Researching, Writing, Performing
LECTURING2023–Ongoing. Department of Digital Arts, University of Malta.
2018–Ongoing. I have been invited to contribute to lectures, seminars and workshops within the Department of English and the Department of Gender and Sexualities at the University of Malta for various postgraduate-level study-units, including Creative Writing, Critical Posthumanisms, Hamlets: Shakespeare, Modernity and the Present and Epistemologies in Gender Studies.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING2021. Doctor of Philosophy in English, University of Malta. (Thesis title: From Goddess to Cyborg: Considerations on the Fate of Beauty in Posthumanism.)
2018. PhD Traineeship Placement, Goldsmiths, University of London.
2017. Master of Philosophy in English, University of Malta. (Thesis title: Beauty and Posthumanism: Considerations on the Aesthetics of a New Paradigm.)
2012. Master of Arts in Modern and Contemporary Literature and Criticism, University of Malta.
2009. Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in English, University of Malta.
CREATIVE PRACTICEPOETRY, PERFORMANCE, INSTALLATION, THEATRE
2025. ‘Sound, You, Dreaming’, exhibition catalogue for Paul Scerri’s The Sound of You Dreaming. Valletta: Spazju Kreattiv.
2024. ‘Nibgħatlek Waqt Raxx id-Dlam tas-Sajf fl-Iżvezja’, Aphroconfuso.
2024. ‘Nofs Triq, Dejjem Nieqaf’, Antoloġija 1. Aphroconfuso.
2024. Scriptwriter, performer for Sahar. Luke Azzopardi Studio.
2024. Researcher, scriptwriter for Frank u Jien. Attard: Frank Portelli’s studio-archive.
2023. ‘For Its Sake’. Decadence, Now. Exhibition. Valletta: Malta Society of Arts, Palazzo de La Salle. Winner of Premju għall-Arti 2024: Best Multidisciplinary Production.
2023. Poetry, performance for Born of Dark Water. Luke Azzopardi Studio.
2023. Performance for Il-Frammenti ta’ Saffo. Mosta: Amphitheatre. KampuSajf. Produced by the Malta College of Arts, Science, and Technology (MCAST).
2023. Poetry, performance for This Is Going to Hurt. Valletta: Casino Maltese.
2023. Poetry, performance for ‘L’Oasis ou je rêve’. Decadence, Now. Salon Recital Series. Valletta: Malta Society of Arts, Palazzo de La Salle. (Commissioned by City of Art for Decadence, Now.)
2023. ‘Nofs Triq, Dejjem Nieqaf’, Aphroconfuso.
2021. ‘Love’s Final Act’. In: J. Calleja and K. Storace, eds, Scintillas: New Maltese Writing 1. London: Praspar Press.
2020. Poetry, performance, concept derivation for Transformations and Translations. Valletta: National Museum of Archeology. Commissioned by The Three Palaces Festival; shortlisted for Premju għall-Arti 2021: Best Production During COVID-19 Pandemic.
2020. Poetry, performance for The Tree of Life. Gudja: Kappella ta’ Bir Miftuħ.
2018. Poetry, performance, concept derivation for Majmuna. To be displayed alongside the Majmuna Tombstone as part of the permanent exhibit at Heritage Malta’s upcoming Gozo Museum.
2016. Installation, co-curation for ‘Baby, Are You Happy Now?’, ‘Il-Ġeometrija t’Idejk’. Inħobbok (I Love You). Valletta: Spazju Kreattiv.
2015. Poetry, performance, concept derivation for After. Valletta: Casino Maltese.
2015. Poetry, performance, concept derivation for If You Ask Me, I’m Yours. Qrendi: Ħaġar Qim Temples.
2014. Poetry, performance, concept derivation for DIVINA. Valletta: Mediterranean Conference Centre.
ACADEMIA AND COMMENTARYBOOKS, JOURNALS
2025. Editor. Urban Fabric. Imsida: Kite Group.
2023. Editor. Decadence, Now. Risch-Rotkreuz: Impeached.
2022. ‘The CounterText Review: Ruben Borg’s Fantasies of Self-Mourning: Modernism, the Posthuman and the Finite’, CounterText, 8(3). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
2022. ‘“Woman has won”; “(Venus won)”: On Donna Haraway’s Goddess’, Journal of Posthumanism, 2(3). Transnational Press London.
2022. ‘Foreword’, Għonnella: Deconstructing the Garment. Midsea Books.
