I am excited to offer “Worlds Within Worlds: Religion and Science Fiction” this coming January-February 2024 through the Humanities North Dakota program. This course will meet in a remote synchronous format. I am still refining the syllabus, but here is an initial list of topics we will cover:

Star Wars

Star Trek

Dune

Battlestar Galactica

Lord of the Rings (and other elements of Tolkien’s writings)

Afro-Futurism & African Futurism

Islamicate SFF

Indigenous SFF

If you are interested in taking this course, here is a link to Humanities North Dakota where you can register.

I am always interested in suggestions for SFF content that people may be interested in seeing, so please feel free to email me with any suggestions: patrickjdsilva@gmail.com.