David Townsend

Biography

working as Professor in the Department of English at the University of Toronto, Canada. working as Professor in the Department of English at the University of Toronto, Canada.

Research Interest

David Townsend is Professor Medieval Studies and English. His published work includes the edition and translation of medieval texts, the study of medieval manuscripts, and the relevance of gender theory and queer theory to medieval literature. He was founding director of the Sexual Diversity Studies Program at University College and now serves on the advisory committee of the Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies. He is a member of the editorial boards of the journals Exemplaria and Journal of Medieval Latin and of the Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library (Harvard University Press). He is general editor of the Toronto Medieval Latin Texts.