Another call for papers<\/a> that I knew you\u2019d agree is worth sharing. I\u2019m unlikely to be able to make it, since it falls during our last week of classes at Butler. But we\u2019ll see\u2026<\/p>\n An Astounding 90 Years of Analog Science Fiction and Fact: The Fourth Annual City Tech Science Fiction Symposium<\/strong><\/p>\n Date and Time: December 12, 2019, 9:00AM-6:00PM<\/p>\n Location: New York City College of Technology, 285 Jay St., A105, Brooklyn, NY<\/p>\n Almost 90 years ago, Analog Science Fiction and Fact began its storied history as one of the most important and influential SF magazines with the publication of its first issue under the title Astounding Stories of Super-Science. During that time, its fabled editors, award-winning writers, recognized artists, and invested readers played roles in the development of one of the longest running and renowned SF magazines, which in turn, influenced the field and adapted to change itself.<\/p>\n The Fourth Annual City Tech Science Fiction Symposium will celebrate \u201cAn Astounding 90 Years of Analog Science Fiction and Fact.\u201d It will feature talks, readings, and discussion panels with Analog Science Fiction and Fact\u2019s current and past editors and writers, and paper presentations and discussion panels about its extensive history, its relationship to the SF genre, its connection to fandom, and its role within the larger SF publishing industry.<\/p>\n We invite proposals for 15-20 minute paper presentations that explore or strongly relate to Analog Science Fiction and Fact. Please send a 250-word abstract with title, brief professional bio, and contact information to Jason Ellis (jellis@citytech.cuny.edu) by September 30, 2019. Topics with a connection to Analog Science Fiction and Fact might include but are certainly not limited to:<\/p>\n \u2022 Histories of the magazine\u2019s editors, writers, and relationship to other SF magazines. This event is free and open to the public as space permits: an RSVP will be included with the program when announced on the Science Fiction at City Tech website (https:\/\/openlab.citytech.cuny.edu\/sciencefictionatcitytech\/<\/a>).<\/p>\n This symposium is held in partnership with Analog Science Fiction and Fact and its publisher Penny Publications. It is hosted by the School of Arts and Sciences at the New York City College of Technology, CUNY.<\/p>\n The Annual City Tech Symposium on Science Fiction is held in celebration of the City Tech Science Fiction Collection, an archival holding of over 600-linear feet of magazines, anthologies, novels, and scholarship. It is in the Archives and Special Collections of the Ursula C. Schwerin Library (Library Building, L543C, New York City College of Technology, 300 Jay Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201). More information about the collection and how to access it is available here:<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Relationship of the magazine to the ongoing development of the SF genre.
\n\u2022 Tropes, themes, and concepts in the magazine.
\n\u2022 Issues of identity (culture, ethnicity, race, sex, and gender) in the magazine.
\n\u2022 Writers of color in the magazine.
\n\u2022 Women writers in the magazine.
\n\u2022 Fandom and the magazine.
\n\u2022 Visual studies of cover and interior artwork.
\n\u2022 Hard SF and the magazine.
\n\u2022 Interdisciplinary approaches to studying the magazine.
\n\u2022 STEM and the Humanities bridged in the magazine.
\n\u2022 Pedagogical approaches to teaching SF and\/or STEM with the magazine.<\/p>\n