GERMAINE WARKENTIN Professor Emeritus of English, University of Toronto CURRICULUM VITAE (August, 2017) Biographical Information: Germaine Therese (Clinton) WARKENTIN b. Toronto, Ontario, October 20, 1933 Citizenship: Canadian VC 205, Victoria College, University of Toronto, 73 Queen=s Park Crescent, Toronto, Ont. M5S 1K7 Contact: g.warkentin at utoronto.ca B.A. 1955 (Honours Philosophy), University of Toronto M.A. 1965 (English), University of Manitoba Ph.D. 1972 (English), University of Toronto Ph.D. Thesis: Astrophil and Stella in the Setting of Its Tradition (Supervisor: Millar MacLure). Honours: B Distinguished Senior Fellow, Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies, 1999B. B Senior Fellow, Massey College, 2005B. B Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (Academy I), June 2009 B Lifetime Achievement Award, Canadian Society for Renaissance Studies, May 2010. Appointments: Member of the staff in English, Victoria College, University of Toronto, 1970-99: B Lecturer, 1970-72. B Assistant Professor, 1972-76. B Awarded tenure, December 1975. B Associate Professor, 1976-90. B Professor, 1990. B Appointed to the Graduate Department of English, June 1978. B Director, Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies, Victoria University, 1985- 1990. B Cross-appointed to Graduate Faculty, Centre for Comparative Literature, July, 1990; appointment renewed for five-year period July, 1995. 1 Germaine Warkentin – August 2017 B Professor Emeritus, July 1999. Previously: B Freelance film criticism: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and miscellaneous journals, 1953-64. B Editor, Canadian Newsreel: Bulletin of the Canadian Federation of Film Societies (1954-57). B Instructor in English, United College, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1958-59. B Teaching Assistant, Department of English, University College, University of Toronto, 1966- 67. B Bibliographical Fellow, Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies, Victoria University in the University of Toronto, 1967-68. B Research Assistant to Professor F.D. Hoeniger, Department of English, Victoria College, 1968- 69. Research Interests: 1. History of the book; philosophy and theory of bibliography and book history, indigenous inscription. 2. English-Canadian literature before 1900, with emphasis on the earlier literature of exploration, especially the writings of Pierre-Esprit Radisson (1636?-1710). 3. Sir Philip Sidney, the Sidney family library, and Penshurst estate to 1743. 4. The Renaissance sonnet sequence or canzoniere in Italy, France, and England, from Petrarch to Shakespeare, with emphasis on its manuscript sources and bibliography, and on the writings of Petrarch. 5. Modern Canadian poetry and criticism, with emphasis on the writings of Northrop Frye and James Reaney. Membership in Academic Societies: Modern Language Association; Canadian Society for Renaissance Studies; Renaissance Society of America; Medieval Academy of America; Bibliographical Society of Canada; Oxford Bibliographical Society; The Bibliographical Society (London); Bibliographical Society of America, The Champlain Society. 2 Germaine Warkentin – August 2017 Editorial Boards and Committees: ‒ Chair, Canadian Federation of Film Societies, 1965-66 B Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies: Managing Committee (1970-2012), Director 1985-90); CRRS Library Committee (Acting Chair, 2000-2001); founding co-editor, CRRS ATudor and Stuart Texts@ Series. B Executive member, International Spenser Society, 1993-95. B Editorial Board, Encyclopedia of Travel and Exploration (2003-5). B Renaissance English Text Society, Council member 1995-2005. B The Champlain Society; Council member 1999-2009, 2013--; Vice-President and Chair, Publications Committee 2006-09 (continuing as member of the committee); David Thompson Edition, Editorial Advisory Board, 1999--. B RSA (Renaissance Society of America), 1999 Nelson Prize Jury, February, 2000. B SHARP (Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publication) Prize Jury,1998; SHARP/RSA Liaison 2000-05. B Numerous Victoria University and University of Toronto committees 1970 to date, including recently: Victoria University: Senate Honorary Degrees Committee 2000-02; Lincoln Hutton Scholarship Committee 2002-2008. B Founding board member, RALUT (Retired Academics and Librarians of the University of Toronto) 2001-07; founding chair of RALUT=s Senior Scholars Committee 2004-07. B Team member, GRASAC (Great Lakes Research Alliance for the Study of Aboriginal Cultures), 2005— B UTFA (University of Toronto Faculty Association) Council 2004-2007; member of UTFA Librarians= Committee 2005-07; member, UTFA/Administration Joint Working Group on Retiree Engagement with the University (2004-5). B Editorial Board, The Library: Publications of the Bibliographical Society (London) March, 2007--15 - Founding member of Senior College, University of Toronto; member of Council 2009 – ; Chair of Nominating Committee, 2009--12 - Chair, Toronto Semiotic Circle, 2012-13 - Chair, Toronto Renaissance and Reformation Colloquium, 2012-14. - Editorial board of Archbook (Architectures of the Book) http://drc.usask.ca/projects/archbook/ (2015 --- Grants: Canada Council dissertation support, 1967-69, total: $6,750. 