Shakespeare and Science Fiction Conference Schedule (28 April 2018)

Shakespeare and Science Fiction Conference Schedule (28 April 2018)

Shakespeare and Science Fiction

Sponsored by BSA

HEL 201, Anglia Ruskin University

28 April 2018

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Shakespeare and Science Fiction

9 – 9.30 Registration

9.30 – 10.10 Sarah Annes Brown: ‘Shakespeare and Time Travel’

10.10 – 11.25 Panel One
Peter Byrne: ‘Shakespeare in Fallout (or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bard)
Steven Sautter: ‘The Tempest and the Time Lord’
Powder Thompson: ‘What Dreams May Come: The Uses of Shakespeare in Disney’s Gargoyles’

11.25 – 11.50 coffee

11.50 – 12.40 Panel Two
Berit Åström: ‘Mute gesture’, organising principle, cultural namedropping? The uses of Shakespeare in Justin Cronin’s The Passage and Emily St John Mandel’s Station Eleven
Margaret Maurer: ‘Shakespeare, Star Trek and Intertextual Narratives in Station Eleven’

12.40 – 1.40 lunch

1.40 – 2.20 Roger Christofides: ‘In the face of the fabulous new: Hamlet in the uncanny valley’.

2.20 – 3.10 Panel Three
Lauren Rohrs: ‘Mary Doria Russell’s The Sparrow and Titus Andronicus: Emilio Sandoz as a Modern Male Lavinia
Sarah Waters: ‘C. S. Lewis’ Science Fiction and Re-readings of Shakespeare’

3.10 – 3.25 Break

3.25 – 4.40 Panel Four
Philip Aijian: ‘The Undiscovered Country: The Problem of Peace in Shakespeare and Star Trek VI’
Kinga Földváry: ‘Shakespeare and Science Fiction: The Case of Westworld’
Ronan Hatfull: ‘Shakespeare in the Park?: The Other RSC and the MCU’

4.40 – 6 Drinks reception and closing address by John Clute

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Useful Information

Travel:

Travelling to the Cambridge Campus at Anglia Ruskin University

Please note that the conference will provisionally take place in: Helmore (HEL) 201, situated on the East Road Campus (follow link to Cambridge Campus Map).

PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE IS NO PARKING ON CAMPUS. The closest public car park is at the Grafton Centre.

Accommodation

The nearest and most affordable hotels are:

Premier Inn

Travelodge


Coffee Shops

Espresso Library, 210 East Road (opposite the East Road entrance to ARU) – cross the road at the pedestrian crossing and it’s on the left

Costa Coffee, Mill Road. Head out of the back entrance of ARU onto Mackenzie Street. Walk to where Mackenzie Street meets Mill Road (on the left)

Restaurants and Eateries Close to ARU

The nearest to ARU are:

Merhaba’s. (very good in my experience) is opposite the East Road entrance to ARU – cross the road at the first pedestrian crossing and it’s on the right.

CB2s – East Road. Turn right out of ARU East Road Entrance, cross the small side road, continue towards the main pedestrian crossing, and it’s on the right-hand side.

The Snug Bar – East Road. Walk along East Road in the direction of Tesco’s (on opposite side of road) and cross over the road at the second pedestrian crossing.

CB2s – East Road. Turn right out of ARU East Road Entrance, cross the small side road, continue towards the main pedestrian crossing, and it’s on the right-hand side.

The Snug Bar – East Road. Walk along East Road in the direction of Tesco’s (on opposite side of road) and cross over the road at the second pedestrian crossing.

The Tram Depot – East Road. Exit ARU East Road Entrance and criss over the road at the first crossing. Turn right along East Road and then an immediate left.


Alternatives:

Mill Road (5 mins walk from ARU): There is also a good range of coffee shops and eateries on Mill Road

Grafton Street (also 5 mins walk from ARU): Along from The Snug Bar.

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