Biography<\/strong> | Ricardo Arribas is currently a visiting lecturer in the Department of Comparative Literature at the University of Puerto Rico at R\u00edo Piedras. He completed his PhD in Comparative Literature at Cornell University, with an area specialization in Latin America and the Caribbean. His interests include cultural and political theory, intersections between Marxism and Psychoanalysis, visual studies, Caribbean film, issues of violence and masculinity in the Caribbean, and Neo-Baroque aesthetics. He is currently working on a book manuscript on Latin American and Caribbean cultural critique, as well as on several articles on Latin American literature and Critical Theory.<\/div>\n
Notice biographique<\/strong> | Ricardo Arribas est actuellement professeur attach\u00e9 au d\u00e9partement de litt\u00e9rature compar\u00e9e \u00e0 l’Universit\u00e9 de Puerto Rico \u00e0 R\u00edo Piedras. Il a obtenu son doctorat en Litt\u00e9rature Compar\u00e9e \u00e0 l’Universit\u00e9 Cornell, avec une sp\u00e9cialisation de domaine en Am\u00e9rique Latine et dans les Cara\u00efbes. Ses int\u00e9r\u00eats comprennent la th\u00e9orie culturelle et politique, les intersections entre le marxisme et la psychanalyse, les \u00e9tudes visuels, le cin\u00e9ma des Cara\u00efbes, les probl\u00e8mes de la violence et de la masculinit\u00e9 dans les Cara\u00efbes, et les esth\u00e9tiques n\u00e9o-baroques. Arribas travaille actuellement sur \u200b\u200ble manuscrit d’un livre sur la critique culturelle des Cara\u00efbes, ainsi que dans plusieurs articles sur la litt\u00e9rature latino-am\u00e9ricaine et de la th\u00e9orie critique carib\u00e9enne.<\/div><\/div>\n
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\nSabrina Ceccato, University C\u00e0 Foscari<\/h4>\n
Biography<\/strong> |\u00a0Born in Belgium, Sabrina Ceccato now lives in Italy. She completed her PhD at the University C\u00e0 Foscari, Venice with a dissertation on Jamaican cinema. Her research interests include Caribbean cinema in general and postcolonial cinema, in English and French. She works as a teacher of English Language and Literature, and Literatures in English.\u00a0<\/div>\n
Notice biographique\u00a0<\/strong>|\u00a0N\u00e9e en Belgique, Sabrina Ceccato vit aujourd\u2019hui en Italie. Elle a obtenu un Doctorat \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 C\u00e0 Foscari de Venise, avec une th\u00e8se sur le cin\u00e9ma jama\u00efquain. Ses sujets de recherche comprennent le cin\u00e9ma carib\u00e9en en g\u00e9n\u00e9ral et le cin\u00e9ma postcolonial, en anglais et en fran\u00e7ais. Elle travaille comme enseignante de Langue et Litt\u00e9rature anglaise, et Litt\u00e9ratures en anglais.<\/div><\/div>\n
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\nMatthias De Groof, University of Antwerp<\/h4>\n
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Matthias De Groof is a\u00a0postdoctoral researcher at the University of Antwerp in Belgium where he studies postcolonial theory and Belgian cinema. He was a Fulbright and BAEF visiting scholar in Cinema Studies at the New York University. He has studied Philosophy (KUL), International Relations (UCL), African Studies (UMU-Uganda), and Cinema S<\/em>tudies (UA). His scholarly work has been published in Third Text<\/em>, Columbia University Press and Image [&] Narrative<\/em>, among other venues. He combines his academic research with filmmaking. His artistic work has been presented at the Rotterdam Film Festival, Media City, San Francisco Art Institute, and the Royal Museum for Central Africa.<\/div>\n
