The Fantasy of Social Justice: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Fantastic Literature

March 11-12, 2016

Friday, March 11
9:30 am - 4:30 pm

Keynote speaker:
Farah Mendlesohn, Anglia Ruskin University

9:30 am: Breakfast
10:00 am: Welcome Address
10:15 am: Panel I. Visions of Justice: Gender and Race Issues
11:45 am: Coffee Break
12:00 pm: Panel II. Visions of Justice: Utopian Societies
1:30 pm: Lunch Break
3:00 pm: Keynote Lecture
 

Saturday, March 12
10:30 am - 2:45 pm

10:00 am: Panel III. Injustice in Times of Crisis
11:30 am: Lunch Break
12:45 pm: Panel IV. Transformation and Apocalypse: The Impact of Fantasy
2:30 pm: Closing Remarks


For the full list of speakers and panelists, please see here.
 

 

 

 

When
March 11th, 2016 1:30 PM to March 12th, 2016 4:30 PM
Location
Great Hall, Graham House
6201 Cecil Green Park Road
Green College, UBC
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1
Canada
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Phone: 604-822-8660
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