DECODINGS Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts Newsletter Fall 2015, Vol. 24, No.4 *Reports from SLSA 2015, Houston and SLSA ROTW *Upcoming Conferences: SLSA 2016 with HSS & PSA, Atlanta *Call for nominations for 2nd VP and Member-at-large *SLSA 2016 Dues Increase *Travel Awards, Essay Prizes, Book Prize *Lifetime Achievement Award *AnthropoScene: New SLSA Continue Reading »
DECODINGS Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts Newsletter Summer 2015, Vol. 24, No.3 *SLSA 2015, Houston and Other Upcoming Conferences *Election Results & New Publication Committee Member *SLSA 2016 Dues Increase *Travel Awards, Essay Prizes, Book Prize *Lifetime Achievement Award *AnthropoScene: New SLSA Book Series *NEW SLSA Website *NEW Configurations Book Reviewer Continue Reading »
A New Book Series from the Pennsylvania State University State Press… AnthropoScene The SLSA Book Series AnthropoScene is a new book series from the Pennsylvania State University Press, published in collaboration with the Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts. While not all scientists have accepted the term “anthropocene” as part of the geological timescale, Continue Reading »
From Kirsten Shepherd-Barr: I have just published the following book and hope it will be of interest to members. Theatre and Evolution from Ibsen to Beckett Kirsten Shepherd-Barr “Shepherd-Barr is the perfect person to write a book on theater and evolution, a long-overdue topic.” – Martin Puchner, Harvard University “This is a distinctive and significant contribution Continue Reading »
From Peter J. Capuano: Please allow me to introduce the publication of my book, Changing Hands: Industry, Evolution, and the Reconfiguration of the Victorian Body (University of Michigan Press; hardcover; paperback; ebook; 340 pages). The book may be of interest to those studying the history of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century science, industry, and evolutionary theory. The book is Continue Reading »
Via Susan Squier: Penn State University Press is thrilled to announce publication of the Graphic Medicine Manifesto, co authored by MK Czerwiec, Ian Williams, Susan Squier, Michael Green, Kimberley Myers, and Scott Smith. “Something remarkable and game changing is being sparked by the alliance between comics and medicine. It’s becoming clear that these graphic narratives can Continue Reading »
From Joanna Zylinska: PHOTOMEDIATIONS: AN OPEN BOOK http://photomediationsopenbook.net/ Trailer: https://vimeo.com/124738389 We are pleased to announce the launch of Photomediations: An Open Book. The project redesigns a coffee-table book as an online experience to produce a creative resource that explores the dynamic relationship between photography and other media. Photomediations: An Open Book uses open (libre) content, Continue Reading »
My article “Emotion, Artificial Intelligence, and Ethics,” in Beyond Artificial Intelligence: The Disappearing Human-Machine Divide, eds. Jan Ramportl, Eva Zackova and Jozef Kelemen (Springer, 2014), pp.97-109, is now available for free at Academia.edu. My book, Androids and Intelligent Networks in Early Modern Literature and Culture: Artificial Slaves, which was awarded a 2014 Science Fiction and Technoculture Continue Reading »
After a lengthy process of design and review, the members of SLSA’s website redesign committee (Dennis Summers, James Housefield, Rebecca Perry and Wayne Miller) are pleased to unveil the new SLSA website! Please send your comments to feedback@litsciarts.org .
Dr. Shane Denson writes: My book, Postnaturalism: Frankenstein, Film, and the Anthropotechnical Interface, has recently been made available through Columbia UP: http://cup.columbia.edu/book/postnaturalism/9783837628173 The book includes a foreword by Mark B. N. Hansen, which you can read along with the introductory chapter in a free PDF excerpt here: http://www.transcript-verlag.de/media/pdf/34ad464ffd532cd430be6202239151cd.pdf About the book: Postnaturalism offers an original account of Continue Reading »
