Bridges Lecture Series -- Zombies -- Friday November 8

[Alysia Kolentsis]

We are pleased to invite you to the second event in the 2019-2020 Bridges Lecture Series<https://sju.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=32b8faf3b62cb8f35a23e2996&id=4d54484972&e=52b17284b4>, taking place at St. Jerome's University's Academic Centre on Friday, November 8, 2019, 7:30 p.m.

Join us for Zombies: Monsters with Meaning<https://sju.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=32b8faf3b62cb8f35a23e2996&id=2a800e31cc&e=52b17284b4> with guest lecturers Arnold T. Blumberg (Dr. of the Dead, Author) and Robert Smith? (Mathematics, University of Ottawa).

Dr. Arnold T. Blumberg presents a whirlwind look back at 100 years of cinematic zombies and their evolution into a modern pop culture icon, with special attention to the ways in which Night of the Living Dead permanently impacted the media landscape. Robert Smith? looks at zombies as a popular figure in pop culture/entertainment usually portrayed as being brought about through an outbreak or epidemic.
Everyone is welcome to register*<https://sju.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=32b8faf3b62cb8f35a23e2996&id=8df27fa733&e=52b17284b4> for this complimentary event. We look forward to you joining us next week!

Bridges Lecture Series Organizing Team
Benoit Charbonneau
Paul Craig
Alysia Kolentsis

*Tickets are free, but a copy (electronic/hard) will be requested as you enter the Vanstone Lecture Hall.

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SUPPORTED BY
St. Jerome's University
University of Waterloo, Faculty of Arts
University of Waterloo, Faculty of Mathematics
University of Waterloo, Faculty of Science



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