Theorising the Contemporary Zombie marks a new and exciting study into why zombies are popular today and what lessons can be learned from the undead.

Scott Hamilton is a research associate at the University College Dublin Humanities Institute and a writing instructor at the University College Dublin Writing Centre. He has published on Samuel Beckett, Flann O'Brien and Zombiism, and is co-founder of the Zombie Studies Network and the Theorizing Zombiism conference series. Conor Heffernan is a lecturer of sport at the University of Ulster.