On Zoom

Speakers: Sarah Lauro (University of Tampa); Angela Zito (New York University)

Cosponsors:  Center for Religion and Media at New York University

Have you noticed that our monsters are creeping closer to us?  That vampires attend high school (constantly), that werewolves seduce us with their moral anguish (as much as their glamorous hunky good looks)?  But what about zombies? Does narrowing the gap, as TV series IZombie does, humanize zombies or recognize our own monstrosity?  Should we be forgiving or horrified? Sarah Lauro  (University of Tampa), author of The Transatlantic Zombie: Slavery, Rebellion, and Living Death (2015) in conversation with Angela Zito, co-Director of the CRM, will investigate the politics and passions of zombie creep today.