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Toronto Lecture Series
Thursday, March 20, 2014
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge Street, Toronto, ON

Spring 2014 Toronto

The Killer App
How the Cold War created video games and vice-versa. The history of the Cold War and the history of the computer were deeply, inextricably intertwined. This talk traces the origins of modern video games in the missile defense systems of the 1950s and 60s, and explores how dreams of push-button war have shaped politics and culture from the Cold War to the present day.

Rob McDougal

Dr. Rob MacDougall
Professor History and Centre for American Studies
Western University

Registration is $15.00 per person.
Please register online by Friday, March 14, 2014.

Details:
Novella Room, 2nd Floor
Toronto Reference Library
789 Yonge Street

9:30 a.m. - Doors Open
10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. - Lecture
If you arrive prior to 9:30 a.m., security will let you inside at the Employee Entrance on Yonge Street. Yonge Subway Station

Please contact Alumni Western if you require information in an alternate format, or if any other arrangements can make this event accessible to you.

We are sorry, the deadline for registering for this event online has passed. Please email alumnirsvp@uwo.ca or call 1-800-258-6896 and press 2 if you are still interested in attending. Please leave your name, email, phone number, the name of your guest and specify which event you will be attending.


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