O’Krent, Michael. “On Water and Other States of Matter: Promethean Fluidity in Sinophone Science Fiction.” Panel on “Sinophone Hydric Speculations: Monstrous, Mythical, and Planetary Futures.” European Association for Chinese Studies. Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, Venice, IT. July 21-25, 2026.

O’Krent, Michael. “Two Metaphysical Models of History in the Late Qing.” Workshop on Nature and Freedom in Transcultural Context. Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany. July 10, 2026.

O’Krent, Michael. “The Reverse Palimpsest: Chang Hsi-kuo’s Historical/Science Fiction.” Work-in-Progress Workshop on Taiwanese Literature as Planetary Literature: Reframing World Literature. University of Bern, Walter Benjamin College, Bern, CH. June 17-19, 2026.

O’Krent, Michael. “Black Science Fiction After the End of the World and N. K. Jemisin’s The Fifth Season” Guest speaker in research seminar “Anglo Genres for Atlantic Futures (Eco-Fictions, Campus Novels, Science Fictions)”. University of Basel. Basel. 6 May 2026.

O’Krent, Michael. Guest lecture on the videogame Black Myth: Wukong in Prof. Dingru Huang’s course “Animals in Chinese Literature and Media.” University of Minnesota, Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Online/Minneapolis, MN, USA. April 16, 2026.

Jimenez, Isabel “Campus Characters: Campus Novels 101”. Guest speaker in research seminar “Anglo Genres for Atlantic Futures (Eco-Fictions, Campus Novels, Science Fictions)”. University of Basel. Basel. 8 April 2026.

Ambrosetti, Letizia “Eco-fictions: The Stories Ecology Tells”. Research Colloquium. University of Basel. Basel. 7 April 2026.

Ambrosetti, Letizia “Anglo Genres for Atlantic Futures: Eco-fictions”. Guest speaker in research seminar “Anglo Genres for Atlantic Futures (Eco-Fictions, Campus Novels, Science Fictions)”. University of Basel. Basel. 25 March 2026.

Jimenez, Isabel “See you on Campus: The University Campus as a Literary Setting". Research Colloquium. University of Basel. Basel. 3 March 2026.

Schweighauser, Philipp. “Forced and Unforced Indigenous Migrations across Time: Riding the Trail of Tears with Blake M. Hausman.” The American Comparative Literature Association's 2026 Annual Meeting, Montréal. 27 February, 2026.