Program outline

Please note that all times may be subject to change. All times are given in Central European Summer Time (UTC+2).

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Thursday, 13 May

9 am	Conference Opening Room 1
9:30 am	Keynote address Warwick Anderson: Between Postcolonial Histories of Science and Decolonial Science Studies Room 1 – Chair: Karsten Levihn-Kutzler
10:30 am	Short break, setup phase for presenters
10:50 am	Parallel panels, session 1 1.1 Digital Narratives and Global Crises: New Perspectives on Literacy and Agency – Room 1 1.2 Science in Speculative Fiction I – Room 2 1.3 Narratives of Anthropology – Room 3 1.4 Under Construction I – Room 4
12:20 pm	Lunch break
1:30 pm	Keynote address Banu Subramaniam: Decolonizing Botany: From the Herbarium to the Plantarium Room 1 – Chair: Jana Gohrisch
2:30 pm	Short break, setup phase for presenters
2:50 pm	Parallel panels, session 2 2.1 Imperial Knowledges – Room 1 2.2 Science in Speculative Fiction II: SF and Indigenous Epistemologies – Room 2 2.3 Science, Technology, and Postcolonial Nationalisms – Room 3 2.4 Under Construction II – Room 4
4:20 pm	Coffee break
5:30 pm	GAPS Graduate and GAPS Dissertation Award Ceremony Room 1 – Master of ceremonies: Pete Marsden
6:30 pm	Reading and discussion with Petina Gappah, author of Out of Darkness, Shining Light. Room 1 – Introduction by Magdalena Pfalzgraf

Friday, 14 May

9 am	Keynote address Josie Gill: Black Literature and Science in the Age of Coronavirus Room 1 – Chair: Anna Auguscik
10 am	Short break, setup phase for presenters
10:20 am	Parallel panels, session 3 3.1 Narratives of Science, Narratives of Race – Room 1 3.2 Science in Speculative Fiction III: Postcolonial Posthumanisms – Room 2 3.3 Science, Power, Knowledge, and the State – Room 3 3.4 Under Construction III – Room 4
11:50 pm	Lunch break
1 pm	Setup phase for presenters
1:20 pm	Parallel Panels, Session 4 4.1 Science and Postcolonial Environments I – Room 1 4.2 Negotiating Indigenous Knowledges – Room 2 4.3 Under Construction IV – Room 3
2:20pm	Coffee break
3 pm	GAPS-members assembly Conducted by the board of GAPS, access through separate invitation.
6:30 pm	Coffee break
7:30 pm	Reading and discussion with Jaspreet Singh, author of Helium Room 1 – Introduction by Anton Kirchhofer

Saturday, 15 May

11 am	Setup phase for presenters
11:20 am	Parallel Panel, Session 5 5.1 Science and Postcolonial Environments II – Room 1 5.2 Postcolonial Narratives of/and Space Exploration – Room 2 5.3 Under Construction V – Room 3
12:20 pm	Lunch break
1:30 pm	Setup phase for presenters
1:50 pm	Parallel Panels, Session 6 6.1 Forgotten Histories of Science – Room 1 6.2 Bodies in Crisis/Environments in Crisis – Room 2 6.3 Science and Fiction in Postcolonial Counterfactuals – Room 3
2:50 pm	Coffee break
3:30 pm	Keynote address Graham Huggan: What’s in a Colony? Invasion Science, Eco-narrative and the (mis)uses of Alien Species. Room 1 – Chair: Frank Schulze-Engler
4:30 pm	Concluding roundtable Room 1 – Input statements by Julia Gatermann, Roman Bartosch, Rajani Sudan, Harshana Rambukwella, Josie Gill & Graham Huggan Chairs: Anton Kirchhofer & Karsten Levihn-Kutzler
5:30 pm	End of conference