Dr. Chris White Writes
@chriswhitewrites.bsky.social
PhD in Medieval Weirdness - ghosts, werewolves (and werecats!), things that go bump in the night.
Tokyo raised. Husband, father. Certified human. Terrible at origami.
Tokyo raised. Husband, father. Certified human. Terrible at origami.
Excerpt from a paper in currently finishing up:
September 18, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Excerpt from a paper in currently finishing up:
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There are still so many interesting sessions at @imc-leeds.bsky.social looking for papers!
This one might be of interest to our members, but also to readers of journals like @postmedieval.bsky.social or @arthurianajrnl.bsky.social.
What other Leeds IMC Calls for Papers are still open?
This one might be of interest to our members, but also to readers of journals like @postmedieval.bsky.social or @arthurianajrnl.bsky.social.
What other Leeds IMC Calls for Papers are still open?
Session Proposal, International Medieval Congress (Leeds, 2026)
Stories as Pilgrims: Transformation and Travel
How stories move across borders & time, medieval to modern.
Adaptation, history, pedagogy, and literary views welcome.
👉 Reach out by Sept. 25.
#IMC2026 #MedievalStudies #Adaptation
Stories as Pilgrims: Transformation and Travel
How stories move across borders & time, medieval to modern.
Adaptation, history, pedagogy, and literary views welcome.
👉 Reach out by Sept. 25.
#IMC2026 #MedievalStudies #Adaptation
September 18, 2025 at 1:06 AM
There are still so many interesting sessions at @imc-leeds.bsky.social looking for papers!
This one might be of interest to our members, but also to readers of journals like @postmedieval.bsky.social or @arthurianajrnl.bsky.social.
What other Leeds IMC Calls for Papers are still open?
This one might be of interest to our members, but also to readers of journals like @postmedieval.bsky.social or @arthurianajrnl.bsky.social.
What other Leeds IMC Calls for Papers are still open?
My latest paper has been published, in @jaema.bsky.social!
"The ghosts of our ancestors: Reading religious anxieties in the ghost stories of Thietmar of Merseburg"
Examining 11th century ghost stories and worries about saintly relics and ancestral disbelief.
search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/...
"The ghosts of our ancestors: Reading religious anxieties in the ghost stories of Thietmar of Merseburg"
Examining 11th century ghost stories and worries about saintly relics and ancestral disbelief.
search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/...
The ghosts of our ancestors: Reading religious anxieties in the ghost stories of Thietmar of Merseburg
search.informit.org
September 12, 2025 at 5:13 AM
My latest paper has been published, in @jaema.bsky.social!
"The ghosts of our ancestors: Reading religious anxieties in the ghost stories of Thietmar of Merseburg"
Examining 11th century ghost stories and worries about saintly relics and ancestral disbelief.
search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/...
"The ghosts of our ancestors: Reading religious anxieties in the ghost stories of Thietmar of Merseburg"
Examining 11th century ghost stories and worries about saintly relics and ancestral disbelief.
search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/...
I was invited to a preview screening of @28yearslater.bsky.social last night, and now that the review embargo has lifted I can say that the film leans heavily on the medieval period, from scenes of children training with bows to ossuaries, momento mori, churches as sites of sanctuary, wild men...
June 18, 2025 at 11:39 PM
I was invited to a preview screening of @28yearslater.bsky.social last night, and now that the review embargo has lifted I can say that the film leans heavily on the medieval period, from scenes of children training with bows to ossuaries, momento mori, churches as sites of sanctuary, wild men...
I will be speaking (online) at @bodiesandbeing.bsky.social, on the 5th/6th of June, talking about two "Ethiopian" demons in Orderic Vitalis's Historia ecclesiastica:
May 21, 2025 at 1:40 AM
I will be speaking (online) at @bodiesandbeing.bsky.social, on the 5th/6th of June, talking about two "Ethiopian" demons in Orderic Vitalis's Historia ecclesiastica:
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The submissions deadline for the first issue of the Australian Early Medieval Association is rapidly approaching - papers need to be submitted by April 30 to be considered for the first issue!
See our website for more details: aema.org.au/journal/
See our website for more details: aema.org.au/journal/
March 15, 2025 at 9:44 AM
The submissions deadline for the first issue of the Australian Early Medieval Association is rapidly approaching - papers need to be submitted by April 30 to be considered for the first issue!
See our website for more details: aema.org.au/journal/
See our website for more details: aema.org.au/journal/
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Don't forget to get your abstracts in for our ghost conference! We will have two keynotes: Prof. Sasha Handley (Manchester) and Dr. Shane McCorristine (Newcastle). It's going to be spooktacular!
