Daniel Grausam

Dr Daniel Grausam is an Associate Professor in the Department of English Studies at Durham University, specializing in American literature and culture. His academic work primarily engages with postmodern and contemporary fiction, Cold War studies, and nuclear culture.

His research interests span American Postmodern Fiction, Cold War Literature, Contemporary American Literature, Nuclear Culture, Metafiction, and the intersection of history and literature. He has published extensively on the cultural and literary implications of the Cold War and nuclear age, as well as on the concept of the contemporary in literature.

Grausam's scholarly publications reveal a consistent focus on the relationship between American fiction and historical periods, particularly the Cold War and post-Cold War eras. His work often explores themes of temporality, nuclear anxiety, and the evolution of postmodernism into contemporary literature.

He has supervised at least one research postgraduate student, Katie Tobin, in the Department of English Studies.