David Wallace
David Wallace has been Judith Rodin Professor of English, University of Pennsylvania, since 1996, with visiting stints at London, Melbourne, Princeton, and Jerusalem (twice). His current major research project is National Epics, a collective effort to comprehend the cultural mechanics of nationalism, on a global scale. David is a Fellow of the English Association, was awarded the Sir Israel Gollancz Prize by the British Academy, and served as President of the Medieval Academy of America from 2018–19. In 2021–22 he was Faculty Fellow at Penn’s Wolf Humanities Center, where the topic was “Migration.” In Fall 2023 he was Visiting Fellow, Warburg Institute, University of London, and then Director of the Penn English in London Program. David’s long-term, primary commitments have been to Europe and European literatures, to the performance and enjoyment of poetry (especially Chaucer), to Dante and his afterlife, and to helping secure a viable future for younger scholars. english.upenn.edu/people/david-wallace