The Emergence of Science Fiction
Join us for a conversation with Anastasia Klimchynskaya.
About the Event
Join us on May 10 from 12:00 to 12:45 p.m. CT for a conversation with Anastasia Klimchynskaya on the emergence of science fiction.
We will explore how this genre came into the light of day in the nineteenth century – a turbulent epoch that saw dozens of revolutions, the advent of mass print culture, the professionalization of science, the development of disciplines such as sociology, historiography, and statistics, and a new attitude toward the future as a subject of serious collective interest and anticipation.
Who's Speaking
Anastasia Klimchynskaya
Instructor, Graham School, & Former Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Chicago Institute on the Formation of Knowledge
A scholar of nineteenth-century literature, Anastasia Klimchynskaya works primarily on science fiction and the broader intersections of science, literature, and the cultural imagination. A former postdoctoral fellow at the University of Chicago’s Institute on the Formation of Knowledge, she currently teaches in the School of Communication at Loyola University Chicago in addition to publishing and presenting widely on science fiction and the history of science. She has previously taught “Man and Machine” at the Graham School.
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