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French Studies @frenchstudies.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Our Annual Conference in Leicester closes with the Simon Gaunt Memorial Lecture which this year was delivered by Jean-Christophe Abramovici

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French Studies @frenchstudies.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Another great day at the SFS Annual Conference in Leicester with keynotes by Mary Harrod and Camille Robcis

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French Studies @frenchstudies.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Our 2026 Annual Conference kicks off with a welcome by Society President Nicholas Harrison and a plenary lecture by Patrick Crowley on 'Literary Criticism in a Time Before "After"'

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French Studies @frenchstudies.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

The jury were delighted with this winner and agreed the following statement about the book:

Text available at: https://www.sfs.ac.uk/prizes/r-gapper-book-prize

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French Studies @frenchstudies.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

We are pleased to announce that the winner of the 2025 R. Gapper Book Prize is Helena Taylor for her book, Women Writing Antiquity: Gender and Learning in Early Modern France (Oxford University Press). www.sfs.ac.uk/prizes/r-gap...

Image of Helena Taylor for her book, Women Writing Antiquity: Gender and Learning in Early Modern France (Oxford University Press).

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French Studies @frenchstudies.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Jennifer Rushworth, Proust's Songbook: Songs and Their Uses (University of Pennsylvania Press)

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French Studies @frenchstudies.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Max McGuinness, Hustlers in the Ivory Tower: Press and Modernism from Mallarmé to Proust (Liverpool University Press)

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French Studies @frenchstudies.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Helena Taylor, Women Writing Antiquity: Gender and Learning in Early Modern France (OUP)

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French Studies @frenchstudies.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Manon Mathias, Gut, Brain, and Environment in Nineteenth-Century French Literature and Medicine (Routledge)

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French Studies @frenchstudies.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Doyle D. Calhoun, The Suicide Archive: Reading Resistance in the Wake of French Empire (Duke University Press)

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French Studies @frenchstudies.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

The grant commemorates the late Professor Simon Gaunt – a world-leading scholar who transformed the theoretical landscape of medieval studies – and his commitment, supportiveness and capacity to inspire as supervisor and mentor for postgraduate students.

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French Studies @frenchstudies.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

The prize was established to honour the memory of Malcom Bowie (1947-2007), not only the most eminent and inspirational Anglophone scholar of French literature and theory of his generation, but a remarkable mentor to countless younger scholars, nationally and internationally.

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French Studies @frenchstudies.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

We are pleased to announce the CFP for next year's annual conference which will take place at the University of Leicester. The deadline for submissions is 19 September 2025. For more information see the link below: www.sfs.ac.uk/conferences/...

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French Studies @frenchstudies.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

A huge thanks to all those who participated in this year's conference in Bristol, an event reflecting the vibrancy and cutting edge of the field. If you're interested in taking part in next year's conference at the University of Leicester, look out for our CFP which will be released very soon!

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French Studies @frenchstudies.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Jane Gilbert delivers the Simon Gaunt Memorial Lecture on ‘blindness as form’ in medieval French literature, closing our annual conference in Bristol and three fantastic days of intellectual exchange #SFSBristol

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French Studies @frenchstudies.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Day two of our annual conference begins with another plenary lecture by Maurice Samuels on the coup of 1851, Louis-Napoléon and literature in the age of tyranny #SFSBristol

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French Studies @frenchstudies.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

A full Great Hall in Bristol’s Wills Memorial Building for our second plenary which is delivered by Mame-Fatou Niang with a lecture on global French studies in our times #SFSBristol

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French Studies @frenchstudies.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Our annual conference begins with a welcome from Society President Nicholas Harrison and the first plenary lecture by Nikolaj Lübecker on the idea of the ‘world brain’ in 20th-century French film and theory #SFSBristol

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French Studies @frenchstudies.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

The Society is pleased to announce that the winner of the 2024 R. Gapper Book Prize is Edward Welch for his book, Making Space in Post-War France: The Dreams, Realities and Aftermath of State Planning (Legenda).

