Frankenstein Panel Discussion at Third Annual City Tech Science Fiction Symposium. Photo by Jason Ellis.

Following the inauguration of the City Tech Science Fiction Collection, faculty have organized an annual symposium on Science Fiction. The event is a celebration of the collection and an opportunity to discuss, share, and consider how important Science Fiction is as a literature of interdisciplinarity, imagination, and inspiration.

Eighth Annual City Tech Science Fiction Symposium
30 Nov. 2023
Theme: Science Fiction, Gender, and Sexuality
Keynote Speaker: Ytasha L. Womack
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Seventh Annual City Tech Science Fiction Symposium
6 Dec. 2022
Theme: Archive and Science Fiction
Keynote Speaker: Jeremy Brett
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Sixth Annual City Tech Science Fiction Symposium
9 Dec. 2021
Theme: Access and Science Fiction
Keynote Speakers: Ximena Gallardo C. and Ann Matsuuchi
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Fifth Annual City Tech Science Fiction Symposium
19 Nov. 2020
Theme: Race and Science Fiction
Keynote Speaker: Jonathan W. Gray
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Fourth Annual City Tech Science Fiction Symposium
12 Dec. 2019
Theme: An Astounding 90 Years of Analog Science Fiction and Fact
Keynote Speaker: Mike Flynn
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Third Annual City Tech Science Fiction Symposium
27 Nov. 2018
Theme: 200 Years of Interdisciplinarity Beginning with Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
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Second Annual City Tech Science Fiction Symposium
6 Dec. 2017
Theme: Extrapolation, Interdisciplinarity, and Learning
Keynote Speaker: Samuel R. Delany
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First Annual City Tech Science Fiction Symposium
29 Nov. 2016
Theme: Amazing Stories: Inspiration, Learning, and Adventure in Science Fiction
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