<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;color:#073763"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Meghan Vicks</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:meghan.vicks@gmail.com">meghan.vicks@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2020 at 08:57<br>Subject: Invitation- The New Weird and HBO's Lovecraft Country: An Online "Horror Hour" with Rebekah Sheldon, Sean Grattan, and Bethany Doane<br>To: <<a href="mailto:SFRA@jiscmail.ac.uk">SFRA@jiscmail.ac.uk</a>><br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>Dear all,</div><div> </div><div>I would like to invite you to a free online event that may be of interest:</div><div> </div><div><b>The New Weird and HBO's Lovecraft Country: An Online "Horror Hour" with Rebekah Sheldon, Sean Grattan, and Bethany Doane</b></div><div>Thursday, December 3, 2020; 6pm ET (Zoom Webinar)</div><div>The event is free and open to the public, but registration is required</div><div>To register and learn more, visit: <a href="https://borderlinesopenschool.org/events1/lovecraft" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://borderlinesopenschool.org/events1/lovecraft</a></div><div> </div><b>Event Description: </b>Rebekah Sheldon, Sean Grattan, and Bethany Doane come together to discuss and analyze the New Weird and HBO’s <em>Lovecraft Country</em>.
Their discussion will be organized around the close reading of numerous
clips from the series, which will be screened during the event. A Q+A
session will wrap things up, during which all attendees will have the
opportunity to participate. Join us for a horror hour of serious,
playful, and <em>weird</em>—genre-transgressing<em>—</em>analysis of one of 2020’s most popular shows. <a href="https://borderlinesopenschool.org/events1/lovecraft" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><strong>More info + link to free registration is here</strong>.</a><br> <div>This event is hosted by <b><a href="https://borderlinesopenschool.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Borderlines Open School for Advanced Cross-Cultural Studies</a></b>,
a new nonprofit organization that aims to offer the general public,
students, teachers, and professors alike affordable opportunities for
engaging with and developing advanced and creative scholarship outside
of the usual university system. To learn more about this new initiative,
please see our <a href="https://borderlinesopenschool.org/faqs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FAQs</a>. You may also email me with any questions.</div><div> </div><div>All best,</div><div>Meghan Vicks (<a href="mailto:mvicks@borderlinesfoundation.org" target="_blank">mvicks@borderlinesfoundation.org</a>)</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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