Climate Fiction and Future Climate Scenarios

Lecture 11.12.2024
Climate Fiction: CliFi Novels and Climate Futures
Lecture Topic: Climate Fiction and Future Climate Scenarios Organized by: Rainer Pfluger, Assoc. Prof. Dr.-Ing.
Speaker:
Jens Martin Gurr
Professor for British and Anglophone Literature and Culture, University of Duisburg-Essen
Background:
Professor at University of Duisburg-Essen since 2007
Member of the University Council and VW Foundation Board of Trustees
Author of 'Understanding Public Debates: What Literary Studies Can Do' (2024)
Lecture Focus:
Understanding Climate Fiction as a literary genre
Analysis of CliFi novels' role in shaping climate future narratives
Literary perspectives on climate change and societal transformation