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2016 James Tiptree, Jr. Symposium: A Celebration of Ursula K. Le Guin
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The Word for World Is Forest (other topics)The Left Hand of Darkness (other topics)



Here are the 8 recordings you can watch and/or listen to:
Panel 1: Ursula K. Le Guin and the Field of Feminist Science Fiction
Moderator: Julie Phillips
Panelists:
Karen Joy Fowler
Suzy McKee Charnas
Vonda N. McIntyre
Debbie Notkin
Molly Gloss
Panel 2: UO Prof. Edmond Chang’s Feminist SF students of The Word for World is Forest
Moderator: Prof. Philip Scher, UO
Keynote and Q&A: Karen Joy Fowler, “Ursula Le Guin and the Larger Reality”
Introduced by Pat Murphy, Tiptree Award Motherboard
Panel 3: “Speculative Gender and The Left Hand of Darkness”
Moderator: Alexis Lothian, University of Maryland
Panelists:
Aren Aizura, University of Minnesota
micha cárdenas, University of Washington, Bothell
Tuesday Smillie, Artist
Panel 4: “Le Guin’s Fiction as Inspiration for Activism”
Moderator: Joan Haran, UO and Cardiff University, Wales
Panelists:
adrienne maree brown
Grace Dillon, Indigenous Nations Studies Program, Portland State University
Panel 5: Kelly Sue DeConnick and Ben Saunders: “New Directions in Feminist Science Fiction: A Conversation with Kelly Sue DeConnick”
Keynote: Brian Attebery “The James Tiptree Jr. Book Club: A Mitochondrial Theory of Literature”
Sally Miller Gearhart Lesbian Lecture, Dr. Alexis Lothian (University of Maryland), "Queer Longings in Straight Futures: Notes Toward a Prehistory for Lesbian Speculation"
If anyone's hearing is impaired, so far as I know there are no subtitles available.
In my opinion, Adrienne Brown and Karen Fowler are highlights but I expect many of you are fans of the work of some of the other speakers.