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Program in Archipelacon 2 (2025)

A Rebel from the Waist Downwards: Re-voicing Orwell’s Julia
Ramsö, – (1 h)
Opening Ceremonies
Main Auditorium, – (1 h)
How Do Post-Publication Self-Revisions Differ From Other-Revised Ones? The Revised Finnish Translations of J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion
Ramsö, – (1 h)
Guest of Honour Interview: Ann VanderMeer
Main Auditorium, – (1 h)
Seal Hunters and Windjammers - a Short History of Åland
Small Auditorium, – (1 h)
Odd Borders
Ryssö, – (1 h)
We're All Doomed
Kapten (Hotel Arkipelag), – (1 h)
Reading: Jeff VanderMeer
Main Auditorium, – (1 h)
Genre Cookbooks: the Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
Small Auditorium, – (1 h)
Non-stop sarjispaja / Non-stop Comics Workshop
Hästholm, – (2 h)
What We Talk about When We Talk about Ghosts
Ramsö, – (1 h)
Grand Futures: the Interplay Between Science Fiction and Planning Really Far Ahead
Kapten (Hotel Arkipelag), – (1 h)
Guest of Honour Panel: Anthology Editing - Picking Flowers?
Main Auditorium, – (2 h)
(Artificial) Intelligence, Writing, and the Human Condition
Small Auditorium, – (2 h)
Robot Dinosaurs and Funny Hats - What Makes the Horizon Game Series so Interesting?
Ryssö, – (2 h)
ESFS Meeting
Fiskö, – (4 h)
Zombie Girls Save the World!
Ramsö, – (1 h)
Fanworks: Derivative vs. Transformative?
Kapten (Hotel Arkipelag), – (1 h)
Sci-Fi Sewing Cafe
Styrman (Hotel Arkipelag), – (2 h)
The Kobayashi Maru: a Secret History
Kapten (Hotel Arkipelag), – (1 h)
Guest of Honour Panel: On Writing
Main Auditorium, – (2 h)
Theremin in Science Fiction and Other Entertainment
Small Auditorium, – (2 h)
Nukkuva kreivitär
Ryssö, – (1 h)
Geek Culture Quiz
Other - Boquerian, – (2 h 30 min)
From Fables to Fantasy: The Transformation of Family in Disney’s Duckverse
Small Auditorium, – (1 h)
Speed Friending Event
Ryssö, – (1 h)
ESFS Meeting
Fiskö, – (2 h)
Strange Women Lying in Ponds
Ramsö, – (1 h)
Living with Ursula in Your Head
Kapten (Hotel Arkipelag), – (2 h)
Guest of Honour Panel: Living in Two Genres
Main Auditorium, – (2 h)
Romantasy or Romantic Fantasy?
Small Auditorium, – (1 h)
Ukrainian Fantasy Today: Themes, Challenges and New Horizons
Ryssö, – (1 h)
(Re)Imagining the Monkey King: Sun Wukong and His Spirit of Rebellion in Contemporary Chinese Cross-Media Fantasy
Ramsö, – (1 h)
Hirviöitä ja sankareita - taidepaja
Hästholm, – (3 h)
Flesh & Blood Social Player Event
Styrman (Hotel Arkipelag), – (2 h)
Praedor - The Biggest Finnish Fantasy Brand
Small Auditorium, – (2 h)
The Electronic Almanac of the Bulgarian Illustration
Ryssö, – (1 h)
Poetiskt världsbygge / Poetic Worldbuilding
Fiskö, – (1 h)
Hopeful Punk
Kapten (Hotel Arkipelag), – (2 h)
Guest of Honour Interview: Emmi Itäranta
Main Auditorium, – (1 h)
Worldbuilding with Queer Animals
Ryssö, – (1 h)
Autonomous Cars
Fiskö, – (1 h)
Simultaneous Consciousness in Ted Chiang’s “The Story of Your Life”, or What the Heptapods Can Teach Us About Climate Change
Ramsö, – (1 h)
Guest of Honour Panel: The Joy and Woe of Co-Writing
Main Auditorium, – (2 h)
Hugo Panel: the Literature Stuff
Small Auditorium, – (2 h)
How to Study Comics
Ryssö, – (2 h)
Worldbuilding in Real World Maps
Fiskö, – (1 h)
Climate Change in Contemporary Swedish Mainstream Fiction
Ramsö, – (1 h)
Omenapiirakan arvoitus
Hästholm, – (2 h)
Indie Publishers Unite
Kapten (Hotel Arkipelag), – (2 h)
Lord Dunsany i ny svensk översättning: högläsning
Styrman (Hotel Arkipelag), – (1 h)
Living among the Asteroids in 2125
Fiskö, – (1 h)
Between the Sagas and J.R.R. Tolkien: The Norse Epics of William Morris
Ramsö, – (1 h)
Guest of Honour Panel: Menace or a Possibility? Ecology and Environment in Fiction
Main Auditorium, – (2 h)
What to Watch 2025 Edition
Small Auditorium, – (2 h)
Speculative Fiction in Translation
Ryssö, – (2 h)
Fantastic Filks: From Feudal Folk to Futuristic Funk
Fiskö, – (1 h)
Olof Svart’s Two Manors: Career and Ostentation in Early Sixteenth‑Century Sweden and Finland
Ramsö, – (1 h)
Introvert Sanctuary - Craft Circle
Hästholm, – (2 h)
Quantum Computing: No Longer Science Fiction
Kapten (Hotel Arkipelag), – (1 h)
Tolkien Reading Circle
Styrman (Hotel Arkipelag), – (2 h)
Filk Circle / Singalong
Fiskö, – (2 h)
Post-apocalypse in Slow Motion
Ramsö, – (1 h)
Finnish Ceilidh: Huutokatrilli!
