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Wellesley College Hosts International Science Fiction Conference
Wellesley Global Science Fiction conference to include reading by renowned author, screening of Cloud Atlas and a full day of panel discussions with international scholars.
The Susan and Donald Newhouse Center for the Humanities at Wellesley College will host a Global Science Fiction Symposium on March 8 and 9.
The event kicks off with a keynote address on Friday, March 8 at 4 p.m. Renowned science fiction author Andrea Hairston will read from her novel 'Redwood and Wildfire' and give a short talk tiled “Conjuring the Future: Post-colonial Divination,” addressing science fiction and fantasy in the age of globalization. Hairston will be accompanied by live music performed by award-winning vocalist and instrumentalist Pan Morigan. A reception will follow the talk with a screening of the film 'Cloud Atlas' beginning at 7 p.m. Wellesley College lecturer and co-director of Wellesley’s Cinema and Media Studies program Winifred Wood will host the film screening.
On Saturday, March 9, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. an international group of scholars will participate in a series of panel discussions exploring the genre of science fiction through a broad range of national and cultural traditions. Discussions will look at what it means to write in a global context rather than how globalization has affected science fiction.
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