Programme (Final version)

Conference programme  (Final version)

(G = general content; S = specific content; RT = Round Table)

09:30-09:45

Pere Gallardo-Torrano, U. Rovira i  Virgili

“Family-friendly SF, or the Other Side of Realism” (G)

09:45-10:00

Bill Phillips, U. de Barcelona

“The Eschatology of Contemporary Science Fiction” (G)

10:00-10:15

Rocío Carrasco, U. de Huelva

“Interrogating the Posthuman in Contemporary US Science Fiction Films” (G)

10:15-10:30

Irene Sanz, Franklin Institute, U. de Alcalá de Henares

“Redefining Aliens in Science Fiction” (G)

10:30-10:45

COFFEE BREAK

10:45-11:30

Montse de Paz, writer. Premio Minotauro de Novela Fantástica, 2011

11:30-11:45
Marta M. Gutiérrez, Universidad de Valladolid

“Travelling between Worlds: Time Travel in Historical Fiction about the Salem Witch Trials” (G)

11:45-12:00

Samuel N. Fernández, U. Pablo de Olavide

“Anti-utopia as ‘Siege Imaginary’: The Case of US Science Fiction Film” (G)

12:00-12:15

BREAK

12:15-12:30

Francisco Sáez de Adana, U. de Alcalá de Henares

“The Presence of Science Fiction in American Comics” (G)

12:30-12:45

Sara Martín, U. Autònoma de Barcelona

“The Science (non)fiction of the Present: Considering the Figure of the Astronaut Today in Manuel Huerga's Documentary Son and Moon (2009)" (S)

12:45-13:00

Myriam Mubikayi, U. Complutense de Madrid

“The Quest for Memory in Octavia Butler’s Kindred and Fledging” (S)

13:00-14:00

LUNCH

14:00-14:15

Francisco Collado, U. de Zaragoza

“Cyberpunk vs. Postmodern Commodification: The Posthuman Being as Factory Meat in William Gibson’s Short Fiction” (S)

14:15-14:30

Beatriz Domínguez, U. de Huelva

“Bodies without Souls, Souls without Bodies: Sheri S. Tepper’s The Visitor” (S)

14:30-14:45

Angel Mateos-Aparicio, U. de Castilla-La Mancha

“A Postcolonial Insight into the Questions of Race and Identity in Science Fiction: Ben Bova’s Mars Trilogy” (S)

14:45-15:00

BREAK

15:00-15:15

Isabel Santaulària, U. de Lleida

“'This Is Still America ... Yeah, Just Barely.' Jericho as Social Commentary” (S)

15:15-15:30

Jimena Escudero, U. de Oviedo

“’To Carry the Fire’: The Road’s Apocalypses as a Rethinking of Humanity” (S)

15:30-15:45

María I. Jiménez, U. de Castilla-La Mancha

“Edgar Allan Poe and His Repercussion in the Genre of Science Fiction” (S)

15:45-16:00

COFFEE BREAK

16:00-16:30

Carmen M. Méndez/Thomas B. Byers, U. Complutense de Madrid/U of Louisville, KY

“Not So Long Ago, Not So Far Away: How Science Fiction Texts Confront Real-World Issues” (RT)

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