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Daniel E. (Dan) White is Professor of English at the University of Toronto and serves concurrently as Director of Graduate Studies for the tri-campus graduate department. Based at the Mississauga (UTM) campus, he previously held roles including Acting Chair of the Department of English and Drama (2019), Associate Chair (2016–2021), Associate Director of PhD programs (2012–2015), and Director of the Collaborative Specialization in Book History and Print Culture at Massey College (2008–2011).
He earned a B.A. from Wesleyan University and both M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Pennsylvania. His research ranges across eighteenth-century and Romantic literature, book history and print culture, the culture of the early British Empire in India, and religious dissent in the long eighteenth century.
Research interests include:
- Romantic literature (1780–1830)
- Book history and print culture
- Early British Empire in India and its cultural representations
- Religious nonconformity in the long eighteenth century
- Poetry and poetics from the Restoration to the Victorian era
Publication trends: Across monographs, edited volumes, journal articles, and book chapters, White’s work explores intersections between Romantic aesthetics and imperial ideology, the materiality of print in colonial settings, and the role of religious dissent in shaping literary culture. Recent outputs foreground technology—especially steam—as a transformative force in Romantic-era imperial imagination.
Books & Major Editions:
- Romanticism, Liberal Imperialism, and Technology in Early British India (Palgrave, 2024)
- From Little London to Little Bengal: Religion, Print, and Modernity in Early British India, 1793–1835 (Johns Hopkins, 2013)
- Early Romanticism and Religious Dissent (Cambridge, 2006; paperback 2010)
- Co-editor, Robert Southey: Later Poetical Works, 1811–1838 (Pickering & Chatto, 2012)
Advising & Service: White currently directs graduate studies for the tri-campus PhD, MA, and collaborative programs, overseeing admissions, funding, curriculum, and policy. He sits on the editorial board of Essays in Romanticism and has held numerous administrative posts within the department and across the university.
Laboratories & Teams: While no named laboratory is mentioned, his leadership of the Collaborative Specialization in Book History and Print Culture fosters interdisciplinary research clusters across the Jackman Humanities Institute and Massey College.
