Rather like a normal Friday Fun post, I'm going to highlight some fun stuff I've found around the web on zombies in higher education. And I'm not talking about undergrads at 9am classes either. Note that a couple of these I've highlighted before.
BTW, first I thought I'd point out a couple of pop cultural items on zombies.
- The Undead and Philosophy: Chicken Soup for the Soulless
- Zombies, Vampires, and Philosophy
- Book of the Dead: The Complete History of Zombie Cinema
- Gospel of the Living Dead: George Romero's Visions of Hell on Earth
- Zombie Holocaust: How the Living Dead Devoured Pop Culture
- Eaten Alive!: Italian Cannibal and Zombie Movies
- Zombie Notes: A Study Guide to the Best in Undead Literary Classics
- The Living and the Undead: Slaying Vampires, Exterminating Zombies
- Zombies and Consciousness
- Zombie Economics: How Dead Ideas Still Walk among Us
And now, for some amusing zombie-related higher educational items from around the net!
- Zombie University
- Ottawa students pit mathematics against zombie apocalypse
- Humans vs. Zombies live action game
- Zombies take over heart of University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Student "Zombies" Collect Canned Goods for Charity
- University of Colorado bans Nerf Guns; Zombies and Humans disappointed
- U. of Florida Is Prepared for Zombies
- Students Model Zombie Attack
- Dead Programs Walking
- Zombie Nation
- Thanks for not being a zombie
- Course Explores the History and Subtext of Zombies in Popular Culture
- Technology Is Key to Zombie-Themed Game of Tag
- In Debt and Undead
- See Jane Bite
BTW, the today-only zombie profile picture is courtesy of Joseph Hewitt of Ataraxia Theatre fame. Joseph is also working on the GearHead RPG. Thanks!
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