Daniel Cordle

Dr Daniel Cordle

Writer, Researcher, Expert in Nuclear Cultural History

Who I am

Writer, Researcher, Editor, Teacher, Speaker, Facilitator

With skills developed in a long career in higher education and working collaboratively with public and private sector organisations, I offer a range of services at the intersections of culture, heritage and public engagement, as well as research and teaching expertise.

Writing and editing

  • Author of books, academic articles and chapters, journalism and fiction.
  • Adaptable writer, catering to a wide range of specialist and general audiences.
  • Editor (books, journals) of poetry, fiction and scholarly work.
  • Expert reviewer of manuscripts and book proposals for academic presses and journals.
  • Member of the Society of Authors.

Research

  • Academic specialist in the literature, screen culture, art and music of the nuclear age, on which I have published extensively.
  • Expert commentator on nuclear cultural history for the media, the public, and special interest audiences.
  • Member of the Atomic Photographers’ Guild.
  • Further expertise, drawing on extensive work in literary studies, on literature of the 20th and 21st centuries.

Current projects

  • 4 forthcoming chapters, on the literature of the nuclear age, due to be published in 2026 and 2027 in edited collections by Cambridge University Press and De Gruyter.
  • Academic research on fiction, poetry, drama, film, television and music telling the story of the creation of the atomic bomb at Los Alamos.
  • Short and long-form creative fiction projects.

Outreach, engagement and expert commentary

  • Provider of talks, workshops, written copy, expert commentary, fact checking, exhibition organisation and other consultancy services.
  • Organisations with which I have worked include: Broadway Cinema (Nottingham), CND, Inspire: Culture, Learning and Libraries, the Los Alamos Historical Society, Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham Playhouse, the SALA Events Center (Los Alamos), Science Fiction Theatre (London), the Science Museum (London), and the UNESCO Cities of Literature network. I have also been an interviewee for the BBC and ITN.

Teaching and higher education

  • Experienced and successful teacher in higher education, with high student ratings.
  • Experience includes:
    • Associate Professor in English and American Literature, Nottingham Trent University, where I worked from 1998 – 2024.
    • Lecturer in English, University of Galway (Sept 2025-April 2026)
    • Tutor at Broadway Cinema (Nottingham), running courses for the general public on film adaptations of literature and the nuclear age on film (May-Aug 2025)

Project coordination and delivery

  • Principal Investigator and Co-Lead for Nottingham War Rooms: A Creative Archive, a living heritage project at an abandoned government nuclear bunker. Outputs included:
    • A workshop for writers and experts.
    • A book (ed. with Sarah Jackson): Bunker: Stories and Poems from a Nuclear Age
    • A knowledge exchange event for business, heritage, academic and creative sectors.
    • A travelling exhibition.
  • Acting lead for an impact case study, Critical Poetics, at Nottingham Trent University. Outputs included:
    • Writing workshops at UNESCO Cities of Literature around Europe.
    • An online writing course, culminating in a writing competition.
    • A book (co-edited with Jo Dixon): Writing the Contemporary: Poetry and Postcards from UNESCO Cities of Literature.