Archives: Conferences

Tuesday, December 12, 2017

Strange Cognitions

"Strange Cognitions: SF and the Metanovum," Brian's Plenary Lecture for the Université de Montréal's Science Fiction Colloquium, argued for a new understanding of SF's relation to actually existing AIs. Throughout his talk, he compared fictional representations of artificial intelligence with actually existing AIs like "Rachel," which (who?) was... More

Thursday, October 30, 2014

The Hyperlab at the Society for Utopian Studies 2014

Hyperlab members played an active role in organizing the 2014 Annual Meeting of the Society for Utopian Studies in Montreal last week. Sarah, Jenna, Adrien and Brian presented our work on a number of panels devoted to the Video Games and Animation, Immaterial Labour, and the Digital Humanities. We also gave a sneak preview... More

Friday, October 24, 2014

Utopian Bodies and Media

We helped co-organize this event in Montreal October 21-22, 2014, as the inaugural workshop of our Imaginaries of the Future: Historicising the Present research network, funded by a Leverhulme International Network Grant. See you next year in... More

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