An Encounter with Early Vampires – Profs & Pints Charlottesville [SOLD OUT]

Join us for a night of folklore, history, and a dash of horror with Profs & Pints Charlottesville: “An Encounter with Early Vampires.”

Professor Stanley Joseph Stepanic of the University of Virginia, who teaches a popular course on Dracula and vampire folklore, will guide us through the chilling world of early Slavic vampire beliefs.

Discover the first written evidence of vampires from a Russian text in 1047 A.D.

Learn about Slavic legal codes that describe vampire burials in the 14th century.

Hear stories of 18th-century vampire hysteria across Europe.

Explore graves of the “undead” whose bodies were mutilated to keep them from rising again.

Understand how rotting, corpse-like vampires evolved into the suave Dracula figure of literature—and how their echoes live on in zombie lore today.

Expect a fascinating blend of folklore, history, and cultural insight that will leave you seeing vampires in an entirely new (and terrifying) light.

Tickets:

Advance: $13.50

At the door: $17 ($15 with student ID) [NO LONGER AVAILABLE]
(Tickets must be purchased online.)

Schedule:

Doors open: 4:30 PM

Talk begins: 6:00 PM

Wrap-up & socializing: until 8:00 PM

Organizer Contact:
Profs and Pints: profsandpints@hotmail.com

External link for ticket purchase.