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2014 Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana
Here is a collection of
photos from the conference taken by Dennis, and Ron (Dennis’s dad).
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
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.