Symposium on Amazing Stories: Inspiration, Learning, and Adventure in Science Fiction

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View Program “By 'scientifiction' I mean the Jules Verne, H. G. Wells and Edgar Allan Poe type of story—a charming romance intermingled with scientific fact and prophetic vision ... Not only do these amazing tales make tremendously interesting reading—they are always instructive.” -Hugo Gernsback, 1926. When the widely recognized “Father of Science Fiction,” Hugo Gernsback

Extrapolation, Interdisciplinarity, and Learning: The Second Annual City Tech Symposium on Science Fiction

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View the program: https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/sciencefictionatcitytech/.   Knowledge is indivisible. When people grow wise in one direction, they are sure to make it easier for themselves to grow wise in other directions as well. On the other hand, when they split up knowledge, concentrate on their own field, and scorn and ignore other fields, they grow less

200 Years of Interdisciplinarity Beginning with Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein:The Third Annual City Tech Symposium on Science Fiction

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Call for Papers (Deadline: October 31, 2018) We invite presentations of 15-20 minutes on SF and interdisciplinarity. Papers on or connected to Frankenstein are particularly encouraged. Possible presentation topics include, but are not limited to: Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and interdisciplinarity (focusing on research questions or teaching approaches) Explorations of interdisciplinary ideas, approaches, and themes in