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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="5"><b><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">Godzilla:</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="5"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">The Monster as Modern-Day </span><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">Myth</span></font><b><span style="font-size:60.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="4"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">Dr. Jeff Wilson, Department
</span></b></font><span style="position:absolute; z-index:251660288; margin-left:514px; margin-top:22px; width:188px; height:251px"><font size="4"><img src="file:///C:/Users/fmcalist/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image003.jpg" height="251" width="188"></font></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"><font size="4">of </font></span></b><b style="font-size:10pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"><font size="4">Religious
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 and East Asian 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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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none; padding:0cm"><span style="line-height:115%"><font size="3">Sponsored by the University of Waterloo
<b>Department of Religious Studies</b>.</font><font size="4"></font></span></p>
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