Dr. Chris White Writes

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PhD in Medieval Weirdness - ghosts, werewolves (and werecats!), things that go bump in the night. Tokyo raised. Husband, father. Certified human. Terrible at origami.

An article by Ilaria Briata, on Late Antique Rabbinic and Monastic Literature, using the same Dune quote as its title.
Black text on a white background, reading: Today, the best-known example of human animal transformation is the werewolf. The symbolic meaning of the werewolf in modern Western culture can vary - but they are primary used to summon three emotional reactions, all beginning with F: fright, as in horror movies; fun, as in Teen Wolf(1985); or reproduction| as is the trend in contemporary "romantasy" novels.
A poster advertising my talk on Ethiopian demons, "Black Skin, Black Sin"
This video consists of three parts: The first is a screenshot of the Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association's guidelines for articles, specifying that articles should be between 5,000 and 8,000 words - exclusive of footnotes. The second is a screenshot of my current draft article, which shows a word count of 7,000+ words, alongside a count excluding footnotes of 4000+ words. The third is a gif of the Grinch smiling evilly, from the 1960s animated version
A screenshot of anonymised student feedback, which reads "He studies werewolves and is cool"
A photo of Kirra beach, clear blue skies and golden sands, with the surf breaking