Because my last book came out right before the pandemic, I felt as if I’d chucked it into a void. In the years since, I’ve…
This is my talk for Amélie Junqua’s “Seeds of Literature” seminar at University of Amiens. Here’s my abstract: To contribute to the seminar theme of…
Hello everyone. I’m so happy to be here, and so honored to have been invited. I apologize for my English. The text of my presentation…
My paper for the 58th Annual Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo 2023, Session 338, Medieval Ecocriticisms III — Hi everyone. Today I’m offering preliminary observations…
On Dec 23 of this year, the Burgon Society, founded in 2000 and devoted to the study of academic regalia, posted to Twitter, a microblogging…
Last night I attended a holiday ghost story party. Here’s the story I told: Earlier this year, I saw something odd at Dijon’s Museum of…
The other night, I saw the 2005 Pride and Prejudice for the first time, and its Mr Collins repulsed me just as much as I…
I’ve been idly reading about cruentation, the belief that the wounds of a murdered person bleed afresh if the murderer’s near. You’ll remember it from…
Here’s an excellent book I wish had come out in 2018 instead of 2020. Although it’s mostly reprinted materials, and though I’ve already read Ginzburg…
This is my talk for the International Congress on the Study of the Middle Ages, Leeds, 2022, session on “Borders of Human Nature, Boundaries of…
