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Re: Jules Verne Symposium in Norfolk

From: Walter J Miller <wjm2~at~nyu.edu>
Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2006 15:52:18 -0500
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Thanks, Peter!.  As soon as we get definite word from you, we'll make reservations as you direct.  I understand your film-festival madness---my research assistant got just got back from one in Utah and is working on one in Brooklyn.  Thanks again!  Walter----- Original Message -----

From: Peter Schulman <pschulma~at~odu.edu>

Date: Monday, February 6, 2006 2:29 pm

Subject: Re: Jules Verne Symposium in Norfolk

> Dear Prof. Miller, how great to hear from you! It would be a great
> honor to
> have you here presenting the Meteor Hunt!! The dates are May 26-
> 28, and the
> hotel will be the Tazewell Hotel in downtown Norfolk I believe,
> but I
> haven't blocked the rooms yet (I'm also co-directing a film fest
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> taking too much of my time right now!)...I'll email you with more
> "precisions" as soon as the programme is definitive, but I'm
> excited that
> you're aboard! A bientot, Peter
> Dr. Peter Schulman
> Dept of Foreign Languages and Literatures
> Old Dominion University
> Norfolk, VA 23529
> tel: 757-683-3323
> fax: 757-683-5659
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> Dear Dr. Schulman: May I catch up? What are the dates for the
> convention?How about housing---any places in mind? My wife, Mary
> Hume, and I will
> attend. Rick Walter and I would like to make a joint
> presentation: A Sneak
> Preview of the First English Edition of Verne"s own The Meteor
> Hunt. Can
> you bring us all up=to=date? Collegially----Professor Walter James
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> From: Peter Schulman <pschulma@odu.edu>
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> Da! te: Monday, December 19, 2005 6:15 pm
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> > Dear Colleagues, just a note to announce that the annual meeting
> > of the
> > North American Jules Verne Society will be held in Norfolk
> > Virginia, at my
> > university Old Dominion. It should be fun, as it is a historical
> area> (Williamsburg, Jamestown, Yorktown, and the site of one of
> the world's
> > largest navy bases). We will have the participation of the French
> > Navy, the
> > local Alliance Francaise, and the Oceanography and History Depts,
> > as the
> > theme will be loosely based around the idea of Jules Verne's
> > America: The
> > Civil War, The South and the Sea...you are all, of course,
> > invited, but as
> > I will be seeking extra funding for a guest speaker, let me know
> > if you
> > have anyone in mind. People at! the university were suggesting an
> > Americanfilmmaker or personality to tie it in with a film festival
> > we are doing in
> > ! April. Does any one have any suggestions?? Bonnes vacances, Peter
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> > Dr. Peter Schulman
> > Dept of Foreign Languages and Literatures
> > Old Dominion University
> > Norfolk, VA 23529
> > tel: 757-683-3323
> > fax: 757-683-5659
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> Received on Mon 06 Feb 2006 - 22:52:29 IST

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