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  • GIFCon 2026: Technologies of the Fantastic
    • GIFCon 2026: Technologies of the Fantastic Programme
    • GIFCon 2026: Technologies of the Fantastic – Paper Speaker Bios & Abstracts
    • GIFCon 2026: The Technologies of the Fantastic – Keynote Bios
    • GIFCon 2026 TBR List
    • GIFCon 2026: Technologies of the Fantastic – How to Join Our Discord
    • GIFCon 2026 – The Technologies of the Fantastic – Call for Papers
    • Past GIFCons
  • Once and Future Fantasies Conference 2022
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    • Evening Socials
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    • Bookshop offer for delegates
  • Conferences
    • Philophantast: A Speculative Fiction and Philosophy Conference – Registration and Programme
      • Philophantast: A Speculative Fiction and Philosophy Conference CFP
    • When it Changed: Women in SF/F Since 1972 Recap
    • CFP: Medical Humanities and the Fantastic Online Symposium: Neurodiversity and Disability
      • Schedule – Medical Humanities and the Fantastic online symposium
    • Conference: Dissenting Beliefs: Heresy and Heterodoxy in Fantasy
      • CFP: Dissenting Beliefs: Heresy and Heterodoxy in Fantasy
      • Call for Papers Volume: Dissenting Beliefs: Heresy and Heterodoxy in Fantasy
  • Events
    • Realms of Imagination Launch Event
    • Framing Fantasy: Brian Attebery and Matthew Sangster discuss the affordances of Fantasy
    • Restorying Trans Game Studies: Playing with Memory, Fiction, and Magic as Sites for Transformative Identity Work
    • Puck’s Players Presents: Nicholas Stuart Gray’s The Seventh Swan
    • John D. Rateliff – D&D and Fantasy Fiction: Giants in the Oerth
      • A celebration of collaborative fantasy storytelling: a report and reading list from the Centre’s Fantasy and D&D event
    • Celebrating the Centenary of A Voyage to Arcturus
      • A Voyage to Arcturus: An Illustration Gallery
      • Celebrating the Centenary of A Voyage to Arcturus – Report and Video Recording
    • Imagining Ecological Pasts and Futures: A Report from our Being Human Festival 2021 Event
      • Imagining Ecological Pasts and Futures: Folklore, Fantasy, and Speculative Fiction in the Climate Crisis
    • Join us for a talk on Halloween folklore and traditions!
    • Launching the Centre for Fantasy and the Fantastic, University of Glasgow
      • Centre for Fantasy and the Fantastic Launch: Report and Reactions
    • Queering Faith in Fantasy Literature: A Book Launch and Discussion with Taylor Driggers
    • The Immanent Grove: Memorialising the achievements of the University of Glasgow’s Fantasy graduates
    • The Infernal Riddle of Historical Fantasy
      • The Infernal Riddle of Historical Fantasy – report and video recording
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Previous Glasgow International Fantasy Conversations

GIFCon 2025: Queering the Fantastic

  • Programme
  • Keynotes and Reading Suggestions
  • Speaker Bios and Abstracts
  • Workshops and Roundtables
  • GIFCon 2025 TBR List
  • Call for Papers

GIFCon 2024: Conjuring Creatures and Worlds

  • Programme
  • Keynotes and Reading Suggestions
  • Speaker Bios and Abstracts
  • Workshops and Roundtables
  • Call for Papers

GIFCon 2023: Boundaries and Margins

  • Programme
  • Keynotes and Reading Suggestions
  • Speaker Bios and Abstracts
  • Workshops and Roundtables
  • Call for Papers
  • Mapping the Impossible: Conference Special Issue Call for Papers

GIFCon 2022: Fantasy Across Media

  • Programme
  • Keynotes and Roundtable Participants
  • Speaker Bios and Abstracts
  • Workshops
  • Call for Papers

GIFCon 2021: Beyond the Anglocentric Fantastic

  • Programme
  • Speaker Bios and Abstracts
  • Reading List
  • Workshops
  • Call for Papers
  • Mapping the Impossible: Conference Special Issue

GIFCon 2019: Mapping the Mythosphere

  • Programme, Keynotes, Abstracts, Workshops, and CFP

GIFCon 2018: Escaping Escapism in Fantasy and the Fantastic

  • Programme, Keynotes, Abstracts, Workshops, and CFP

GIFCon 2017: Fantasy at the Crossroads: Intersections, Identities, and Liminality

  • Programme, Keynotes, Abstracts, Workshops, and CFP

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