
Professor of English
Expertise
Shakespeare, Renaissance Literature, Shakespeare through Performance, Shakespeare and Translation
Michael Saenger, Professor of English, teaches and writes on Shakespeare from a wide variety of perspectives. He is the author of two books, The Commodification of Textual Engagements in the English Renaissance (Ashgate, 2006), and Shakespeare and the French Borders of English (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013), editor of Interlinguicity, Internationality and Shakespeare (McGill-Queen’s UP, 2014), and co-editor of Shakespeare in Succession: Translation and Time (McGill-Queen’s UP, 2023). He has been a Finalist for the Southwestern Teaching Award, and he teaches on Shakespeare, translation and early literature. He is the Chair of the Section for Faculty in the Humanities at Academic Engagement Network.
Saenger received his Ph.D. from the University of Toronto.
Honors & Awards
- 2019-2020 Invited Academic Visitor at Cambridge University
- 2010 Visiting Fellow, Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies
- 2008 Finalist for Southwestern University Teaching Award
- 2002-2009 Cullen Faculty Development Awards
- 2000 A.S.P. Woodhouse Prize
- 1998-1999 University of Toronto Department of English Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award
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