John Gillespie, Professor of French Language and Literature (Emeritus) at Ulster University, is a former Head of the Schools of Languages and Literature, of English and History and of the Arts Faculty’s Research Graduate School. Currently teaching Religious Education in the School of Education at Ulster, he has a BA and PhD from Queen’s and a Diploma in Theology from the University of London, and is Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and Senior Teaching Fellow of the CS Lewis Institute Belfast.