Faculty Profiles - Robert Yeates

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Robert Yeates

Organization

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Lecturer

Contact information

Homepage

https://robertyeates.wordpress.com/

Other name(s)

Robert Anthony Yeates

Profile

My research interests center around C19th-21st Anglophone literatures and the digital humanities. My first monograph, American Cities in Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction (UCL Press, 2021), looks at representations of urban ruin in American fiction in a range of media, from early examples of science fiction in mainstream and pulp magazines, through blockbuster film, golden age radio drama, video games, and recent transmedia franchises. I argue that these post-apocalyptic representations of the American city are uniquely suited for explorations of contemporary urban issues, and that creators harness the singular affordances of emerging and developing media to create their immersive and compelling fictional worlds.

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Degree

MLIS ( 2020 University of British Columbia )
PhD ( 2017 University of Exeter )
MA ( 2013 University of Tulsa )
BA ( 2011 University of Leicester )

Research Interests

archives
literature
race
digital humanities
speculative fiction

Research Areas

Humanities & Social Sciences / History of Europe and America
Humanities & Social Sciences / English literature and literature in the English language
Humanities & Social Sciences / Library and information science, humanistic and social informatics
Humanities & Social Sciences / Literature in general
Humanities & Social Sciences / Library and information science, humanistic and social informatics

Education

University of British Columbia School of Information MLIS

2019.1 - 2020.3

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Country： Canada

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University of Exeter English PhD

2013.9 - 2017.1

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Country： United Kingdom

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University of Tulsa English MA

2011.8 - 2013.5

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Country： United States

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University of Leicester English and American Studies BA

2007.9 - 2011.7

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Country： United Kingdom

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Research History

Okayama University Faculty of Letters Senior assistant professor

2020.4

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Country：Japan

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University of British Columbia School of Information Graduate student, graduate research assistant

2019.1 - 2020.3

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Country：Canada

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Nagoya University of Commerce and Business Faculty of International Studies Lecturer

2017.4 - 2019.3

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Country：Japan

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University of Exeter English Doctoral student, graduate teaching assistant

2013.9 - 2017.1

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Country：United Kingdom

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University of Tulsa English Graduate student, graduate teaching assistant

2011.8 - 2013.5

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Country：United States

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Professional Memberships

Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals

2023

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Science Fiction Research Association

2017

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British Association for American Studies

2011

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Papers

Confronting Race and Racism in the Post-Apocalyptic American City Invited Reviewed

Robert Yeates

Fantastic Cities: American Urban Spaces in Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror 118 - 134 2022.1

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Post-Apocalyptic Worldbuilding in Webcomics Invited Reviewed International journal

Robert Yeates

Imaginaires postapocalyptiques: Comment penser l'après 173 - 189 2021.11

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Décadence urbaine et Hors-la-loi sexuels dans l’univers de Blade Runner Reviewed

Robert Yeates, Simon Bréan

ReS Futurae ( 17 ) 2021.7

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Authorship：Lead author Language：French Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal) Publisher：OpenEdition

DOI： 10.4000/resf.9308

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Serial fiction podcasting and participatory culture: Fan influence and representation in The Adventure Zone Reviewed

Robert Yeates

European Journal of Cultural Studies 23 ( 2 ) 223 - 243 2020.4

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Authorship：Lead author,　Corresponding author Language：English Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal) Publisher：{SAGE} Publications

DOI： 10.1177/1367549418786420

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On the phraseology of the linking adverbial besides Reviewed

Sugene Kim, Robert Yeates

Journal of English for Academic Purposes 40 44 - 52 2019.7

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Authorship：Last author Language：English Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal) Publisher：Elsevier BV

DOI： 10.1016/j.jeap.2019.05.006

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"History Bleeds": Graphically Recording Time in Maus and Safe Area Goražde Invited

Robert Yeates

NUCB Journal of Language, Culture and Communication ( 19 ) 39 - 45 2017.10

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Authorship：Lead author,　Corresponding author Language：English Publishing type：Research paper (bulletin of university, research institution)

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Gender and Ethnicity in Post-Apocalyptic Suburbia Reviewed

Robert Yeates

Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts 27 ( 3 ) 411 - 434 2017.7

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Urban Decay and Sexual Outlaws in the Blade Runner Universe Reviewed

Robert Yeates

Science Fiction Studies 44 ( 1 ) 65 - 83 2017.4

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Zombie Cities: Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction and the Metropolis

Robert Yeates

2017.1

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Authorship：Lead author,　Corresponding author Language：English Publishing type：Doctoral thesis

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Set Design Reviewed

Robert Yeates

The Pocket Instructor: Literature, 101 Exercises for the College Classroom 170 - 173 2015.11

