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Welcome to the 34th Annual Meeting of the Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts<\/a>, virtually hosted by the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design<\/a> at the University of Michigan<\/a>, Ann Arbor <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Dates: September 30 – October 2, 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conference Chair: Irina Aristarkhova<\/a>
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Due to the ongoing uncertainties of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 SLSA conference and member exhibition was virtual. Thank you all participants and attendees for a great conference!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Program Schedule (as of September 28, 2021, all program times are Eastern Daylight Time of Ann Arbor\/Detroit\/Toronto, GMT-4): <\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/easychair.org\/smart-program\/SLSA2021\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Opening Keynote Thursday September 30, 17.00-18.30<\/strong>: Lisa Nakamura<\/a>, chaired by Osman Khan <\/a>, “The Minor Energy of Anti-Asian Digital Racism: Women of color and the digital labor of repair”<\/em>
<\/strong>Zoom Webinar Link:  https:\/\/umich.zoom.us\/j\/9108529852<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keynote Plenary Friday October 1, 13.00-14.30<\/strong>: Zakiyyah Iman Jackson<\/a>, Chanda Prescod-Weinstein<\/a>, and Imani Cooper Mkandawire<\/a>, “Theorizing in a Void”: Towards a Theory and Practice of Black Feminist Mathematics and Science<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zoom Webinar Link:\u00a0\u00a0https:\/\/us06web.zoom.us\/j\/81266378493<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Youtube Streaming Link: https:\/\/youtu.be\/Q0_-dMrdGD4<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Closing Keynote Saturday October 2, 17.00-18.30<\/strong>: Crist\u00f3bal Martinez<\/a> with Liz Lerman<\/a>, chaired by Jane Prophet<\/a>, “Our Fathers, Crimes, and the Nature of Energy in the Universe<\/em>” Zoom Webinar Link:  https:\/\/umich.zoom.us\/j\/92701800715<\/a>
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SLSA Members Virtual Poster Exhibition<\/strong><\/a> is here: https:\/\/stamps.umich.edu\/events\/slsa-exhibit<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

SLSA2021 Awards Ceremony Saturday October 2, 10.30-11.00<\/strong> Zoom Link:  https:\/\/umich.zoom.us\/j\/98841503329?pwd=alhEcW44dkpXaXFnNFFiOUJKdm4rUT09<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Featured Session 18G<\/strong> Roundtable: “Afro-now-ism and Radical Artistic Actions for building shared, ethical and decolonial AI Infrastructures with Stephanie Dinkins, Mimi Onuha, Moreshin Allahyari and Jason Edward Lewis,” moderated by Srimoyee Mitra and chaired by Jennifer Junkermeier-Khan, in conjunction with a Partner Exhibition at the Stamps Gallery and Stamps Lecture<\/a>: Stephanie Dinkins<\/a> curated by Srimoyee Mitra at https:\/\/stamps.umich.edu\/events\/stephanie-dinkins-on-love-data<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zoom Link: https:\/\/umich.zoom.us\/j\/98086585307?pwd=SXRRMGpaaklPdzNOODlGZFNlc3QyZz09<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Virtual Partner Exhibition Re(new)All<\/strong> with Sensorium: Center for Digital Art & Technology<\/a> at York University, curated by Ian Garett, Melanie Wilmink and Joel Ong: see the program for details<\/a> for Thursday, Sept. 30, Friday, Oct. 1, and Saturday, Oct. 2 evenings <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Institutional Partners: Digital Studies Institute<\/a>, Comparative Literature<\/a>, English Language and Literature<\/a>, ESC: The Center for Ethics, Society, and Computing (https:\/\/esc.umich.edu<\/a>) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Publication Partner The Scholar’s Choice<\/strong>: PDF with book selection for SLSA2021 is available here: http:\/\/www.scholarschoice.com\/Portals\/35\/PDFs\/SLSA-virtual-book-exhibit-2021.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Publication Partner The University of Minnesota Press<\/strong> virtual booth z.umn.edu\/slsa21<\/a> with a special 40% discount <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Theme: Energy<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n


SLSA21 Virtual Conference and Poster Member Exhibition will feature panels, individual papers, roundtables, workshops, arts lounges, social networking events, and creative work that deal with topics related to the expanded notion of energy<\/strong>. Energy (etymologically meaning \u201cin or at work, working\u201d) connects us to the most pressing issues of the day: mental and physical vitality or fatigue (individual and collective, personal and political, creative and professional), including in the pandemic; the sources of energy (their extraction, depletion, abundance, and exhaustion; bitcoin mining and computational infrastructures; body energy, its flow, exploitation, alienation, and finitude); scientific theories and creative imagination around the relation between matter and energy (as in electromagnetic, particle, gravitational, acoustic forms of radiation; the living and the non-living, metamorphosis). Submissions are also invited that explore how energy is connected to power, science, and profit, history and war, flesh and labor. Building on previous SLSA topics \u201cOut of Time\u201d and \u201c(Out of) Mind,\u201d in Fall 2021 you are invited to consider the meaning of having or being \u201cout of energy.\u201d There will also be contributions from colleagues in the sciences, engineering, technology, computer science, medicine, the social sciences, the humanities, the arts, and independent scholars and artists that share a broader interest in problems of science and representation, and in the cultural and social dimensions of science, technology, and medicine.  

Due to the uncertain nature of the pandemic year, the conference is planned as fully virtual. Though our intention is to follow the format of previous SLSA conferences with synchronous live presentations (similar to the Modern Literature Association 2021 conference), chairs will be responsible for their panels and could decide with their individual panelists if a pre-recorded presentation is necessary due to time difference or other circumstances. To facilitate SLSA community gathering opportunities, in addition to individual papers, panels, roundtables, workshops, and artwork submissions, this year we will feature organized social networking events and arts lounges to discuss and share research interests and creative work in less formal settings. 

SLSA2021 will have:<\/p>\n\n\n\n