Category Archives: Academic

Finfar 2014: Call for Papers

Posted on January 29, 2014 by Cheryl Morgan

This is mainly for those of you likely to be attending Finncon this year. I hand over to Irma Hirsjärvi. What is Finfar? Finfar 2014, Finncon’s academic conference, will gather together the foremost experts and students of fantasy and science … Continue reading →

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A Paper For Loncon 3

Posted on January 23, 2014 by Cheryl Morgan

I am delighted to be able to announce that I will be presenting a paper at the academic conference at the Worldcon in London this August. Here’s the abstract. Trans-cending the Comics Code While gender bending is a regular feature … Continue reading →

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Fafnir – Call for Papers

Posted on January 14, 2014 by Cheryl Morgan

Fafnir – Nordic Journal for Science Fiction and Fantasy Research is a new, peer-reviewed academic journal which is published in electronic format four times a year. The purpose of Fafnir is to join up the Nordic field of science fiction … Continue reading →

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A New Book, and a New Imprint

Posted on October 21, 2013 by Cheryl Morgan

Wizard’s Tower published a new book today. Or rather the book was published by a brand new imprint: Grimoire. You see, I am now an academic publisher. How did this come about? Well, an academic journal called the Journal of … Continue reading →

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A Nordic Academic Journal

Posted on October 18, 2013 by Cheryl Morgan

Swecon is taking place this weekend (with Jo Walton, Lavie Tidhar and Karin Tidbeck as Guests of Honor). I’m way to busy to be there, which I’m sad about because it looks like being a great convention and there is … Continue reading →

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Queer in Brighton: The Conference

Posted on September 19, 2013 by Cheryl Morgan

I spent yesterday at the conference in Brighton co-organized by the Brighton & Sussex Sexualities Network, Queer in Brighton, and Brighton*Transformed and held at Brighton University’s Grand Parade campus. It was a lot of fun. Personally I was very happy … Continue reading →

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Back To Brighton: BSSN Conference

Posted on August 5, 2013 by Cheryl Morgan

While I was in Brighton for Trans Pride, Fox told me about an academic conference that was due to take place in the city in September. The title of the conference is “Life Stories, Histories and Differences” and, as you … Continue reading →

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In The Mail: Parabolas of Science Fiction

Posted on July 23, 2013 by Cheryl Morgan

Every so often, the nice people at Wesleyan University Press send me presents. One arrived this morning. It is Parabolas of Science Fiction, a collection of academic essays edited by Brian Attebery and Veronica Hollinger. The title seems a little … Continue reading →

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New Feminist SF Study

Posted on February 12, 2013 by Cheryl Morgan

Last night I got email from Lyda Morehouse drawing my attention to Cyberpunk Women, Feminism and Science Fiction: A Critical Study by Carlen Lavigne. It sounds very interesting, and Lyda understands that it mentions the AngeLINK series quite a bit. … Continue reading →

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The Tolkien Lecture

Posted on January 20, 2013 by Cheryl Morgan

As Kij Johnson said in her opening remarks, the great thing about an inaugural lecture is that there is no precedent, nothing to constrain what you can and can’t talk about. Even the title isn’t much of a straightjacket as … Continue reading →

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More #TransDocFail Links

Posted on January 11, 2013 by Cheryl Morgan

I know you are probably getting fed up with this stuff by now, but this story does illustrate very clearly just how manipulative the press can be if they want to be, openly spreading ideas that they must know to … Continue reading →

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Pembroke Lecture on Fantasy Literature in Honour of JRR Tolkien

Posted on January 3, 2013 by Cheryl Morgan

As promised over the Holidays, here are the full details of the lecture that Kij Johnson will be giving in Oxford later this month, and the writing course she is doing the following day. I hope to see some of … Continue reading →

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LoneStarCon 3 Call For Papers

Posted on November 16, 2012 by Cheryl Morgan

I’m delighted to see that my friend Karen Burnham has been put in charge of the academic track for next year’s Worldcon, LoneStarCon 3. I’m sure she will do a fine job. I’ve received a Call for Papers. Karen is … Continue reading →

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Melded Again

Posted on July 11, 2012 by Cheryl Morgan

I have a contribution to the latest SF Signal Mind Meld: Non-Fiction Books About Science Fiction That Should Be In Every Fan’s Library. I see that I am in excellent company, including Gary and Jonathan. I thought when I wrote … Continue reading →

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Question Design – Help Please

Posted on June 26, 2012 by Cheryl Morgan

I’m hoping that I have a few helpful academics amongst my readers here. As I guess most people know, a lot of research in various fields revolves around questionnaires. You get this in politics, in marketing, and in sociology. The … Continue reading →

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Africa Revisited

Posted on June 25, 2012 by Cheryl Morgan

Here are a few follow-ups on the subject of African science fiction. First up, with thanks to DaveH for the heads-up, the BBC World Service has a programme narrated by Lauren Beukes which includes interviews with Neill Blomkamp (District 9), … Continue reading →

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Ignorance at Work

Posted on June 21, 2012 by Cheryl Morgan

Following trans-related groups online means that I get to see quite a few surveys aimed at or about trans people. I try to fill them in because I feel that gathering data is generally a good thing to do. Every … Continue reading →

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More On Africa

Posted on June 20, 2012 by Cheryl Morgan

There’s another SF in Africa event in Bristol on Saturday. This one is a fairly serious academic discussion all about treating stories of colonization as if they were science fiction. My friends Mark Bould and Roger Luckhurst will be involved. … Continue reading →

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Survey Design – Advice Needed

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Cheryl Morgan

Is there anyone out there who is an expert in designing surveys? The sort of thing you get on sites like SurveyMonkey. I’ve completed quite a few of these as a subject, and they’ve mostly seemed pretty badly designed. Now … Continue reading →

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Science Fiction and Technology – A Partnership?

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Cheryl Morgan

My science writer friend, Jon Turney, has a very cool project underway. NESTA, an investment think tank, has commissioned him to examine the relationship between science fiction and technology. Basically they want to know whether science fiction has an influence … Continue reading →

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