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Worlding SF, SFRA Chapter Austria

Hosted by the Dept. of American Studies Graz, this international academic conference seeks to explore the building, inhabiting, and understand of SF worlds

25/09/2026

Mary Shelley’s 1826 novel “The Last Man” imagines a world ravaged by plague, war and environmental collapse.

A political science scholar who edited a new edition says that no matter how many zombie invasions or vampire apocalypses you’ve seen, “The Last Man” is worth a read.

https://theconversation.com/lessons-for-the-21st-century-from-a-200-year-old-book-by-frankenstein-author-mary-shelley-291926

22/09/2026

Call For Papers Futures of Memory Conference 2027 Performing the Past, Witnessing (for) the Future: Memory in the Posthumanist Era The early 21st-century understanding of memory as fundamentally ‘performed’ was predicated on the role of the body, or embodiment per se. Other theorists in this per...

18/09/2026

OUT NOW: This themed Mediapolis Journal dossier – edited by Scott Rodgers, Helena Atteneder, Lou Brandner, Marcos Dias, Diogo Pereira Henriques and Sara Trentham-Black – adopts “the synthetic city” as a multivalent provocation for examining and interpreting the emerging implications of AI and related digital technologies for urban living.

Read the full dossier here: https://www.mediapolisjournal.com/dossiers/dossier-the-synthetic-city/

18/09/2026

+++ VERY HOT CONFERENCE CFP ALERT +++

The second European Conference on the Fantastic
Karlstad, Sweden 🇸🇪
15-17 June, 2027

18/09/2026

With AI dominating headlines, those who have been discussing artificial intelligence for decades must be blown away by the strangeness of the narrative.

However, that fragmentation and bewilderment is perhaps what many indeed expected to see.

Nick Land appears one of the most prescient in his argument that capitalism already is a self-improving, automated machine.

Here, philosopher Vincent Lê explores Land's apparently wild claims, exploring their truth and consequence.

Tap the link to read his full article. https://iai.tv/articles/capitalism-is-ai-ai-is-capitalism-auid-3683

17/09/2026

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