
Evening programming held at:
   - The Old US Mint
   - 400 Esplanade Ave, New Orleans, LA 70116
   - +1 (504) 568-6993
   - There will be a $5 cover charge for this event.
7:00 PM Keynote address: “Journeys to Worlds Unknown: From Jules Verne to Modern Science-Fiction”
   - Marie-Hélène Huet, Emeritus Professor of French, Princeton University and Affiliate Faculty of MIT
7:45 PM Q&A on Jules Verne
   - Marie-Hélène Huet
   - Jean-Michel Margot
   - Peter Schulman
8:00 PM A musical performance by:
   - Prof. Milo Reginald Pinkerton’s Confabulation of Gentry — New Orleans’ Masters of Steampunk Spectacle!
Sun
June 1 		— BON VOYAGE —
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