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*The Walking Dead: Undead Capitalism, Morality & Affect* *with Dan Hassler-Forest (Utrecht University) and Julia Dane (University of East London) * *Thursday, May 5, 6.30 - 8.30pm* Open School East The Rose Lipman Building 43 De Beauvoir Road, London, N1 5SQ A seminar about all things zombie, part of the Radical Cultural Studies Series organised by the Centre for Cultural Research at the University of East London. Julia Dane will argue that *The Walking Dead *forces the audience to contemplate new frameworks of social value and the moral choices that mght be made in an apocalyptic world. Dan Hassler-Forest will suggest that critical posthumanism offers a way out of the deadlock between capitalism and the apocalyptic imaginary. Dan's new book *Science Fiction, Fantasy & Politics: Transmedia World-Building Beyond Capitalism * <http://www.rowmaninternational.com/books/science-fiction-fantasy-and-politics>will be published as part of our Radical Cultural Studies series with Rowman & Littlefield International (due August 2016). *Radical Space <https://uel.ac.uk/Events/2016/4/Radical-Space-book-launch>* edited by centre co-director Debra Benita Shaw and Professor Maggie Humm will be launched on Thursday, 28th April, 6.30pm at the same venue. Dr Debra Benita Shaw Reader in Cultural Theory Co-director, Centre for Cultural Studies Research Editor, Radical Cultural Studies School of Arts & Digital Industries, University of East London Docklands Campus 1-4 University Way LONDON E16 2RD culturalstudiesresearch.org posthumanremains.wordpress.com @CCSRuel