Author Archives: Lisa Hager

Towards a Queer Literary History of Gender Identity: Steampunk, Gender Nonconformity, & Victorian Studies (University of Waterloo, 23 October 2015)

Posted on 18 October, 2015 by Lisa Hager

University of Waterloo faculty and students, thank you all for lovely visit and a great discussion about steampunk, gender nonconformity, and Victorian studies! Below you will find the slides from my talk and a few links for further reading. Please … Continue reading →

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Superheroes for All: The Importance of Diversity in Comics (UW-Waukesha, 16 September 2015)

Posted on 13 September, 2015 by Lisa Hager

Thank you all for a great discussion about diversity in comics! Below you will find the slides from my talk and a few links for further reading. Please feel free to contact me if you have any follow-up questions.   … Continue reading →

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Who Gets to be a Superhero & Why It Matters: Diversity in Comics (Waukesha County Public Library, 24 July 2015)

Posted on 23 July, 2015 by Lisa Hager

Thank you all for a great discussion about diversity in comics at the Waukesha Public Library’s Comics Day for teens! Below you will find the slides from my talk and a few links for further reading. Please feel free to … Continue reading →

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Welcoming Trans Academics in the Workplace and at Conferences

Posted on 28 April, 2015 by Lisa Hager

Please note that this piece was originally published on Inside Higher Ed on April 27, 2015.   In the past few years, transgender people and the discrimination they face have become much more visible through the work of folks like … Continue reading →

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A Brief General Introduction to Steampunk Literature & Culture

Posted on 25 April, 2015 by Lisa Hager

First named by K. W. Jeter in 1987, steampunk, a subgenre of science fiction and fantasy in which alternate histories of the nineteenth century dramatically reshape the past, present, and future, has become increasingly popular in mainstream culture as both … Continue reading →

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An Alternate History of Gender Identity: Neo-Victorian Gender Nonconformity in Scott Westerfield’s Leviathan Trilogy (INCS 2015)

Posted on 4 April, 2015 by Lisa Hager

As an alternate history genre, steampunk literature builds its worlds by answering the “what if?” question of science fiction and fantasy; it does so by tweaking nineteenth-century history and literature and engaging with cultural discourses of the day. Steampunk often … Continue reading →

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