PLAY! Festival 2024
Professor Sean A. Witters (University of Vermont) will be with us to talk about digital media and addiction, and how this relates to the ideas of Alcoholics Anonymous and those who bake the breadcrumbs of QAnon! Sean argues that we need to create 12 new Anti-Steps to combat the psychological problems of everyday life in the digital world.
Who is Professor Sean A. Witters?
Sean A. Witters is a Senior Lecturer and recipient of the Kroepsch-Maurice Award for Excellence in Teaching at University of Vermont. He teaches courses on American Literature, Critical Theory, Critical Race and Ethnic Studies, Film & Television Studies, Addiction Studies, and Dystopian Fiction. He received his BA from the University of Vermont and received his Ph.D. from Brandeis University. He has published on writers and theorist including, Aldous Huxley, Michel Foucault, George Orwell, Toni Morrison, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, Henry James, and J.D. Salinger. He is presently writing a book-length study of the emergence and evolution of “the Addict” in literature, cinema, medicine, law, and culture.
Join us
Please contact Alfie.Brown@rhul.ac.uk if you wish to attend this event.
Car parking
When you arrive for a College event at our Egham campus, please park in car parks 12 or 4.
Car park 12 can be accessed by turning right as you enter the main College gates and is located next to the tennis courts. If this car park is full, please drive further onto our campus to car park 4, which can be accessed by turning left at the mini-roundabout behind the Students’ Union. We would advise that you bring the College map to campus with you and give yourself plenty of time to park.
Blue Badge holders can find designated parking spaces in Car park 1W, as well as between Gardeners Lodge and the Williams Annexe. You can find these locations by looking at our campus map opposite. If you require any assistance on arrival, please contact our premises team in advance of your visit by emailing: premisesadmin@royalholloway.ac.uk and they will be happy to help.
Please note that we operate an Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) system on certain parts of our campus, however if you are here for an organised event, parking is unrestricted for event guests in car parks 12, 4 or 14 (or display your blue badge permit if parking in a disabled bay). If you have any questions about parking, please email: premisesadmin@royalholloway.ac.uk
