Event
4th Australian Conference
on Utopia, Dystopia and Science Fiction
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Theme
Changing the Climate: Utopia, Dystopia and Catastrophe
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Description
“This fourth conference will directly address the questions of dystopia and catastrophe with special reference to a problem that increasingly haunts our imaginings of the future, that of actual or possible environmental catastrophe. [...] The conference invites papers from scholars, writers and others interested in the interplay between ecology and ecocriticism, utopia, dystopia and science fiction.” (4th AC)
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Place
Centre for Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies
Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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Date
30 August - 1 September 2010