Thu
Jun 7
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6:15 PM
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Meet in Best Western Rio Grande
Inn lobby
for self-transfer to...
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6:30 PM
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Welcome dinner at:
St. Clair Winery & Bistro
901 Rio Grande Blvd.
(Directly to the LEFT of the Best Western)
After-Dinner Entertainment:
a) Introductions;
b) “Casting Call”
c) Book drawing
d) Some “surprises” from President
Margot
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Fri
Jun 8
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Breakfast as you wish...
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8:30 AM
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Meet at Rio Grande Inn lobby
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8:45 AM
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Proceed to mini-auditorium at the
The Albuquerque
Museum of Art and History.
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9:00 AM
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Welcome back, Announcements, etc.
- Rick Walter, Barbara Bryant, Andy Rogulich.
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9:05 AM
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Opening remarks
- Jean-Michel Margot, President, NAJVS Inc.
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9:15 AM
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“Verne Was (W)right All Along”
- Jean-Michel Margot
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9:45 AM
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“Writing a Map”
- Julia Mastro, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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10:15 AM
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“Jules Verne’s Dream Machines”
- Dr. Arthur B. Evans, DePauw University
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10:40 AM
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Break
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10:55 AM
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Welcome back
- Rick Walter/Andy Rogulich.
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11:00 AM
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“Verne and Rosny — Contrasting Models of Science Fiction”
- Dr. George Slusser, curator of J. Lloyd Eaton Collection of
Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and Utopian
Literature
University of California at Riverside
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11:30 AM
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“Mobilis in Mobile — History of the U.S.S. Nautilus”
- Andy Rogulich, NAJVS Inc.
Here is a link to his Microsoft PowerPoint
presentation.
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12:00 PM
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“Verne’s Errant Readers — Nemo, Clawbonny, Michel Dufrénoy”
- Dr. Terry Harpold, University of Florida, Gainesville
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12:25 PM
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Walk to restaurant for
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12:30 PM
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lunch at
Little Anita’s
2105 Mountain Rd.
(1 block from Art Museum)
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2:00 PM
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Welcome back
- Rick Walter/Andy Rogulich.
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2:05 PM
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“The Wrong-Headed League”
- Rick Walter, Vice-President, NAJVS, Inc.
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2:35 PM
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Keynote Presentation: “Verne and Volcanoes”
- Jayne Aubele, vulcanologist,
New Mexico Museum of Natural History
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3:30 PM
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“The Great Pearl of Captain Nemo:
Succession and Legacy in L’Ile Mystérieuse”
- Tom McCormick, NAJVS Inc.
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3:55 PM
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Announcements & Wrapup
- Rick Walter/Andy Rogulich.
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7:45 PM
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Meet in Rio Grande Inn lobby
for self-transfer to...
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8:00 PM
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dinner at
The Melting Pot
2011 Mountain Rd. — Meritage Room
(Across the street from the Art Museum)
After-Dinner Entertainment: Tom McCormick &
Cast in a
unique playlet: Nemo’s Giant Pearl.
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Sat
Jun 9
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Breakfast as you wish...
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8:30 AM
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Meet at Rio Grande Inn lobby
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8:45 AM
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Proceed to mini-auditorium at the
The Albuquerque Museum of Art and History.
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9:00 AM
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Welcome back, Announcements, etc.
- Rick Walter, Barbara Bryant, Andy Rogulich.
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9:10 AM
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“The Continuing Rehabilitation of Jules Verne”
- Walter James Miller, New York University
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9:40 AM
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“Introducing The Kip Brothers.”
- Jean-Michel Margot
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10:10 AM
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A Memorial Moment for
Prof. Stanford L. Luce, Vernian pioneer.
(Stan’s collaborators are invited to share
brief memories of this trailblazing scholar,
translator,
and NAJVS member who died this past March.)
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10:30 AM
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Break - “Author’s Signing Table” in foyer
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10:55 AM
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Welcome back
- Rick Walter/Andy Rogulich.
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11:00 AM
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“Tribulations of a Chinese Gentleman”
- Dr. Peter Schulman, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA
Peter changed his topic to talk about bachelors
in Verne with a particular focus on Wilhelm Storitz.
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11:30 AM
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“Around the World in Eighty Changes: Translating Jules Verne’s
Le Tour du monde en quatre-vingt jours, 1873-2004.”
- Kieran O’Driscoll, Dublin City University, Ireland
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11:55 AM
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Walk to restaurant for...
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12:00 PM
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lunch at
High Noon
425 San Felipe (corner of Mountain Rd.)
(1 block from Art Museum)
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1:25 PM
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Welcome back
- Rick Walter/Andy Rogulich.
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1:30 PM
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“The Pirate Publisher”
- Jean-Michel Margot
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2:00 PM
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“Earthrise, Comet Tracking, and Verne”
- Dr. Alan Hale, co-discoverer of Comet Hale-Bopp.
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2:30 PM
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Announcements & Wrapup
- Rick Walter/Andy Rogulich.
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2:45 PM
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NAJVS Business Meeting (members only)
- Agenda TBA by NAJVS President Jean-Michel Margot
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6:45 PM
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Meet in Rio Grande Inn lobby
for self-transfer to...
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7:00 PM
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dinner at the
Hotel Albuquerque
800 Rio Grande Blvd. — Café Plazuela
(Across the street from Best Western.)
After-Dinner Entertainment: “Paris in
the — 21st — Century,
or What I Did Last Spring Break:
Dr. Terry Harpold, Jean-Michel Margot,
and 11 undergrads visit Verne and
Haussmann’s Paris”
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Sun
Jun 10
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Breakfast as you wish...
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9:30 AM
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Meet at Rio Grande Inn lobby,
to transport participants from hotel to...
Anderson-Abruzzo
Balloon Museum
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10:00 AM
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Special docent-led tour of
Anderson-Abruzzo Balloon Museum
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11:30 AM
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Transport participants back to Best Western
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— BON VOYAGE —
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— MAYBE NEXT TIME —
Unfortunately they won’t be able to attend our event this year,
we hope that they will be able to join us sometime in the future.
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“Undersea volcanoes; Atlantis”
- Dr. Sean Chamberlin, Fullerton College, CA
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“The Contribution of Colonial Missionaries in the Nineteenth Century to the
Completion
of the World Discovery: The Scottish Pastor and the Lazarist Priest
in Eastern Africa
as Seen in Jules Verne’s Five Weeks in a Balloon.”
- Kouassi Jeannot N’GORAN, Côte d’Ivoire, Africa
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