Christiana Spens


Christiana Spens is a writer, academic and artist.

Biography

She was educated at Madras College and the University of Cambridge, in Philosophy, followed by the University of St. Andrews for her doctorate. She is the author of Shooting Hipsters: Rethinking Dissent in the Age of PR and The Portrayal and Punishment of Terrorists in Western Media, several novels and a graphic novel. Her academic work looks at terrorism, ritual, visuality and neo-Orientalism. She has written for Art Quarterly, Elephant Magazine, Prospect Magazine, Studio International and The Quietus on art, literature and politics. She is part of the Truth Tellers Collective, a group that analyses and creates artistic responses to political events, based at Kings College London.

Publications