Speakers
Dr. Bianca Monteleone
Dr. Bianca Monteleone is a PhD candidate at Sapienza University of Rome, specializing in British sentimentalism, particularly the works of David Hume, and the moral and political thought of Mary Wollstonecraft. She was awarded a scholarship to complete her BA and MA studies at the higher education institution ‘Scuola Normale Superiore’ in Pisa. Her research
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Dr. Olanrewaju Adewole Adediran
Dr. Olanrewaju Adediran has a PhD in economics from the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. He has made significant contributions to the field through both research and teaching. He is an expert in handling both quantitative and qualitative analysis using both micro and macro datasets. His research areas of interest are econometrics, development, environmental,
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Dr. Yiqing Virginia Yang
Dr. Yiqing Virginia Yang is Assistant Professor in Cultural and Creative Industries at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China. Her academic footprint exists around contemporary visual art and feminist theory, through concepts including phenomenology, new materialism, and semiotics. Dr Yang’s distinctive expertise is in identifying the cultural touchpoints in diverse works as a way to capture transient,
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Dr. Erika Smith
Dr. Erika K. Smith (they/her) from the School of Social Sciences at Western Sydney University is a queer academic of Japanese and British heritage (hafu) and recognises their privileges from living and working on stolen land. Erika’s PhD research explored the proposition that Australian representations of the Kokoda Track and WWII support and maintain colonial
Prof. Dr. Cate Thomas
Associate Professor Cate Thomas PhD (USyd), from Charles Sturt University Australia, has a diverse working and academic career, is a dynamic leader and strategic thinker. Her research focuses on intersectionality and gender equity in higher education to inform social change and reduce systemic and structural barriers for all. She is the founder of the Social
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Dr. Nawar Golley
Dr. Nawar Al-Hassan Golley is Professor in literary and critical theory and gender and women’s studies at the American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Al-Hassan Golley worked at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, before joining AUS. She is the author of, Reading Arab Women’s Autobiographies. Shahrazad Tells her Story,
Ana Sofia Monteiro Maia
Ms. Ana Sofia Monteiro Maia is a PhD candidate in Public Health at the University of Porto and the Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich. She holds a Master’s degree in Sociology. Her research interests include the impact of gender inequalities on health and well-being, with a particular focus on healthy aging, and social policies.
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Dr. Ngozi Dorathy Ulogu
Dr. Ngozi Dora Ulogu, Ph.D., Fnipr, is a Lecturer in the Department of English Language and Literature, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria. She has the following educational qualifications: BA (Hons) English, (1997), PGDE (2001), MA Literature, (2005), Ph.D English and Literary Studies (2018), PGD Mass Communication (in view). She has the following awards: 2024 Early
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