Christopher Hepburn
@chrishepburn.bsky.social
Pale and awkward PhD ethnomusicologist.
Postdoc & Teaching Fellowship completed @USC (History).
Author of Defining Waka Musically (Palgrave).
Steadfast polemicist, all in good fun.
Views my own.
Postdoc & Teaching Fellowship completed @USC (History).
Author of Defining Waka Musically (Palgrave).
Steadfast polemicist, all in good fun.
Views my own.
我が身さて沈み果てなば深き瀬の底まで照らせ山の端の月
August 17, 2025 at 7:25 PM
我が身さて沈み果てなば深き瀬の底まで照らせ山の端の月
That feeling when your friend asks you to translate a Meiji imperial document into modern Japanese… no, I didn’t charge him. Yes, he was cute… (the free eye candy was payment enough…)
December 7, 2024 at 4:51 AM
That feeling when your friend asks you to translate a Meiji imperial document into modern Japanese… no, I didn’t charge him. Yes, he was cute… (the free eye candy was payment enough…)
友達:「そんな字じゃ妻なんてもらえないよ」
僕:「じゃあ、夫は？」
僕:「じゃあ、夫は？」
November 19, 2024 at 4:45 AM
友達:「そんな字じゃ妻なんてもらえないよ」
僕:「じゃあ、夫は？」
僕:「じゃあ、夫は？」
My family and I are deeply honored, and we look forward to seeing generations of future scholars benefit from this opportunity. Many thanks to the President of Tarleton and the Office of Development for making this possible.
November 14, 2024 at 6:16 PM
My family and I are deeply honored, and we look forward to seeing generations of future scholars benefit from this opportunity. Many thanks to the President of Tarleton and the Office of Development for making this possible.
あの…これどんな妖怪やねん？
November 13, 2024 at 3:15 AM
あの…これどんな妖怪やねん？
Thanks for stopping by, new followers! I write about premodern and contemporary East Asian history, art, and culture, especially topics where sound is involved. Check out my modest book: Defining Waka Musically (Palgrave) and feel free to let me know your thoughts.
November 9, 2024 at 7:34 AM
Thanks for stopping by, new followers! I write about premodern and contemporary East Asian history, art, and culture, especially topics where sound is involved. Check out my modest book: Defining Waka Musically (Palgrave) and feel free to let me know your thoughts.
ブルースカイのおっさんやで🥹🥹🥹
October 4, 2024 at 11:48 PM
ブルースカイのおっさんやで🥹🥹🥹
That feeling when a senior scholar writes to you about your book… 🤯
June 8, 2024 at 6:41 AM
That feeling when a senior scholar writes to you about your book… 🤯
I'm very honored to discover that my book was nominated for the Lewis Lockwood award through my field’s national association. This is an award that seeks to honor each year a musicological book of exceptional merit…
June 8, 2024 at 6:38 AM
I'm very honored to discover that my book was nominated for the Lewis Lockwood award through my field’s national association. This is an award that seeks to honor each year a musicological book of exceptional merit…
A nice lunch with a now retired colleague from Texas Tech.
May 24, 2024 at 3:44 AM
A nice lunch with a now retired colleague from Texas Tech.
@neilhimself.neilgaiman.com This work has always been very special to me. Thank you for your hard work. #stardust
May 23, 2024 at 10:26 PM
@neilhimself.neilgaiman.com This work has always been very special to me. Thank you for your hard work. #stardust
Feel free to attend the upcoming chat about my book:
Defining Waka Musically: Songs of Male Love in Premodern Japan (Palgrave). Registration is required.
Defining Waka Musically: Songs of Male Love in Premodern Japan (Palgrave). Registration is required.
April 5, 2024 at 1:37 AM
Feel free to attend the upcoming chat about my book:
Defining Waka Musically: Songs of Male Love in Premodern Japan (Palgrave). Registration is required.
Defining Waka Musically: Songs of Male Love in Premodern Japan (Palgrave). Registration is required.
Things I'd rather do than hear Beyoncé's 'Texas Hold 'Em' again.
April 3, 2024 at 8:12 PM
Things I'd rather do than hear Beyoncé's 'Texas Hold 'Em' again.
Picture of the staff that operates this account.
April 1, 2024 at 4:17 AM
Picture of the staff that operates this account.
I’m more excited for this than I am for morning coffee…
March 18, 2024 at 5:09 AM
I’m more excited for this than I am for morning coffee…
Shrine cats are always the best cats.
March 17, 2024 at 2:14 AM
Shrine cats are always the best cats.
Senso-ji was rainy today… but a nice visit again.
March 8, 2024 at 12:33 AM
Senso-ji was rainy today… but a nice visit again.
Together forever. Jizo are SO cute.
March 8, 2024 at 12:30 AM
Together forever. Jizo are SO cute.
The waiter was cute, so I composed for him a waka (the pen, like my handwriting, was shite, though).
March 6, 2024 at 12:00 AM
The waiter was cute, so I composed for him a waka (the pen, like my handwriting, was shite, though).
The shrine grandmother got a little mad at me for ringing the bell, yelling “it’s expensive!” Even so, I wanted to use the pitch of the bell to recite the waka Uneme Mokawa supposedly composed in this spot more than 300 years ago…
March 5, 2024 at 7:56 AM
The shrine grandmother got a little mad at me for ringing the bell, yelling “it’s expensive!” Even so, I wanted to use the pitch of the bell to recite the waka Uneme Mokawa supposedly composed in this spot more than 300 years ago…
Wrapping up the semester with a talk by Rui Hara (Tōdai) on his book about Tōru Takemitsu.
November 29, 2023 at 11:40 PM
Wrapping up the semester with a talk by Rui Hara (Tōdai) on his book about Tōru Takemitsu.
In my East Asian history, art, and culture course, we had the special honor of being taught how to make kimchi by two first-class Korean traditional food experts (just in time for Thanksgiving)! The students had a lot of fun.
Food is always better with friends.
Food is always better with friends.
November 20, 2023 at 11:18 PM
In my East Asian history, art, and culture course, we had the special honor of being taught how to make kimchi by two first-class Korean traditional food experts (just in time for Thanksgiving)! The students had a lot of fun.
Food is always better with friends.
Food is always better with friends.
The cover is a lot more beautiful in person…
September 14, 2023 at 7:38 PM
The cover is a lot more beautiful in person…
That feeling when the ocean is your backyard.
August 10, 2023 at 3:28 AM
That feeling when the ocean is your backyard.