ETIENNE AUGÉ

SCIENCE FICTION | PROPAGANDA | SUPERHEROES 

Dr. Etienne F. Augé is Principal lecturer at Erasmus University Rotterdam in The Netherlands. In 2015, he founded the Community for Histories of the Future (CHIFT), a platform dedicated to study and stimulate the production of science fiction. Previously, Etienne has worked in a French embassy in Beirut, co-created a film production company in Paris, and taught at many universities in the Middle East, Central Europe, and even Oxford University.

An award-winning professor, Etienne has also given 2 TEDx talks, both about science fiction and written 5 books on various topics such as propaganda, Lebanon, or super heroes. Etienne frequently appears in media in Belgium, Denmark, France, Greece, and The Netherlands.