TJ Advincula-De Los Angeles is a PhD student in English. Their research focuses on depictions of alterity and otherness in Middle and Old English works with special interest given to monstrosity constructed by religion.
They are particularly interested in the construction and enforcement of identity and race in Medieval Literatures, medieval inter-religious relations, the use of beasts and animals as symbols of alterity, passion narratives, travel narratives, and romances of the Crusades.
Presentations
"Revised Humanity & Designated Alterity: Finding Purpose in the Emotional 'Other' in Richard Coer de Lyon." Middle English Literature, Including Chaucer I, 122nd Annual Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association Conference, 20-23 November 2025, InterContinental Hotel, San Francisco, CA.
“‘Mercy Gan Sche Crave:’ Punished Victims in ‘The Incestuous Daughter’.” Corporeality and Incorporation: The Body in Literature and Culture Pre-1800, UCI Premodern Graduate Humanities Conference, 14-15 February 2024, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA.
“The Silence of Twelve Winters: Lack of Speech as Monstrous in Beowulf.” Representing Silence: Alternative Forms of Voice Beyond Speech, 121st Annual Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association Conference, 7-10 November 2024, Riviera Resort, Palm Springs, CA.
“Awareness and Acceptance: Sir Palomides and the Frustration of Alterity.” Interiority and the Outer World: the Middle Ages as Meeting Ground, Medieval Association of the Pacific 2024 Annual Conference, 7-9 June 2024, Pepperdine University, Calabasas, CA.
“Complicated Monstrosity: External Bodies and Internal Qualities in The Passion of Saint Christopher.” 44th Annual Medieval and Renaissance Forum, 12 April 2024, Keene State College, Keene (NH).
Professional & Academic Services
Presiding Officer, Old English Literature, Including Beowulf I & II. Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association Conference, 20-23 November 2025. InterContinental San Francisco Hotel, San Francisco, California.
President, Medieval and Renaissance Student Association (MaRSA), CSULB, 2022-2024.
Organizer, MaRSA Symposium, CSULB, 2023.
- PhD in English, University of California, Davis, In progress.
- MA in English with a Certificate in Medieval and Renaissance Studies, California State University, Long Beach, 2024.
- BA in English: Creative Writing, California State University, Long Beach, 2021.
- AA in English, AA in Liberal Arts: Language, Ohlone Community College, 2018.
- Medieval Literature, Alterity and Otherness, Monsters and Monstrosity, Arthurian Legend, Crusade Romances, Thomas Malory, Passion Narratives, Religious Studies, Middle and Old English works
- Advincula-De Los Angeles, TJ. “Useful Politeness: Manipulation of Grief in ‘The Lament of Mary.’” Watermark Journal, vol. 18, 2024, pp. 103-08.
- Advincula-De Los Angeles, TJ. “Saint Christopher and Redefining Monstrosity.” Watermark Journal, vol. 17, 2023, pp. 9-13.