Paul Yachnin

Paul Yachnin is Tomlinson Professor of Shakespeare Studies at McGill University. From 2013-2019, he directed the Early Modern Conversions Project (http: //earlymodernconversions.com/). His ideas about the social life of art were featured on the CBC Radio series, "The Origins of the Modern Public." Among his publications are the books, Stage-Wrights and The Culture of Playgoing in Early Modern England (with Anthony Dawson), co-editions of Richard II and The Tempest , and edited books such as...See more

Paul Yachnin is Tomlinson Professor of Shakespeare Studies at McGill University. From 2013-2019, he directed the Early Modern Conversions Project (http: //earlymodernconversions.com/). His ideas about the social life of art were featured on the CBC Radio series, "The Origins of the Modern Public." Among his publications are the books, Stage-Wrights and The Culture of Playgoing in Early Modern England (with Anthony Dawson), co-editions of Richard II and The Tempest , and edited books such as Making Publics in Early Modern Europe (with Bronwen Wilson) and Forms of Association . He leads the TRaCE Transborder Project, which will track the career pathways of PhD graduates from universities in Africa, Australia, Canada, China, England, India, the Netherlands, and the USA, will tell the stories of many graduates, and will undertake to create an international mentoring community. He publishes regularly on graduate education policy and academic culture and on how Shakespeare can speak to the challenges of the 21st century. See less