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NAVA 59

NAVA 59: Seattle, Washington, 10–12 October 2025
NAVA met in Washington State for the first time!

A full write-up will appear in the next Vexillum, and an updated web page will soon take its place in the Past Meetings area.

See the program booklet here.

Participants at NAVA 59 in Seattle, Washington, gather before the Whitney Smith Dinner.

PRESENTATION SCHEDULE

[each presentation is ~30 minutes]

Saturday, Oct. 11

9:00 AM: Opening Ceremony

9:15 AM: John Emond—Flags of 9/11

9:45 AM: Thomas Diamantopoulos—Sewed in Code: How Flags and Emoji Compare, Contrast, and Converge

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10:30 AM: Greg Dean—Where Wild Things Roam: A Quantitative Tour through the Vexillological Zoo

11:00 AM: Zachary Gardiner, et al—Exploring the Existence of the Word Liberty on the South Carolina Moultrie Flag

11:30 AM: Steve Knowlton—Be Distinctive or Be Related: Stylization, Genre, and Judgment in Flag Design

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7:00 PM: Jim Ferrigan—Dinner Presentation: If You’re Not Having Fun, You’re Doing Vexillology Wrong

Sunday, Oct. 12

9:00 AM: Stan Contrades, President—State of NAVA

9:30 AM: Deniz Iyigün—Oar Blades and Flags: A Comparative Analysis

10:00 AM: Jackson Ridl—Seattle’s Symbol of Goodwill: Establishing a Non-Profit to Contemporize the Seattle City Flag

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11:00 AM: Perry Dane—Flags in Relation

11:30 AM: Annie Platoff—Toy Flags or Something More? Analyzing Little Holiday Flags from the Soviet Union

1:30 PM: Vexi-Bits

2:00 PM: Graham Feyl—The Skin Recalls: The Leather Pride Flag and Bruises

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3:00 PM: Maya Grace Misra—'We're Going Flag Shopping': Racialized Othering and the U.S. Flag as Protective Gear

3:30 PM: Jacob Aronow—Flag Döppelgangers: A Study of Unintentional Vexillological Resemblance

4:00 PM: Luca Demirağ—Flags of Diaspora Groups