About
WRoCAH-funded PhD researcher at the University of Sheffield, whose thesis investigates the influence of female philosophers, such as Dora Marsden, Harriet Shaw Weaver and Elisabeth of Bohemia, in James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake. I have related interests in myth, contemporary women’s writing, Irish Studies and modernist literature. Alongside academia, I also have extensive experience in retail, event management and copy-editing. Education
(2019-2023) PhD Student: University of Sheffield
(2017-2018) Comparative Literature: Goldsmiths, University of London (Distinction)
(2014-2017) BA English: Goldsmiths, University of London (First Class Honors)
Other:
(2019) Annual James Joyce Summer School Dublin | University College Dublin
(2017) Institute of Psychoanalysis Summer School | Birkbeck University
(2017) 21st Annual James Joyce Summer School, Trieste | University of Trieste Publications
(2019) Co-Editor: GlitS-e Journal | Goldsmiths, University of London
Mediterranean Imaginaries: Literature, Culture, Arts:
(2018) Joyce Studies in Italy Journal | James Joyce Italian Foundation
‘In the Wake of Trauma: Exploring Exilic Identity Through James Joyce’s Use of Narrative Fetishism’ Projects
(2017-2018) Set-up and ran a Finnegans Wake reading group at Goldsmiths university
(2019-2020) Organising committee for the 2020 postgraduate conference (University of Sheffield)
Upcoming Talks and Conferences
Previous:
Oct 2019 5th Annual WRoCAH Conference | University of York
Paper: “Today’s truth. Tomorrow’s trend!”
Aug 2019 ‘Zerothruster’ Workshop: Finnegans Wake II.2 | Zurich James Joyce Foundation
Paper: ‘“Sink deep or touch not the Cartesian Spring!”: Joyce’s ‘Night Lesson’ and the Problem of Metaphysics.’
Jun 2018 ‘Sound and Silence’ Conference | Goldsmiths, University of London,
Panel Dicussion: Kelechi Anucha, Laura Gibbs, Isabelle Sammut
Apr 2018 ‘Post Literary’ Conference | University of Malta
Gibbs, Laura. Rjeibi, Fares. Sammut, Isabelle. ‘Dichotomies Between Community and Self in Mediterranean Literature, Film and Art’. Presented as part of the Erasmus course to attendees of the ‘Post-Literary’ conference
Feb 2018 ‘Joys of Exile’ Conference | Sapienza University of Rome
Paper: ‘In the Wake of Trauma: Exploring Exilic Identity Through James Joyce’s Use of Narrative Fetishism’
Jan 2018. Goldsmiths Literature Seminars (GlitS): Goldsmiths, University of LondonPaper: ‘In the Wake of Trauma: Exploring Exilic Identity Through James Joyce’s Use of Narrative Fetishism’
Memberships
Member of Joyce Studies in Italy