Ghost Conference Alert!! 👻
We are organising a conference on historical representations of ghosts at Mary Immaculate College in Limerick in June 2025. CFP attached! Please share! #earlymodern #twitterstorians #emotions #emostorians
We are organising a conference on historical representations of ghosts at Mary Immaculate College in Limerick in June 2025. CFP attached! Please share! #earlymodern #twitterstorians #emotions #emostorians
December 2, 2024 at 10:30 PM
Don't forget to get your abstracts in for our ghost conference! We will have two keynotes: Prof. Sasha Handley (Manchester) and Dr. Shane McCorristine (Newcastle). It's going to be spooktacular!
Time to pack up and quit offering student surveys everyone, I win:
December 3, 2024 at 12:15 AM
Time to pack up and quit offering student surveys everyone, I win:
I should be looking for ECR work. Instead I have written half an article about the Ossorian werewolves, and half a sample chapter for my monograph pitch.
November 22, 2024 at 6:06 AM
I should be looking for ECR work. Instead I have written half an article about the Ossorian werewolves, and half a sample chapter for my monograph pitch.
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So, #medievalsky, what medieval history journals are already over here?
We've got us, obviously. And I know that @parergon.bsky.social and @postmedieval.bsky.social are here.
Who else? Let's get a list together!
We've got us, obviously. And I know that @parergon.bsky.social and @postmedieval.bsky.social are here.
Who else? Let's get a list together!
November 17, 2024 at 7:48 AM
So, #medievalsky, what medieval history journals are already over here?
We've got us, obviously. And I know that @parergon.bsky.social and @postmedieval.bsky.social are here.
Who else? Let's get a list together!
We've got us, obviously. And I know that @parergon.bsky.social and @postmedieval.bsky.social are here.
Who else? Let's get a list together!
#AcademicSky, #medievalsky let's get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren't working on but keep thinking about.
1) Looking for ECR work/an article identifying Herlechin of the mesne Herlechin
2)early medieval identities
1) Looking for ECR work/an article identifying Herlechin of the mesne Herlechin
2)early medieval identities
#AcademicSky, let's get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren't working on but keep thinking about.
1) community landscapes on estuaries in early medieval/post-Roman middle Britain
2) rethinking Northumbrian conquest narratives
1) community landscapes on estuaries in early medieval/post-Roman middle Britain
2) rethinking Northumbrian conquest narratives
#AcademicSky, let's get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren't working on but keep thinking about.
1) New book on robots, labor, and gender
2) Alien Santa erotica
1) New book on robots, labor, and gender
2) Alien Santa erotica
November 16, 2024 at 8:03 PM
#AcademicSky, #medievalsky let's get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren't working on but keep thinking about.
1) Looking for ECR work/an article identifying Herlechin of the mesne Herlechin
2)early medieval identities
1) Looking for ECR work/an article identifying Herlechin of the mesne Herlechin
2)early medieval identities
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Good news, bluskies! We’ve extended the deadline for chapter proposals for the medieval volume of the Cultural History of Trans Lives! You have until Nov 20th to submit something. Take a look!
Medieval! Trans! Now! Micah Goodrich and I are soliciting abstracts and answering questions about the (long) medieval volume of the Cultural History of Trans Lives until the end of the month. Cfp here for more details: bit.ly/CHTLvol2
CFP: A Cultural History of Trans Lives in the Middle Ages (300-1450)
CFP: A Cultural History of Trans Lives in the Middle Ages (300-1450) We warmly invite submissions to contribute to A Cultural History of Trans Lives in the Middle Ages (300-1450), edited by J. D. Sa...
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October 23, 2023 at 4:20 PM
Good news, bluskies! We’ve extended the deadline for chapter proposals for the medieval volume of the Cultural History of Trans Lives! You have until Nov 20th to submit something. Take a look!
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Hey I wrote something on the blog about that twee witch merch, historical inaccuracy, and the horrors of capitalist profiting off forgotten victims. You know, a little Friday treat!
going-medieval.com/2023/10/20/y...
going-medieval.com/2023/10/20/y...
You are not, in fact, the granddaughter of the witches they couldn’t burn
Say you are me (sorry about that) and you are minding your own business online, just trying to survive in a world of unrelenting horror when suddenly you are served an ad. Because of the dark magic ...
going-medieval.com
October 20, 2023 at 12:40 PM
Hey I wrote something on the blog about that twee witch merch, historical inaccuracy, and the horrors of capitalist profiting off forgotten victims. You know, a little Friday treat!
going-medieval.com/2023/10/20/y...
going-medieval.com/2023/10/20/y...
Can any medieval emotions historians (or any other medievalists) point me in the direction of scholarship on emotional connections between clerical and lay brothers in the 10th-11th century Latin West? I know there was encouragement to seperate from one's family, but also know that was an ideal
October 20, 2023 at 8:25 AM
Can any medieval emotions historians (or any other medievalists) point me in the direction of scholarship on emotional connections between clerical and lay brothers in the 10th-11th century Latin West? I know there was encouragement to seperate from one's family, but also know that was an ideal
Have booked flights to head down to Melbourne for a medieval manuscripts masterclass, run by @megancw.bsky.social - in a little under two weeks! Very much looking forward to it.
