"Making Monsters" Symposium

In coordination with the multi-year celebration of the bicentennial of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein," the IHR fellows program for the 2015-2016 academic year investigated what the eruption or suppression of the monstrous shows us about ourselves and our possibilities as humans, and what the warnings, disruptions, and abjections of the monstrous show us about our restless cultural imaginary. They now invite you to their symposium, "Making Monsters," where the fellows will present their research and new insights gained through their participation in this program.

The keynote will be delivered by Alex Sharpe, professor of law (Keele University, UK), titled "Scary Monsters: The Hopeful Undecidability of David Bowie (1947-2016)" at 4 p.m., April 21, in Social Sciences 109.

Symposium Schedule

Welcome and Introduction: 9-9:15 a.m
Cora Fox, Associate Director of the Institute for Humanities Research and Associate Professor of English, ASU

Presentation on ASU’s Frankenstein Bicentennial Project
Ruth Wylie, Assistant Director of the Center for Science and the Imagination, Arizona State University

Session One: 9:15-10:30 a.m
Embodying Monsters
Stephen Toth, Associate Professor of History, Arizona State University
Jiwon Shin, Assistant Professor of Korean, Arizona State University
Andrea Wood, Associate Professor of Media Studies, Winona State University

15 Minute Break

Session Two: 10:45 a.m-noon
Governing Monsters
Joan McGregor, Professor of Philosophy, Arizona State University
Rebecca Tsosie, Regents’ Professor of Law & Vice Provost, Arizona State University
Jason Robert, Director of the Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics, Arizona State University

Lunch Break: noon-1:15 p.m
A light lunch will be catered in the Social Sciences Building atrium

Session Three: 1:15-2:30 p.m
Redeeming Monsters
Ben Hurlbut, Assistant Professor of History of Science, Arizona State University
Gaymon Bennett, Assistant Professor of Religion, Science, and Technology, Arizona State University
Kenneth Pike, Graduate Research Associate, Institute for Humanities Research

Roundtable Discussion: 2:45-4:15 p.m
Monster Mash