Meet the Organizers<\/strong><\/h2>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_4,1_4,1_4,1_4″ use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”1″ make_equal=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_enable_image=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/conferences.sta.uwi.edu\/whereoceansjoin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/ewalcott-hackshaw.jpg” title_text=”ewalcott-hackshaw” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” width=”77%” width_tablet=”77%” width_phone=”77%” width_last_edited=”on|phone” hover_enabled=”0″ border_radii=”on|6px|6px|6px|6px” global_colors_info=”{}” alt=”Professor Elizabeth Walcott-Hackshaw” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.20.0″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” custom_padding=”40px|20px|40px|20px|true|true” custom_padding_tablet=”30px|30px|30px|30px|true|true” custom_padding_phone=”20px|20px|20px|20px|true|true” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”30px||50px||false|true” custom_padding__hover_enabled=”on|desktop”][et_pb_blurb title=”Professor Elizabeth Walcott-Hackshaw” content_max_width_tablet=”100%” content_max_width_phone=”100%” content_max_width_last_edited=”on|tablet” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”9a60dc87-f1e0-410a-8065-11d8e6fc8eef” background_color=”#ededed” custom_margin=”|||-75px|false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”|||0px|false|false” custom_margin_phone=”|||0px|false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|tablet” custom_padding=”15px|12px|15px|12px|true|true” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{%22gcid-cc1e7daa-e7a2-44d1-a6d4-86221a549f5c%22:%91%22link_text_color%22%93,%22gcid-c89f5116-e22d-4a85-9acd-d2301e8087e7%22:%91%22header_4_text_color%22,%22header_text_color%22%93}”]<\/p>\n
Dean, Faculty of Humanities and Education<\/em><\/p>\nProfessor Elizabeth Walcott-Hackshaw is a Trinidadian writer and Professor of French Literature and Creative Writing at The University of the West Indies (UWI), St. Augustine, where she currently serves as Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Education. Her work spans scholarly and creative fields, and she has co-edited several publications. In 2024, she was awarded the title\u00a0Officier<\/em>\u00a0of the\u00a0Ordre des Palmes Acad\u00e9miques<\/em>\u00a0by the Government of France.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_enable_image=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/conferences.sta.uwi.edu\/whereoceansjoin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/prof-martin-munro.jpg” title_text=”prof-martin-munro” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” width=”77%” border_radii=”on|6px|6px|6px|6px” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.20.0″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” custom_padding=”40px|20px|40px|20px|true|true” custom_padding_tablet=”30px|30px|30px|30px|true|true” custom_padding_phone=”20px|20px|20px|20px|true|true” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”30px||50px||false|true” custom_padding__hover_enabled=”on|desktop”][et_pb_blurb title=”Professor Martin Munro” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”9a60dc87-f1e0-410a-8065-11d8e6fc8eef” background_color=”#ededed” custom_margin=”|||-75px|false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”|||0px|false|false” custom_margin_phone=”|||0px|false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|tablet” custom_padding=”15px|12px|15px|12px|true|true” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{%22gcid-cc1e7daa-e7a2-44d1-a6d4-86221a549f5c%22:%91%22link_text_color%22,%22link_text_color%22,%22link_text_color%22,%22link_text_color%22,%22link_text_color%22%93,%22gcid-c89f5116-e22d-4a85-9acd-d2301e8087e7%22:%91%22header_4_text_color%22,%22header_text_color%22,%22header_4_text_color%22,%22header_text_color%22,%22header_4_text_color%22,%22header_text_color%22,%22header_4_text_color%22,%22header_text_color%22,%22header_4_text_color%22,%22header_text_color%22%93}”]<\/p>\n
Director, Winthrop-King Institute<\/em><\/p>\nProfessor Martin Munro is an Eminent Scholar and the Winthrop-King Professor of French and Francophone Studies. He specialises in Francophone Caribbean literature and culture and has previously worked in Scotland, Ireland, and Trinidad. He currently directs the Winthrop-King Institute for Contemporary French and Francophone Studies at Florida State University.<\/p>\n
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