Robots and race, aliens and science fiction music are among the themes internationally known scholars of science fiction literature will explore in a lecture series at the University of California, Riverside in April and May.
The lecture series will include an afternoon symposium, "The Histories of Science Fiction," on Thursday, April 30, which will lead into the 2009 Eaton Science Fiction Conference May 1-3. The lectures are free and open to the public. Parking costs $6.
"This speaker series will further cement UCR's growing reputation as the most important academic site for science fiction scholarship in the world," said Rob Latham, associate professor of English and organizer of the lecture series.
The speakers also will meet with graduate students enrolled in a course Latham teaches, "The Origins and Promise of Science Fiction," which is part of the Ph.D. track in Science Fiction, Science and Literature in the Department of Comparative Literature. The Department of Creative Writing is conducting a search to fill a position in science fiction writing, and there are plans to hire an additional science fiction scholar next year in another department.
"This will give UCR three active faculty members who specialize in science fiction, providing the nucleus for future campus events and, I hope, for the establishment of an academic unit in Science Fiction and Technoculture Studies," Latham said.
For more information contact Rob Latham at rob.latham@ucr.edu or ( 951 ) 827-196
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