Science fiction

In acclaimed sci-fi novels, Ada Palmer uses history to build a ‘deep and detailed world’ UChicago historian Ada Palmer stands with a cane on campus in front of Hull Gate Gate

In acclaimed sci-fi novels, Ada Palmer uses history to build a ‘deep and detailed world’

From ‘Dune’ to climate change, UChicago scholar draws from unique experiences in new course A screenshot from the puzzle game Foldit, showing cats walking toward a mountain in the distance

From ‘Dune’ to climate change, UChicago scholar draws from unique experiences in new course

Ada Palmer

Ada Palmer

Title: Associate Professor of Early Modern European History and the College

Expertise: Science fiction, Fantasy, Censorship, Classics, Disability, Futurism, Genre fiction

Departmental website: https://history.uchicago.edu/directory/ada-palmer