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“Imagining Climate Change: Science & Fiction in Dialogue”

Published: Jan 27th, 2016

The Spring 2016 ICC Colloquium (February 17–18) features a public roundtable and individual talks by climate scientists and science fiction authors and scholars Tobias Buckell, Christian Chelebourg, Jay Famiglietti, Ellen E. Martin, Yann Quero, and Jeff VanderMeer.
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Spring 2016 Courses in SF

Published: Oct 29th, 2015

In Spring 2016, SFWG members are teaching a half-dozen undergraduate and graduate courses focusing on science fiction, fantasy, or utopian literature and film.
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“How to Talk About Horror”

Published: Oct 22nd, 2015

The 2015 EGO Conference (October 22–24) opens a scholarly space to discuss all that is frightening and unsettling.
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“Imagining Climate Change: Science & Fiction in Dialogue”

Published: Sep 16th, 2015

The Fall 2015 ICC Colloquium (October 9–10) features public talks by Andrea Dutton, Jean-Marc Ligny, and Nathaniel Rich.
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“Them!” @ FLMNH (July 10)

Published: Jun 29th, 2015

The Florida Museum of Natural History will resume its “Creative B” summer film series, featuring entertaining science fiction films and roundtable discussions by scholars, scientists, and artists.

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“Wanderers” @ the Digital Worlds Institute (July 15)

Published: Jun 29th, 2015

The College of the Arts’ “Creative B” summer film series includes a evening of short science fiction films from around the world.… More

“One Million Years B.C.” @ FLMNH (July 24)

Published: Jun 29th, 2015

The Florida Museum of Natural History’s “Creative B” summer film series continues in an sf vein, with Don Chaffey’s 1966 dinosaur and cavegirl epic One Million Years B.C.

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Viewings & readings for March 17 Frelik seminar

Viewings & readings for March 17 Frelik seminar

Published: Mar 10th, 2015

“What Do We Talk About When We Talk About Science Fiction: Genre Systems and Definitions in Central and Eastern Europe”
Recommended advance viewings and readings for Paweł Frelik’s March 17 lunchtime seminar may be viewed online or downloaded from the sources listed below.… Read More

“James Joyce, Science Fiction, Cultural Studies & Other Modernist Wonders”

Published: Feb 4th, 2015

This two-day symposium (February 26–27, 2015) brings together former UF undergraduate and graduate students, major scholars, and other special guests to celebrate the career and continuing legacy of UF Professor of English Emeritus and internationally renowned James Joyce scholar, Brandy Kershner.… More

Polish sf scholar Paweł Frelik to speak at UF

Published: Feb 3rd, 2015

On March 16 and 17, 2015, Paweł Frelik (Marie Curie Skłodowska University, Poland) will visit UF to give a public lecture and lead a lunchtime seminar on Eastern European science fiction and film.… More