Schedule

 Global Science Fiction Cinema Conference Schedule (click to download as pdf)

  • Events on April 12, 2012
    • Coffee & Pastries
      Starts: 10:00 am
      Ends: April 12, 2012 - 10:30 am
      Location: Iowa City Public Library, Room A
    • Welcome & Opening Remarks
      Starts: 10:30 am
      Ends: April 12, 2012 - 10:45 am
      Location: Iowa City Public Library, Room A
    • Starts: 10:45 am
      Ends: April 12, 2012 - 12:45 pm
      Location: Iowa City Public Library, Room A
    • Lunch Break
      Starts: 12:45 pm
      Ends: April 12, 2012 - 2:00 pm
    • Starts: 2:00 pm
      Ends: April 12, 2012 - 4:00 pm
      Location: Iowa City Public Library, Room A
    • Starts: 4:30 pm
      Ends: April 12, 2012 - 6:30 pm
      Location: Shambaugh Auditorium, Main Library, University of Iowa
      Description: Speaker N. Katherine Hayles, Professor of Literature at Duke University
      Introduced by Teresa Mangum, Director of the Obermann Center for Advanced Studies; Associate Professor of English, The University of Iowa
    • Opening Reception
      Starts: 6:30 pm
      Ends: April 12, 2012 - 8:00 pm
      Location: Iowa Hall, Natural History Museum, MacBride Hall, University of Iowa
    • Film Screening: "Transfer"
      Starts: 8:30 pm
      Ends: April 12, 2012 - 10:30 pm
      Location: Shambaugh Auditorium, Main Library, University of Iowa
      Description: Introduced by Sherryl Vint, Professor of English, Brock University, who will moderate a Q&A following the film. The film "Transfer" was filmed in Germany and released in 2010. The film was directed by Damir Lukacevic. (Running time: 93 min)
  • Events on April 13, 2012
    • Coffee & Pastries
      Starts: 8:30 am
      Ends: April 13, 2012 - 9:00 am
      Location: Becker Communication Studies Building 101, University of Iowa
    • Starts: 9:00 am
      Ends: April 13, 2012 - 11:00 am
      Location: Becker Communication Studies Building 101, University of Iowa
    • Coffee Break
      Starts: 11:00 am
      Ends: April 13, 2012 - 11:15 am
      Location: Becker Communcation Studies Building 101, University of Iowa
    • Starts: 11:15 am
      Ends: April 13, 2012 - 1:15 pm
      Location: Becker Communication Studies Building 101, University of Iowa
    • Lunch Break
      Starts: 1:15 pm
      Ends: April 13, 2012 - 3:00 pm
    • Starts: 3:00 pm
      Ends: April 13, 2012 - 4:30 pm
      Location: Shambaugh Auditorium, Main Library, University of Iowa
      Description: Speaker Thomas Lamarre, Professor of East Asian Studies, Communications Studies, McGill University
      Introduced by Corey Creekmur, Director of Film Studies; Associate Professor of Cinema & Comparative Literature; English; Gender, Women's & Sexuality Studies; University of Iowa
    • Starts: 5:00 pm
      Ends: April 13, 2012 - 7:00 pm
      Location: Senate Chamber, Old Capitol Museum, University of Iowa
      Description:
    • Dinner Break
      Starts: 7:00 pm
      Ends: April 13, 2012 - 8:30 pm
    • Film Screening: "Ghost in the Shell II: Innocence"
      Starts: 8:30 pm
      Ends: April 13, 2012 - 11:00 pm
      Location: Shambaugh Auditorium, Main Library, University of Iowa
      Description: Introduced by Sharalyn Orbaugh, Professor of Asian Studies and Women's & Gender Studies, University of British Columbia, who will moderate a Q&A following the film. The film "Ghost in the Shell II: Innocence" was filmed in Japan and released in 2004. The film was directed by Oshii Mamoru. (Running time: 100 min)
  • Events on April 14, 2012
    • Coffee & Pastries
      Starts: 9:30 am
      Ends: April 14, 2012 - 10:00 am
      Location: Becker Communication Studies Building 101, University of Iowa
    • Starts: 10:00 am
      Ends: April 14, 2012 - 12:00 pm
      Location: Becker Communication Studies Building 101, University of Iowa
    • Lunch Break
      Starts: 12:00 pm
      Ends: April 14, 2012 - 1:20 pm
    • Starts: 1:30 pm
      Ends: April 14, 2012 - 3:30 pm
      Location: Becker Communication Studies Building 101, University of Iowa
    • Closing Remarks
      Starts: 3:30 pm
      Ends: April 14, 2012 - 3:40 pm
      Location: Becker Communication Studies Building 101, University of Iowa
    • Coffee Break
      Starts: 3:40 pm
      Ends: April 14, 2012 - 4:00 pm
      Location: Becker Communication Studies Building 101, University of Iowa
    • Screening of SF Short Films
      Starts: 4:00 pm
      Ends: April 14, 2012 - 6:00 pm
      Location: Becker Communication Studies Building 101, University of Iowa
    • Dinner Break
      Starts: 6:00 pm
      Ends: April 14, 2012 - 8:30 pm
    • Film Screening: "Sleep Dealer" (in 35 mm) & selected shorts by Alex Rivera
      Starts: 9:00 pm
      Ends: April 15, 2012 - 12:00 am
      Location: Bijou Cinema, Iowa Memorial Union, University of Iowa
      Description: Introduced by Claire Fox, Associate Professor of English, University of Iowa.
      Jason Livingston, Visiting Assistant Professor of Film and Video Production, University of Iowa, will moderate a Q&A discussion with director Alex Rivera following the screening. The film "Sleep Dealer" was filmed in the U.S. and Mexico and released in 2008. The film was directed by Alex Rivera. (Running time: 90 min) This event is sponsored in conjunction with the Iowa City Documentary Film Festival.