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Eric White is a Senior Lecturer in American Literature at Oxford Brookes University, specializing in transatlantic avant-garde writing and culture. He is affiliated with the Poetry Centre and leads the Avant-Gardes and Speculative Technology (AGAST) Project, a digital humanities initiative fostering social change through extended reality (XR) collaborations with institutions like UCL and Open University.
- BA, University of British Columbia
- PhD, University of Cambridge
His research interrogates intersections between American modernism, technology, and transatlantic print culture, particularly avant-garde journals. Recent work focuses on "technicities" in modernist innovations, from World War I sensory augmentation to 1930s XR-inspired inventions by Bob Brown, reimagined through AGAST's immersive digital frameworks.
AGAST's funded projects (CILIP/Arts Council England, ERC, ISRF) demonstrate his commitment to STEAM education and democratizing digital technologies. Key themes include modernist periodicals, technological identity, and literary network analysis.
- Beinecke Library Fellowship
- Yale University Fellowship
- University of Edinburgh Fellowship
- University of Oxford Fellowship
Eric has supervised PhD/MPhil dissertations on avant-garde writing, Edgar Allan Poe's transatlantic reception, and hybridity in modernist poetry. He teaches courses spanning modernist literature, critical theory, and experimental writing at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
As Co-Editor of Edinburgh Critical Studies in Avant-Garde Writing, he shapes global discourse on modernist legacies. His AGAST Project collaborates with institutions like the European Research Council to bridge historical avant-garde innovations with contemporary digital practices.
