Have a paper or panel proposal for the 2025 Festival of Monsters (Oct. 15-18 in Santa Cruz, Calif.)? Proposal deadline April 1. Learn more.
We take monsters seriously
“It is true, we shall be monsters, cut off from all the world; but on that account we shall be more attached to one another.”
— Mary Shelley, Frankenstein,
or, the Modern Prometheus
Monsters play a role in the representation of some of the most challenging problems facing our world: matters of race and religion, social justice, and environmental threats. The Center for Monster Studies at UC Santa Cruz aims to explore the role of monsters in culture and humanities.
2025 Festival Call for Papers
Join monstrous academics from around the world at the 2025 Festival of Monsters conference, Oct. 15-18, 2025 in Santa Cruz, Calif. The Center is currently looking for paper or panel proposals. The deadline is April 1, 2025.
Surekha Davies talks Human Monsters 4 p.m. March 11
Author Surekha Davies comes to UC Santa Cruz’s Cowell Provost House at 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 11 to talk about her new book Humans: A Monstrous History. The book is not a history of monsters, but a history through monsters.
