Messengers from the Stars

22/11/2021

Messengers from the Stars: Episode VI. Poster | Illustration by Miguel Santos, design by Sara Henriques.

22/11/2021

Have you seen this year's programme? Check it out at our official website below and join us this Thursday & Friday!

13/07/2021

We are happy to announce Professors Terence McSweeney (Solent University) and Gerry Canavan (Marquette University) will be joining our upcoming Messengers from the Stars Conference as two of our keynote speakers. Stay tuned for more https://messengersfromthestars.letras.ulisboa.pt/keynote-speakers/

Terence McSweeney (Solent University) Dr Terence McSweeney is a senior lecturer in film and television studies at Solent University. He is widely recognised as one of the leading writers on…

06/04/2021

CFP: Messengers from the Stars: On Science Fiction and Fantasy. No. 6, 2021. Guest editor: Elana Gomel. Co-editor João Félix.
The 2021 issue will be dedicated to the following theme: Pandemics. Check it out at:
https://messengersfromthestars.letras.ulisboa.pt/journal/call-for-papers

Messengers from the Stars: On Science Fiction and Fantasy No. 6, 2021 Edited by: Elana Gomel Co-edited by: João Félix Messengers from the Stars is an international, peer-reviewed journal…

16/03/2021

CFP: Science Fiction and Fantasy International Conference. Messengers from the Stars: Episode VI - Online Conference, November 25-26, 2021 at FLUL - Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa. Theme: Nature and Overnature in SF and Fantasy Discourses
Check it out at https://messengersfromthestars.letras.ulisboa.pt/

Science Fiction and Fantasy International Conference Messengers from the Stars: Episode VI Online Conference School of Arts and Humanities, University of Lisbon November 25-26…

31/01/2020

Pss, pss, have you noticed that the CFP for our online Journal is also opened? This year's number is dedicated to "Utopias, Dystopias, Ecotopias and Heterotopias" and will be edited by Matthew Hill and co-edited by João Félix
Check it out 👇👇

Messengers from the Stars: On Science Fiction and Fantasy No. 5, 2020 Edited by: Matthew Hill Co-edited by: João Félix Messengers from the Stars is an international, peer-reviewed journal, offering…

24/01/2020

Messengers from the Stars: Episode VI – “Nature and Overnature in SF and Fantasy Discourses” (FLUL - Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa, 26-27 Nov., 2020) CALL FOR PAPERS is now here! 👇👇👇
Send your proposal until 29 May, 2020!
Looking forwards to welcoming you (back) in Lisbon!

UPCOMING EVENTS Science Fiction and Fantasy International Conference Messengers from the Stars: Episode V – “Fragments of Humanity” School of Arts and Humanities, University of Lisbon November 26-27, 2020 CALL FOR PAPERS Science Fiction and Fantasy are acknowledged fields of inquiry that for l...

07/05/2019

Have you taken a look at Messengers from the Stars no.3? Let us know what you think!

28/03/2019

It is with great pleasure that we announce the 2019 issue of the journal Messengers from the Stars is out! This issue, dedicated to the theme "lies and 'alternative facts'",was guest edited by Danièle André & Christophe Becker and co-edited by Angélica Varandas & José Duarte.

Besides the essays, the issue also has a short-story by Martin Simonson and the photos are by Fotograf Thomas Örn Karlsson

Gaze into the Abyme: Navigating the Unnarrated in Ubik Ciarán Kavanagh, University College Cork. Photo by Thomas Örn Karlsson READ MORE

27/03/2019

Messengers from the Stars: On Science Fiction and Fantasy No. 4 is nearly here! Stay tuned!

24/01/2019

CFP: Special Issue on Canadian SF! Deadline: Feb. 15, 2019!

Submitted by PaulMR on Thu, 13/09/2018 - 09:17 Topics and Themes in Canadian Science Fiction Deadline for submissions: Abstracts are due February 15, 2019 Finished drafts will be due August 15, 2019 The academic journal Foundation: The International Review of Science Fiction (http://www.sffoundation...

09/01/2019

CFP "Tolkien and the Classical World"

CfP "Tolkien and the Classical World"

06/12/2018

Interview with M. R. Carey now available. Thank you for sharing!

Mike Carey esteve em Portugal como convidado do evento Mensageiros das Estrelas que, gentilmente, proporcionou espaço para que se pudesse entrevistar o autor. Mike Carey é um dos mais prolíferos escritores de banda desenhada, tendo produzido séries como Lucifer ou The Unwritten, e é, também, c...

30/11/2018

Afternoon sessions are off! Now listening to “The Voldemort Within” & it’s a full house

30/11/2018

M.R. Carey on the origins and importance of science fiction