Kapten (Hotel Arkipelag), – (1 h)
Guest of Honour Interview: Mats Strandberg's Blood Cruise (Färjan) Adaptation
Main Auditorium, – (1 h)
Queer Imaginings in Africanfuturism Inspired by African History
Small Auditorium, – (1 h)
Creative Writing 101
Ryssö, – (2 h)
Mag Lev - and Why It Never Made the Big Time
Ramsö, – (1 h)
Flashmob Practice
Kapten (Hotel Arkipelag), – (1 h)
Another Castle Choir Performance
Main Auditorium, – (1 h)
Lisbon or Berlin? Quiz Hosted by MetropolCon Berlin, the 2026 Eurocon, and the 2027 Lisbon Bid
Ramsö, – (1 h)
“Kiertoradalla (avaruusromua)” [“In orbit (space debris)”]
Arkipelag Pool Bar, – (1 h)
[CANCELLED] Mats Strandberg Reading
Main Auditorium, – (1 h)
Queer, Romantic and Speculative - Spicy and Political Stories
Small Auditorium, – (2 h)
Anticipation and the Laws of Nature
Ryssö, – (1 h)
Starboard and Starships: Nautical Inspirations in SF
Fiskö, – (2 h)
Scrooge McDuck - a Travel Agent between Worlds. From Duckburg to Shambala in Don Rosa's Disney Comics
Ramsö, – (1 h)
Hirviöitä ja sankareita - taidepaja
Hästholm, – (3 h)
Guest of Honour Interview: Jeff VanderMeer
Main Auditorium, – (1 h)
Role-Playing Games on Screen
Ryssö, – (1 h)
Economics of Extraterrestrial Mining in Fact and Fiction
Ramsö, – (1 h)
Finnish Folk Dance Workshop
Kapten (Hotel Arkipelag), – (1 h)
Emmi Itäranta Reading
Main Auditorium, – (1 h)
Hugo Panel: The Other Stuff
Small Auditorium, – (1 h)
Playing with Yourself
Ryssö, – (1 h)
Transhumanist Tendencies in Finnish Speculative Fiction
Fiskö, – (2 h)
Nuo mainiot miehet lentävillä miekoillaan
Ramsö, – (1 h)
Flesh & Blood Social Player Event
Styrman (Hotel Arkipelag), – (2 h)
Guest of Honour Interview: Mats Strandberg
Main Auditorium, – (1 h)
The Lure of Folklore
Small Auditorium, – (1 h)
Ukraine on Fire: Fandom, Challenges, and Problems
Ryssö, – (1 h)
Dialogue: Speculating through Poetry and Music
Ramsö, – (1 h)
Praedor RPG: Songs of Blood and Gold
Hästholm, – (4 h)
A Brief History of Finnish Horror Literature
Kapten (Hotel Arkipelag), – (1 h)
True Journey Is Return: Ursula K. Le Guin's Life and Work
Main Auditorium, – (1 h)
Do We Need a Better Fantasy?
