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Studies,</font></span></b><b style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><font size="4">University of Waterloo</font></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font size="3">More than just a city-stomping reptilian film star, </font><span style="font-size: medium;">Godzilla began as an allegory for the Japanese war </span><span style="font-size: medium;">experience,
especially the horror of the atomic bombings </span><span style="font-size: medium;">on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Through lecture and a </span><span style="font-size: medium;">viewing of the original 1954 Godzilla film, we will explore</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font size="3">the multiple meanings that a monster can take in an age </font><span style="font-size: medium;">of</span><span style="font-size: medium; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">
</span><span style="font-size: medium;">religious, social, and scientific anxiety.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font size="3">Jeff Wilson is a Professor of Religious Studies at Renison University College. He is the author of three books and numerous articles and essays.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;"><font size="3">Date: Wednesday, October 15, 3:30-5:30 pm
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Location:
</span></b><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">EIT 1015</span></b><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- Refreshments will be served
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