Julian Yates

Julian Yates is the H. Fletcher Brown Professor of English at the University of Delaware, part of the College of Arts & Sciences. He holds a B.A. (Hons.) from St. Anne's College, Oxford University (1990) and a Ph.D. in English Literature from UCLA (1996). His research bridges Medieval and Renaissance British Literature, literary theory, material culture, and environmental humanities, with a focus on interdisciplinary approaches to objects, ecosystems, and multispecies relations.

His scholarly work includes five books, including *Error, Misuse, Failure* (Minnesota, 2003) and *Noah’s Arkive* (Minnesota, 2023), alongside co-edited volumes and award-winning studies. Yates has been supported by grants from the Mellon Foundation, NEH, and the Folger Shakespeare Library. Recent projects explore hallucinated performances and pre-modern extinction narratives.

• Awards: MLA Best First Book finalist (2003), Michelle Kendrick Prize (2017), CAS Outstanding Scholarship Award (2019)
• Grants: Mellon Foundation, NEH, Folger Shakespeare Library, Huntington Library

His current research initiatives include *Hallucinated Performances*, a study of uncertain historical performances, and work on pre-modern extinction discourses, blending literary analysis with environmental and ecological inquiry.