Jarrod Hayes AJFS Prize Call for submissions 2026 The Australian Society for French Studies and the Australian Journal of French Studies are pleased to invite submissions for the annual co-sponsore…

The story of the Blitz cannot be fully understood as a national story. It was part of a global war. While the Luftwaffe...

Exclusive: Experts fear rise in education ‘cold spots’ and social immobility as 4,000 academic posts lost in one year

(Un)learning, (Un)doing 34th Australian Society for French Studies Annual Conference 2026 –The Australian National University– 24-27 November including online morning (AEDT), 24 November Keynotes P…

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Il est difficile de rendre compte de cet ouvrage, tant il est riche de pistes pour une réflexion aussi bien sur l’histoire haïtienne que sur l’épistémologie de l’histoire et l’ontologie du passé. D...

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‘Vicious cycle’ of course closures means system ‘gradually losing breadth and depth of expertise’

Louise Hardwick is Professor of Francophone Studies and World Literature at the University of Birmingham (UK).

Teaching staff at post-92 institution to be employed by subsidiary firm and lose right to access expensive pensions scheme

Britain’s best-loved wordsmith cautions against the decline in the study of French and German — try our quiz to test your knowledge of etymology

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Traitors composer Sam Watts is among those against plans to cut University of Nottingham courses.

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This special issue explores the connected histories of France, Britain, and the Pacific in the 19th and early 20th centuries at the level of states, colonial administrations, people, practices, and...

Trente ans après sa parution en anglais, Silencing the Past de Michel-Rolph Trouillot (1949-2012) paraît enfin en français sous le titre Faire taire le passé – Pouvoir et production historique (Lux Éd...

This introduction to the special issue of ‘The BUMIDOM and its Legacy: An Interdisciplinary Approach/Le BUMIDOM et son héritage: une approche interdisciplinaire’ provides historical context to the ...

Hanna Diamond— Panthéonisation is the tradition of burial or reburial in the Pantheon in central Paris. This imposing mausoleum is a secular national site, and burial there represents the highest... READ MORE

France has proposed New Caledonia become a state. Will the proposal be accepted by residents who show increasing support for independence?

BUMIDOM (1963-1982) and its Afterlives: Literature, Memory and Migration Dr Antonia Wimbush (University of Melbourne) 🗓️When: Friday 25 July, 2:00-3:00pm 📍Where: 407 Babel Building, The Univer…

Positionalities: The Women in French International Podcast is a space for open conversations about the intersection of our lives with our work in feminist criticism, gender studies, and studies of …

The Australian Academy of Humanities views with great concern the impact on staff, students and the wider community of the ANU’s plan for the humanities and social sciences. Now is not the time to red...

Victims of other injustices are treated better, says founder of ‘bittersweet’ Windrush Day A founder of Windrush Day has called for a public inquiry into the scandal amid this year’s “bittersweet” celebrations of Black Britons and their contribution to national life. Patrick Vernon, who campaigned for the national day for nearly a decade before the government adopted it, said the mistreatment, detention and removal of Black Britons wrongly accused of being in the UK illegally had not been treated seriously enough. Continue reading...

Graphic novels are well-placed to bring forgotten history to life.

A new book by a University of Melbourne expert explores BUMIDOM, the controversial mass migration program from the Caribbean to France from 1963-1982

Stop cuts to Modern Languages at Bangor University