Chris Pak

2-year Early Modern Studies Postdoc at Swansea's become available: swansea.ac.uk/jobs-at-swanse…

Science fiction debate: Why have we stopped imagining futures? news.err.ee/1609348986/sci… #ERR #sfra2024

@lucatrenta These works can certainly be used in this manner, much like a lot of sf

Featuring an invited article by @Chrispak_ plus brilliant articles by @OJCade, @FilonenkoSofia, Kirsten Hunt, Julia E. Kiernan, and @Momentanium

Time to start doing things, Birkbeck supporters! Please RT widely! change.org/p/no-job-cuts-…

@TheFishInPrison I’d be happy to supervise dissertations on fantasy at Swansea university.

Heard of Cli-Fi? That's what I took on for the latest @cbcradio #tech and I have some #book recommendations for your fall and 🎁 lists! I spoke with climate fiction experts about what the genre brings to the work of mitigating and adapting to climate change Here we go 1/6

Still some spaces on this course if you're interested in enrolling

Don’t know who this guy is, but he makes me want to see the Science Fiction: Voyage to the Edge of Imagination exhibition opening TOMORROW @sciencemuseum 😉

@GR_Morgan @epiktistes This is what I want to be remembered for when I go

@epiktistes @Chrispak_ His rendition of Edwin Starr’s “War” is still a highlight!

Went out and got my first karaoke hit since the pandemic started !!! So rusty but I bloody love it, and what better venue than under the glitterball at @stowtradeshall?! ✨🪩✨

@GR_Morgan @epiktistes I had my first k for a long time two days before the wedding and it was great. If we can make it happen I’ll be there!

@epiktistes @Chrispak_ Old man pub Liverpool karaoke is a genre unto itself for sure 😅

Contents include an expansive foreword by Stephen Baxter, @arrroberts on Louis-Napoléon Geoffroy, @Chrispak_ on Kim Stanley Robinson, Jonathan Rayner on Japanese WW2 alternate history, @SciFiBaker on @ian_sales Apollo Quartet, @mariettarosetta on @lavietidhar ... (1/2)

I'm happy to announce that AntConc 4.1.0 for Windows, MacOS, and Linux is now released. It includes a new *online* corpus repository, a new wordcloud tool, and various tweaks to improve the user experience. You can get it as a free download here: laurenceanthony.net/software/antco…

100 days to launch.... 🚀

Delighted to be joining @foundation_sf with my good colleague @Chrispak_ (& @JonathanThornt2). Thanks Paul March-Russell and @maureenkspeller for thinking of me, it's an honour to be part of this crucial node in the UK SF network. #sciencefiction #journal sf-foundation.org/fresh-about?fb…

@mariettarosetta @AmyCChambers @GR_Morgan @beata_gubacsi @vr_ac @jorodgers92 @DrDouglasSmall @LouiseCreechan Won't be able to come unfortunately. Hope the event goes well.

@AmyCChambers @GR_Morgan @Chrispak_ @beata_gubacsi @vr_ac @jorodgers92 @DrDouglasSmall @LouiseCreechan - just thinking of my symposium dream team, but I know it's short notice!

I'm going to be keynoting with @drgavinmiller at this symposium next Friday (6th May). Hoping some of you can join us! #sciencefiction #medicalhumanities #embodiment #disability #Leeds

Our programme is here! We've released the first draft of our programme, to give you an idea of all the amazing papers and workshops our conference will feature! Find it here: bit.ly/3O0JcWV Deadline for Early Bird Registration THIS SUNDAY 17/04. bit.ly/3NWIfPv

@LKonstan @arrroberts @BobEaglestone John Kinnaird has a chapter in his book, "Olaf Stapledon" (1986). @gerrycanavan has a paper, '"A Dread Mystery, Compelling Adoration": Olaf Stapledon, Star Maker, and Totality.'

@arrroberts @BobEaglestone @Chrispak_ Had forgotten about the Fiedler book.

Any good/recommended writing on Stapledon's "Star Maker"?

These are terrific scholarships...work with great people like @DrYanWu @Allainak @DrRhys @leightonevans @william_merrin @RydzewskaJoanna @elainprice @Chrispak_ @Mecavityjones @herman_anamaria + our non Tweeting colleagues ! Great folks to help you on your academic journey 😉

How has science fiction engaged with pandemics? From Mary Shelley to @SarahPinsker, I look at a range of plagues as metaphor, as thought experiment, as narrative device, and suggest how such texts might be helpful in the way we think out disease, and societies.