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4<img src=/news/2025-05-symposium/featured_hu4db4bfcf49481fda29512c1dd5d873a4_2705900_150x0_resize_q75_h2_lanczos_3.webp height=102 width=150 alt="Upcoming symposium - Literature, Care, and the Ethics of Living in Southwest Asia and North Africa, at Utrecht University" loading=lazy></a></div></div><div class="media stream-item view-compact"><div class=media-body><div class="section-subheading article-title mb-0 mt-0"><a href=https://fafnir.journal.fi/issue/view/12425 target=_blank rel=noopener>Fafnir, New issue out!</a></div><a href=https://fafnir.journal.fi/issue/view/12425 target=_blank rel=noopener class=summary-link><div class=article-style><p><em>Fafnir: Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research</em>’s first issue of 2025 welcomes midsummer with a blazing selection of cutting-edge speculative fiction research, essays, book reviews, and a prefatory by Marek Oziewicz. Check out the full issue for free here!: <a href=https://fafnir.journal.fi/issue/view/12425 target=_blank rel=noopener>https://fafnir.journal.fi/issue/view/12425</a></p></div></a><div class="stream-meta article-metadata"><div class=article-metadata><span class=article-date>Jul 30, 2025</span></div></div></div><div class=ml-3><a href=https://fafnir.journal.fi/issue/view/12425 target=_blank rel=noopener><img src=/news/2025-08-fafnirnewissue/featured_hub85247db2693f99c0ba2f288846866de_181300_150x0_resize_q75_h2_lanczos.webp height=191 width=150 alt="Fafnir, New issue out!" loading=lazy></a></div></div><div class="media stream-item view-compact"><div class=media-body><div class="section-subheading article-title mb-0 mt-0"><a href=/news/2025-05-networkswanalit/>Launch of the Southwest Asian and North African Literatures Network</a></div><a href=/news/2025-05-networkswanalit/ class=summary-link><div class=article-style><p>Weâre thrilled to share the launch of a new platform fostering interdisciplinary exchange and creative engagement with SWANA literatures and cultures. Our inaugural symposium, Literature, Care, and the Ethics of Living in SWANA, will take place on <strong>10 April 2026</strong> at Utrecht UniversityâCfP now open!</p></div></a><div class="stream-meta article-metadata"><div class=article-metadata><span class=article-date>May 14, 2025</span></div></div></div><div class=ml-3><a href=/news/2025-05-networkswanalit/><img src=/news/2025-05-networkswanalit/featured_hud581376522893adc1dd007ab392c1a1f_585707_150x0_resize_q75_h2_lanczos_3.webp height=116 width=150 alt="Launch of the Southwest Asian and North African Literatures Network" loading=lazy></a></div></div><div class="media stream-item view-compact"><div class=media-body><div class="section-subheading article-title mb-0 mt-0"><a href=https://mervetabur.com/publication/2025br_determann/ target=_blank rel=noopener>Book Review in International Journal of Middle East Studies</a></div><a href=https://mervetabur.com/publication/2025br_determann/ target=_blank rel=noopener class=summary-link><div class=article-style><p>Book Review of <em>Islam, Science Fiction and Extraterrestrial Life: The Culture of Astrobiology in the Muslim World</em>. Jörg Matthias Determann (New York: I. B. Taurus, 2021)</p></div></a><div class="stream-meta article-metadata"><div class=article-metadata><span class=article-date>May 1, 2025</span></div></div></div><div class=ml-3><a href=https://mervetabur.com/publication/2025br_determann/ target=_blank rel=noopener><img src=/news/2025-05-bookreview/featured_huc40d8682059d1d39442022cc4350c0ff_244334_150x0_resize_q75_h2_lanczos.webp height=225 width=150 alt="Book Review in International Journal of Middle East Studies" loading=lazy></a></div></div><div class="media stream-item view-compact"><div class=media-body><div class="section-subheading article-title mb-0 mt-0"><a href=/news/2025-02-podcast/>Interview by Omelas science fiction podcast</a></div><a href=/news/2025-02-podcast/ class=summary-link><div class=article-style><p>I was guest of the Omelas science fiction podcast, prepared and hosted by dear Jülide KayaÅ and İsmail Yamanol, together with the SF author AyÅegül Yalvaç. We talked about the relationship between ecology and science fiction.</p></div></a><div class="stream-meta article-metadata"><div class=article-metadata><span class=article-date>Feb 25, 2025</span></div></div></div><div class=ml-3><a href=/news/2025-02-podcast/><img src=/news/2025-02-podcast/featured_hua3f025e1ec5ef1e1b10154a4482728d2_232561_150x0_resize_q75_h2_lanczos.webp height=150 width=150 alt="Interview by Omelas scie
