Changing the Climate: Utopia, Dystopia and Catastrophe
The Fourth Australian Conference on Utopia, Dystopia and Science Fiction
30th August – 1st September 2010
A conference organised by the Centre for Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies at Monash University
Keynote Speakers
Tom Moylan
Glucksman Professor of Contemporary Writing and Director of the Ralahine Center for Utopian Studies, University of Limerick
Kim Stanley Robinson
Distinguished science fiction writer, winner of two Hugo Awards and author of the Orange Country Trilogy, the Mars Trilogy, Antarctica, The Years of Rice and Salt and the Science in the Capital Trilogy.
Other Speakers will include:
Roland Boer (Professor of Theology, University of Newcastle), Ian Buchanan (Professor of Critical Theory, Cardiff University), Verity Burgmann (Professor of Politics, University of Melbourne), Jacqueline Dutton (Head of French, University of Melbourne), Andrew Milner (Professor of Cultural Studies, CCLCS), Kate Rigby (Associate Professor, CCLCS).
Links
- Call for Papers
- Registration
- Acknowledgements
- Travel and Accommodation
- Conference Programme
- CCLCS Home
- Colloquy Home
- Aussiecon 4
(The 68th World Science Fiction Convention, Melbourne, 2~6 September, 2010)
Venue
Monash Conference Centre,
Level 7,
30 Collins Street,
Melbourne,
Victoria 3000,
AUSTRALIA.
ph: +61 3 9903 8000
fax:+61 3 9903 8052
Further Information
Email: Utopias@arts.monash.edu.au