3 Germaine Warkentin – August 2017 Canada Council travel grants, 1974, 1975, in support of work on poetic manuscripts in Italian libraries, total: $3,945 Canada Council Leave Fellowship, 1976-77: $5,023 Newberry Library Fellowship, May-June 1978: $500 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Leave Fellowship, 1983- 84: $11,030 SSHRC Standard Research Grants: 1986-89: ‘The Library of the Sidneys at Penshurst Place’: $63,504 1989-92: ‘The Library of the Sidneys at Penshurst Place’(continued): $72,617 1992-95[6]: ‘Problems in the Sociology of the Text 1366-1743’: $48,220 Victoria University in the University of Toronto: Senate Research Committee: Research and Conference Travel Grants: October 1998 ($2400); March 2000 ($965); November 2001 ($625); March 2002 ($1200); July 2003 ($1000); May 2005 ($357); May 2006 ($680); June 2007 ($1500); February 2008 ($550); December 2008 ($2960); November 2010 ($825).Publication subvention: June 2012 ($4080). Victoria University Senate Research Committee. Grant in aid of publication: The Library of the Sidneys of Penshurst Place, ca. 1665. $4080. Regular SSHRC conference grants in support of conferences organized (no records kept). Aid to Scholarly Publications Programme, grants towards publication: The Queen’s Majesty’s Passage, 2004: ($7000) The Writings of Pierre-Esprit Radisson, Vol. 1, 2012. ($8000) The Library of the Sidneys of Penshurst circa 1665 ($8000) Theses Supervised: Robert Graham, John Galt=s ACanadian@ Novels: A Critical Revaluation (M.A. thesis; successfully defended, September, 1982). Lalage Grauer, In the Camp of Big Bear: Narrative Versions of the Cree Uprising, 1885 (Ph.D thesis; successfully defended, March 1, 1991). Katherine Acheson, AI am Like an Owl in the Desert@: the Diary of Lady Anne Clifford for the Years 1616, 1617, and 1619 (Ph.D. thesis; successfully defended, October 29, 1993). Matthew DeCoursey, Centre for Comparative Literature, Rhetoric and Sign Theory in Erasmus and Tyndale. Co-supervision with Profs. Brian Stock and (latterly) Eva Kushner (Ph.D. thesis, successfully defended, January 24, 1995). Lisa Celovsky, Martial and Marital: Representations of Masculinity in The Faerie Queene and 4 Germaine Warkentin – August 2017 the New Arcadia. (Ph.D. thesis; successfully defended March 21, 1997) William Moreau, David Thompson=s Writing of his Travels: the Genetics of an Emerging Exploration Text. (Ph.D. thesis; successfully defended, May 12, 1997). Helmut Reichenbächer, Reading Hidden Layers: A Genetic Analysis of the Drafts of Margaret Atwood=s Novels The Edible Woman and Bodily Harm. (Ph.D. thesis; successfully defended, October 1, 1998). Andrew Payne, Adieu: Hamlet Remembered in the Thoughts of Benjamin, Lacan, Levinas, and Derrida. (Ph.D. thesis; successfully defended, November 1, 2002) Recent Service: Review for promotion to Full Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Literature Section, School for Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, Summer 2009. Review for tenure, Dept. of English, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Summer 2009. Chair, Lincoln Hutton Essay Competition, Victoria College, May 2008 Review for tenure and promotion to Associate Professor, Department of English, Southern Methodist University, Summer 2008. Review for Promotion to Senior Lecturer, Department of English, King's College, London England, February 2007. Review for advancement to Promotional Chair, Renaissance Studies, University of Leeds, England, November 2005. A) Refereed Publications: i) Books Edited: 1) James Reaney. Poems. Edited and with an introduction by Germaine Warkentin, Toronto: New Press, 1972. 2) Stories from Ontario. Selected and with an introduction by Germaine Warkentin. Toronto: Macmillan, 1974. 3) Reaney, James. Selected Shorter Poems. Selected and with an introduction by Germaine Warkentin. Press Porcepic: Erin, Ontario, 1975. 4) Collin, W.E. The White Savannahs. Introduction by Germaine Warkentin. Literature of Canada: Poetry and Prose in Reprint, no. 15. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1975. 5 Germaine Warkentin – August 2017 5) [With David Sinclair (obiit)], The New World Journal of Alexander Graham Dunlop. Final editing and Introduction by Germaine Warkentin. Toronto: Dundurn Press, 1976. 6) Reaney, James. A Suit of Nettles. Introduction by Germaine Warkentin. Press Porcepic: