Honorary doctorate for Professor Véronique Tadjo

The School of Modern Languages congratulates Professor Véronique Tadjo on receiving her honorary doctorate from the University of St Andrews.

Véronique Tadjo is an Honorary Professor at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, where she was Head of French and Francophone Studies until 2015. She is the 2024 Weidenfeld Professor at St Anne’s College, Oxford.

Véronique holds a doctorate in Black American literature and civilization from the Sorbonne Paris IV and is also an author and painter. Her novels have been translated into several languages.

The laureation address was delivered by Professor Nicki Hitchcott, Head of School of Modern Languages:

Full transcript of the address