dr. christopher
@eatthatbee.bsky.social
Medievalist • Assistant Professor of medieval literature in Louisiana • University of California, Riverside, PhD
feelings, manuscripts, medievalism, queer studies, & haunting • he/him
opinions expressed are my own
feelings, manuscripts, medievalism, queer studies, & haunting • he/him
opinions expressed are my own
i love when they get all frosty around the eyes and nose
October 28, 2025 at 11:43 PM
i love when they get all frosty around the eyes and nose
sorry i wasn’t aware i had adopted a meerkat
October 26, 2025 at 5:46 PM
sorry i wasn’t aware i had adopted a meerkat
new office addition
October 25, 2025 at 6:44 PM
new office addition
dusting off an absolute banger
October 24, 2025 at 5:24 PM
dusting off an absolute banger
BEHOLD! A bespoke (and abridged) Arma Christi roll featuring matching text from the O Vernicle poem associated with the images!
Produced by my graduate students for this weeks seminar: “When is a text not a codex?”
Produced by my graduate students for this weeks seminar: “When is a text not a codex?”
October 7, 2025 at 2:13 AM
BEHOLD! A bespoke (and abridged) Arma Christi roll featuring matching text from the O Vernicle poem associated with the images!
Produced by my graduate students for this weeks seminar: “When is a text not a codex?”
Produced by my graduate students for this weeks seminar: “When is a text not a codex?”
happy sunday to those who celebrate
October 5, 2025 at 3:42 PM
happy sunday to those who celebrate
turns out i’ve been a clown my whole life
October 2, 2025 at 5:10 PM
turns out i’ve been a clown my whole life
my cat and dog’s favorite pastimes, respectively
August 24, 2025 at 11:21 PM
my cat and dog’s favorite pastimes, respectively
gonna have to ask you to maybe sit this one out
August 24, 2025 at 12:34 AM
gonna have to ask you to maybe sit this one out
look at my son, pride is not the word i’m looking for
August 23, 2025 at 9:45 PM
look at my son, pride is not the word i’m looking for
here’s my office with actual stuff in it lmao
August 20, 2025 at 8:31 PM
here’s my office with actual stuff in it lmao
Went to Cava and they gave us a blind box with a version of a pita chip mascot. This is Peter Chip (their name, not mine).
August 14, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Went to Cava and they gave us a blind box with a version of a pita chip mascot. This is Peter Chip (their name, not mine).
I have an office that’s all mine now! 🥹
August 13, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I have an office that’s all mine now! 🥹
A bit of shameless self-promotion, but I had an article come out in the most recent Studies in Medievalism on Margery Kempe, Robert Glück, and the foundations of postmodern aesthetics in medieval literary culture. Also, there’s a bit of disciplinary critique in there for good measure.
July 23, 2025 at 3:18 AM
A bit of shameless self-promotion, but I had an article come out in the most recent Studies in Medievalism on Margery Kempe, Robert Glück, and the foundations of postmodern aesthetics in medieval literary culture. Also, there’s a bit of disciplinary critique in there for good measure.
i think my cat broke
July 16, 2025 at 9:50 PM
i think my cat broke
If you’ll be at NCS 2026 in Freiburg, you could hear me talk about Shirley Jackson, apocalypticism, and a curious time telling device.
July 7, 2025 at 4:36 PM
If you’ll be at NCS 2026 in Freiburg, you could hear me talk about Shirley Jackson, apocalypticism, and a curious time telling device.
I'm sorry but it's crazy how this situation is precisely this
July 5, 2025 at 2:27 AM
I'm sorry but it's crazy how this situation is precisely this
Pearl, one of the most widely read poems in Middle English, is about a father grieving the death of his child and the difficulty of negotiating religious doctrine with personal affect.
For me, it remains one of the most compelling examples of how eschatological thinking was also deeply individual.
For me, it remains one of the most compelling examples of how eschatological thinking was also deeply individual.
June 29, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Pearl, one of the most widely read poems in Middle English, is about a father grieving the death of his child and the difficulty of negotiating religious doctrine with personal affect.
For me, it remains one of the most compelling examples of how eschatological thinking was also deeply individual.
For me, it remains one of the most compelling examples of how eschatological thinking was also deeply individual.
Sorry, kids. Prepare to be SHOCKED and OFFENDED by the early modern manipulation of Chaucer’s religious legacy.
June 19, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Sorry, kids. Prepare to be SHOCKED and OFFENDED by the early modern manipulation of Chaucer’s religious legacy.
and also perhaps e. e. cummings 1926 poem 'next to of course god america i'
June 14, 2025 at 10:41 PM
and also perhaps e. e. cummings 1926 poem 'next to of course god america i'
for no reason in particular, sharing the last stanza of Wilfred Owen's 1921 poem 'Dulce et decorum est'
June 14, 2025 at 10:34 PM
for no reason in particular, sharing the last stanza of Wilfred Owen's 1921 poem 'Dulce et decorum est'
it’s storming so she insisted on being held
June 10, 2025 at 8:46 PM
it’s storming so she insisted on being held