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SUMMARY:'Mad\, bad and dangerous to know' – the myth of the mad scientis
 t in early horror films - Vanessa Toulmin (University of Sheffield)
DTSTART:20150205T130000Z
DTEND:20150205T140000Z
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CONTACT:Richard Staley
DESCRIPTION:In Christopher Frayling's _Mad\, Bad and Dangerous? The Scient
 ist and the Cinema_\, 1000 films between the 1930s and 1980s were examined
  and scientists or their creations were found to be the main villain in 30
 %\, while scientific research constituted 39% of the threats. In contrast\
 , scientists were the heroes in a mere 11 of these films. Professor Vaness
 a Toulmin examines the important work by Frayling and considers the period
  from the late Victorian to early Edwardian to present a case that this vi
 sual stereotype derives largely from cinema's pioneer days and could be in
  many ways linked to a reaction to modernity. Interestingly she will discu
 ss how the myth of the mad scientist is still controversially pedalled and
  marketed by science communicators as a means of widening participation to
 day. The talk will be illustrated by visuals\, posters and rare films from
  the early 1900s.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 2\, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
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