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Cover image for MONSTERS by Surekha Davies
Apr
17
Thu
6pm-8pm
Beckman Center
Free
Hybrid
Programs, Lectures & Talks
Science and Society

Humans: A Monstrous History

Award-winning historian and author Surekha Davies explores why humans make monsters and what monsters tell us about humanity.

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