4nce fiction podcast" loading=lazy></a></div></div><div class="media stream-item view-compact"><div class=media-body><div class="section-subheading article-title mb-0 mt-0"><a href=/news/2025-02-fafnir/>â¨Call for papers FAFNİR 2/2025â¨</a></div><a href=/news/2025-02-fafnir/ class=summary-link><div class=article-style><p>As Editor-in-Chief, I invite authors to submit papers for Fafnir â Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research, issue 2/2025. We welcome research from a range of disciplines on all aspects of science fiction, fantasy, and other speculative genres.</p></div></a><div class="stream-meta article-metadata"><div class=article-metadata><span class=article-date>Feb 10, 2025</span></div></div></div><div class=ml-3><a href=/news/2025-02-fafnir/><img src=/news/2025-02-fafnir/featured_hufbffe365379b4b307fc45b78d38cbefc_36202_150x0_resize_q75_h2_lanczos_3.webp height=154 width=150 alt="â¨Call for papers FAFNİR 2/2025â¨" loading=lazy></a></div></div><div class="media stream-item view-compact"><div class=media-body><div class="section-subheading article-title mb-0 mt-0"><a href=/news/2024-11-globalspeculations/>ForgottenSF Conference call for papers</a></div><a href=/news/2024-11-globalspeculations/ class=summary-link><div class=article-style><p>Patrick Brock, Regina Kanyu Wang and I are also coordinating a stream on “Global Speculations.” This stream invites contributions focused on phenomena variously known as Co-Futurisms, Indigenous Futurisms, or various regional traditions of speculation (e.g., Afrofuturism, Arabfuturisms, Asia Futurisms, etc.). We especially encourage and seek presentations on less known and under-researched texts and artists. This conference may be of interest to those working on speculative fiction/arts/media. One of the keynote speakers will be Sherryl Vint!</p></div></a><div class="stream-meta article-metadata"><div class=article-metadata><span class=article-date>Nov 25, 2024</span></div></div></div><div class=ml-3><a href=/news/2024-11-globalspeculations/><img src=/news/2024-11-globalspeculations/featured_hu2f2b88279ac9087e7dd86b11be3f93d0_162662_150x0_resize_q75_h2_lanczos.webp height=188 width=150 alt="ForgottenSF Conference call for papers" loading=lazy></a></div></div><nav class=mt-1><ul class="pagination justify-content-center"><li class=page-item><a class=page-link href=/news/page/2/>»</a></li></ul></nav></div></div><div class=page-footer><div class=container><footer class=site-footer><p class="powered-by copyright-license-text">© 2026 Merve Tabur. This work is licensed under <a href=https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 rel="noopener noreferrer" target=_blank>CC BY NC ND 4.0</a></p><p class="powered-by footer-license-icons"><a href=https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 rel="noopener noreferrer" target=_blank aria-label="Creative Commons"><i class="fab fa-creative-commons fa-2x" aria-hidden=true></i> 5<i class="fab fa-creative-commons-by fa-2x" aria-hidden=true></i> 6<i class="fab fa-creative-commons-nc fa-2x" aria-hidden=true></i> 7<i class="fab fa-creative-commons-nd fa-2x" aria-hidden=true></i></a></p><p class=powered-by>Published with <a href="https://wowchemy.com/?utm_campaign=poweredby" target=_blank rel=noopener>Wowchemy</a> â the free, <a href=https://github.com/wowchemy/wowchemy-hugo-themes target=_blank rel=noopener>open source</a> website builder that empowers creators.</p></footer></div></div>
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