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French Dept UCC @frenchdeptucc.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

The Department of French at University College Cork will welcome the chance to support suitably qualified candidates wishing to apply for the upcoming Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships (MSCA) with UCC as host organisation (call opening 9 April). For more information see below:

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French Dept UCC @frenchdeptucc.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Last week, we had the pleasure of celebrating the academic achievements of some of our wonderful students during the inaugural @schoolofllc.bsky.social Academic Achievement Awards. Congratulations to Niamh Toolen, Sophie Peare, and Damian Groza!

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erinktwohig.bsky.social @erinktwohig.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

A lovely early review of my translation of Maïssa Bey's novel, Bleu blanc vert. The description of my translator's intro as reading "like a recommendation from a good friend" makes me so happy, this is exactly how I wanted it to land readingintranslation.com/2026/03/02/m...

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History, Language, Identity in Maïssa Bey's "Blue White Green"

Hanna Alwine explores Algeria's post-independence history in Maïssa Bey's "Blue White Green"

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Laura Kennedy @laurapkennedy.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

A brilliant initiative spearheaded by fantastic colleagues in @schoolofllc.bsky.social

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Oliver Davis @oliverjdavis.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Research Master’s scholarship in French available at UCC for 2026-7, covering fees and a contribution to maintenance. Please get in touch with any queries. @francemodern.bsky.social @asmcf.bsky.social @adeffi.bsky.social @frenchstudies.bsky.social

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Laura Kennedy @laurapkennedy.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Fantastic opportunity to join our research community!

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Laura Kennedy @laurapkennedy.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Our deadline for abstracts for the SFPS Postgraduate and ECR study day, happening on 12th June at @frenchdeptucc.bsky.social, is Monday - make sure to send in your proposals!

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French Dept UCC @frenchdeptucc.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

What a pleasure to welcome back some of our UCC graduates of French who are now pursuing exciting careers in diverse fields. Thanks to Imasha, Kevin, and Siobhán for sharing their post-UCC journeys with us. A testimony to the many career pathways available to UCC students of French!

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Laura Kennedy @laurapkennedy.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

It’s great to see that my entry on Faïza Guène has been published in the Literary Encyclopedia! You can read it here: litencyc.com/php/speople.ph…

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French Dept UCC @frenchdeptucc.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

There is still plenty of time to send in your abstracts for the @sfps.bsky.social PG and ECR study day, happening Friday 12th June at UCC! Deadline for proposals is 2nd March!

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Oliver Davis @oliverjdavis.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

@frenchdeptucc.bsky.social research seminar in conjunction with the Political Technologies group, Tues 10th Feb, 4-5pm Irish time, online. Teams link on this page: www.ucc.ie/en/casilac/r... Please join us! @egeertsphd.bsky.social @maybenansi.bsky.social

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French Dept UCC @frenchdeptucc.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

We are now on LinkedIn - make sure to give us a follow!

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French Dept UCC @frenchdeptucc.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

We look forward to welcoming early career scholars of francophone postcolonial studies to our campus in June! Make sure to send in your abstracts! @sfps.bsky.social @sfhs.bsky.social @frenchstudies.bsky.social @asmcf.bsky.social @afcork.bsky.social @adeffi.bsky.social

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Laura Kennedy @laurapkennedy.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Delighted to share the CFP for the Society for Francophone Postcolonial Studies Postgraduate and ECR Study Day, happening on Friday 12th June at @frenchdeptucc.bsky.social. This year we are also opening the call up to final-year UG students and MA students. Please share widely!

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Laura Kennedy @laurapkennedy.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

And a huge thank you to our brilliant publicity officer, Erin Twohig, for keeping our wider network up to date with the conference!

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Society for Francophone Postcolonial Studies @sfps.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Another successful conference in the books! Thanks to organisers @laurapkennedy.bsky.social and Sonia Lamrani, to @ilcs.bsky.social for hosting us in style, to @livunipress.bsky.social for their sponsorship, and especially to all the panelists for two days of thoughtful engagement w Fanon’s legacy

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Society for Francophone Postcolonial Studies @sfps.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Our amazing conference organizer for #SFPS25!

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Laura Kennedy @laurapkennedy.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

And we’re off! @maybenansi.bsky.social kicking off #SFPS2025 with a brilliant keynote on Fanon on the trigger of disenclosure

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Laura Kennedy @laurapkennedy.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Ready to go for our annual SFPS conference, on Fanon at 100! Really looking forward to catching up with colleagues, meeting new ones, and hearing so many wonderful interventions, particularly keynote paper from my @frenchdeptucc.bsky.social colleague @maybenansi.bsky.social #SFPS2025

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French Dept UCC @frenchdeptucc.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

‼️ Postdoctoral opportunity ‼️ The Department hopes to support at least one outstanding applicant to the Research Ireland Pathway Programme - a prestigious postdoctoral award programme. Email Prof @oliverjdavis.bsky.social (odavis@ucc.ie) for more information www.ucc.ie/en/french/re...

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Research Pathway Ireland 26 | University College Cork

Learn, Study and Research in UCC, Ireland's first 5 star university. Our tradition of independent thinking will prepare you for the world and the workplace in a vibrant, modern, green campus.

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French Dept UCC @frenchdeptucc.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

We are so excited to have Prof Martin Munro present at our research seminar series! All welcome! Paper title: The Further Adventures of MacFanon Date/time: 1st December, 5-6pm Venue: UCC’s ORB, 1:24 and online (email kate.hodgson@ucc.ie for Teams link) www.ucc.ie/en/french/ne...

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'The Further Adventures of MacFanon' | University College Cork

Learn, Study and Research in UCC, Ireland's first 5 star university. Our tradition of independent thinking will prepare you for the world and the workplace in a vibrant, modern, green campus.

