faculty

Ben Garceau has taught at multiple universities in the United States and abroad, including Indiana University, the University of Paris X Nanterre, and the University of California, Irvine. He has published research on Old English poetry, Seamus Heaney, and Jorge Luis Borges. As an academic, his research specializes in the cultures and contexts of late antique and early medieval translators, from Britain to Bactria and beyond. For the last decade he has played a small role with other scholars in the field to decolonize medieval studies, and to disrupt the myths about race and gender in the European middle ages that white supremacists and other reactionary forces have weaponized. In his free time, he applies this same skill set and political interest to creative writing and worldbuilding, collaborating with friends and fellow travelers on vibrant new imaginaries that are capable of reflecting the whole human family and its struggles. He loves tabletop role-playing games, record collecting, hiking, and eating delicious food, which is why he has chosen to call Southern California home.