You are invited to a full day event arranged by Centre for the Rise of Science and Fiction with keynote speakers dedicated to exploring the relationship between science and fiction in the Enlightenment period.  The seminar will explore questions such as:

• How did a new scientific discourse come to shape 18^th century genres and institutions of fiction and literature such as novels, periodicals, travelogues, the theatre, and poetry?
• In what ways do fictionality (in the form of parables, thought experiment, metaphors, fictional dialogue etc.) appear in scientific discourse of the 18^th century?
• Can we detect that a discourse of fact and/or fictionality is changing in the 18^th century when looking at concrete texts, overall epistemology, specific genres, lexicons, or other?
• Are certain genres or sub-genres as science fiction more open to the changes of science and fiction in this period, and might a comparative study reveal parallels or differences in the development of the period?