/library/oar/handle/123456789/11183 Wed, 12 Aug 2026 14:29:18 GMT 2026-08-12T14:29:18Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/12035 Title: Games and literary theory conference, 2013 : conference review Authors: Farrugia, James; Micallef, Jeffrey Abstract: The Department of English of the University of Malta collaborated with the Institute of Digital Games (University of Malta) to hold the First International Conference on Games and Literary Theory. It ran from the 31st of October to the 1st of November 2013, and was held at the Old University Building, Valletta, Malta. The event proved to be an overwhelmingly smooth and positive experience for all involved. One of the event’s particularly positive aspects was its structure – only one panel at a time with two or three papers each – which admitted fewer papers than is usual for such conferences. In doing so, it gave space for, and indeed generated, a healthy debate after each paper was delivered, allowing both speaker and audience to immerse themselves in the topics at hand. Wed, 01 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT /library/oar/handle/123456789/12035 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/12019 Title: Insularity : representations and constructions of small worlds, 2013 : conference review Authors: Farrugia, James; Fiott, Elsa Abstract: In November 2013, the Department of German at the University of Malta held its first international interdisciplinary conference, titled ‘Insularity: Representations and Constructions of Small Worlds’. The three-day conference took place at Europe House and the Old University Building, both in Valletta, Malta. Except for the second day, which featured several parallel sessions, the conference panels were grouped on an alternating thematic basis making the panel system as dynamic as possible. Despite the relatively tight schedule, the conference moved along smoothly and showed all the signs of an extremely well-organised, efficient and professional event. This review will attend to some of the main recurring strands of thought that featured throughout the conference accordingly. Wed, 01 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT /library/oar/handle/123456789/12019 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/12018 Title: ½ñÈÕºÚÁÏ our contributors Abstract: Short biographies of the contributors. Wed, 01 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT /library/oar/handle/123456789/12018 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/12017 Title: Faithful and disappointing : reflections on the idea of Idola Authors: Corby, James Abstract: In this brief article, reviewing Dustin Cauchi’s photomontage Idola, photography is seen as a medium caught in the short interspaces between life and art. Prompted by Larkin’s poetic distillation of photography as ‘faithful and disappointing’, the nature of these idola’s (non)faithfulness to life are examined with thoughts of performative elements and deception, and the nature of these fidelities is explored. The idola are further considered as eide, ‘the presentation to itself of being or the thing’, or, as with Hegel’s definition of art, as a sensuous manifestation of an idea. It is in this disappointment that they are faithful, and the realisation of the problematic nature of the illusion of proximity/immediacy that lies underneath the surface of such photographic instances is given its due consideration. Wed, 01 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT /library/oar/handle/123456789/12017 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z