Name:
Halloween Myths: Legend of the Vampire
Date:
October 24, 2019
Time:
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM CDT
Dr. Lesley Gregoricka is an Associate Professor of Anthropology and Director of the USA Forensic Science Program at the University of South Alabama
Event Description:
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA
DISTINGUISHED LECTURE SERIES
Halloween Myths: Legend of the Vampire
Dr. Lesley Gregorika
DISTINGUISHED LECTURE SERIES
Halloween Myths: Legend of the Vampire
Dr. Lesley Gregorika
How did the legend of the vampire develop and why were some individuals feared for demonic powers? Dr. Lesley Gregorika ‘s research is based on burial rites in eastern Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries. She will discuss how these individuals were perceived in their communities and reasons why they may have been feared.
"Today we might find it silly to believe in vampires," Gregoricka says. But "before scientific understanding , vampires were perceived as a very real threat and represented one way of explaining the unexplainable."
