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Center for Monster Studies @ UC Santa Cruz
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I scream, you scream, we all scream because monsters are awesome! www.monsterstudies.ucsc.edu
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Thank you to everyone who donated to the 2026 Festival of Monsters yesterday during Giving Day at UC Santa Cruz. We raised $4155 towards next year, but have a long way to go. Want to help? bit.ly/give2monsters
The creature from the Black Lagoon holds Medusa in his arms. A text bubble says "Thank You"
November 6, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Bring the 2026 Festival of Monsters to life! It's Giving Day at UC Santa Cruz and Monster Matches turn $1 into $2. bit.ly/monstergive Help the monsters live to lecture another day, #give2ucsc @dsas #monsters
November 6, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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Know how to do the Monster Match? This Giving Day, every dollar given to make the 2026 Festival of Monsters come to life turns into $2! bit.ly/monstergive #give2ucsc @dsas #monsters
A black and grey monster with 7 eyes and 4 tentacles says "We Need Funds"
November 5, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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Bring the 2026 Festival of Monsters to life! It's Giving Day at UC Santa Cruz and monster matches magically turn $1 into $2. bit.ly/monstergive Your support means the monsters live to lecture another day, #give2ucsc @dsas #monsters
November 5, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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David Livingstone Smith an image of a monster image that says “Negro Rules,” an example of how African Americans have been monsterized as a way of dehumanization. At the 2025 Festival of Monsters in Santa Cruz, Calif.
October 16, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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In genuine cases of dehumanization that person is transformed not into a louse or a rat, but a monstrous demonic human being — paraphrasing David Livingstone Smith at his opening keynote for the 2025 Festival of Monsters.
David Livingstone Smith gives his opening keynote for the 2025 Festival of Monsters in Santa Cruz.
October 16, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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Only 2 weeks before the Festival of Monsters! Keynote 10/15 by David Livingstone Smith, conference 10/16-17, and a day of events including a panel with @almakatsu.bsky.social Nat Cassidy, and @gretchenmcneil.bsky.social at @bookshopsantacruz.bsky.social on 10/18. Details monsterstudies.ucsc.edu
A skeletal monster with a skeleton bird on its tongue is the poster image for the 2025 Festival of Monsters, Oct. 15-18 in Santa Cruz, Calif.
October 1, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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Join us 4:30 pm Monday, March 3 at for a special screening of the Irish folk horror film Fréwaka. Director Aislinn Clarke will be on hand to talk about her “nightmare fuel” film. www.monsterstudies.ucsc.edu/frewaka-screening. #monsters #film #folklore
Poster — closeup of a woman’s face with red crosses reflected in the eyes. Poster text says “The UCSC Center for Monster Studies presents Fréwaka. An Irish-language horror film written and directed by Aislinn Clarke. Monday, March 3, 2025. DARC 108. 4:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m.: Film Screening. 6:00 p.m.-6:45 p.m. Discussion with Aislinn Clarke, Renée Fox, and Johanna Isaacson.
February 27, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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Pixar's Pete Docter talks Monsters with Michael Chemers and Mike Halekakis on the latest ep. of our podcast, The Show Where They Talk About Monsters! www.monsterstudies.ucsc.edu/podcast #monsters #podcast #monsterstudies #pixar #monstersinc
November 18, 2024 at 10:49 PM
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With the Monsters’ Ball, our 2024 Festival of Monsters has come to a close. #MonsterFest @ucsantacruz.bsky.social
October 19, 2024 at 6:16 AM
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Jerry Rafiki Jenkins is giving is keynote on human monsters at the Festival of Monsters. The keynote will be found on our YouTube page in a few weeks. #MonsterFest24 @ucsantacruz.bsky.social
Jerry Rafiki Jenkins gives his keynote at the Festival of Monsters.
October 18, 2024 at 8:45 PM
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Samantha Gorman of UC Santa Cruz talks her Stranger Things VR project at the Festival of Monsters in the Monstrous Play panel. #MonsterFest24 @ucsantacruz.bsky.social
Samantha Gorman of UC Santa Cruz talks about her Stranger Things VR project at the Festival of Monsters’s Monstrous Play panel.
