The CCL will be hosting a Science Fiction Roundtable to conclude our undergraduate module on Science Fiction. The roundtable will take place on Wednesday 6th May 2015 in Room 540 of Birkbeck's Malet Street building (no. 1 on this central London map). Featuring guest speakers who specialise in science fiction research and teaching, the panel is themed around the following questions: what is science fiction? How should we understand genre, and which specific intellectual traditions have shaped debates concerning genre through the 20th century? What is the relationship between science fiction and SF film and television? And how have visions of futuristic technology evolved since Wells' early scientific romances?
Our guest speakers include Christopher Daley (Westminster / Brunel), whose research focuses on British Science Fiction during the Cold War era, Grace Halden (Birkbeck), a cultural historian who is interested in representations of technology in science fiction and popular culture since 1945, and Tony Sweeney (South Essex College), who teaches science fiction Film & TV. The discussion will be chaired by Joe Brooker and Caroline Edwards, who teach SF at Birkbeck.
See below for the event poster, or you can download it here.
Banner and poster image by James Vaughan under a CC BY-NC-SA license.
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