Allan Weiss  

 

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Short Story Conference 1992

Short Story Conference
Iowa, 1992

 

NACS - Turku

NACS
Turku, 1993

 

Short Story Conference 1994

Short Story Conference
Iowa, 1994

 

ACCCSAL Conference 1995

First ACCCSAL
Ottawa, 1995

 

ACCSFF 97

With Judith Merril
ACCSFF '97
Toronto, 1997

 

NACS 2002

NACS
Stockholm, 2002

Selected Conference Papers and Public Talks

  • "Beyond the North: Nordicity in Canadian Fantastic Literature." Central European Association for Canadian Studies conference. Zagreb, October 2015.
  • "Bill C-51 and Dystopian Literature." Toronto Reference Library, September 2015.
  • "The Sociology of Short Story Linking." Thirteenth International Conference on the Short Story in English. Vienna, 2014.
  • "From Space to Time: The Shift in Linking Principles in the Canadian Short Story Cycle." Indian Association for Canadian Studies conference. Tirupati, January 2014.
  • “Ancient and Modern Apocalypse from a Genre Theory Perspective." Apocalypse: Imagining the End. Oxford, July 2013.
  • "Realism and the Mythopoeic: The Short Stories of W. D. Valgardson.” Twelfth International Conference on the Short Story in English, Little Rock, June 2012.
  • “White Woman’s Burden: Female Characters in Africa in Short Stories by Canadian Women Writers.” Nordic Association for Canadian Studies Conference, Aarhus, Denmark, August 2011.
  • “The Grotesque in Satiric Apocalyptic Science Fiction.” 32nd. International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, Orlando, March 2011.
  •  “Musical and Social Harmony in Utopian Fiction.” Academic Stream, World Science Fiction Convention, Melbourne, August 2010.
  • “World Building in Fantasy Short Stories.”  Eleventh International Conference on the Short Story in English. Toronto, June 2010.
  • “Baptisms by Fire: Future Wars in Early Canadian Science Fiction.” ACCUTE Conference, Montreal, May-June 2010.
  • “Aliens and the Alien in Canadian Science Fiction.” Central European Association for Canadian Studies Conference, Sofia, October 2009.
  • “Virtual Spaces in Canadian Science Fiction.” Nordic Association for Canadian Studies Conference, Tromso, August 2008.
  • “Between Collection and Cycle: The Mini-Cycle.” Tenth International Conference on the Short Story in English, Cork, June 2008.
  • “Strong and Free: Themes in Early Canadian Utopian Fiction.”  ACCUTE Conference, Vancouver, May-June 2008.
  • “`It’s Over’: Self-Reflexivity in Don McKellar’s Last Night.” 2007 Academic Conference on Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy, Toronto, June 2007.
  • “The Sociology of Literature and the Short Story.” Ninth International Conference on the Short Story in English, Lisbon, June 2006.
  • “Science, Science Fiction, and the Environment.” Initiations and Enactments on Health, Environment and Development: India and Canada, Thalassary, India, January 2006.
  • “Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives: Alternate Realities in Canadian Science Fiction.” Indian Association for Canadian Studies Conference, Chennai, January 2006.
  • “The Sociology of the Canadian Short Story.” Hawaii Conference on the Arts and Humanities, Waikiki, January 2006.
  • “Images of the British Empire in Early Canadian Science Fiction.” Academic stream, World Science Fiction Convention, Glasgow, August 2005.
  • “The Alien and the Other in Canadian Science Fiction.” Nordic Association for Canadian Studies Conference, Turku, August 2005.
  • “Ethnicity and Identity in Canadian Women’s Fantastic Short Fiction.” Eighth International Conference on the Short Story in English, Alcala, Spain, October 2004.
  • "The Question of Genre." 2003 Academic Conference on Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy, Toronto, August 2003.
  • "Art, Culture, and Identity in Charles de Lint's Fiction." Russian Association for Canadian Studies Conference, Moscow, June 2003.
  • "Judith Merril's Anti-Authoritarian Vision." Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies Interdisciplinary Workshop: New Angles on Science? Fiction?, Vancouver, September 2002.
  • "Destiny and Identity in Canadian Urban Fantasy." Nordic Association for Canadian Studies Conference, Stockholm, August 2002.
  • "Politics and Identity in Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale and Hélène Holden's After the Fact." 2002 Academic Conference on Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy, Toronto, May 2002.
  • "The Canadian Apocalypse." The Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Symposium, Ottawa, May 2001.
  • "Some Thoughts on Short-Story Endings." Sixth International Conference on the Short Story in English, Iowa City, October 2000.
  • "Beyond the Here and Now: Canadian Utopias and Dystopias." Nordic Association for Canadian Studies Conference, Reykjavik, August 1999.
  • "Proclaimed in Their Veins: Past and Present in Robert Charles Wilson's Novels." 1999 Academic Conference on Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy, Toronto, June 1999.
  • "Beyond Human: Fading Boundaries between Human and Machine in Canadian Science Fiction." 1998 Academic Conference on Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy, Toronto, 1998.
  • "Beyond Genre: Canadian Surrealist Short Fiction." Fifth International Conference on the Short Story in English, Iowa, 1998.
  • "Beyond Dualities: Canadian Women's Fantastic Literature." Modern Languages Association Convention, Toronto, December 1997.
  • "Beyond the Borders: Invasion Narratives in Canadian Science Fiction." 1997 Academic Conference on Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy, Toronto, June 1997.
  • "Rediscovering the Popular Canadian Short Story." Canadian Short Story Symposium, Ottawa, April 1997.
  • "Guardians of Earthy Delights: Sexual Humour in Canadian Immigrant Fiction." Nordic Association for Canadian Studies Conference, Aarhur, August 1996.
  • "Self and the Other in Canadian Fantastic Short Stories." International Conference on the Short Story in English, Iowa, June 1996.
  • "Separations and Unities: Approaches to Quebec Separatism in English- and French-Canadian Fantastic Literature." Second Academic Conference on Canadian Content in the Speculative Arts and Literature, Ottawa, May 1996.
  • "Compiling Genre Bibliographies." Bibliographic Society of Canada Conference, Montreal, June 1995.
  • "Beyond Science Fiction." First Academic Conference on Canadian Content in the Speculative Arts and Literature, Ottawa, May 1995.
  • "Immigrant Humour in the Canadian Short Story." Third International Conference on the Short Story in English, Iowa, June 1994
  • "Politics and the Self: Themes and Techniques in Canadian Fantastic Fiction." Nordic Association for Canadian Studies Conference, Turku, August 1993.
  • "Everything That's Parallel Must Converge." Second International Conference on the Short Story in English, Iowa, June 1992.
  • "Beyond the North: Canadian Science Fiction." York University Noon-Hour Lecture Series, Toronto, March 1992.
  • "Magazines and the English-Canadian Short Story, 1950-1970." First International Conference on the Short Story in English, Paris, February 1988.

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