SFU Public Square - President’s Faculty Lecture Series (Volunteer Support)
President’s Faculty Lecture Series (Volunteer)
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Date and time:
March 10, 2020
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Location:
Shadbolt Centre for the Arts 6450 Deer Lake Ave Burnaby, BC
About the event:
The Shakespeare Conspiracy with By Dr. Paul Budra
This lecture is part of the President’s Faculty Lecture Series.
William Shakespeare lived in an era of conspiracy. Plots were laid against both the monarchs who reigned during Shakespeare’s lifetime and his plays depict conspiracies both murderous and comic. We live in an era of conspiracy theories: vaccinations, 911, and even the shape of our planet have been subject to elaborate and often paranoid belief systems. Shakespeare himself, unique among world authors, is the subject of such a conspiracy theory. Dr. Budra will argue how the contrast between that theory and the conspiracies in Shakespeare’s age and plays can provide insight into the rhetoric and strategies of the modern conspiratorial imagination.
Volunteers for this event will support general event logistics.