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French Studies @frenchstudies.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

We are inviting PG students to send us expressions of interest in our Postgraduate Poster Competition, which will be held at this year's SFS Annual Conference. Please write to us (sfspg2025@gmail.com) by 3 March 2025! 💡📚

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French Studies @frenchstudies.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Edward Welch, Making Space in Post-War France: The Dreams , Realities and Aftermath of State Planning (Legenda)

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French Studies @frenchstudies.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

David Looseley, Édith Piaf's Récital 1961 (Bloomsbury) @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social

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French Studies @frenchstudies.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Holly Langstaff, Art and Technology in Maurice Blanchot (EUP) @edinburghup.bsky.social

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French Studies @frenchstudies.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Emma Campbell, Reinventing Babel in Medieval French: Translation and Untranslatability (c.1120-c.1250) (OUP) @oupprimary.bsky.social

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French Studies @frenchstudies.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

The CFP for this year's SFS Postgraduate Conference 'CONDITIONS' is now open! 🔔📝 The conference will be held on Friday 30 May 2025 at King's College London. For more information about this year's theme and how to submit a proposal, visit the link below: www.sfs.ac.uk/conferences/...

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French Studies @frenchstudies.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

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French Studies @frenchstudies.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

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French Studies @frenchstudies.bsky.social · 20/02/2024

We are delighted to announce the introduction of The Simon Gaunt Postgraduate Travel Grant.🧵 The aim is to enable postgraduate students to travel abroad for a potentially career-transforming international event or activity. Closing date: April 12th 2024 sfs.ac.uk/funding/the-...

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French Studies @frenchstudies.bsky.social · 04/12/2023

ICYMI we're asking aberdeen to "go beyond boundaries" and #SaveUoALanguages Sign petition here: chng.it/hPcsHPtP #gobeyondboundaries = #SaveUoALanguages

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French Studies @frenchstudies.bsky.social · 21/11/2023

The Society is pleased to invite applications for our funding scheme directed at postdoctoral researchers in recognition of the very difficult employment situation for those who have completed a PhD in French. Please apply before 31 January 2024: sfs.ac.uk/funding/post...

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French Studies @frenchstudies.bsky.social · 16/11/2023

Entries for the R. Gapper Postgraduate Essay prize are now open! Please submit by: *18 December 2023* The award includes: >A cash prize of £750 >Expenses-paid travel to the next annual conference >Mention in the FSB and on the our website All info: sfs.ac.uk/prizes/r-gap...

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French Studies @frenchstudies.bsky.social · 14/11/2023

Malcolm Bowie Prize 2023. The deadline for receipt of nominations for the 2023 Prize (including the article itself) is 27th February 2024. Entries may be submitted immediately. Full details here: sfs.ac.uk/prizes/malco...

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French Studies @frenchstudies.bsky.social · 10/11/2023

There's still time to register for this fantastic public workshop at the British Library: "French Collections in UK Libraries: Discovery, Research, Dissemination." Get your tickets here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/french-col...

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French Studies @frenchstudies.bsky.social · 06/11/2023

We are extremely concerned at the emerging proposals to make significant cuts to the highly esteemed Modern Languages degree programmes at Aberdeen. We encourage the University of Aberdeen to engage with the excellent LLMVC staff to preserve and promote this highly valuable department. Please RP

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French Studies @frenchstudies.bsky.social · 26/09/2023

We have extended the CfP deadline for our Annual Conference. The Conference will take place at the University of Stirling on 1st–3rd July 2024. Please send abstracts before 6th October 2023 to sfsstirling2024@gmail.com. Stragglers (always) welcome! sfs.ac.uk/conferences/...

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French Studies @frenchstudies.bsky.social · 12/09/2023

Call For Papers! The 65th annual conference of the Society for French Studies will take place at @StirUni on 1st–3rd July 2024. The deadline for proposals is 22nd September 2023.

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