David McInnis is Associate Professor of Shakespeare and Early Modern Drama at the University of Melbourne. He is author of Shakespeare and Lost Plays (Cambridge UP, forthcoming), Mind-Travelling and Voyage Drama in Early Modern England (Palgrave, 2013), and editor of Dekker’s Old Fortunatus for the Revels Plays series (Manchester UP, 2020).
With Roslyn L. Knutson and Matthew Steggle, he is founder and co-editor of the Lost Plays Database. He has also edited a number of books, including Lost Plays in Shakespeare’s England (Palgrave, 2014; co-edited with Steggle) and a sequel volume, Loss and the Literary Culture of Shakespeare’s Time (Palgrave 2020; co-edited with Knutson and Steggle); Travel and Drama in Early Modern England: The Journeying Play (Cambridge UP, 2018; co-edited with Claire Jowitt); and Tamburlaine: A Critical Reader (Arden Early Modern Drama Guides, 2020). In 2016 he was jointly awarded the Australian Academy of the Humanities’ Max Crawford Medal (granted to Australian early-career researchers for outstanding scholarly achievement in the humanities). His work has been featured in the New York Times, the Guardian, the BBC, and elsewhere.
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Honours, Awards and Fellowships
Barbara Falk Award for Teaching Excellence (2019)
University Award for Excellence in Engagement – Public Value (2017)
Max Crawford Medal (2016) (Australia's most prestigious award for achievement and promise in the humanities)
Credentials
Positions
Associate Professor In English And Theatre Studies
Culture And Communication
Treasurer And Council Member
Malone Society
Australian Affiliate
World Shakespeare Bibliography
Member
Shakespeare Association of America (SAA)
Secretary And Executive Committee Member; Roma Gill Prize Committee Member
Marlowe Society of America (MSA)
Executive Committee Member, Bulletin Editor, And Former Vice President
Australian and New Zealand Shakespeare Association (ANZSA)
Member
International Shakespeare Association (ISA)
Education
Doctor of Philosophy
University of Melbourne
Master of Arts
University of Toronto
Bachelor of Arts (Honours)
University of Melbourne
Bachelor of Commerce
University of Melbourne