Chinese Sci-fi and the Imagination of Sustainable Futures: A NCTA Resource Workshop for K-12 Educators

This online workshop explores how Chinese sci-fi engages with the challenges of environmental, social, and political sustainability that confront both contemporary China and humanity at large. We will explore the work of eminent sci-fi writers such as Liu Cixin, Hao Jingfang, Chen Qiufan, Han Song, and Chi Hui, whose short stories collectively address threats to biodiversity, environmental resources, and the social order while also presenting alternative imaginations of sustainable futures and interspecies coexistence. Our treatment of these texts will demonstrate as well how a global humanities approach might incorporate United Nations Sustainable Development Goals to further analysis and reflection.

• • Starts:
  • November 15, 2023
• • Ends:
  • November 15, 2023
• • Time Detail:
  • 6:00-8:00 p.m (ET)
• • Learning Format:
  • Online
• • Type of Course:
  • Workshops
• • Offered to:
  • All States
• • Registration and Info:

  • The first thirty K-12 educators to attend and fully participate in the workshop will receive a complimentary copy of Invisible Planets: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation, by Ken Liu.

    Pennsylvania teachers who complete the workshop will receive Act 48 hours.

    For teachers in other states, we can provide you with a Certificate of Completion.