Tue, Apr 23
|Washington
Profs & Pints: Good, Evil and Dune
An exploration of the hit sci-fi franchise as epic without a hero
Time & Location
Apr 23, 2024, 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Washington, 801 E St NW, Washington, DC 20004, USA
About the event
Profs and Pints DC presents: “Good, Evil, and Dune,” an exploration of the hit sci-fi franchise as epic without a hero, with Peter Herman, former lecturer of theology and religious studies at Marymount University and scholar of religious and social themes in science fiction and fantasy.
The two-part Dune film epic has grossed nearly $1 billion worldwide. At a glance, both it and the 1965 novel that it is based upon might seem like just another space opera about a hero who overthrows a repressive evil—something we’ve seen before with the Star Wars franchise and other popular works.
Beneath the surface of Dune, however, lies something a lot more complicated. Dune, it turns out, doesn’t really have a hero. Instead, it raises provocative questions about good, evil, and salvation.
Get a lot more out of Dune by hearing it discussed by Peter Herman, a theologian who has published extensively on…