Thursday, February 8, 4-6pm, OSU Faculty Club [Grand Lounge], 181 S. Oval Dr.

The second in a series of events hosted by the OSU Center for the Study of Religion during the 2017-2018 academic year on the theme of “Religion, Narrative, and Media” will present a conversation between Erica Andrus and Paul Hackett.

• “Us or Them? Sci-Fi Politics and Religion in Battlestar Galactica,” by Erica Andrus, Senior Lecturer, University of Vermont

• “We Have Met Them and They Are Us: Self-Identity and Religion in Star Trek and Doctor Who,” by Paul Hackett, Lecturer, Columbia University

• Moderator: Sarah Iles Johnston, Arts and Humanities Distinguished Professor of Religion, The Ohio State University

All symposia in this series are free and open to the public.

Sponsored by OSU Center for the Study of Religion, 614-688-8010 or https://religion.osu.edu/