Links to all our talks will appear here as they are available.

Comic Adaptation of RUR title card

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“Work Must Not Cease”: Creating a Comic Adaptation of R.U.R.

Nick Johnson & Chris Murray (University of Dundee)

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Robots, Compassion, Love, and Human Resilience in the Technological Hyper-Age

Alexander Weinstein (Siena Heights University)

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R.U.R.’s Robot Rebellion: Cybernetics Lineages and Cultural Legacies

Heather Love (University of Waterloo)

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Golems, Robots, Workers: Karel Čapek’s R.U.R. and Its Contexts

Jindrich Toman (University of Michigan)

Dustin Abnet, "Americanizing the Robot"

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Americanizing the Robot: Westinghouse Electric and the Rise of a Global Consumer Icon

Invited talk: Dustin Abnet (Cal State Fullerton)

Simon Penny, Robotic Art as Critical Intervention

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Robotic Art as critical intervention: Petit Mal

Invited talk: Simon Penny (University of California-Irvine)