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Thursday, Nov. 6
3-9 PM
Registration
KINGSLEY FOYER
5:30 PM
Kenneth Womack & Nicole Michael—Welcome
KINGSLEY BALLROOM
6:00 PM
Scott Freiman—Deconstructing Rubber Soul
KINGSLEY BALLROOM
8:00 PM
Blac Rabbit
KINGSLEY BALLROOM
Friday, Nov. 7
8 AM-5 PM
Registration
SECOND FLOOR FOYER
9-10:15 AM
The 1960s
OVAL
MODERATOR: Steve Matteo
- Gregory Miller—The Beatles and the Politics of Culture
- Mark Osteen—Ring-a-Ding Rhythm: Richard Lester’s Syncopated ’60s Cinema
- Aaron Furgason—Rubber Soul: The Last Hurrah for Top 40 Radio Airplay
9-10:15 AM
The Avant-Garde
CONTINENTAL
MODERATOR: Madeline Bocaro
- Madeline Bocaro—The Beatles, the Avant-Garde, and Yoko Ono
- Deirdre Kelly—Rubber Soul and the Seeds of Sartorial Experimentation:
The Beatles, the Avant-Garde, and the Visual Echo of the Cut-Up
9-10:15 AM
Talk More Talk
BERKELEY BACKYARD
MODERATOR: Kit O’Toole
- Featuring Darren DeVivo, Ken Michaels, and Kit O’Toole
10:30-11:45 AM
This Bird Has Flown
CRYSTAL BALLROOM
MODERATOR: Stephanie Hernandez
- Katie Kapurch—Yes, I’m Gonna Be a Star: Pattie Boyd, Taylor Swift, and the Disneyfication of Pop
10:30-11:45 AM
A Bit Like You and Me
OVAL
MODERATOR: Steve Matteo
- Jeff Gulati and Todd Belt—Alienation and the Emergence of Individualism in the Beatles’ Rubber Soul
- Michael Ewing—Exploring Social Identity in the ’60s with High School Students
- Tsuf Plotkin—Rule Britannia: The Beatles as a Force of De-Americanization among Postwar British Youth
10:30-11:45 AM
I’ve Got a Word or Two
CONTINENTAL
MODERATOR: Kenneth Campbell
- Kenneth Womack—Beatles 101
- Paul Jenkins—Think for Yourself: Songs of Advice on Rubber Soul
10:30-11:45 AM
Songwriting & Performance
BERKELEY BACKYARD
MODERATOR: Jerry Zolten
- Robert Rodriguez—Was It Just a Dream?: “Yesterday” and the Butterfly Effect
- Aviv Kammay—Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Examining the Beatles’ On-Stage Performances of Music from Rubber Soul
- John Littlejohn—Beatle Influences: In My Ears and in My Eyes
12-1 PM
Lunch Break
1-2 PM
Main Stage
KINGSLEY BALLROOM
MODERATOR: Kenneth Womack
- Bruce Spizer—The Making of a Classic: How Capitol’s Reconfiguration of the Beatles’ Catalog Created a Folk-Rock Album for the Ages
2:15-3:30 PM
Can You See Me at All?
OVAL
MODERATOR: Jerry Zolten
- David McKnight—I’ve Just Seen a Face: Scrapbooking the Beatles
- Rodney Nevitt—New Insights on the Rubber Soul Album Cover
- Jesse Pollack and Michael Vaccaro—30 Days to Rubber Soul
2:15-3:30 PM
Asked a Girl What She Wanted to Be
CRYSTAL BALLROOM
MODERATOR: Hettie Williams
- Elizabeth Krupinsky—The Beatles’ Lyrics of Manipulation and Exploitation on Rubber Soul
- Scott McLaren—The Beatles’ Rubber Soul and Women: Melodies of Mixed Messages
2:15-3:30 PM
Psychedelic Cinema and Rubber Soul *Salon*
CONTINENTAL
MODERATOR: Erin Keane
- Featuring Erin Keane, Andrew O’Hehir, and Coleman Spilde
2:15-3:30 PM
1965
BERKELEY BACKYARD
MODERATOR: Susan Ratisher Ryan
- Featuring Susan Ratisher Ryan, James Ryan, Kit O’Toole, Janet Davis, and Karen Duchaj
3:45-5 PM
Say the Word
CRYSTAL BALLROOM
MODERATOR: Edward Zareh
- Gregory Bruno—This Bird Has Flown: Sonic and Lyrical Voyages in the Beatles’ Rubber Soul
- Ryan Martin—Took Me So Long to Find Out: Deconstructing “Day Tripper”
- Edward Zareh—Revisiting Rubber Soul: The Beatles’ Comic Evolution and the Rise of the “Boss Bitch”
3:45-5 PM
Long-Players
OVAL
MODERATOR: Aaron Furgason
- Anthony Robustelli—Rubber Soul and the Rise of the Album as Art Form
- Punch Shaw—A Tale of Multiple Rubber Souls: Differences in UK and US Versions and What They Mean
3:45-5 PM
A Star of the Screen
CONTINENTAL
MODERATOR: Walter J. Podrazik
- Walter J. Podrazik and Harry Castleman—That’s the Way It Is: Watching as TV Cements and Keeps the Beatles Center Screen—9 Essential Beatles Television Factors, Now and Then
3:45-5 PM
The Black Ties
KINGSLEY BALLROOM
5-7 PM
Dinner Break
7 PM
Max Weinberg
KINGSLEY BALLROOM
- An Interview with Bob Santelli
8 PM
The Weeklings
KINGSLEY BALLROOM
10 PM
