#monsterstudies — Public Fediverse posts

Our Project Manager, Bonnie Russell, loves monsters. 👾 Check out her #KCWorks spotlight selection, all about the Loch Ness Monster. Download it here: https://works.hcommons.org/records/yants-nqr80

#openaccess #researchspotlight #meteorology #monsterstudies

#CFP

Metamorphosis – Studies in changing relations between people and supernatural beings

Special issue of Arv – Yearbook of Nordic Folklore. Articles invited on historical changes in human interaction with supernatural beings, from dragons to gnomes. Themes include shifting depictions, genres, categories, and encounters, as well as methodological plurality in monster studies.

📅 Deadline: 15/12/2025

Abstracts (250–500 words) to: [email protected]

#Folklore #MonsterStudies

I should have added a #MonsterStudies tag.

CFP: 2023 Festival of Monsters (Oct. 13-15, Santa Cruz) is looking for 20-minute paper or presentation proposals on Monsters or Monster-related topics. monsterstudies.ucsc.edu/2023-call-for-… #monsterstudies #monster #CFP #callforpapers #monsters

I have had good luck with finding interesting people by using # in the search with different terms.

Make yourself more easy to find by posting a set of # that you are interested in

For me those include #writing #MonsterStudies #romancelandia #quaker etc.

Just attended the amazing #vampirerecovery conference online. The talks were *chef’s kiss*. So many great talks. And the conference was run so well. #monsterstudies

Any #MonsterStudies people out there? #Gothic lovers? Academics who study #horror?

Giving a hybrid talk at the Univ. of Cambridge on Tuesday Nov 1, 1:30pm Eastern, 5:30pm UK (note daylight savings just ended here):

Thinking with sea monsters: re-thinking early modern maps and epistemic images
https://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/news-events/seminars-reading-groups/medicine

Here's the short open-access essay I wrote in 2020 that encouraged me to expand the the story:
https://aeon.co/essays/how-black-holes-are-like-sea-monsters-at-the-edge-of-our-vision

#HistSTM #History #ArtHistory #Histodons #MapHistory #MonsterStudies