Academic/Franklin University are a series of panels by and for academics. Anyone is welcome to attend, but the focus of these panels is a little more scholarly than most (with the obligatory Buffy panel, of course!)
On Friday, we feature a series of Philadelphia/Franklin-related panels called "Franklin University."
Scheduled Academic/Franklin University Program Items
Unorthodox Visions in Penn's Commonwealth
Fri 9:00am CC104A
J. Gregory Keyes
James Dilbert
Ben Franklin: The Light of Reason and the Light of Alchemy
Fri 10:00am CC104B
J. Gregory Keyes
James Morrow
Radical Philadelphia Visions: Benjamin Franklin and Scott Nearing
Fri 1:00pm CC104B
James Young
Jesse Lemisch
Philadelphia Visions: Saints and Baseball
Fri 2:00pm CC104B
Rick Wilber
Jan Bogstad
Suzie McKee Charnas, Joanna Russ, Suzette Haden Elgin
Fri 4:00pm CC104A
Farah Mendlesohn
Jan Bogstad
Franklin's Genius and the Genius of Science Fiction
Fri 4:00pm CC104B
David Brin
J. Gregory Keyes
James Morrow
Science Fiction and Fantasy Research Collections
Fri 5:00pm CC104A
Edward James
Colleen Cahill
Thomas M. Whitehead
Hal Hall
Fred Lerner
Two Sides of Science Fiction: Ursula K. Le Guin and C. J. Cherryh
Sat 10:00am CC104B
Pat York
Susan Shwartz
Jan Bogstad
Vonnegut's Early Work
Sat 11:00am CC104B
Elizabeth Anne Hull
Bruce Rockwood
Arthur Hlavaty
Science Fiction on the Screen
Sat 12:00 noon CC104B
Daniel Kimmel
John Flynn
Michael Cassutt
Studying Culture: Anthropologists Study the Science Fiction Community
Sat 1:00pm CC104B
Solomon Davidoff
Deborah M. Geisler
Camille Bacon-Smith
The Impact of the Internet on Scholarly Communication in the Field of Fantasy and SF
Sat 2:00pm CC104B
Colleen Cahill
Jan Bogstad
Rhonda Wilcox
Leroy Dubeck
Using Science Fiction in the Disciplines
Sat 3:00pm CC104B
Using science fiction to teach subject material in various fields and
disciplines, including: physical sciences, philosophy (s/a
dystopia/utopia), history, urban studies, etc.
Charlie Petit
David DeGraff
Leroy Dubeck
Farah Mendlesohn
Teaching Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror as Literature
Sat 4:00pm CC104B
Howard V. Hendrix
John Flynn
John J. Kessel
Andrew M. Butler
Samuel R. Delany
Teaching the Writing of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror
Sat 5:00pm CC104B
Marvin Kaye
Barbara Chepaitis
James Morrow
Joe Haldeman
Samuel R. Delany
Women's Messages
Sun 10:00am CC104B
What are Women saying in fantasy and science fiction? Do they say it
differently than men? If women are from Fantasy, and Men are from
Science Fiction, why do men win the fantasy awards, and women win
science fiction ones? Analysis of women's writing in sf and fantasy.
Catherine Asaro
Karen Haber
Barbara Chepaitis
Liz Williams
Naming the World?
Sun 11:00am CC104B
What does science fiction really do? Predict or describe the world?
Give us goals to shoot for, or name the formless longing we already
have? Critical discussion--not, "what is science fiction," but "how
does science fiction survive as a literature of the mind?"
David Brin
Catherine Asaro
James Morrow
Howard V. Hendrix
Liz Williams
Samuel R. Delany
Fighting the Forces: Essayists on the Meaning of Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Sun 12:00 noon CC104B
Essays from recent scholarly criticism of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Camille Bacon-Smith
Farah Mendlesohn
Rhonda Wilcox
David Lavery
And Then It Changed: Fantasy Before and After Tolkien
Sun 1:00pm CC104B
Did it change? Why? How? Suggest other reasons/authors.
Darrell Schweitzer
John J. Kessel
Solomon Davidoff
Gregory Frost
Publishing Science Fiction and Fantasy Research and Criticism
Sun 2:00pm CC104B
Farah Mendlesohn
Edward James
David Lavery
Kathryn Cramer
Critiquing Short Fiction
Sun 3:00pm CC104B
Discussion of the critical tools and processes when looking at short
fiction. What makes certain specific examples of short fiction good
literature?
Darrell Schweitzer
Kathryn Cramer
P. C. Hodgell
Gregory Feeley
Creating Culture: the Anthropology in the Science Fiction of ...
Sun 4:00pm CC104B
Judith Berman
Jane M. Lindskold
Camille Bacon-Smith
History and Fantasy
Sun 5:00pm CC104B
Where do all those fantasy universes come from, and why?
(a critical/historical examination of fantastic literature)
Harry Turtledove
Charlie Petit
Susan Shwartz
Gregory Frost
Lois McMaster Bujold
Esther Friesner