Category Archives: Presentations

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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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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The Afterlife of Ether: Victorian Pseudosciences, Ether, and John Davidson’s “Fleet Street”

Posted on 3 February, 2015 by Lisa Hager

Hi, Stockton Faculty and Students! Thank you for a wonderful event on Monday. On this page, you will find additional information on the Victorian period, pseudosciences, ether, John Davidson’s “Fleet Street,” steampunk, and suggestions for further inquiry. Please feel free … Continue reading →

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Call for Steampunk, YA, & LGBTQ+ Authors to Participate in the 2014 SE Wisconsin Festival of Books

Posted on 9 March, 2014 by Lisa Hager

I’m the Coordinator for the 2014 Southeast Wisconsin Festival of Books (November 7-8 @ UW-Waukesha), and, as part of that job, I get the delightful task of seeking out writers to include in this year’s festival! Given my own interests, … Continue reading →

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “Kubla Khan” and “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”

Posted on 5 February, 2014 by Lisa Hager

Hi Dr. Hall’s English 215 Students! I’m looking forward to discussing Coleridge’s “Kubla Khan” and The Rime of the Ancient Mariner with you next week! As you read these two poems, take a look at some of the digital resources … Continue reading →

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