Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0003880, Sun, 11 Apr 1999 17:04:53 -0700

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Re: Wellesley VN event (fwd)
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From: AWEINER@WELLESLEY.EDU

CELEBRATION OF THE HUNDREDTH BIRTHDAY OF
VLADIMIR NABOKOV--CREATIVE WRITER,
ENTOMOLOGIST AND FOUNDER OF THE
WELLESLEY COLLEGE RUSSIAN DEPARTMENT.

FRIDAY 12:30 Nabokov-Lepidopterist: Butterfly walk
following a presentation by Professor Charles Remington of
Yale University (Collins Cinema)

2:30 Coffee Break (Collins Cafe)

3:00 Mister Nabokov: VN remembered by Wellesley
students present and past (Collins Cinema)

4:00 A Nabokovian Paperchase: VNÕs Wellesleyan papers
and artifacts (entrance of Clapp Library)

5:00 ÒNabokovÕs Russian Lolita: Self-Translation as Self-
InterpretationÓ; a public lecture by Professor Alexander
Dolinin of the University of Wisconsin-Madison (120
Founders Hall)


SATURDAY 1:30 A Screening of Adrian LyneÕs _Lolita_;
introduced by the screenwriter, Stephen Schiff (Collins
Cinema)

4:00 Lolita in Print and on Screen: A roundtable discussion
with Stephen Schiff, Professor Alexander Dolinin,
Professor Ellen Pifer (University of Maryland) and
Professor Adam Weiner (Wellesley College)

5:30: Reception and Closing of Celebration