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"The Unshriven Dead, Zombies on the Loose": African and Caribbean Religious Heritage in Toni Morrison's Beloved Reviewed

Robert Yeates

MFS - Modern Fiction Studies 61 ( 3 ) 515 - 537 2015.10

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DOI： 10.1353/mfs.2015.0033

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Bioshock and the Uncanny: The City of Rapture as Haunted House Reviewed International journal

Robert Yeates

Foundation: The International Review of Science Fiction 44 ( 1 ) 66 - 77 2015.4

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Post-Apocalyptic Narratives Reviewed

Robert Yeates

Comics Through Time: A History of Icons, Idols, and Ideas 1693 - 1696 2014.10

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Books

American Cities in Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction

Robert Yeates（ Role： Sole author）

UCL Press 2021.11

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MISC

Review of The Race Card: From Gaming Technologies to Model Minorities by Tara Fickle

Robert Yeates

AC Review of Books ( 3 ) 10 - 12 2022.3

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Authorship：Lead author,　Corresponding author Language：English Publishing type：Book review, literature introduction, etc.

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Review of Popular Modernism and its Legacies: From Pop Literature to Video Games edited by Scott Ortolano

Robert Yeates

European Journal of American Culture 40 ( 3 ) 253 - 255 2021.12

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Transmedia: A Star Wars Story. Review of Star Wars and the History of Transmedia Storytelling edited by Sean Guynes and Dan Hassler-Forest

Robert Yeates

Extrapolation 60 ( 2 ) 219 - 222 2019.7

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Authorship：Lead author,　Corresponding author Language：English Publishing type：Book review, literature introduction, etc. Publisher：Extrapolation

DOI： 10.3828/extr.2019.13

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Review of Fukushima and the Arts: Negotiating Nuclear Disaster edited by Barbara Geilhorn and Kristina Iwata-Weickgenannt

Robert Yeates

InVisible Culture: An Electronic Journal for Visual Culture 2017.10

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Authorship：Lead author,　Corresponding author Language：English Publishing type：Book review, literature introduction, etc. Publisher：InVisible Culture: An Electronic Journal for Visual Culture

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Review of Stranger Things season 1 directed by Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer, and Shawn Levy Invited

Robert Yeates

European Journal of American Culture 36 ( 1 ) 76 - 78 2017.3

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Authorship：Lead author,　Corresponding author Language：English Publishing type：Book review, literature introduction, etc. Publisher：European Journal of American Culture

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Review of Racial Realignment: The Transformation of American Liberalism, 1932–1965 by Eric Schickler

Robert Yeates

U.S. Studies Online 2016.8

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Authorship：Lead author,　Corresponding author Publishing type：Book review, literature introduction, etc. Publisher：U.S. Studies Online

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Review of Rhetoric of Modern Death in American Living Dead Films by Outi Hakola International journal

Robert Yeates

U.S. Studies Online 2016.3

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Authorship：Lead author,　Corresponding author Language：English Publishing type：Book review, literature introduction, etc. Publisher：U.S. Studies Online

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Review of The Unexamined Orwell by John Rodden International journal

Robert Yeates

MFS Modern Fiction Studies 59 ( 4 ) 883 - 886 2013.10

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Authorship：Lead author,　Corresponding author Language：English Publishing type：Book review, literature introduction, etc. Publisher：MFS Modern Fiction Studies

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Review of Color Me English: Migration and Belonging Before and After 9/11 by Caryl Phillips International journal

Robert A. Yeates

The Black Scholar 41 ( 4 ) 59 - 60 2011.10

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Authorship：Lead author,　Corresponding author Language：English Publishing type：Book review, literature introduction, etc. Publisher：The Black Scholar

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What Do English or Creative Writing Have to Say to an Age of Austerity?

Robert Yeates

Wordplay: The Magazine of the English Subject Centre 5 42 - 42 2011.6

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Presentations

Sutpen’s Hundred and the Violence of the Grand Design

Robert Yeates

University of Exeter Humanities Postgraduate Research Conference 2014.4.28

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Language：English

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The Destruction of the City in Early Science Fiction

Robert Yeates

Université Paris Diderot Victorian Persistence Conference 2013.12.12

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Language：English

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Bioshock and the Uncanny: Rapture as Haunted House

Robert Yeates

University of Tulsa Annual Graduate Student Conference 2012.10.5

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Language：English

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Dark Tourism: Explaining the Apocalypse Trend in Video Games

Robert Yeates

Indiana University at Bloomington English Graduate Student Conference 2012.3.22

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Language：English

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"History Bleeds": Graphically Recording Time in Maus and Safe Area Goražde

Robert Yeates

Oklahoma State University Humanities Conference Second Annual Meeting: Frontiers and Borders 2012.3.10

