Dr. Steven Connor

Biography

Steven Connor is a Professor of English at King's College London and has a prominent academic profile in Modern Literature Theory. He completed his BA and DPhil in English at Wadham College, Oxford, from 1973 to 1980. He began his academic career as a Lecturer in English at Birkbeck College in 1980 and became a Professor of Modern Literature Theory in 1994. He was the Academic Director of the London Consortium Graduate Programme in Humanities Cultural Studies from 2003 to 2012 and served as the Grace 2 Professor of English at the University of Cambridge from 2012 to 2022. Additionally, he was the Director of the Centre for Research in Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities (CRASSH) at the University of Cambridge during the same period. Professor Connor's research interests focus on Digital Culture, literary and cultural theory, history, philosophy, and technology, especially as they relate to literature from 1600 to the present day. He has published several significant works, including 'Styles Seriousness' (2023) and 'History Asking' (2023). He is actively engaged in projects that aim to understand the implications of digital technologies on contemporary society.

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