Presented as part of the Murdock Mind, Body, Spirit Series
Featuring Sebastian Junger, journalist, filmmaker, and bestselling author of “In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife.” Drawing from his own near-death experience, Junger will examine what it means to confront mortality and how such moments challenge our understanding of consciousness, fear, and survival. Placing his personal experience in the context of his broader work on risk, resilience, and human behavior, he will discuss how coming close to death reshaped his thinking about life, relationships, and what ultimately matters.
Paepcke Auditorium, doors at 4:30 pm
While attendance at this event is free and open to everyone, registration is required, and capacity is established on a first-come, first-served basis.
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Parking
Parking is very limited. Please carpool, walk, bike, or ride RFTA.
You can order his latest book “In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife” here. Books will also be available for purchase at the event. Book signing to follow.
“As someone who spends a lot of time thinking about loss and death and grief, I found this book extraordinary.”
—Anderson Cooper
“Sebastian Junger is known for standing on the front lines in places that scare the hell out of the rest of us. Nowhere is that truer than in In My Time of Dying, where he turns inward to examine his own mortality, the most frightening—yet fascinating—frontier there is.”
—Caitlin Doughty, New York Times bestselling author of Smoke Gets In Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory
Sebastian Junger is a former war reporter, bestselling author (“The Perfect Storm,” “War,” “Tribe,” “Freedom,” “In My Time Of Dying”) and an Academy Award-nominated filmmaker (Restrepo). He lives in New York City with his wife and two daughters.
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