The Abrahamic fanfictions: 3 great writers vs. fear the mind-killer

Date

2021年5月6日 (木) 12:15

Location

Lab 4, E48

Description

Stories of the great fanfictions on the 3 Abrahamic religions, their writers, their collisions with the anti-intellectual atmospheres of the day, the role of fear, and the uncanny inflammability of manuscripts.

Mikhail Bulgakov, author of Christianity fanfiction "The Master and Margarita";
Salman Rushdie, author of Islam fanfiction "The Satanic Verses";
Scott Alexander, author of Judaism fanfiction "Unsong".

Speaker: Yasha Neiman.

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