Prof. David Castillo has published Zombie Talk: Culture, History, Politics, along with Prof. David Schmid (UB English Dept.), David Reilly, and J. Browning. The book analyzes the symbolism of zombies in the modern and contemporary cultural texts in which they appear. If you have ever wondered why zombie imagery has proliferated in recent years, this book is for you!
Prof. Jean-Jacques Thomas, UB Distinguished Professor and Melodia E. Jones Chair has edited Formules 19. Prepared with Christelle Reggiani (Univ. Paris-4, Sorbonne), Christopher Reig (Univ. de Perpignan – Catalogne) and Hermes Salceda (Univ. De Vigo – Spain), the new volume is devoted to the experimental issue of the elaboration of new forms to exploit new literary and artistic types of works done on new types of material supports moving away from the traditional flat surface of the book or the photo. It features articles by many of the contemporary leaders, theoreticians (Reggiani, Reig, Bobillot, Yocaris, Chol, Durrenmatt, Ricardou, etc.) as well as practiciens (Lecroart, Haute, Houdart, Sanchez, etc.). A copy is available at the UB library.