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Language：English

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Class subject in charge

Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction （2023academic year） Fourth semester - 火5～6
Introductory Seminar in Humanities （2023academic year） Fourth semester - 水1～2
Introduction to English Literature （2023academic year） 1st and 2nd semester - 火7～8
Lecture on English Literature （2023academic year） 1st and 2nd semester - 水1～2
Seminar in English Literature （2023academic year） 1st and 2nd semester - 木1～2
Seminar in English Literature （2023academic year） 3rd and 4th semester - 木1～2
Seminar in American Literature 2 （2023academic year） Late - 月4
Modern American Literature 2 （2023academic year） Prophase - 月4
English and American Literature （2023academic year） special - その他
Seminar in English and American Literature 1 （2023academic year） special - その他
Seminar in English and American Literature 2 （2023academic year） special - その他
Research Seminar in English Language and Culture （2023academic year） 1st and 2nd semester - 金1～2
Research Seminar in English Language and Culture （2023academic year） 3rd and 4th semester - 金1～2
Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction （2022academic year） Third semester - 火5～6
Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction （2022academic year） Fourth semester - 火5～6
Introductory Seminar in Humanities （2022academic year） Fourth semester - 水1～2
Introduction to English Literature （2022academic year） 1st and 2nd semester - 火7～8
Lecture on English Literature （2022academic year） 1st and 2nd semester - 水1～2
Seminar in English Literature （2022academic year） 1st and 2nd semester - 木1～2
Seminar in English Literature （2022academic year） 3rd and 4th semester - 木1～2
Seminar in American Literature 1 （2022academic year） Late - 月4
Modern and Contemporary American Literature 1 （2022academic year） Prophase - 月5
Reseach Seminar in English Language and Culture （2022academic year） 1st and 2nd semester - 金1～2
Reseach Seminar in English Language and Culture （2022academic year） 3rd and 4th semester - 金1～2
Introduction to audio fiction and podcasts （2021academic year） Third semester - 金5～6
Introductory Seminar in Humanities （2021academic year） Fourth semester - 水1
Introduction to English Literature （2021academic year） 1st and 2nd semester - 火5～6
Lecture on English Literature （2021academic year） 1st and 2nd semester - 水1～2
Seminar in English Literature （2021academic year） 1st and 2nd semester - 木1～2
Seminar in English Literature （2021academic year） 3rd and 4th semester - 木1～2
Seminar in American Literature 2 （2021academic year） Late - 月4
Modern American Literature 2 （2021academic year） Prophase - 月4
Reseach Seminar in English Language and Culture （2021academic year） 1st and 2nd semester - 金1～2
Reseach Seminar in English Language and Culture （2021academic year） 3rd and 4th semester - 金1～2
Introductory Seminar in Humanities （2020academic year） Third semester - 水2
Introduction to English Literature a （2020academic year） 1st semester - 火5,火6
Lecture on English Literature a （2020academic year） 1st semester - 水1,水2
Lecture on English Literature b （2020academic year） Second semester - 水1,水2
Seminar in English Literature a （2020academic year） 1st semester - 木1,木2
Seminar in English Literature a （2020academic year） Third semester - 木1,木2
Seminar in English Literature b （2020academic year） Second semester - 木1,木2
Seminar in English Literature b （2020academic year） Fourth semester - 木1,木2
Current Affairs in English 2a （2020academic year） Third semester - 月1,月2
Current Affairs in English 2b （2020academic year） Fourth semester - 月1,月2
Seminar in American Literature 1 （2020academic year） Late - 月4
Modern and Contemporary American Literature 1 （2020academic year） Prophase - 月4
Reading Practice in English 1a （2020academic year） 1st semester - 月1,月2
Reading Practice in English 1b （2020academic year） Second semester - 月1,月2
Seminar on English Literature and Culture （2020academic year） 3rd and 4th semester - 木1,木2
Reseach Seminar in English Language and Culture （2020academic year） 1st semester - 金1,金2
Reseach Seminar in English Language and Culture （2020academic year） Second semester - 金1,金2
Reseach Seminar in English Language and Culture （2020academic year） Fourth semester - 金1,金2
Reseach Seminar in English Language and Culture （2020academic year） Third semester - 金1,金2

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A Year as a Research Assistant with STOREE: Applying Theory to Practice Internet

Supporting Open & Transparent Research Engagement & Exchange Canada 2020.6

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Describing items in the DTES RAP to make them easier to find Internet

Downtown Eastside Research Access Portal Canada 2019.1

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【講義レポート】Robert Yeates先生の「ENGLISH AND AMERICAN LITERATURE 1」 Internet

Nagoya University of Commerce and Business Japan 2017.6

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