Christopher Davis

Christopher Davis is an Assistant Professor of French at Northwestern University's Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences, Department of French and Italian. His research focuses on medieval French, Occitan, and Classical literatures, particularly lyric poetry and the interplay between Occitan and Latin in literary authority. He holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the University of Michigan and a BA in Classics from McGill University.

• Education:
• Ph.D. in Comparative Literature, University of Michigan
• BA in Classics, McGill University

His current book project, Each in Their Latin, examines how troubadour lyric anthologies redefined literary authority beyond Latin, linking this to Mediterranean trade, empire expansion, and vernacular language evolution. Previous roles include Mellon Fellowships at Kalamazoo College and UC Berkeley, and Visiting Lecturer positions at Princeton.

• Awards:
• Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship
• ACLS/Mellon New Faculty Fellowship

No advising/grants details are explicitly listed in the text. He has no listed articles, but his book project reflects sustained research in medieval literary studies.