{"id":83,"date":"2020-08-24T14:52:57","date_gmt":"2020-08-24T14:52:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk\/?p=83"},"modified":"2020-09-29T12:13:10","modified_gmt":"2020-09-29T12:13:10","slug":"launching-the-centre-for-fantasy-and-the-fantastic-university-of-glasgow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk\/index.php\/2020\/08\/24\/launching-the-centre-for-fantasy-and-the-fantastic-university-of-glasgow\/","title":{"rendered":"Launching the Centre for Fantasy and the Fantastic, University of Glasgow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">The Eventbrite tickets for the launch webinar are now SOLD OUT, but the event will be live-streamed via our YouTube channel so please bookmark or subscribe to <\/span><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCv3mkKQUDyZ_OcP-uLqJTMA\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCv3mkKQUDyZ_OcP-uLqJTMA<\/a>\/ <strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">and access it on Wed 16 Sep at 18:00 BST.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are delighted to launch the Centre for Fantasy and the Fantastic at the University of Glasgow with a lecture by acclaimed fantasy author <strong>Ellen Kushner<\/strong>, and a discussion panel on fantasy with <strong>Terri Windling<\/strong>, <strong>Professor Brian Attebery<\/strong>, and <strong>Dr Robert Maslen<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Join us on <strong>Wednesday 16th September, at 18:00 via Zoom webinar.<\/strong> Tickets are free. Please <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/launching-the-centre-for-fantasy-and-the-fantastic-university-of-glasgow-tickets-117998060375\" target=\"_blank\">book your ticket<\/a> to receive the Zoom link on the day of the event and have the opportunity to take part in the Q&amp;A with our speakers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Acclaimed fantasy author <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ellenkushner.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ellen Kushner<\/a><\/strong> will speak about her creative practice and her engagement with Scottish folklore via her retelling of Thomas the Rhymer in her eponymous award-winning novel, and will answer questions from attendees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"586\" height=\"895\" src=\"https:\/\/fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Ellen-Kushner-Thomas-the-Rhymer.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"93\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Ellen-Kushner-Thomas-the-Rhymer.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk\/ellen-kushner-thomas-the-rhymer\/\" class=\"wp-image-93\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Ellen-Kushner-Thomas-the-Rhymer.jpg 586w, https:\/\/fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Ellen-Kushner-Thomas-the-Rhymer-196x300.jpg 196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 586px) 100vw, 586px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/thumbnail_EllenKushner-Lighter-LawriePhotography-2-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"87\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/thumbnail_EllenKushner-Lighter-LawriePhotography-2.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk\/?attachment_id=87\" class=\"wp-image-87\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/thumbnail_EllenKushner-Lighter-LawriePhotography-2-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/thumbnail_EllenKushner-Lighter-LawriePhotography-2-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/thumbnail_EllenKushner-Lighter-LawriePhotography-2-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/thumbnail_EllenKushner-Lighter-LawriePhotography-2.jpg 853w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Photo credit: LAWRIE PHOTOGRAPHY<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her talk will be followed by a discussion panel on the affordances and futures of fantasy, featuring:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.terriwindling.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Terri Windling<\/a><\/strong>, award-winning fantasy author, artist and editor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.isu.edu\/english\/people\/english-faculty\/staffdirectoryentries\/brian-attebery.html\" target=\"_blank\">Professor Brian Attebery<\/a>,<\/strong> Professor of English at Idaho State University, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gla.ac.uk\/schools\/critical\/research\/researchclusters\/fanstasyatglasgow\/leverhulme-fantasy-lectures\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Leverhulme Visiting Professor in Fantasy at the University of Glasgow (2019)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gla.ac.uk\/schools\/critical\/staff\/robertmaslen\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Dr Robert Maslen<\/strong><\/a>, Senior Lecturer and founder of the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gla.ac.uk\/postgraduate\/taught\/fantasy\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fantasy MLitt<\/a>, University of Glasgow<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"336\" height=\"377\" src=\"https:\/\/fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/TW-by-Alan-Lee-color-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"102\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/TW-by-Alan-Lee-color-1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk\/?attachment_id=102\" class=\"wp-image-102\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/TW-by-Alan-Lee-color-1.jpg 336w, https:\/\/fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/TW-by-Alan-Lee-color-1-267x300.jpg 267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Photo credit: Alan Lee<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"589\" height=\"580\" src=\"https:\/\/fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_0657-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"101\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_0657-1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk\/?attachment_id=101\" class=\"wp-image-101\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_0657-1.jpg 589w, https:\/\/fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_0657-1-300x295.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 589px) 100vw, 589px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/fantasy-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"100\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/fantasy.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk\/?attachment_id=100\" class=\"wp-image-100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/fantasy-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/fantasy-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/fantasy-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/fantasy-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/fantasy-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/fantasy-2048x2048.png 2048w, https:\/\/fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/fantasy-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Book your ticket via this link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/launching-the-centre-for-fantasy-and-the-fantastic-university-of-glasgow-tickets-117998060375\">https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/launching-the-centre-for-fantasy-and-the-fantastic-university-of-glasgow-tickets-117998060375<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Header image credit: <a href=\"http:\/\/collections.glasgowmuseums.com\/mwebcgi\/mweb?request=record;id=395480;type=101\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jessie Marion King, The Frog Prince, 1913<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Eventbrite tickets for the launch webinar are now SOLD OUT, but the event will be live-streamed via our YouTube channel so please bookmark or subscribe to https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCv3mkKQUDyZ_OcP-uLqJTMA\/ and access it on Wed 16 Sep at 18:00 BST. 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