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Laura Kennedy @laurapkennedy.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

What an honour to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Frances Molloy’s No Mate for the Magpie with her family and friends, scholars, writers, editors, publishers, booksellers, students, and Cailíní Dhoire book club. Thanks to everyone who joined us and to @museumfreederry.bsky.social for hosting

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Laura Kennedy @laurapkennedy.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Just over two weeks to go until our event celebrating the 40th anniversary of ‘No Mate for the Magpie’. There are still a few places left - join us if you can!

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French Dept UCC @frenchdeptucc.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Campus is looking beautiful for the UCC open day - make sure to come visit us!

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Laura Kennedy @laurapkennedy.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Join us on Saturday 15th November in the @museumfreederry.bsky.social to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Frances Molloy's brilliant 'No Mate for the Magpie'. Many thanks to funders @schoolofllc.bsky.social’s CASiLaC, QUB's Institute of Irish Studies, and the Senator George J. Mitchell Institute.

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French Dept UCC @frenchdeptucc.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

International Translation Day is on 30th September, and to celebrate our very own Dr Hannah Silvester has organised a fantastic array of events for our Translation Week! Make sure to check out the event programme below, and do join us!

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Laura Kennedy @laurapkennedy.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Delighted to get my hands on the latest issue of Comparative Critical Studies, published on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the British Comparative Literature Association. It was a pleasure to co-edit a half special issue as part of this commemorative publication with my comp lit gals!

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Laura Kennedy @laurapkennedy.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Great to see the Banlieues chéries exhibition in the Musée de l’histoire de l’immigration

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Laura Kennedy @laurapkennedy.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Really excited to be talking at the women in world-literature conference happening next month. I’ll be talking about Frances Molloy, 40 years on from the publication of her only novel, No Mate for the Magpie. You can register for the event here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa...

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French Dept UCC @frenchdeptucc.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Our final departmental research seminar of the academic year is happening on Thursday (8th), and will be delivered by our wonderful Research Ireland Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr Jemima Hodgkinson. Join us at 5pm in ORB 1:24, UCC, or via Teams - contact us for the Teams access link!

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Laura Kennedy @laurapkennedy.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

This was such a brilliant night of events. Thank you to the wonderful @19thc-charlotte.bsky.social for organising! ✨

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Laura Kennedy @laurapkennedy.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

So excited for this - more excellence from my fabulous colleague Dr Charlotte Berkery!

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Laura Kennedy @laurapkennedy.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

There is still time to send your abstracts in for the @sfps.bsky.social postgraduate study day, on colonial toxicity and ecologies of empire, happening Friday 23rd May in University of Cambridge. Full CFP can be found here: sfps.org.uk/2025/03/18/c... Please share widely!

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CFP: Society for Francophone Postcolonial Studies Postgraduate Study Day – Society for Francophone Postcolonial Studies

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Laura Kennedy @laurapkennedy.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Very excited to hear what promises to be a fascinating talk by a wonderful colleague - make sure to join us! ⭐️

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Laura Kennedy @laurapkennedy.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

It was an honour to chair this fascinating and important plenary, delivered by a wonderful colleague

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Oliver Davis @oliverjdavis.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Lá Fhéile Pádraig sona dhaoibh go léir. Looking forward to great talks next Monday on the Psychedelic Humanities from the amazing @erikadyck.bsky.social, respected Plains Cree elders Kelly and Reanna Daniels and the inimitable @manchanmagan.bsky.social, among many talented others.

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French Dept UCC @frenchdeptucc.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

On Wednesday (19th March, 3.30pm, ORB G27 and via Teams), Prof Patrick Bray (UCL) will join us to present a paper entitled ‘Stendhal’s Inappropiable Taste: Body, Language and Landscape in Vie de Henry Brulard’. All welcome!

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French Dept UCC @frenchdeptucc.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

The Cork French Film Festival begins today! 🇫🇷 🍿 🎥 You can check out the programme for the festival (6-9th March) here: corkfrenchfilmfestival.com/category/fil...

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Films 2025 | Cork French Film Festival

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Oliver Davis @oliverjdavis.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

📢 research day in the psychedelic humanities here at UCC, 24th March 2025, including a keynote talk by @manchanmagan.bsky.social. Please see Eventbrite pages: www.eventbrite.com/e/1265313379... (morning) and www.eventbrite.com/e/1265673436... (afternoon) @frenchdeptucc.bsky.social

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French Dept UCC @frenchdeptucc.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

This Friday (7th March, 10am, 1.24, ORB), our wonderful colleague Dr Charlotte Berkery will deliver a paper on 'Night Air: The Miasmic City in Balzac's La Cousine Bette'. This talk is organised by the Rethinking Spatial Humanities research cluster. All welcome!

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Society for Francophone Postcolonial Studies @sfps.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Today's deadline day! Send in your abstracts, it's going to be a great conference.

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Laura Kennedy @laurapkennedy.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

It was wonderful to share some aspects of my research as part of UCC’s History Week last night. Many thanks to the French Society and History Society for inviting me along, and congratulations on putting together such an exciting week of events!

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tandi-stirling.bsky.social @tandi-stirling.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

This is going to be 'the' Frantz Fanon centenary year event at which you need to present!!!

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Maybe: Sinan @maybenansi.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Really honoured to have been invited to deliver the Kate Marsh keynote at @sfps.bsky.social in December this year. I’ll be talking about Fanon’s doomsday atmosphere… submit your abstracts and join us in London for what promises to be a wonderful conference!

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Laura Kennedy @laurapkennedy.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

One week left to send us your abstracts for the @sfps.bsky.social annual conference (Dec 5-6th, Senate House London). Please share widely!

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