NUCUSP members will be taking part in a roundtable at next week’s conference on Women in Science Fiction and Fantasy.

The Roundtable on Gender and Genre Beyond Literary Studies, will be chaired by Stacy Gillis, and will feature Aislinn Fanning (Newcastle), Lisa Garforth (Newcastle) & Nikki Godden-Rasul (Newcastle)

Dates: June 11-12th 2026
Location: Percy Building, Newcastle University, NE1 7RU
Contact: sciencefictionfantasyncl@gmail.com 

Organisers: Abi Hockaday & Aparna Sivsankar

Science Fiction & Fantasy (SFF) continue to offer new ways of considering the relationships between gender and genre. This conference is interested in how women – writers, characters, fans – use, negotiate, and operate SFF. 

The programme is available here.