Wings Listening Party
- With Ken Dashow & Mark Lapidos
KINGSLEY BALLROOM
11 PM
Late-Night Jam
- With Chris Colon & Friends
BERKELEY BACKYARD
Saturday, Nov. 8
8 AM-5 PM
Registration
SECOND FLOOR FOYER
9-10:15 AM
Gen X and Second-Generation Beatles Fandom
OVAL
MODERATOR: Thomas Pace
- Featuring Terry Hamblin, Kit O’Toole, Jeffrey Roessner, and Thomas Pace
9-10:15 AM
Beyond Rubber Soul
CRYSTAL BALLROOM
MODERATOR: Joe Rapolla
- Aaron Badgley—A Is for Apple: The Push for Independence
- Elizabeth Briles—But Everyone Knew Her as Nancy: Feminine Names and the Beatles’ White Album
9-10:15 AM
Here to Show Everybody the Light
CONTINENTAL
MODERATOR: Mike Farragher
- Mike Farragher—Now Hear Me Out: The Case for the Greatest Album of All Time
- Steve Valvano—Lucy in the Sky with Leadership
9-10:15 AM
Words That Go Together Well
BERKELEY BACKYARD
MODERATOR: Tsuf Plotkin
- Karen Duchaj—Why such fury?: The Beatles’ Accent Imitation in the “Think for Yourself” Studio Chatter
- Cevin Soling—The Beatles: Love in the Shadow of Death
10:30-11:45 AM
Dylan
CRYSTAL BALLROOM
MODERATOR: David Hamilton Golland
- David Persails—The Beatles and Bob Dylan: Go Where You’re Going To
- Jim Windolf—The Beatles, Dylan, and Rubber Soul
10:30-11:45 AM
(Auto)Biographical
OVAL
MODERATOR: Kenneth Campbell
- Allison Bumsted—1960s Teen Fan Magazines and the Beatles
- Joel Phillip Friedman—Hiding in Plain Sight: Lennon’s Affairs, as Revealed via Genre and Humor in “Norwegian Wood” and “Girl”
10:30-11:45 AM
I’ll Get to You Somehow
CONTINENTAL
MODERATOR: Jeffrey Roessner
- Jake Cowan—Run for Your Laughs: The Pastiche and Punchlines of Rubber Soul
- Kent Drummond—From “Nowhere Man” to “In My Life”: The Beatles’ Evolving Sense of Place on Rubber Soul
- Jeffrey Roessner—What Goes On: Identity and the Dissembling Self on Rubber Soul
10:30-11:45 AM
Instrument Demos
BERKELEY BACKYARD
MODERATOR: Kenneth Womack
- Featuring Gregory Miller and Joseph Riccardello
12-1 PM
Lunch Break
1-2 PM
Main Stage
KINGSLEY BALLROOM
MODERATOR: Kenneth Womack
- A conversation with Jamie Bernstein and Rob Sheffield
2:15-3:30 PM
Influences
CRYSTAL BALLROOM
MODERATOR: Richard Mills
- Richard Mills—Beatles and Black Music
- Katie Kapurch and Jon Marc Smith—The Word and the (Norwegian) Bird
- Susan Shumsky—The Beatles and India’s Influence
2:15-3:30 PM
Musicianship
OVAL
MODERATOR: Steve Hamelman
- Rob Collier—You Don’t Look Different, but You Have Changed: Paul McCartney’s Bass Lines on Rubber Soul
- Steve Hamelman—Tambourine Dream: Rubber Soul
2:15-3:30 PM
I Once Had a Girl
CONTINENTAL
MODERATOR: Allison Bumsted
- Stephanie Hernandez—Proximate Grooves: Rubber Soul and the Gendered Politics of Intimacy
- Jennifer Jasmine White—Towards a Cultural History of Classed Femininity in Twentieth-Century Britain
3:45-5 PM
Turning Point
CRYSTAL BALLROOM
MODERATOR: Tim Riley
- Beau Christ—From Help! to Rubber Soul: A Data-Driven Look at the Beatles’ Musical Shift
- Tim Riley—Rubber Soul in Context”
- Tony Paglia—1965: The Year That Folk Rocked
3:45-5 PM
It’s So Fine, It’s Sunshine
OVAL
MODERATOR: Gabriel Lubell
- Kathryn Cox—Sea of Time: The Beatles and Long-Term Thinking
- Om Srivastava—Ushering in the Avant-Garde: How the Beatles Bridged Pop Music to Experimental High Art
- Gabriel Lubell—What Makes Rubber Soul a Complete Artwork?
3:45-5 PM
1965 and Beyond
CONTINENTAL
MODERATOR: Terry Hamblin
- Kit O’Toole—The Soul of Rubber Soul: How Stax and Motown Impacted the Beatles
- Terry Hamblin—Think for Yourself: The Beatles and the ’60s Generation
- Thomas Pace—Love has a nasty habit: Rubber Soul and the Sonnet Sequence Tradition
3:45-5 PM
The Magical Mystery Girls
KINGSLEY BALLROOM
5-7 PM
Dinner Break
5 PM
Authors’ Reception & Book-Signing
VENDOR ROOM
7 PM
Kenneth Womack & Nicole Michael—Farewell
KINGSLEY BALLROOM
7:15 PM
Nellie McKay
KINGSLEY BALLROOM
- An Interview with Kenneth Womack
8 PM
Nellie McKay
KINGSLEY BALLROOM
9 PM
Jake Clemons Band
KINGSLEY BALLROOM
- An Interview with Kenneth Womack
11 PM
Late-Night Jam
BERKELEY BACKYARD
- With Chris Colon & Friends