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SUMMARY:Global Science Fiction Conference
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Event Name: Global Science Fiction Conference=0D=0AEvent Url: http://www.artsboston.org/event/detail/441657716=0D=0AEvent Date Begin: 2013-03-08=0D=0AEvent Date End: 2013-03-09=0D=0A=0D=0AThe Susan and Donald Newhouse Center for the Humanities at Wellesley College will host a Global Science Fiction Conference on March 8 and 9 designed to bring the community and scholars together to explore the genre of science fiction as it is presented in various 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.=0D=0A=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 &ldquo;Conjuring the Future: Post-colonial Divination,&rdquo; 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 with a screening of the film Cloud Atlas beginning at 7 p.m.=0D=0A=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.=0D=0A=&nbsp;
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