On 26 February 2026, I will be giving a talk at the University of Uppsala, Sweden.
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Titled "The Last Man - A child of the Revolution", it will tie the emergence of post-apocalyptic literature at the beginning of the 19th century, to four great social, political, ideological and scientific revolutions.
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I will also talk about the upcoming publication of my book, The Last Man. The Origins of Apocalyptic Science Fiction, as part of Routledge's Studies in Speculative Literature series.
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Thank you Torbjörn Gustaffson Chorell for inviting me!
Screenings of This is Not a War Story (2021), by director Talia Lugacy.
- at the Byre Theatre in St Andrews, Scotland (May 2022)
- at the Glasgow Center for Contemporary Arts, Scotland (October 2023)
Both events were followed by Q&A with director Talia Lugacy and actor / veteran Eli Wright.
Synopsis: A ragtag group of veterans in New York deal with the aftermath of war by creating unusual art.
Spring 2021 - French Futures Festival
Online Festival organised at the University of Stirling, featuring the following events:
- a screening of Chris Marker's La Jetée, followed by a Q&A
- a conference titled "A Child of the Revolution, the Origins of Science Fiction"
- a Trivia and Games night, featuring a quiz, a photo contest, Pixel Art challenges, and other games
The 45th annual NCFS Conference in Sarasota FL was a wonderful event! The year's theme, Illusion and Disillusion, was a perfect pick.
Unsurprisingly, HawaiiCon was wonderful. I met Tim Slater, the indefatigable organizer, and presented my paper titled "Ex Machina - Down with the Fairy Tale"
At Berry College's Grad Fair, advertising Georgia Tech's upcoming one-year Master of Science in Global Media and Culture. A warm welcome and a lot of enthusiasm for our program, from faculty and students alike.
As part of my literature class on Monsters and the Monstrous, I took my students to the "Odd Bodies" conference in Philadelphia, organised by the Institute of Nineteenth-Century Studies in Spring 2017.
Since we were in Philadelphia, we also visited the Mütter Museum, medical oddities oblige.
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The students were stellar. They held their own when faced with academics, they asked hard questions, they were involved, interested, curious, and they acted like real scholars. I am so very proud of them.
I presented a paper titled "The Gnome and the Mirror in “The Birthday of the Infanta” by Oscar Wilde.
Here is the conference program
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And here is an article about this class trip in Global Voices, the Departmental Newsletter for Modern Languages & Literatures at the College of William & Mary
Man-Made Woman Film and Discussion Series
(Spring 2017, College of William and Mary)
In this series, open to scholars and students alike, we explore films such as James Whale's The Bride of Frankenstein and Spike Jonze's Her in which a man creates a woman, the perfect woman.
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Perfect for whom, and according to what criteria? Join us to find out!
