Vampirology (VAMPIRES) with Dr. Jeff Holdeman
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Fangs! Capes! Undead bloodlust! Are vampires soul-draining ghouls or a hot prom date? No better person to ask than Indiana University professor of Slavic and Eastern European Culture, Dr. Jeff Holdeman, who teaches the course “The Vampire in European and American Culture.”
In Part 1, it’s a deep dive into the HISTORY. Jeff breaks down the folkloric purpose of vampire stories and how they morphed into novels and hit the silver screen. Plus: why every generation reinvents its monsters.
Part 2 has vampire finches, fang straws, vegan bloodsuckers, threshold invites, horniness, grain alcohol, garlic breath, psychic vampires and all our questions answered by Dr. Jeff Holdeman, professor and Vampirologist in Indiana University’s Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures department. Also: I think you should write a novel.
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Donations went to Myeloma.org for blood cancer research in honor of your Grandpod, Larry Ward, and to NaNoWriMo.org.
Links to things we discussed:
Jeff Holdeman’s Rate My Professors page
Eastern European state of Kievan Rus'
100 Years of ‘Nosferatu,’ the Vampire Movie That Won’t Die
Nosferatu October 2022 screenings in the UK
October 28 Nosferatu screening at the Million Dollar theater in LA
Nosferatu – original version via YouTube
Bloodsuckers: Vampires, Antisemitism And Nosferatu At 100
NOSFERATU, Blood Libel, and the Jews
Jewish Currents analyzes Nosferatu
“Our Vampires, Ourselves” by Nina Auerback, 1995
The need to belong: desire for interpersonal attachments as a fundamental human motivation
Watch: Christopher Lee's Classic Hammer Horror: Count Dracula and His Vampire Bride (1973)
Viktor-Rolf Spring 2022 Surreal Shoulder – is it vampire chic?
Jack Palance as Dracula in 1974
Are the Cullens real vampires?
Report on the super rich paying little to no taxes
Pepper vodka and pickles traditions
Video: [Twilight] I have a date with Edward Cullen
Book: The Power of Positive Thinking: 10 Traits for Maximum Results by Norman Vincent Peale
Study: Immunomodulation and anti-inflammatory effects of garlic compounds
Dr Gerry Carter at Ohio State studies the social dynamics of Vampire Bats!
Malawi cracks down on 'vampire' lynch mobs
Jack Palance Wins Supporting Actor: 1992 Oscars
How Could Someone Who Writes About Lovesick Teen Girls Be a Feminist?
Vampire Academy's Moroi, Dhampir and Strigoi, Explained
Gilroy Gardens: the world garlic capital features a frickin’ vampire?
Study: DEODORIZATION OF GARLIC ODOR BY FRESH AND DRIED HERBS USING SIFT-MS
How To Cure Garlic Breath. Thank you, science. Pop Sci article, 2014
The History of the Self Help Movement
Dr. Thomas Harris – author of “I’m Okay, You’re Okay”
Clinical vampirism or Renfield’s Syndrome
Video: "Vampires" and Boobies | National Geographic
Dr. Gerry Carter: vampire bat expert
Jiangshi aka Chinese hopping vampire
Ashanti vampire-which Obayifo with a glowing butthole
Penanggalan – glowing heads and entrails
DAYBREAKERS Clip - "Frankie Kills Subsider" (2009)
Vampire of the Slavs by Jan Perkowski
World Health Organization 2021 Global Report on Ageism
The Elderly - Suffering in Romania
Clinical Vampirism or Renfield’s Syndrome
The Elderly - Suffering in Romania
Books mentioned:
“Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus” by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, 1818
“The Vampyre: A Tale” by John William Polidori, 1819
“Varney, The Vampyre: Or, The Feast Of Blood. A Romance” by James Malcolm Rymer, 1845-47
“Carmilla” by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, 1872
“Dracula” by Bram Stoker, 1897
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