2025 Festival of Monsters
David Livingstone Smith keynote

Philosophy professor David Livingstone Smith, author of Making Monsters: The Uncanny Power of Dehumanization, gave a free public keynote Wednesday, Oct. 15, to open the 2025 Festival of Monsters. The lecture was held at the Museum of Art and History.

Michael Chemers, director of the Center for Monster Studies, introduces David Livingstone Smith at the opening of the 2025 Festival of Monsters.
Michael Chemers, director of the Center for Monster Studies, speaks to a packed crowd at the Museum of Art and History to open the 2025 Festival of Monsters.
David Livingstone Smith talks about dehumanization as part of his keynote for the 2025 Festival of Monsters
David Livingstone Smith shows how imagery of vermin is used as part of the dehumanization process as part of his keynote at the 2025 Festival of Monsters.
David Livingstone Smith gives his keynote at the 2025 Festival of Monsters.
David Livingstone Smith takes questions after his keynote at the 2025 Festival of Monsters
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