Conference sites change for Nabokov Centenary Festival at Cornell Sept. 10-12
By Simeon Moss
The locations of sessions of the Nabokov Centenary Festival's scholarly conference at Cornell University, Sept. 10-12, have been changed to accommodate larger audiences.
Here is an updated schedule, with session times and locations:
Thursday, Sept. 10
- 9-10:45 a.m., Session I, A.D. White House
- 11:15 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Sessions II and III, 700 Clark Hall
Friday, Sept. 11
- 9 a.m.-12:45 p.m., Sessions IV and V, 700 Clark Hall
- 3-4:30 p.m., Session VI, Auditorium D (Goldwin Smith Hall)
Saturday, Sept. 12
- 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Sessions VII, VIII and IX, Auditorium D
Novelist Vladimir Nabokov taught at Cornell from 1948 until 1959. The three-day festival, hosted by the Department of Russian Literature, is free and open to the public and marks the 50th anniversary of Nabokov's arrival on campus (July 1, 1948) and the upcoming centenary of his birth (April 23, 1899). The scholarly conference will draw participants from all over the world.
For complete, updated schedules, or for more information on the festival, contact Jenka Fyfe at (607) 255-8350 or jtf11@cornell.edu.
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