Join UC Santa Cruz professors Michael Chemers (The Monster in Theater History), Renée Fox (The Necromantics), and Kimberly Lau (Specters of the Marvelous) as they discuss the histories and politics of vampires, ghouls, zombies and other undead monsters in literature, theater, and pop culture.

The Center for Monster Studies at UC Santa Cruz aims to explore the role of monsters in culture and humanities. 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.