Cuban SF author Michel Encinosa to speak on “Gender in Cuban Science Fiction”

On Wednesday, February 24, 2016, Cuban science fiction author Michel Encinosa will give a lecture on “Gender in Cuban Science Fiction”

Encinosa’s lecture in English, “Gender in Cuban Science Fiction,” will be begin at 4 PM, in 215 Dauer Hall. The lecture is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be provided.

Earlier in the day Encinosa will meet with students in Dr. M. Elizabeth Ginway’s “Latin American Science Fiction” course. That informal conversation about his work and science fiction in Cuba today is free and open to the public and will take place from 12:50–1:40 PM in FLT 117. Discussion will be in Spanish.

About Michel Encinosa

Michel Encinosa Fú resides in Havana, the city of his birth. He holds a degree in English language and literature for the University of Havana, and works as a researcher at the Instituto Cubano del Libro and also as a journalist. He is best known for his works of epic fantasy (the Black Sun Series) and for his cyberpunk stories (the Children of Neon trilogy), which take place in a futuristic megalopolis of Ofidia. His female characters are complex, psychologically consistent and memorable, as are those of his stories in which characters change genders. Encinosa, along with his fellow SF writer Yoss, are the two major Cuban exponents of queer literature. He is the author of over 15 novels and numerous short stories. This is his first visit to the United States.

His lecture is sponsored by the Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies, the Department of English’s Marston-Milbauer Research Foundation, the Center for Latin American Studies and the Center for Women’s Studies and Gender Research.