General Meeting, August 4, 2017, Meeting at 8:00 pm, Panel at 9:30 pm

International House  - 3701 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA  (Second floor, Asia-Africa room)

 

Professor Jim Casey)
 
 
Jim Casey is an Assistant Professor at Arcadia University in Philadelphia. Although primarily a Shakespearean, he has an abiding interest in SF and fantasy and recently served as the youngest ever President of the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts. He has published critical essays on fantasy, monstrosity, anime, Alan Moore, the Silver Age of Comics, Kabuki, Tintin, Preacher, and Battlestar Galactica, and has given presentations on Firefly, Frankenstein, Neuromancer, Gardner’s Grendel, Gaiman and Vess’ A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Burns’ Black Hole, Duncan’s “Beluthahatchie,” Crichton’s Eaters of the Dead, the comics of Frank Miller, and the films of Miyazaki.

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 
 

Upcoming Meetings

General Meetings

 

General Meetings are open to the public and are held at International House, 3701 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA, at 8:00 p.m.; or at The Rotunda, 4014 Walnut St, Philadelphia, PA at 8:00 p.m.

Social gathering begins at 7:30 p.m.
The Business Meeting begins at 8:00 p.m.
The Program begins at 9:00 p.m.

Date Speaker or Program Location
September 8, 2017  Professor Jim Casey International House (South America Room)
October 12, 2017  Kyle Williamson International House
November 10 to 12, 2017  Philcon 2017 Cherry Hill Crowne Plaza Hotel
     
     

 

 

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