Research
My research investigates the poetics of testimony in the writings of the French-Algerian philosopher Jacques Derrida. I'm interested in the different ways that testimony – particularly the responsibility to testify for others – is mediated through the recurring themes of his late thought. My thesis demonstrates that Derrida's thinking provides novel ways of understanding testimony more broadly, especially with regard to the political and poetic significance of its singularity, its relationship with death and survival, and its opening of a critical space for considering nonhuman witnessing.
Before commencing my DPhil studies at Oxford, I completed a BA in Philosophy and Sociology at the University of Leeds and an MA in Modern Languages at King's College London. My broader interests include 20th-century French philosophy and literature, the writings of Walter Benjamin, critical theory, and psychoanalysis.
My research is generously funded by the Oxford-Lady Margaret Hall Walker Graduate Scholarship.
Teaching
French Sole Prelims: Introduction to Literary Theory (2025–2026)
Conference and Seminar Papers
'"La date est un témoin": Derrida and the (Im)possible Testimony of Dates', Society for European Philosophy, King's College London, July 2025
'Derrida, Celan: Hedgehogs, Hearts, and the "devenir-poétique de la parole"', French Graduate Research Seminar, All Souls College, December 2025
'Carrying Hearts: Mourning, Testimony, and Sovereignty in Béliers', 9th Derrida Today, École Normale Supérieure, July 2026 (forthcoming)
Other Activities and Roles
Co-convener of the 'La Philosophie en effet' seminar series on 'Intellectual Influences' (2025)
French Sub-Faculty Graduate Representative and Secretary on the Graduate Joint Consultative Committee (2025–2026)
Academic Assistant to Professor Nikolaj Lübecker (2025 onwards)
Co-convener of the 'Witnessing the World Otherwise Network' as part of the TORCH Critical-Thinking Communities scheme (2025 onwards)
Co-organiser of the 2026 Medieval and Modern Languages Graduate Network conference at the Taylor Institution Library (forthcoming, June 2026)
Co-organiser of the Witnessing the World Otherwise: Testimony, Community, and the (Post-)Human conference at the Maison Française d'Oxford (forthcoming, June 2026) (more on this here)
Scholarships and Awards
Funding to organise a conference at the Maison Française d'Oxford (November 2025): Academic Development Grant (Lady Margaret Hall), Conference and Workshop Grant (Society for French Studies), and Critical-Thinking Communities Grant (TORCH)