Dr
Elisa AdamiProfile page
Research Fellow and Editor Afterall
Central Saint Martins
- Research Fellow and Editor AfterallCentral Saint Martins
- University of the Arts London, Afterall, Central Saint Martins, The Granary, 1 Granary Square, London, N1C 4AA, United Kingdom
BIO
I am a researcher, writer, editor and translator. My work looks at contemporary art practices from the Global South (particularly the SWANA region), de/anticolonial theory and art/experimental writing. The main strands of my research are: 1) archival work that redresses and repairs historical narratives shaped by colonialism; 2) multilingual writing and translation with an attention to minoritised languages such as dialects, vernaculars and creoles; 3) questions of land rights, agricultural commons and sustainable ecologies rooted in Indigenous cosmologies/epistemologies.
At UAL, I have been Postdoctoral Researcher-in Residence at the Decolonising Arts Institute (2020–21) and Research Fellow at Afterall since 2021. I am Managing Editor of the One Work and Two Works book series and Editor of Afterall Journal. I am also Managing Editor and contributor of the forthcoming monograph Nida Sinnokrot: Palestine is Not A Garden (Sternberg Press/MIT Press). I have recently translated The Overturned Pyramid, a collection of essays by Italian architect Giancarlo De Carlo, forthcoming with MIT Press.
I completed my PhD in 2019 at the Royal College of Art in London. My dissertation focused on radical historiographical practices in the work of Lebanese artists of the postwar generation.
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Research Fellow and EditorUniversity of the Arts London, Afterall Research Centre, London, United Kingdom4 Oct 2021 - present
- Research Residency CoordinatorUniversity of the Arts London, Decolonising Arts Institute, London, United Kingdom1 Mar 2021 - 31 Jul 2021
- Visiting LecturerRoyal College of Art, School of Arts and Humanities, London, United Kingdom3 Oct 2019 - 31 Jul 2021
- Visiting LecturerKingston University, Fine Art & Art History, London, United Kingdom1 Sep 2015 - 31 May 2021
- Associate LecturerUniversity of the Arts London, Mres Art: Theory and Philosophy, Central Saint Martins, London, United Kingdom1 Oct 2019 - 30 Nov 2019
DEGREES
- PhD Critical and Historical StudiesRoyal College of Art, London, United Kingdom1 Sep 2014 - 30 Jun 2019
- MA Visual CultureUniversity of Westminster, London, United Kingdom1 Sep 2011 - 30 Sep 2012
- BA D.A.M.S.Università degli Studi di Trieste, Trieste, Italy3 Sep 2007 - 30 Nov 2010
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING
- Supervising Research DegreesUniversity of the Arts London, London, United Kingdom13 Mar 2024 - 22 Jul 2024Staff & Educational Development Association (SEDA) Professional Development Accredited
LANGUAGES
- ItalianCan read, write, speak, understand and peer review
- FrenchCan read, speak and understand
- Spanish; CastilianCan read, speak and understand
- PortugueseCan read
STAFF/STUDENT
- Staff