This lecture is part of Mediatic Empire: Critical Inquiries into Environment, Technology, and Media Cultures, a five-part public lecture series organized by UBC’s Department of English Language & Literatures and Green College. View the full series schedule.
It is also a Garnett Sedgewick Lecture. Dr. Garnett Sedgewick was a professor in UBC’s Department of English from 1918 to 1948, who specialized in Shakespeare and Chaucer. In 1920, he became the first Head of the Department.