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We are happy to announce the schedule for the upcoming MACL conference, (Re)Imagining Tomorrow: Agency and Possibility in Literature and Media for Children and Young Adults!
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Program: 2023 MACL CONFERENCE PROGRAM
Schedule (PDF Version): (Re)Imagining Tomorrow Final Schedule
Friday, June 23, 2023
Location: Henry Angus Building (HA), Rooms 334 and 335
1:00pm – 1:15pm: Welcome and Introduction – HA 334
1:30pm – 2:30pm: Creative Keynote – Nafiza Azad – HA 334
3:00pm – 5:00pm: Panel 1A – The Good, the Bad, and the Imaginary: Utopias and Dystopias in Speculative Fiction – HA 334
3:00pm – 5:00pm: Panel 1B – Decolonizing the Future: Reclaiming, Remembering, and Reimagining Tomorrows – HA 335
5:30pm – 7:30pm: Panel 2A – Education, Language, and Literacy: Creating a Better World, One Child at a Time – HA 334
5:30pm – 7:30pm: Panel 2B – Traversing the Multi-(Media-)Verse: Video Games, Comic books, and More – HA 335
Saturday, June 24, 2023
Location: Henry Angus Building (HA), Rooms 334 and 335
8:30am – 9:00am: Welcome and Introduction – HA 334
9:00am – 11:00am: Panel 1A – “Nothing Can Break Me”: Trauma, Resilience, and the importance of Representation – HA 334
9:00am – 11:00am: Panel 1B – “It’s Alive!”: Man, Monsters, and Machines – HA 335
11:00am – 12:00pm: Academic Keynote – Dr. Grace Dillon – HA 334
1:00pm – 3:00pm: Panel 2A – “The Children Are Our Future”: Climate Change, Eco-Criticism, and Child Activism – HA 334
1:00pm – 3:00pm: Panel 2B – Daring to Dream: Queer Adventures and Gender Identity – HA 335
3:30pm – 5:30pm: Panel 3 – Time Hops and Memory Knots: Unraveling the Past and Weaving the Future – HA 334