Mario Aquilina is a lecturer at the Department of English at the University of Malta. His lecturing portfolio includes literary theory; rhetoric and style; electronic literature; cultural studies; and writing. He also lectures at the Centre for English Language Proficiency and at the Faculty of Knowledge and Media Sciences.
After reading for a BA (Hons) in English and an MA in English from the University of Malta, Aquilina was awarded a PhD in English Studies by the University of Durham, UK, in 2013.
Aquilina is an Associate Editor of Palgrave Communications and Editorial Assistant of CounterText. He is also responsible for mentoring the editorial board of the postgraduate journal, Antae.
Aquilina has published articles and chapters on topics such as style, Shakespeare, Derrida, Blanchot and experimental literature. His first monograph, 'The Event of Style in Literature', was published by Palgrave Macmillan in September, 2014.
(Source: ELO 2015 Conference Catalog)