Call for Papers: Image in Science Fiction: The Tenth Annual City Tech Science Fiction Symposium Deadline for CFP: Friday, Oct. 31, 2025 Date and Time of Event: Tuesday, December 2, 2025, 9:00AM-5:00PM EST Location: Academic Building A-105, New York City College of Technology (City Tech), CUNY Organizers: Jill Belli, Wanett Clyde, Jason W. Ellis, Leigh Gold, Kel Karpinski, Lucas Kwong, and Vivian Zuluaga Papp Science Fiction (SF) is an image driven genre. Whether described in text, see the “dull yellow eye” in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1818)); rendered in the two-dimensional art of magazines like Analog; or brought to life in film, TV, and video games, SF imagery continually confirms Gérard Klein’s observation that “science…

Library of Artistic Print on Demand: Post-Digital Publishing and Platform Capitalism Wednesday, September 17 at 6:30 PM Room 5307 & Online Library of Artistic Print on Demand is a project initiated by Annette Gilbert that maps the experimental field of print-on-demand (POD) publishing at the intersection of conceptual art, digital culture, and independent print. As digital printing and platforms like Blurb, Lulu, and Kindle Direct Publishing have transformed the publishing landscape—removing financial barriers and enabling immediate circulation—a global subculture of artists, writers, and publishers has emerged. These practitioners explore new economies, publics, and forms of authorship while critically negotiating the contradictions of our digital present. While POD opens up space beyond…