My thanks to the organizers for the heads up on this event. More information is avail;e at the Center's website at https://www.monsterstudies.ucsc.edu/.
Call for Proposals: 2023 Festival of Monsters
The Center for Monster Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz is an interdisciplinary research, arts, and outreach organization focused on the ways monsters and tropes of monstrosity both perpetuate and contravene forms of social and cultural injustice. Each year we host a Festival of Monsters that brings together scholars, artists, students, and members of the general public to consider these issues.
Our 2023 Festival of Monsters (Oct. 13-15 in beautiful Santa Cruz) includes an academic conference, performances, readings, presentations from monster-makers in theatre, film and television, and events in association with an exhibit at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History (MAH) entitled Werewolf Hunters, Jungle Queens, and Space Commandos: The Lost Worlds of Women Comics Artists.
We invite proposals for 20-minute papers or presentations on any aspect of monsters or monster studies. We are particularly interested in work that addresses the following topics:
- Women creators of monsters
- Monsters and misogyny
- Monsters in comics
- Monsters and sexual politics from any time period
- Monsters and queerness
Papers from all disciplines are welcome. Because participants in the Festival include members of the general public as well as people from within the academic community, we ask that proposed papers consider the Festival’s mixed audience. We welcome complex theoretical concepts and scholarly interventions, but please make sure the terms and stakes of your paper are articulated as clearly as possible. The Festival will include both in-person and online components.
Please submit 250-word abstracts and 50-word bios to chemers@ucsc.edu and rafox@ucsc.edu by March 1, 2023.
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