Room 315F, 3rd Floor East
St. Augustine
Trinidad and Tobago
Telephone: 868-662-2002 x 84232
Email: malcolm.cocks@sta.uwi.edu
Dr Malcolm Cocks’s research falls into three related strands: contemporary African fiction, especially the novel and the African diaspora; Shakespeare, Race and Social Justice, especially grassroots theatre performances in Africa and the Caribbean; and anti-racism and inclusion, especially the ways vulnerable groups (including migrants & LGBTQ+ people) negotiate access and belonging within the academy. Malcolm’s publications include work on intercultural Shakespeare Performance, Race and Social Justice on the early modern stage, and anti-racism in Education.
Educated in Zimbabwe and the United Kingdom, Dr Cocks studied for his BA at Oxford and his PhD at King’s College, London, for which he was awarded a prestigious AHRC grant. In 2014, he was elected to a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at Shakespeare’s Globe. Prior to joining the UWI, he taught at Royal Holloway, University of London, Central Saint Martin’s and King’s College London.
Dr Cocks currently welcomes doctoral and research candidates with interests in African fiction and theatre, Shakespeare, performance, and social justice. He also welcomes candidates working on British Literature and / or Visual Culture from 1500 to the present, especially poetry and criticism, Victorian Public Moralists, and Modernism and Race.
Dr Cocks is on the advisory board for the African and Caribbean Education Network with a particular focus on Research, Policy, and Teaching & Learning.
Department of Literary, Cultural and Communication Studies
Faculty of Humanities and Education
UWI St. Augustine
Tel: (868) 662-2002 ext. 82031 / 84232
