Aylin Malcolm | College of Arts

Aylin Malcolm

Assistant Professor
School of English and Theatre Studies
Email: 
amalco08@uoguelph.ca
Phone number: 
x53504
Summary: 

EDUCATION

PhD, University of Pennsylvania

MA, The Ohio State University

BA&Sc, McGill University

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION

  • Environmental Humanities
  • Medieval and Early Modern Literature
  • Animal Studies
  • Literature and Science
  • History of Material Texts
  • Trans Theory
  • Digital Editing and Archives

BIOGRAPHY

Aylin Malcolm teaches courses on literature before 1700 and the environmental humanities. Their book project, Every Living Soul: Literature and Zoology in England, 1100–1400, explores medieval descriptions of animals—from dogs to whales—in relation to reason, experimentation, and grief. Their other research interests include premodern astronomy, maritime history, and the digital editing of medieval manuscripts.

Prof. Malcolm is currently coediting two special issues on “Premodern Digital Ecologies” and “Medieval Trans Studies.” Their writing is forthcoming in Medieval Ecocriticisms, The Routledge Companion to Global Chaucer, and A Cultural History of Nature in the Medieval Era. A complete list of their publications and digital projects is available on their website.