October 20, 2023 at 5:15 AM
Have booked flights to head down to Melbourne for a medieval manuscripts masterclass, run by @megancw.bsky.social - in a little under two weeks! Very much looking forward to it.
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Save the date for the 2024 Gender and Medieval Studies conference: 26-28 June 2024 (note the new summer date). C4P and more info to come soon!
medievalgender.co.uk/conferences/
#MedievalSky #AcademicSky 🗃️
medievalgender.co.uk/conferences/
#MedievalSky #AcademicSky 🗃️
Conferences – Gender and Medieval Studies
medievalgender.co.uk
October 5, 2023 at 4:56 PM
Save the date for the 2024 Gender and Medieval Studies conference: 26-28 June 2024 (note the new summer date). C4P and more info to come soon!
medievalgender.co.uk/conferences/
#MedievalSky #AcademicSky 🗃️
medievalgender.co.uk/conferences/
#MedievalSky #AcademicSky 🗃️
Realised I hadn't posted my Fresh Prince of Bel-Air medieval cover here, telling the story of "The French Ghost of Beaucaire", a ghost story from the Otia Imperialism: youtu.be/icyFDmhSQSU?...
Visualise Your Thesis 2023 - Chris White - Normalising the Non-Mundane: Didactic Messages in ...
Entry in the 2023 Visualise Your Thesis competition at The University of Queensland - "Normalising the Non-Mundane: Didactic Messages in Medieval Latin Wonde...
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October 3, 2023 at 5:54 AM
Realised I hadn't posted my Fresh Prince of Bel-Air medieval cover here, telling the story of "The French Ghost of Beaucaire", a ghost story from the Otia Imperialism: youtu.be/icyFDmhSQSU?...
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MEMS at ACU is still providing wonderful opportunities, this time in partnership with Monash, UWA, ANU & Sydney! Two day Masterclass on medieval/early modern sources for HDR/ECRs. Apps due Oct 15 - info below 👇
Call for applications! Does a two-day masterclass on developing skills for reading medieval and early modern sources sound good? Hosted by the world-leading MEMS program at ACU Melbourne on 2-3 Nov., application to participate need to be in by 15 Oct
anzamems.org?page_id=5839
anzamems.org?page_id=5839
October 2, 2023 at 2:15 AM
MEMS at ACU is still providing wonderful opportunities, this time in partnership with Monash, UWA, ANU & Sydney! Two day Masterclass on medieval/early modern sources for HDR/ECRs. Apps due Oct 15 - info below 👇
Reposted by Dr. Chris White Writes
#medievaltwitter #twitterstorians blanked on my Leeds RT proposal — forgot that we needed participants lined up 🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️
I’m proposing a RT on teaching medieval history post-COVID. Is anyone interested? Esp looking for faculty outside US, UK, EU. Please circulate, DM w/ interest!
I’m proposing a RT on teaching medieval history post-COVID. Is anyone interested? Esp looking for faculty outside US, UK, EU. Please circulate, DM w/ interest!
September 30, 2023 at 7:25 PM
#medievaltwitter #twitterstorians blanked on my Leeds RT proposal — forgot that we needed participants lined up 🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️
I’m proposing a RT on teaching medieval history post-COVID. Is anyone interested? Esp looking for faculty outside US, UK, EU. Please circulate, DM w/ interest!
I’m proposing a RT on teaching medieval history post-COVID. Is anyone interested? Esp looking for faculty outside US, UK, EU. Please circulate, DM w/ interest!
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Call for papers on minorities (broadly conceived) in medieval & early modern sciences. Conference is in Warsaw, 25-26 January 2024, proposal deadline October 15; travel & hotel expenses covered for accepted presenters. #histsci #medievalsky #earlymodern www.rsa.org/news/news.as...
rsa.org
www.rsa.org
September 29, 2023 at 5:09 PM
Call for papers on minorities (broadly conceived) in medieval & early modern sciences. Conference is in Warsaw, 25-26 January 2024, proposal deadline October 15; travel & hotel expenses covered for accepted presenters. #histsci #medievalsky #earlymodern www.rsa.org/news/news.as...
Two good pressos in two days to end this week - spoke about vengeful ghosts in Thietmar of Merseberg on Thursday at AEMA, followed by a talk about Grimm and the "Wild Hunt" at MEMSUQ.
September 29, 2023 at 11:22 PM
Two good pressos in two days to end this week - spoke about vengeful ghosts in Thietmar of Merseberg on Thursday at AEMA, followed by a talk about Grimm and the "Wild Hunt" at MEMSUQ.
Tough day today:
September 27, 2023 at 7:41 AM
Tough day today:
First snake of the season, the day after spring equinox (would love to know the Jagera word for both the green tree snake - bulla means snake in general - and the season)
September 23, 2023 at 10:52 PM
First snake of the season, the day after spring equinox (would love to know the Jagera word for both the green tree snake - bulla means snake in general - and the season)