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University conference explores how zombie culture has ‘infected’ the media
The University of Winchester is holding an international Zombosium on 28 October to examine current research into zombie culture and how it has spread across all types of media.
“Zombies now feature widely in film, television, new and social media, gaming, comics and literary texts,” said Dr Marcus Leaning, Lecturer in the School of Media and Film at the University of Winchester, who is organising the conference. “Our Zombosium has attracted more than 17 speakers from across the world, all anxious to share their research into this huge phenomenon.”
The keynote speaker at Zombosium is Dr Ian Conrich, Editor of the Journal of British Cinema and Television and a leading authority on contemporary horror cinema. Dr Conrich has written over 16 books and contributed to more than 50 books and journals. He will present a talk at the event titled An Infected Population: Zombie Culture and the Modern Monstrous.
Topics for the one-day conference include discussions surrounding the popular television series, The Walking Dead; and regulation, censorship and zombie flesh eaters; zombies and landscapes; zombies and genocide; home in zombie films and zombie apocalypse survivor communities on Mumsnet and YouTube. Also at Zombosium, Dr Conrich will introduce a special film screening of Dawn of the Dead (2004) at 5.30pm which is free for conference delegates.
Zombosium takes place on Friday 28 October from 9.30am until 4.45pm at the University of Winchester. For further information about attending the event please contact Dr Leaning by emailing Marcus.Leaning@winchester.ac.uk