<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">Greetings, everyone,<div><br></div><div>Before the public announcement, I'd like to share with you that this conference on speculative fiction author Octavia E. Butler will be taking place at the Huntington Library in Pasadena, California, in May. I've been coordinating the planning with support from Professor Sherryl Vint, and the conference panels, featuring invited authors, artists, and activists, will be moderated by several UCR faculty including Ademide Adelusi-Adeluyi (History), Jade Sasser (Gender & Sexuality Studies/SEHE), Sage Ni'Ja Whitson (Black Study), and Jasmin Young (Ethnic Studies).</div><div><br></div><div>Further details are forthcoming, stay tuned!<br></div><div><br></div><div><img src="cid:ii_lsladoek0" alt="savedate.png" width="434" height="562" style="margin-right: 0px;"><br><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>andré m. carrington <br></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>Associate Professor of English</div><div>University of California, Riverside</div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Director, </span><a href="https://sfts.ucr.edu/directors-report" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Designated Emphasis in Speculative Fictions & Cultures of Science</a><br></div><div>--</div><div><a href="https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/speculative-blackness" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Speculative Blackness: The Future of Race in Science Fiction</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
</div><br clear="all"><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>andré m. carrington <br></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>Associate Professor of English</div><div>University of California, Riverside</div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Director, </span><a href="https://sfts.ucr.edu/directors-report" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Designated Emphasis in Speculative Fictions & Cultures of Science</a><br></div><div>--</div><div><a href="https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/speculative-blackness" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Speculative Blackness: The Future of Race in Science Fiction</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>