Ann Leckie and Speculative Fiction Revolution

deadline for submissions: 
September 30, 2023
full name / name of organization: 
NeMLA 2024
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Multiple award-winning author Ann Leckie is extremely well-regarded in speculative fiction, but relatively understudied in academia. With a new book out in June 2023 that expands the world of the Imperial Radch trilogy, it is an exciting time to be an Ann Leckie scholar. This session invites essays that address her work broadly. Approaches might include analysis of her books from any number of theoretical lenses, such as a posthumanist look at AI in the Imperial Radch trilogy or a legal studies or religious studies approach to Provenance or The Raven Tower. The session would also welcome more abstract approaches to studying her work, such as formal comparisons of her short stories and novels, a historical examination of texts that have influenced her, her own influence on other authors, examinations of the various kinds of "hard" science that show up in her work, or a fan studies approach to her online presence. This conference session will take place at the Northeast MLA Conference in Boston, March 7-10, 2024. Submit abstract online, https://cfplist.com/nemla/Home/S/20303