Posts tagged with ‘Popular Culture Lecture Series’

Exploring TV, film, comics and more – the Popular Culture Lecture Series strikes back

This November marks the return of the free public lecture series with a twist. From Taylor […]

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Thinking worlds – Nina Allan and Dave Hutchinson in conversation

Ray Bradbury once defined science fiction as “any idea that occurs in the head and doesn’t […]

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Adam Roberts in conversation

Join the last event in the Popular Culture Lecture Series for a discussion between award-winning science fiction author Adam Roberts and Dr Caroline Edwards, Birkbeck University.

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“This is Sparta!”: representing Ancient Greece in films and comics

Lynn Fotheringham and Stephen Hodkinson, Department of Classics, present the lecture ‘This is Sparta! Representing Ancient Greece in films and comics’. Part of the Popular Culture Lecture Series. Art by Tomer Hanuka.

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I am your forefather: Star Wars and/as medieval dystopia

Christina Lee and Nathan Waddell, School of English, present the lecture ‘I am your forefather: Star Wars and/as medieval dystopia’. Part of the Popular Culture Lecture Series. Art by Chawakarn Khongprasert.

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Selling The Hunger Games: the digital infrastructure of blockbuster promotion

Catherine Johnson, School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies, presents ‘Selling The Hunger Games: the digital infrastructure of blockbuster promotion’. Part of the Popular Culture Lecture Series.

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Do you like scary movies? Defining the anatomy of cinematic suspense and viewer anticipatory patterns

Keith Bound, School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies, gives the lecture ‘Do you like scary movies? Defining the anatomy of cinematic suspense and viewer anticipatory patterns’. Part of the Popular Culture Lecture Series. Art by Jason Edmiston.

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Zombie genomics: or the didactic dead

Sean May, School of Biosciences, gives a lecture discussing ‘Zombie genomics: or the didactic dead’. Part of the Popular Culture Lecture Series. Art by Kilian Eng and Grey Matter Art.

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“I need fish fingers and custard”: the irruption and suppression of vegan ethics in Doctor Who

Kate Stewart, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, and Matthew Cole, Open University, discuss ‘The irruption an suppression of vegan ethics in Doctor Who’. Part of the Popular Culture Lecture Series. Art by Matt Ferguson.

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