Demanding the Impossible: The Third Australian Conference on Utopia, Dystopia and Science Fiction
5th - 7th December 2007
A conference organised by the Centre for Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies at Monash University
Keynote Speakers
TERRY EAGLETON
Professor of Cultural Theory and John Rylands Fellow at the University of Manchester.
TOM MOYLAN
Glucksman Professor of Contemporary Writing and Director of the Ralahine Center for Utopian Studies, University of Limerick
LYMAN TOWER SARGENT
Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of Missouri, St. Louis, and Visiting Fellow, Mansfield College, University of Oxford
LUCY SUSSEX
Distinguished Australian science fiction writer and author of A Tour Guide in Utopia
Other Speakers will include:
Andrew Benjamin (Professor of Critical Theory, CCLCS), Roland Boer (Associate Professor, CCLCS), Ian Buchanan (Professor of Critical Theory, Cardiff University), Verity Burgmann (Professor of Politics, University of Melbourne), Jacqueline Dutton (Senior Lecturer in French, University of Melbourne), Andrew Milner (Professor of Cultural Studies, CCLCS), Chris Palmer (Head of English, La Trobe University), Kate Rigby (Associate Professor, CCLCS).
Links
- Call for Papers
- Registration
- Acknowledgements
- Accommodation and Travel
- Conference Programme
- Comparative Utopias Workshop
- CCLCS Home
- Colloquy Home
Venue
Monash University
Clayton Campus
Melbourne
VIC 3800
AUSTRALIA
Further Information
Carlo Salzani or Dimitri Vardoulakis
Tel: +61 (3) 99059009
Fax: +61 (3) 99055593
Email: Utopias@arts.monash.edu.au