Chris Pak

Academic specialising in science fiction, the environmental humanities, human-animal studies and the digital humanities, based at Swansea University.

[Chris Pak @Chrispak_]

2-year Early Modern Studies Postdoc at Swansea's become available: https://t.co/JRvlO3X8ga

[Chris Pak @Chrispak_]

Science fiction debate: Why have we stopped imagining futures?

https://t.co/5uluX3vJkd #ERR #sfra2024

[Chris Pak @Chrispak_]

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

[Jonathan Hay @jonie148]

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

[SAVE English, Theatre & Creative Writing at BBK @BbkETCWResists]

Time to start doing things, Birkbeck supporters!

Please RT widely!

https://t.co/YY6Yp874JO

[Chris Pak @Chrispak_]

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

[Manjula Selvarajah @manjaselva]

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
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[Glyn Morgan @GR_Morgan]

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

[Glyn Morgan @GR_Morgan]

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 😉

[Chris Pak @Chrispak_]

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

[Chris Pak @Chrispak_]

@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!

[Glyn Morgan @GR_Morgan]

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)

[Laurence Anthony @antlabjp]

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: https://t.co/dJSr51yvxv

[Glyn Morgan @GR_Morgan]

100 days to launch.... 🚀

[Dr Anna McFarlane @mariettarosetta]

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 https://t.co/L8XHYjnw18

[Chris Pak @Chrispak_]

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

[Once and Future Fantasies Conference @OnceFantasies]

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: https://t.co/HqVWpG9i4d
Deadline for Early Bird Registration THIS SUNDAY 17/04. https://t.co/m5dSNTWvKs

[Chris Pak @Chrispak_]

@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.'

[Richard Thomas @rich_thomas99]

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 😉

[Glyn Morgan @GR_Morgan]

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.