Notice biographique <\/strong>|\u00a0Matthias De Groof est dipl\u00f4m\u00e9 en philosophie, sciences politiques, African Studies et cin\u00e9ma studies. Son doctorat surmonte les oppositions traditionnelles entre le cin\u00e9ma africain et le film ethnographique d’une part et le cin\u00e9ma africain et les id\u00e9ologies de la N\u00e9gritude de l’autre. Apr\u00e8s son visiting Fulbright \/ BAEF scholarship \u00e0 NYU, il \u00e9tudie le cin\u00e9ma postcolonial \u00e0 l’Universit\u00e9 d’Anvers et enseigne la philosophie de l’art \u00e0 l\u2019Acad\u00e9mie Royale des Beaux-Arts d\u2019Anvers. Son travail scientifique a \u00e9t\u00e9 publi\u00e9e entre autres dans Third Text<\/em>, Columbia University Press et Image [&] Narrative<\/em>. Son travail artistique a \u00e9t\u00e9 pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 entre autres au IFFR, Media City et le San Francisco Art Institute.<\/div><\/div>\n
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\nKathleen Gyssels, University of Antwerp<\/h4>\n
Biography <\/strong>|\u00a0Kathleen Gyssels is Professor of Literature at Antwerp University (Belgium). Among her recent publications are Passes et impasses dans le comparatisme postcolonial carib\u00e9en: Cinq traverses <\/em>(Honor\u00e9 Champion, 2010) and Marrane et Marronne: la co\u00e9criture r\u00e9versible d\u2019Andr\u00e9 et Simone Schwarz-Bart <\/em>(Rodopi\/ Brill ed. 2014). She has organized several conferences on L\u00e9on-Gontran Damas and is currently working on a monograph on Damas (2015).<\/div>\n
Notice biographique<\/strong> |\u00a0Kathleen Gyssels est professeure de litt\u00e9ratures francophones \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 d\u2019Anvers en Belgique. Elle s\u2019int\u00e9resse aux postures et aux m\u00e9canismes de canonisation et \u00e0 la r\u00e9\u00e9criture comme strat\u00e9gie postcoloniale\u00a0; elle publie dans de nombreuses revues sur les litt\u00e9ratures carib\u00e9ennes et africaine-am\u00e9ricaine et dirige un groupe de recherche en litt\u00e9ratures postcoloniales \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 d\u2019Anvers. Elle vient de publier Marrane et marronne\u00a0: la co\u00e9criture r\u00e9versible d\u2019Andr\u00e9 et Simone Schwarz-Bart <\/em>(2014). Elle pr\u00e9pare une monographie sur L\u00e9on-Gontron Damas (2015).<\/div><\/div>\n
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\nDoris Hambuch, United Arab Emirates University<\/h4>\n
Biography\u00a0<\/strong>|\u00a0Doris Hambuch is Associate Professor of Literature and Film Studies at United Arab Emirates University. She completed her PhD in the Department of Comparative Literature, Religion, and Film\/Media Studies at the University of Alberta. Her publications include articles on Caribbean literature, ecocriticism, and film analysis. She is a contributor to the Greenwood Encyclopedia of Postcolonial Studies<\/em> and to the Routledge Who\u2019s Who in Contemporary Women\u2019s Writing<\/em>. Her current research focus is Emirati cinema and the sea trope in World Poetry.<\/div>\nNotice biographique <\/strong>|\u00a0Doris Hambuch est professeure agr\u00e9g\u00e9e de litt\u00e9rature et d’\u00e9tudes cin\u00e9matographiques \u00e0 l’Universit\u00e9 des \u00c9mirats Arabes Unis. Elle a obtenu son doctorat en litt\u00e9rature compar\u00e9e \u00e0 l’Universit\u00e9 de l’Alberta au Canada. Ses publications comprennent des articles sur la litt\u00e9rature des Cara\u00efbes, l\u2019\u00e9cocritique et l’analyse du film. C\u2019est un contributeur au Greenwood Encyclopedia of Postcolonial Studies<\/em> et au Routledge Who\u2019s Who in Contemporary Women\u2019s Writing<\/em>. Ses recherches actuelles portent sur le cin\u00e9ma \u00e9mirien et sur les figures de rh\u00e9torique\u00a0de la mer dans la Po\u00e9sie du Monde.<\/div><\/div>\n
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\nAdam Lauder, University of Toronto<\/h4>\n