October 18, 2024 at 5:10 PM
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Not even a blackout can stop Mike Sell from talking on the Monstrous Play panel at the Festival of Monsters! The slides would have been awesome (the descriptions certainly were). #MonsterFest
Mike Sell presents on Monsters and games at the Festival of Monsters.
October 18, 2024 at 4:52 PM
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Michael Chemers and Mike Halekakis are talking about the Devil on the live podcast recording of “The Show Where We Talk About Monsters” at the Festival of Monsters” monsterstudies.ucsc.edu/podcast #MonsterFest24
Michael Chemers and Mike Halekakis record a live podcast of “The Show Where They Talk About Monsters” at the Festival of Monsters.
October 18, 2024 at 2:17 AM
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Jalondra Davis of UC Riverside talks about the @tananarivedue.bsky.social story “The Lake” at the Festival of Monsters conference. #MonsterFest24
Jalondra Davis talks about Tananarive Due’s “The Lake.”
October 17, 2024 at 10:57 PM
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Joseph Chang of Lehigh University speaks about cultural colonization in Dracula, part of the panel on Adapting Old Monsters at the Festival of Monsters conference. #MonsterFest24 #Monsters
Joseph Change talks Dracula and cultural colonization at the Festival of Monsters.
October 17, 2024 at 10:49 PM
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Edmund Ankomah is speaking about Monsters and African speculative fiction at the Festival of Monsters. A video of the talk will be on our YouTube channel in a few weeks. #MonsterFest24
Edmund Ankomah presents on monsters and African speculative fiction at the Festival of Monsters.
October 17, 2024 at 10:27 PM
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It’s a monstrously good first day of panels at the Festival of Monsters Academic Conference, and we got written up in Good Times Santa Cruz! Learn all about us at www.goodtimes.sc #MonsterFest24
October 17, 2024 at 9:32 PM
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The 2024 Festival of Monsters starts tonight! Join us 5 p.m. at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History for a spooktacular evening. with author Kiersten White at 5 p.m., Chris Zephro of Trick or Treat Studios at 6 pm. and Circus of the Moon at 7 p.m. www.monsterstudies.ucsc.edu
The 2024 Festival of Monsters starts tonight! Join us 5 p.m. at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History for a spooktacular evening. At 5 p.m., NYT Bestselling author Kiersten White shares from Lucy Undying, her latest book. Then at 6 p.m., Chris Zephro of Trick or Treat Studios gives us a behind-the-mask peek at the horror mask and novelty company. At 7 p.m., Circus of the Moon performs their acrobatic show Pluto's Labyrinth. This image is of the schedule poster
October 11, 2024 at 2:21 PM
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THE FACULTY OF HORROR: www.facultyofhorror.com
THE EVOLUTION OF HORROR: www.evolutionofhorror.com
September 14, 2024 at 8:05 AM
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THE SHOW WHERE THEY TALK ABOUT MONSTERS: bit.ly/TSWTTAM
LORE: www.lorepodcast.com/episodes/
HORROR HOMEROOM CONVERSATIONS: www.horrorhomeroom.com
September 14, 2024 at 8:03 AM
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for the spooky season, we've collected five horror history podcasts that analyze the origins of our favorite classic monsters! (a thread)
#classichorror #horrorpodcast #monsterpodcast #monsterlore #universalmonsters #gothichorror #frankenstein #dracula #horrorhistory #podcast
September 14, 2024 at 8:01 AM
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Season 3 of TSWTTAM is out!! bit.ly/TSWTTAM
what better way to spend the spooky season than listening to a monster podcast? 👀 🧛
#spookysept #halloween2024 #monsterpodcast #darkfantasy #classichorror #monsterlore #gothichorror #frankenstein #retrohorror #horrorhistory
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September 5, 2024 at 9:21 PM
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Are you a fan of classic horror monsters?
Listen to The Show Where They Talk About Monsters, a podcast discussing the origin of our favorite folklore creatures! Available now on Spotify, Libsyn, and Apple!
#horrorpodcast #horror #horrorfilms #folklore #mythology #mythicalcreatures #classichorror
August 19, 2024 at 9:23 PM