The University of Texas at Dallas (UT Dallas) has announced that it will
be hosting Hugo Award recipients along with other scholars for talks that will
feature a science fiction theme.
The Hugo Awards are literary awards presented
to exemplary authors in the science fiction and fantasy genres.
“This year’s series explores the power of science fiction to
affect our lives and our world,” Center for Values Director Dr. Matthew Brown
said. “Science fiction is often dismissed as an escapist genre, but this
dismissal is a mistake. Science fiction can help us think about the role of
science and technology in society — how we value them and what we fear about
them.”
Chinese science fiction writer Ken Liu will be hosting the
Anlin Ku Lecture Series.
“Ken Liu's lecture addresses two grand convergences: science
fiction as the convergence of art with science and translation as the artful
convergence of cultures, in this case Chinese and Western,” UT Dallas Dean Dr. Dennis Katz said. “He
excels as both an award-winning author and an award-winning translator of
imaginative, powerful fiction. It is hard to imagine a more appropriate speaker
for the Anlin Ku series.”
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