Biography\u00a0<\/strong>|\u00a0Adam Lauder is a PhD candidate in the Department of Art at the University of Toronto. His current research focuses on Canadian artists\u2019 representations of \u201cinformation\u201d in both halves of the twentieth century. He has contributed articles to scholarly journals including Amodern<\/em>, Canadian Journal of Communication<\/em>,\u00a0Future Anterior<\/em>,\u00a0Journal of Canadian Studies<\/em>, Technoetic Arts<\/em>,\u00a0The Journal of Canadian Art History<\/em>\u00a0and TOPIA <\/em>as well as features to magazines including Art Handler<\/em>, Border Crossings<\/em>,\u00a0C<\/em>,\u00a0Canadian Art<\/em>,\u00a0Hunter <\/em>and Cook<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Millions<\/em>. He is the editor of\u00a0H& IT ON\u00a0<\/em>(YYZ, 2012) and is the author of chapters appearing in\u00a0Finding McLuhan\u00a0<\/em>(University of Regina Press, 2015),\u00a0The Logic of Nature, The Romance of Space\u00a0<\/em>(2010) and\u00a0Byproduct: On the Excess of Embedded Art Practices\u00a0<\/em>(2010).<\/p>\n
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\nEmiel Martens, University of Amsterdam<\/h4>\n
Biography\u00a0<\/strong>|\u00a0Emiel Martens is Assistant Professor in Media Studies at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He has specialized in (post)colonial film cultures in the Pacific and the Caribbean and completed his PhD on Jamaica\u2019s early film history in 2013. He is the author of various articles as well as the book\u00a0Once Were Warriors: The Aftermath<\/em>\u00a0(2007). He is also the Founding Director of Caribbean Creativity, an organization committed to the promotion of Caribbean and Caribbean-themed cinema (www.caribbeancreativity.nl<\/a>).<\/div>\n
Notice biographique\u00a0<\/strong>”\u00a0Emiel Martens est professeur adjoint en \u00c9tudes des M\u00e9dias \u00e0 l’Universit\u00e9 d’Amsterdam, Pays-Bas. Il s’est sp\u00e9cialis\u00e9 en cultures cin\u00e9matographiques (post)coloniales aux Pacifique et Cara\u00efbes et a achev\u00e9 son PhD en histoire des d\u00e9buts du cin\u00e9ma jama\u00efcain. C\u2019est l’auteur de nombreux articles ainsi que le livre Once Were Warriors:The Aftermath<\/em> (2007). C\u2019est \u00e9galement le Directeur fondateur de Carribbean Creativity, une organisation engag\u00e9e pour la promotion du cin\u00e9ma inspir\u00e9 ou provenant des Cara\u00efbes (www.caribbeancreativity.nl<\/a>).<\/div>
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\nMeredith Wright Robinson, Independent Scholar<\/h4>\n
Biography\u00a0<\/strong>|\u00a0Meredith Wright Robinson received her PhD in French Literature and Film Studies from the University of Texas at Austin in 2010. She then\u00a0worked at the OECD headquartered in Paris, published on the development of French Caribbean Cinema, and began raising a family of three in Austin, Texas.<\/div>\n
Notice biographique\u00a0<\/strong>|\u00a0Meredith Wright Robinson a obtenu son doctorat en litt\u00e9rature et film fran\u00e7ais \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 du Texas \u00e0 Austin en 2010. Par la suite, elle a travaill\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019OCDE \u00e0 Paris, a \u00e9crit sur le d\u00e9veloppement du cin\u00e9ma cara\u00efbe, et \u00e9l\u00e8ve une famille de trois petits enfants \u00e0 Austin, Texas.<\/div><\/div>\n
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\nMar\u00eda Cristina Rodr\u00edguez, Independent Scholar<\/h4>\n
Biography<\/strong> |\u00a0Mar\u00eda Cristina Rodr\u00edguez is an independent scholar formerly associated with the Universidad de Puerto Rico, R\u00edo Piedras Campus. She received her PhD in Comparative Literature from the Graduate Center of City University of New York (CUNY). She is a film critic for the weekly newspaper Claridad<\/em> and has published, lectured, and coordinated activities in Caribbean women’s writings, ideology in film, migration, and diaspora narratives. She is author of What Women Lose: Exile and the Construction of Imaginary Homelands in Novels by Caribbean Writers <\/em>(2005), and has published critical essays in Caribbean, Latin American, and North American journals.<\/div>\n
