2003 Conference in Tampa, FL
Here is a collection of photos from the conference as well as the program.
These pictures were taken by Dennis.
These pictures were taken by Jean-Michel.
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| Fri May 9 |
8:00 PM | Rusty Pelican - dinner 2425 Rocky Point Dr. |
| Sat May 10 |
Show and Tells may be held by various people throughout the day, until the business meeting starts. |
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| 9:00 AM | Opening remarks - Jean-Michel Margot |
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| 9:15 AM | Verne as viewed by his contemporaries - Jean-Michel Margot |
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| 9:45 AM | Verne and Frank R. Stockton (a novel comparision) - Jean-Michel Margot |
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| 10:15 AM | Break | |
| 10:30 AM | Des leçons d'abîme: Translation and textual relays of Voyage au centre de la terre - Terry Harpold |
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| 11:00 AM | Was Verne really anti-feminist? Or just schizoid? New evidence in The Mighty Orinoco - Walter James Miller |
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| 11:30 AM | Book discussion: The Mighty Orinoco (the first English translation of Le Superbe Orénoque) - Dennis Kytasaari and everyone present! |
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| 12:00 PM | Lunch (nearby restaurant TBD) | |
| 1:30 PM | Verne, Doyle and vanishing diamonds - Rick Walter |
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| 1:50 PM | Jules Verne's prototype of A.C. Doyle's Professor Moriarty - David McCallister |
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| 2:10 PM | The case of Jules Verne and the implications for adaptation studies - Brian Taves |
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| 2:45 PM | Break | |
| 3:00 PM | Business meeting begins | |
| 6:00 PM | Adjournment | |
| 8:00 PM | Dinner (nearby restaurant TBD) | |
| Sun May 11 |
9:00 AM | Conclude any unfinished business and journey to nearby JV sites and Salvador Dalí museum for those who are interested. |