Conrad Steel

Conrad Steel is a literary critic and Research Fellow at Keble College, University of Oxford, specializing in twentieth-century and contemporary poetry. His work examines how modern American poetry engages with complex systems, as detailed in his first book The Poetics of Scale: From Apollinaire to Big Data (2024). He is currently researching poetry-writing as a cultural practice since 1945.

Academic Affiliation:

• University of Oxford (Keble College, Faculty of English)

Research Interests: Literary criticism, twentieth-century and contemporary poetry, poetics, cultural practice, modern American literature, and intersections of poetry with complex systems.

Scientific Awards:

• Robin Geffen Career Development Fellowship in English (2023)