Utopias, Apocalypses and Inventions
Utopias, Apocalypses and Inventions
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Georgetown University, Washington DC
Thursday April 6, 2006
9:00AM-5:00PM
Utopias, Apocalypses and Inventions
Utopias, Apocalypses and Inventions
A Science Fiction Symposium- Georgetown University
A Science Fiction Symposium- Georgetown University
Thursday April 6, 2006. French Department, ICC 425
Thursday April 6, 2006. French Department, ICC 425
Program
Program
9:15-9:30 AM
9:30-9:45
9:45-11:00
11:00-11:15
11:15-12:30
Coffee
Welcome Remarks: Debbie Lesko Baker, Chair, Department of French
Session 1: Fiction
Moderator: Andrew Sobanet, Georgetown University, Department of French.
- Shelley Temchin, Georgetown University, Department of French.
"Visions and voyages of Albert Robida"
- Jean-Max Guieu, Georgetown University, Department of French.
"La Mort de la Terre (1908): L'Apocalypse selon J.-H. Rosny Aîné"
Coffee
Session 2: Imaginations
Moderator: Patrick Laude, Georgetown University, Department of French.
- Jean-François Thibault, George Washington University, Department of Romance, German, and Slavic Languages and Literatures.
"Voyage interstellaire dans la modernité: L'Eubage de Blaise Cendrars"
- Guy Spielmann, Georgetown University, Department of French.
"De l'imagination à l'image: comment la bande dessinée a révolutionné la science-fiction
12:30-2:00 PM
2:00 - 3:15
3:15 - 3:30
Lunch/Movies: Le Voyage dans la Lune (Georges Méliès, 1902; 16 minutes); Paris qui Dort (René Clair, 1925; 32 minutes)
Session 3: Mutations
Moderator: Paul Young, Georgetown University, Department of French.
- Miléna Santoro, Georgetown University, Department of French.
"Mutatis mutandis: Genetic manipulation and mutation in the novels of Elisabeth Vonarburg"
- Elisabeth Vonarburg
"Lecture et discussion avec l'auteure"
Refreshments
3:30 – 4: 45
4:45
Session 4: Visions
Moderator: Roger Bensky, Georgetown University, Department of French.
- Pierre Verdaguer, University of Maryland, Department of French and Italian.
- "Hypertropolis: Paris (et autres tristes villes) au XXe siècle"
- Andrew Sobanet, Georgetown University, Department of French.
- "Natural Women: René Barjavel’s Pétainist Utopia"
Closing Reception
This Conference is Free and Open to the General Public
This conference has been made possible thanks to the generous support of the Department of French and the E. Joseph McCarthy Fund
Special thanks to Julie Lee, Prof. Farima Mostowfi, Christina Donnelly, Patricia Garcia and Tim Wilson
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