Thu
May 25
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5:30 PM
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Meet in Tazewell Hotel
lobby for self-transfer to dinner.
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6:00 PM
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Dinner at:
Freemason
Abbey
290 West Freemason St.
+1 757.622.3966
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8:00 PM
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Jules Verne in Translation: Forum
held at
Broad Street Books
517 West 21st, Norfolk, VA 23517,
Ghent Section of Norfolk
+1 757.622.2468
featuring: Jean-Michel Margot, Peter Schulman, and
Walter James Miller
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Fri
May 26
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8:30 AM
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Carrey VIP Van pick up at Tazewell Hotel.
Parking Passes will be distributed for all those coming by car.
All meetings will be held in:
Old Dominion University, Perry Library,
LIB 151 unless otherwise noted.
link to ODU Campus Map
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8:45 AM
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Continental Breakfast and Coffee
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9:00 AM
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Opening remarks
- Jean-Michel Margot, President, NAJVS Inc.
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9:15 AM
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“Frritt-Flacc, a surprising short story”
- Jean-Michel Margot (featuring material from Andrew Nash)
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9:45 AM
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“The Anarchist at the End of the World”
- Julia Mastro, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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10:15 AM
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“André Breton and Jules Verne”
- Nicolas Saucy, University of Geneva
Unfortunately Nicolas was unable
to attend our event, we hope
that he will be able to join us sometime in
the future.
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10:45 AM
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Break
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11:00 AM
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“Reading the Illustrations: The Example of Le Superbe Orénoque”
- Terry Harpold, University of Florida, Gainesville
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11:30 AM
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“Fathers and Sons: Letters of Alexandre Chatrian and Jules Verne”
- Steve Foster, Old Dominion University
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12:00 PM
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“The Jules Verne Renaissance: A Recent Publishing History”
- Brian Taves, Library of Congress, Washington DC
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12:30 PM
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Lunch at Virginia-Rice Room
Webb University Center, Old Dominion University
(Sponsored by Vandeventer Black, LLP, one of Norfolk’s oldest
and most prestigious maritime law firms.)
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1:45 PM
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Keynote Presentation: “The ATV Jules Verne Spaceship”
- Fr’deric Castel, European Space Agency
followed by a 26 min documentary
(Sponsored by the Batten College of
Engineering
& Technology, ODU.)
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2:45 PM
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“From the Earth to the Moon: Jules Verne and NASA”
- Keith Henry, Langley Research Center, NASA
- Ray Turcotte, Langley Research Center, NASA
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3:15 PM
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“Verne’s Other Trilogy”
- Jean-Michel Margot
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3:45 PM
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Break
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4:00 PM
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“A Pluri-Disciplinary Approach to L’Ile Mystérieuse”
- President Roseann Runte, ODU Dept of Foreign Languages
- Provost Tom Isenhour, ODU Dept of Chemistry
- Professor Lytton Musselman, ODU Dept of Biological Sciences
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5:00 PM
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Reception (held in LIB 151, Perry Library)
(sponsored by the Friends of the Old Dominion University Library)
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6:15 PM
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dinner at
Omar’s
Carriage House
313 W. Bute St., Downtown Norfolk
+1 757.622.4990
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8:00 PM
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(Optional)
Free Concert, Chrysler Museum Lawn, Downtown Norfolk
featuring fireworks and the music of:
Elgar, Williams, Hayden, and Handel
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Sat
May 27
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9:00 AM
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Carrey VIP Van pick up at Tazewell Hotel.
Parking Passes will be distributed for all those coming by car.
All meetings will be held in:
Old Dominion University,
Perry Library,
LIB 151 unless otherwise noted.
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9:15 AM
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Continental Breakfast and Coffee
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9:30 AM
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“The Great Pearl of Captain Nemo:
Succession and Legacy in L’Ile Mystérieuse”
- Tom McCormick, NAJVS Inc.
Unfortunately Tom was unable to
attend our event, we hope
that he will be able to join us sometime in
the future.
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10:00 AM
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“Sneak Previews of The Meteor Hunt”
- Walter James Miller, New York University
- Rick Walter, Vice-President, NAJVS Inc.
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10:30 AM
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“The Victorian Translators of Verne (II)”
- Norm Wolcott, NAJVS Inc.
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11:00 AM
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Break
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11:15 AM
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“The FS Jules Verne and Why it is a Tradition in the French Navy”
- Captain (FRN) Christian Canova, French NLR to SACT
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11:15 AM
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“Captain Cousteau’s Jules Verne-like Adventures”
- Clark Lee Merriam, Research and Communications,
Cousteau Society (USA)
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12:15 PM
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lunch at
Port City Java
4416 Monarch Way, (located near campus)
+1 757.440.5800
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1:30 PM
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“A malin, malin et demi”
- Anna Jean Mayhew, NAJVS Inc.
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2:00 PM
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NAJVS Business Meeting (members only)
- Agenda TBA by NAJVS President Jean-Michel Margot
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7:00 PM
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dinner at the
Norfolk
Yacht and Country Club
7001 Hampton Boulevard, Norfolk, VA, 23505
+1 757.423.4500
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Sun
May 28
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9:00 AM
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Meet at Tazewell Hotel lobby,
for a van ride departure to Naval base for...
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10:00 AM
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...a tour of USS Eisenhower, an aircraft carrier.
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