Neil Hultgren
@profneilh.bsky.social
Professor of English. _Melodramatic Imperial Writing from the Sepoy Rebellion to Cecil Rhodes_ (2014). Current project on cosmic romance. Books, TV, running, biking, 🦖, 🏳️🌈
Guillermo del Toro @realgdt.bsky.social at tonight’s screening of _Frankenstein_. I liked Jacob Elordi’s performance, the set design of Victor’s lab, and the rendering of the creature’s education! Certainly has me thinking about the novel—loved hearing about how del Toro thinks of the Romantics.
October 27, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Guillermo del Toro @realgdt.bsky.social at tonight’s screening of _Frankenstein_. I liked Jacob Elordi’s performance, the set design of Victor’s lab, and the rendering of the creature’s education! Certainly has me thinking about the novel—loved hearing about how del Toro thinks of the Romantics.
This demented doughnut completely captures my vibe for the weekend (after I finished reading a novel and answering emails)
October 25, 2025 at 10:05 PM
This demented doughnut completely captures my vibe for the weekend (after I finished reading a novel and answering emails)
Capturing different phases of the day and night with this cool new cat decoration at home.
October 12, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Capturing different phases of the day and night with this cool new cat decoration at home.
Reading a passage from the 1890 Lippincott’s version of _The Picture of Dorian Gray_ at our campus’s banned book week event. So glad our library organized this!
October 8, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Reading a passage from the 1890 Lippincott’s version of _The Picture of Dorian Gray_ at our campus’s banned book week event. So glad our library organized this!
Amazing moment of communal singing during @badvictorianist.bsky.social’s great magic lantern show. We don’t always ask god to bless England at VISAWUS. The constitution only requires we do it at every other meeting. #visawus2025
October 5, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Amazing moment of communal singing during @badvictorianist.bsky.social’s great magic lantern show. We don’t always ask god to bless England at VISAWUS. The constitution only requires we do it at every other meeting. #visawus2025
VISAWUS 2025 is lit!
October 2, 2025 at 10:15 PM
VISAWUS 2025 is lit!
Today, while I grade papers, I’m dressed like a vampire from the early seasons of Buffy. I’m ok with it.
September 28, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Today, while I grade papers, I’m dressed like a vampire from the early seasons of Buffy. I’m ok with it.
Please check out (and share!) this CFP for the 2026 conference of the Victorian Studies Association of Western Canada: VICTORIAN TRADE! #VISAWUS #VSAWC #Solidarity
September 26, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Please check out (and share!) this CFP for the 2026 conference of the Victorian Studies Association of Western Canada: VICTORIAN TRADE! #VISAWUS #VSAWC #Solidarity
Yang’s Kitchen in Alhambra.
August 31, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Yang’s Kitchen in Alhambra.
Japanese curry last night in Signal Hill. Great chicken and great cucumber salad.
August 24, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Japanese curry last night in Signal Hill. Great chicken and great cucumber salad.
I’m a big fan of the swag our University Library handed out at New Faculty Orientation!
August 20, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I’m a big fan of the swag our University Library handed out at New Faculty Orientation!
I love this message in so many ways. Is there really $4,500.00 available to fund my 2018 essay about Richard Marsh’s _The Goddess_? Or does the AI think that I could get $4,500 to design an automaton? Or some plot machinery?
August 14, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I love this message in so many ways. Is there really $4,500.00 available to fund my 2018 essay about Richard Marsh’s _The Goddess_? Or does the AI think that I could get $4,500 to design an automaton? Or some plot machinery?
I think I’ve found my teaching persona for fall 2025! Just imagine him talking incessantly about Middlemarch and realism.
August 4, 2025 at 11:50 PM
I think I’ve found my teaching persona for fall 2025! Just imagine him talking incessantly about Middlemarch and realism.
Lots to love about this book—so glad I came across it.
July 29, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Lots to love about this book—so glad I came across it.
Accidental underwater photo in a cenote that ended up catching the spirit of summer.
July 11, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Accidental underwater photo in a cenote that ended up catching the spirit of summer.
Since you’re all doing this…
June 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Since you’re all doing this…
Happy Father’s Day to him!
June 16, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Happy Father’s Day to him!
Since I serve as academic senate chair, I already know how sausage is made, thank you.
June 15, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Since I serve as academic senate chair, I already know how sausage is made, thank you.
Annual Pride Display…sorry I didn’t fully show the Beyoncé fan.
May 30, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Annual Pride Display…sorry I didn’t fully show the Beyoncé fan.
Panel and screening for _The Residence_ last night…in awe of all these people.
May 25, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Panel and screening for _The Residence_ last night…in awe of all these people.
A few shots from this morning’s commencement. Congratulations to the graduates from the English Department and College of Liberal Arts at #CSULB!
May 21, 2025 at 1:29 AM
A few shots from this morning’s commencement. Congratulations to the graduates from the English Department and College of Liberal Arts at #CSULB!
Nature’s freakish bounty (it’s a lemon)
May 17, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Nature’s freakish bounty (it’s a lemon)
Murderbot has started on Apple+. I am loving the clips from Sanctuary Moon and the palpable discomfort with eye contact conveyed by Alexander Skarsgård.
May 16, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Murderbot has started on Apple+. I am loving the clips from Sanctuary Moon and the palpable discomfort with eye contact conveyed by Alexander Skarsgård.