2018. ‘Editorial’, Antae, 5(1). University of Malta.
MEDIA
2024. ‘“Geographers of Solitude”: the human condition through non-human eyes’, The Sunday Times of Malta.
2022. ‘Review: Teatru Malta’s Drago’, MaltaToday.
2022. ‘Oliver Friggieri: A life worth living’, MaltaToday.
2022. ‘Let sleeping girls lie: on ŻfinDays’ double bill’, The Sunday Times of Malta.
2021. ‘Reclaiming Her point of you: A Conversation With Tina Mifsud’, The Malta Artpaper.
2020. ‘Review: Alice in Wonderless Land’, Isles of the Left.
2019. ‘Review: Larinġa Mekkanika’, Isles of the Left.
2019. ‘Heartbreak Spectacle: What Love Island Can Teach Us About the Politics of Tenderness’, Isles of the Left.
PEER REVIEWING, ADJUDICATION
2024. Adjudicator for the Malta National Book Prize 2024 (Literature). National Book Council, Malta.
2024. Peer reviewer. The Malta Cultural Annual.
2022. Adjudicator for the Malta National Book Prize 2022 (Literature). National Book Council, Malta.
ACADEMIC SEMINARS, SYMPOSIA, CONFERENCES
2024. Presenter. ‘The Problem of Meaning in Kazuo Ishiguro’s Klara and the Sun’. Humanities, Medicine and Science (HUMS) Symposium: The Sun. University of Malta.
2023. Presenter. Doctoral Graduate Symposium. Faculty of Arts, University of Malta.
2023. Chair. Anglo-Maltese Cultural Symposium: Evoking Memories, Shaping Futures (Presidency Culture Symposia series). Attard: Sant’ Anton Palace.
2020. Presenter. ‘Posthumanist Feelings’. PhD Research Seminar. Department of English, University of Malta.
2019. Presenter. PhD Research Seminar. Department of English, University of Malta.
2019. Presenter. ‘So Very Hideous an Idea: The Girl, the Doll and the Cyborg’. Seminar Series, Work in Progress in the Social Studies (WIPSS): 2018/9. University of Malta.
2019. Presenter. ‘Amalia Ulman’s Excellences & Perfections: On the Hermeneutic Violence in Interpreting the Instagram It Girl as Art’. A focus on females in art: film screening and discussion. Department of Art and Art History, University of Malta.
2018. Presenter. PhD Research Seminar. Department of English, University of Malta.
2018. Presenter. ‘Would I Rather Be a Dead Goddess Than a Cyborg?: The Anatomical Gaze and the Possibility of a Posthuman Beauty’. The Work of Art in Post-human Times: Aesthetics Workshop. John Cabot University, Rome, Italy.
2017. Presenter. ‘Would I Rather Be a Girl Than a Cyborg?: On Monstrous Dolls and the Possibility of TechnoFeminism’. Humanities, Medicine and Science Programme (HUMS) Autumn Symposium: Women. University of Malta.
2017. Organiser, Chair, Presenter. ‘Would I Rather be a Girl Than a Cyborg?: The Female, Feeling, and Feminist Praxis in Cyberspace(s)’. Placing, Spacing, Displacing: International Postgraduate Symposium. Department of English, University of Malta.
2016. Chair, Presenter. ‘If U Seek Amy: Deciphering Britney Spears and Understanding the Virtual Consumption of Female Pop Stardom’. Transgressive Textualities: International Postgraduate Symposium. Department of English, University of Malta.
2015. Organiser, Chair, Presenter. ‘Life in Plastic, It’s Fantastic: Barbie and Posthumanism’. European Society for Literature, Science and the Arts (SLSAeu): Scale Conference. Valletta.
2015. Chair, Presenter. ‘Life in Plastic, It’s Fantastic: Barbie and Posthumanism’. In Our Time: International Postgraduate Symposium. Department of English, University of Malta.
2014. Chair, Presenter. ‘All Ye Know on Earth: The Problem of Beauty as a Posthuman Truth, Truth as a Posthuman Beauty.’ ... With Feeling: International Postgraduate Symposium. Department of English, University of Malta.
2011. Presenter. ‘Don’t Be a Drag, Just Be a Queen: The Translation of Desire, from Lady Godiva to Lady Gaga’. Cultural Translations: International Postgraduate Symposium. Department of English, University of Malta.