Small Auditorium, – (1 h)
Playing Roles
Ryssö, – (2 h)
Werewolves, Selkies and Other Changelings - Metamorphosis in Speculative Fiction
Fiskö, – (2 h)
Neoliberal Eugenics, or Cheap Genetically Modified Humans in Contemporary Science Fiction Literature
Ramsö, – (1 h)
Slovenian Fantasy - Supernova and Fanfest
Kapten (Hotel Arkipelag), – (1 h)
Guest of Honour Panel: From Page to Screen - Translating Your Work to a Different Medium
Main Auditorium, – (2 h)
Myths and Marvels: Scandinavian Influences in Fantasy and Sci-Fi
Small Auditorium, – (2 h)
From Crack-Up to Crosshatch: Spatial Politics in Urban Fantasy
Ramsö, – (1 h)
[CANCELLED] The Contemporary Bulgarian SFFH
Kapten (Hotel Arkipelag), – (1 h)
Book Launch for the Science Fiction Novel "Zoi"
Styrman (Hotel Arkipelag), – (1 h)
Presenting the European Fan Fund
Ryssö, – (1 h)
Mars in the Red? The Economics of Terraforming
Fiskö, – (1 h)
Science Fiction and the Ethics of Science
Ramsö, – (1 h)
Ghosts and Monsters of Czech Folklore
Kapten (Hotel Arkipelag), – (1 h)
Dark Academia: A Vivisection
Small Auditorium, – (1 h)
The Possibility of Anachronisms in High Fantasy
Ryssö, – (2 h)
Rise and Fall of the DCEU - Part 1
Fiskö, – (2 h)
Jo Walton Reading from Everybody's Perfect
Ramsö, – (1 h)
The 2023 Chinese Worldcon in Chengdu
Kapten (Hotel Arkipelag), – (1 h)
New Finnish Weird by Indie Publishers - Joint Book Launch Event
Styrman (Hotel Arkipelag), – (2 h)
Ada Palmer Reads from Hearthfire
Ramsö, – (1 h)
A Brief History of Science Fiction in Finland 1803–1944
Kapten (Hotel Arkipelag), – (1 h)
Masquerade and ESFS Awards
Main Auditorium, – (2 h)
The Scalzi Ersatz Disco
Arkipelag Pool Bar, – (2 h)
Plastic Consciousness: On David R. Bunch’s Moderan Stories
Ramsö, – (1 h)
Omenapiirakan arvoitus
Hästholm, – (2 h)
Guest of Honour Panel: Writer's Choice - Lingua Franca Vs. Mother Tongue
Main Auditorium, – (2 h)
Awards Around Europe
Kapten (Hotel Arkipelag), – (1 h)
Is Shorter Better? Writing Microfiction
Fiskö, – (2 h)
Local Speculations - How are Localities and Weird Peripheries Used in Speculative Fiction?
Ryssö, – (2 h)
Supernatural Powers in Chinese Fantasy, Wuxia, and Science Fiction
Small Auditorium, – (2 h)
Sotakirjallisuuden goottiset ainekset
Ramsö, – (1 h)
Post-apocalyptic Skills for Fun and Survival
Kapten (Hotel Arkipelag), – (2 h)
Southern Reach 10th Anniversary Celebration Presentation
Main Auditorium, – (1 h)
Finnish Weird Reading
Styrman (Hotel Arkipelag), – (1 h)
Praedor RPG: Songs of Blood and Gold
Hästholm, – (4 h)
Tähtifantasia-palkinto 2025
Ryssö, – (1 h)
[CANCELLED] Ann VanderMeer Publishing Q&A
Small Auditorium, – (1 h)
Rounding Errors and Redundant Ghosts: Exploring Alienation and Estrangement in Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction
Ramsö, – (1 h)
Reading and Art of The Last Philosopher
Styrman (Hotel Arkipelag), – (1 h)
The Worst Versions
Small Auditorium, – (2 h)
Speculative on the Spectrum
Ryssö, – (2 h)
Writing for Audiovisual Media
Main Auditorium, – (2 h)
Q&A on upcoming Eurocons
Kapten (Hotel Arkipelag), – (1 h)
Keeping Altered Consciousness Weird? Developing a Lexical-Categorical Frequency Model of Altered States in American Science Fiction
Ramsö, – (1 h)
Rise and Fall of the DCEU - Part 2
Fiskö, – (2 h)
Guest of Honour Panel: What Can the Moomins Teach Us about Democracy?
Main Auditorium, – (2 h)
Closing Ceremonies
Main Auditorium, – (1 h)
Dead Dog Party
Arkipelag Pool Bar, – (5 h)

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