Program
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Thursday, April 26, 2007UL 6, R 2103
18:00 - 21:00: Opening
Welcome
Philipp Kneis, HU Berlin (organizer):
Introduction: Political Utopias. Between Fictional Polities and the Fictionalization of Politics
Discussion of
Stargate Atlantis Ep. 1.07 "Poisoning the Well"
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Ep. 6.13 "Far Beyond the Stars"
Friday, April 27, 2007UL 6, R 2103
11:00 - 12:30: Session I: Ecotopia
Rasmus Christensen, Martin Grøn, Rikke Jensen, University of Southern Denmark:
Ecotopian Perspectives
12:30 - 14:00: Joint Lunch
14:00 - 15:30: Session II: Star Trek
Bert Bobock, HU Berlin:
From Kantian Space-Time to Star Trek?
Sandra Beyer, HU Berlin:
A Utopia for Conservatives and Old Men:
Gendered Relations and Sexual Politics in Star Trek - a Feminist Polemic
16:00 - 17:30: Session III: Religion and Metaphysics
Dave Lojek, HU Berlin:
Posthumans in Fact and Fiction. Notes on the Abolition of Death and the Transmigration into the Digital
Philipp Kneis, HU Berlin (organizer):
Feeding False Gods. Religion and Creationism at the Stargate
Wrap-Up
Saturday, April 28, 2007UL 6, R 2103
11:00 - 12:30: Session IV: 24
Michael Lattek, FU Berlin:
"Do it now!" The Politics of Immediacy in 24
Katarzyna Sobieraj, HU Berlin:
What is Utopian About 24?
12:30 - 14:00: Joint Lunch
14:00 - 15:30: Session V: Heroism
Berenike Jung, FU Berlin:
Utopian Heroes
Jia Wei Chan's paper on "Dystopias in American Literature" had to be cancelled on short term notice.
We will be discussing episodes from a .hack series instead to prepare for the following session.
16:00 - 17:30: Session VI: Reality
Daniela Simon, HU Berlin (organizer):
.hack//In Too Deep
Manuela Mangold, HU Berlin (organizer):
The Construction of Community on The Wire
Concluding Discussion
Joint Dinner
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