Please join PEN Miami/South Florida and Florida International University for the Third Annual Science & Fiction Confab as part of the 40th Annual International Conference on Narrative. This wide-ranging discussion with renowned speculative fiction authors Heather Clitheroe, Premee Mohamed, and Brenda Peynado explores the connection between science and fiction. The panel discussion will conclude with an audience Q&A and book signing.
About the Science & Fiction Confab
Established in 2021, Florida International University’s Science & Fiction Lab runs on the tenet that literary studies and STEM are not only complementary, but intricately intertwined. They aim to propagate interdisciplinarity across the undergraduate curriculum by cultivating, storing, and disseminating “plug-and-play” portable course content inspired by the myriad connections between science and fiction. The public-facing highlight of the Lab’s programming is the annual Science & Fiction Confab. Envisioned as a conversation among scholars and writers of science, fiction, and science fiction, the confab serves to kindle the interests of FIU students and faculty as well as the greater South Florida community. They hope to galvanize learners, teachers, and community members to get involved in the Lab’s mission: to leverage interdisciplinarity in reinvigorating both higher ed and science communication.