Notice biographique<\/strong> |\u00a0Mar\u00eda Cristina Rodr\u00edguez est une intellectuelle ind\u00e9pendante, ant\u00e9rieurement associ\u00e9e \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 de Porto Rico, Campus de R\u00edo Piedras. Elle poss\u00e8de un Doctorat en Litt\u00e9rature Compar\u00e9e du Graduate Center de CUNY (Universit\u00e9 de la Ville de New York). C\u2019est critique de cin\u00e9ma pour l\u2019hebdomadaire Claridad<\/em>. Elle a publi\u00e9 des articles, donn\u00e9 des conf\u00e9rences, organis\u00e9 des activit\u00e9s sur les th\u00e8mes de l\u2019\u00e9criture des femmes, l\u2019id\u00e9ologie dans les films, l\u2019\u00e9migration et la diaspora. Cest l\u2019auteur de What<\/em> Women Lose: Exile and the Construction of Imaginary Homelands in Novels by Caribbean Writers<\/em> (2005). Ses essais critiques ont paru dans des journaux de la Cara\u00efbe, de l\u2019Am\u00e9rique Latine et de l\u2019Am\u00e9rique du Nord.<\/div><\/div>\n
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\nHyacinth M. Simpson, Ryerson University<\/h4>\n
Biography\u00a0<\/strong>|\u00a0Hyacinth M. Simpson is an associate professor in the English department and the Yeates School of Graduate Studies at Ryerson University in Toronto. She has published\u00a0numerous articles\u00a0and reviews on Caribbean authors and literary texts and has served for 10 years as the Editor of\u00a0MaCom\u00e8re<\/em>\u200b,\u00a0a peer-reviewed academic journal devoted to Caribbean women’s writing.<\/div>\n
Notice biographique\u00a0<\/strong>|\u00a0Hyacinth M. Simpson est professeure associ\u00e9e au d\u00e9partement\u00a0d’Anglais et \u00e0 la Yates School of Graduate Studies de l’Universit\u00e9 Ryerson, \u00e0 Toronto. Elle a fait para\u00eetre de nombreux articles et comptes-rendus sur des auteurs carib\u00e9ens et a occup\u00e9 pendant 10 ans la fonction d’\u00e9ditrice de MaCom\u00e8re<\/i>, une revue acad\u00e9mique \u00e9valu\u00e9e par les pairs consacr\u00e9e \u00e0 l’\u00e9criture des femmes dans les Cara\u00efbes.<\/div><\/div>\n
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\nKristian Van Haesendonck, University of Antwerp<\/h4>\n
Biography\u00a0<\/strong>|\u00a0Kristian Van Haesendonck is a research fellow at the University of Antwerp, where he is a member of the Postcolonial Literatures Research Group. He specializes in the Caribbean and Lusophone Africa. He obtained his PhD in Latin American Literature from Leiden University (The Netherlands). He has taught Spanish and Latin American Literature and Culture in the United States (Princeton, Villanova) and Portugal (University of Lisbon).\u00a0He is the author of \u00bfEncanto o espanto? <\/em>Identidad y naci\u00f3n en la novela puertorrique\u00f1a actual<\/em> (Frankfurt-Madrid: Vervuert-Iberoamericana, 2008); editor of Going Caribbean. <\/em>New perspectives on Caribbean literature and art<\/em> (Lisbon: Humus, 2012); and, with Theo D\u2019haen, Caribbeing: Comparing Caribbean Literatures and Cultures <\/em>(Amsterdam-Atlanta: Rodopi 2014).<\/div>\n
Notice biographique\u00a0<\/strong>|\u00a0Kristian Van Haesendonck est chercheur postdoctoral \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 d\u2019Anvers, membre du Groupe de Recherches en Litt\u00e9ratures Postcoloniales. Il s\u2019int\u00e9resse aux litt\u00e9ratures de la Cara\u00efbe et de l\u2019Afrique lusophone, ainsi qu\u2019aux litt\u00e9ratures hispano-am\u00e9ricaines. Licenci\u00e9 en langues romanes de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 de Louvain, il obtient son doctorat en litt\u00e9rature Latino-am\u00e9ricaines \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 de Leyde (Pays-Bas). Il enseigna l\u2019espagnol et les cultures et litt\u00e9ratures de l\u2019Am\u00e9rique Latine aux Etats-Unis (Princeton, Villanova) et au Portugal (Universit\u00e9 de Lisbonne). Il est l\u2019auteur de \u00bfEncanto o espanto? <\/em>Identidad y naci\u00f3n en la novela puertorrique\u00f1a actual <\/em>(Frankfurt-Madrid: Vervuert-Iberoamericana, 2008), l\u2019\u00e9diteur de Going Caribbean! New perspectives on Caribbean literature and art<\/em> (Lisbon: Humus, 2012) et, avec Theo D\u2019haen, de Caribbeing: Comparing Caribbean Literatures and Cultures <\/em>(Amsterdam-Atlanta: Rodopi 2014).<\/div><\/div>\n
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