Research Area(s)

• Medieval English language and literature
• History of the English language
• Medieval history of reading
• Manuscript studies

About me

Publications

Selection of Publications (by Year)

• Brecht, Ariel, and Yin Liu. "Leaf 4 in Otto Ege’s Fifty Original Leaves Portfolio: Sermons by Philip the Chancellor". Florilegium 33 (2019): 167-191.
• Liu, Y. "Old English: Teaching from Ignorance" In Teaching the History of the English Language, edited by Colette Moore & Chris Palmer, 98-107. New York: MLA, 2019.
• Cichon, Michael, and Yin Liu, eds.. Proverbia Septentrionalia: Essays on Proverbs in Medieval Scandinavian and English Literature. Tempe, AZ: ACMRS, 2019.
• Liu, Y. "Stating the Obvious in Runes" In Verbal and Visual Communication in Early English Texts, edited by M. Peikola, A. Mäkilähde, H. Salmi, M-L. Varila, & J. Skaffari, 125-139. Turnhout: Brepols, 2017.
• Liu, Y. "Appeal to the Public: Lessons from the Early History of the Oxford English Dictionary" In Beyond Accessibility: Textual Studies in the 21st Century, edited by R. Cunningham and B. Nelson. Online: Digital Studies, 2016.
• B. Neudorf, Y. Liu. "Signes-de-renvoi" In ArchBook, edited by A. Galey et al. Online: ArchBook, 2015.
• Liu, Y. "Scribal Spelling of Northern 'ta' as 'to', and Some Implications" In Studies in Middle English: Words, Forms, Senses and Texts, edited by Michael Bilynsky, 213-224. Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 2014.
• Siemens, L., J. Smith, Y. Liu. "Mapping Disciplinary Differences and Equity of Academic Control to Create a Collaboration Space". Canadian Journal of Higher Education 44, 2 (2014): 49-67.
• Liu, Y. "Ways of Reading, Models for Text, and the Usefulness of Dead People". Scholarly and Research Communication 5, 2 (2014)
• Liu, Y. "Building History in the English Rous Roll". Viator 42, 2 (2011): 307-319.
• Liu, Y. "The Challenge of an Ancestor of the Earl of Warwick: The Guînes pas d'armes of 1413". OSTMAR 1, 4 (2011): 1-10.
• Liu, Y. "Text as Image in Kipling's Just So Stories". Papers on Language and Literature 44, 3 (2008): 227-249.
• Liu, Y. "Middle English Romance as Prototype Genre". Chaucer Review 40, 4 (2006): 335-353.
• Liu, Y. "Richard Beauchamp and the Uses of Romance". Medium Ævum 74 (2005): 271-287.

Teaching & Supervision

Selection of Courses Taught (by Year)

• 2021 - Middle English Romances

Research

Awards & Honours

• Teaching Excellence Award, awarded by University of Saskatchewan Students' Union June 2018
• Teaching Excellence Award, awarded by University of Saskatchewan College of Arts and Science June 2017
• Teaching Excellence Award, awarded by University of Saskatchewan Students' Union January 2005