I was happy to share my research on Mediterranean events and collaboration in relation to The Phoenicians’ Route and Inizjamed at the Libertas International University at The Phoenicians’ Route General Assembly in Zagreb in October 2018.
Harmony, dissonance, silence: a journey through European capitals of culture
I was happy to deliver this keynote speech for the 12th Conference of the University Network of the European Capitals of Culture (UNeECC) in Valletta in November 2018. These are the slides that accompanied it. In her 2013 European Cultural Foundation award-winning research on governing heritage dissonance in the Balkans, Višnja Kisić notes how recent EU heritage… Continue reading Harmony, dissonance, silence: a journey through European capitals of culture
Politics & culture: the new museum of art in Malta
This short article highlights some of the tensions in the relationship between politics and culture in Malta today.
Opening up European cultural horizons at ENCATC
This article on neocolonialist practices in cultural governance in Malta as an EU State was presented at the ENCATC Congress on cultural management and policy in September 2018 in Bucharest.
On faith and culture
I was happy to speak at the University of Malta Department of Fundamental & Dogmatic Theology research seminar addressing ‘Faith and Culture: Widening our Horizons’ in October 2018. This is the presentation. This is the paper. Still from ‘All the Stars’, Kendrick Lamar & SZA, 2018.
EU Structured Dialogue 2018 on social inclusion
Here is the final report on the EU Structured Dialogue process between civil society and the European Commission, facilitated by the Goethe-Institut Brussels and addressing social inclusion. The process took from April to October 2018, involved more than 30 civil society participants from Europe from culture and non-culture sectors, and interacted with the European Commission… Continue reading EU Structured Dialogue 2018 on social inclusion
The EU’s new agenda for culture
Here is the link to my paper providing a critical analysis on the EU’s new agenda for culture as a tool for European integration. It was delivered at the Annual DSE-ECSA Conference on EU Policy in times of crises: Integration / Disintegration at Roskilde University, Denmark, in September 2018 see here for more details.. It was presented alongside these slides.
