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Women in French Australia @wifaustralia.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

🎙️ New WiF Positionalities podcast episode! Dr @dcarliniversini.bsky.social sits down with Prof. Michèle Schaal to discuss her new monograph Grrrl Writing: Virginie Despentes’s Authorial Politics (2026, Peter Lang)! womeninfrenchaustralia.wordpress.com/wif-australi....

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Positionalities Podcast

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 …

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Women in French Australia @wifaustralia.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

🎙️ New episode! Positionalities – Women in French Podcast “Teaching French Through a Gender-Just Lens” Dr Gemma King, Dr Dominique Carlini Versini @dcarliniversini.bsky.social & Dr Clara Sitbon share insights on inclusive French teaching. Hosted by Dr Beth Kearney @besskearney.bsky.social !

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Women in French Australia @wifaustralia.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

🎉 Join us for WiF Australia’s End-of-Year Research Showcase & Celebration! 📅 Friday, 28 Nov | 🕓 4–6 PM AEDT | 🌐 Online 🤝 Connect, collaborate & celebrate with colleagues! ✅ Everyone welcome! DM to receive joining link.

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Women in French Australia @wifaustralia.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

🎃 Halloween Special Alert! In Episode 5 of Positionalities, Dr @dcarliniversini.bsky.social speaks with Prof Michèle Bacholle & Dr @emmaafln.bsky.social about women reimagining horror. Don’t miss this chillingly brilliant conversation! 🔗 womeninfrenchaustralia.wordpress.com/wif-australi...

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Women in French Australia @wifaustralia.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

🎉 We invite you to our end-of-year online research showcase & celebration! 🗓️ Friday 28 Nov | ⏰ 3–6 PM AEST 💬 Share a 10-min informal talk on your 2025 research highlights—or just come listen & connect! 📩 EOI by 31 Oct: wifaustralia@gmail.com #WiFOZ #ResearchShowcase

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Women in French Australia @wifaustralia.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

🎓 Join us for the next WiF Oz Work-in-Progress Seminar "Shumona Sinha, exemple paradigmatique des xénographies féminines dans l’Europe d’aujourd’hui"! 📅 Thurs 23 Oct 🕚 11am (London) | 12pm (Madrid) | 9pm (Sydney) 📍 On Teams 🔗 Programme & link: womeninfrenchaustralia.wordpress.com/work-in-prog...

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Women in French Australia @wifaustralia.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

We are thrilled to invite you to the roundtable "La délicatesse comme ruse pour habiter le monde et la planète en écosensibilité?" 🗓️ 25 Sept | ⏰ 9–11am GMT | 📍 Zoom

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Women in French Australia @wifaustralia.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

🎙️ New podcast episode alert! Dr Pooja Booluck-Miller speaks with Dr. Julie Fette about her book Gender by the Book, exploring how 21st-century French children’s literature reflects and resists gender norms. Check it out on our website: womeninfrenchaustralia.wordpress.com/wif-australi...

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Women in French Australia @wifaustralia.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Tune in for a thoughtful discussion on navigating academia, building international connections, and finding your voice in the early stages of your career. Many thanks to @awimbush.bsky.social @josiegoldman.bsky.social @besskearney.bsky.social and Pooja Booluck-Miller for a great conversation!

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Women in French Australia @wifaustralia.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Wonderful discussion on 'French Women Writing Environment in the Long 19th century' led by @christiesmbc.bsky.social and Dan Finch-Race as part of our WiP seminar series! Thank you very much to our speakers and attendees 😊

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Dr Antonia Wimbush @awimbush.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

A great start to the @wifaustralia.bsky.social work-in-progress seminar on 'French Women Writing Environment in the Long 19th century', led by @christiesmbc.bsky.social & Daniel Finch-Race!

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Women in French Australia @wifaustralia.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

📢Women in French Australia Work-in-Progress Seminar Series 📢 We are delighted to host the roundtable discussion ‘French Women Writing Environment in the Long Nineteenth Century’ led by Daniel Finch-Race and @christiesmbc.bsky.social on 17 June 09am (BST), 6pm (AEST), 8pm (NZST) on Teams!

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Women in French Australia @wifaustralia.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

📣 Call for proposals 📣 We would like to invite you to coordinate an online seminar of the Women in French Australia Work in Progress Online Seminar Series on francophone women writers and artists! More details here: womeninfrenchaustralia.wordpress.com/calls-for-pa...

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CFPs, EOIs & News

Open Letter Opposing the Disbandment of the School of Modern Languages at Cardiff University Women in French: Australia, alongside numerous academic associations and colleagues worldwide, vehementl…

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Women in French Australia @wifaustralia.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Many congratulations to our International Liaison co-Officer @wimbush_antonia for the upcoming publication of her book 🥳!

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Women in French Australia @wifaustralia.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Félicitations to our Communication co-officer, Dr Charlotte Mackay (Monash University), for the publication of her monograph Atlantic Bound: Writing Afro-Atlantic Diasporic Consciousness in the Works of Léonora Miano and Fatou Diome with #PeterLang 🥳!

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Modern & Contemporary France @francemodern.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Our special February issue L’avortement à travers la littérature et les arts visuels, guest-edited by @dcarliniversini.bsky.social, is now available online ! www.tandfonline.com/toc/cmcf20/3... @asmcf.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social

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Dr Amy King @amycking.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Delighted to share news of a free in-person workshop I've co-organised in May at the ILCS (@ilcs.bsky.social) to discuss the need for explicitly antifascist pedagogies against the rising tide of far-right support and what that practice would look like. Info here: ilcs.sas.ac.uk/events/devel...

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Dominique Carlini Versini @dcarliniversini.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Ravie de la publication de ce numéro spécial de @francemodern.bsky.social! Les articles explorent les récits littéraires et filmiques d'avortement de la Belle Epoque à la période contemporaine, ainsi qu'une BD militante des années 1970...

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Modern & Contemporary France @francemodern.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

In 2025, we’ll bring you a wealth of new material including: · A special issue on abortion in February. · A special issue on the BUMIDOM in August. · A special section on Le Manifeste conspirationniste, in May t.co/Zne5lZ6xEK @asmcf.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social

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Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies @ilcs.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

So here's a starter pack for languages, literatures, cultures and societies, very broadly defined. If you'd like to be added or removed, comment below or send a message go.bsky.app/TdEXaP2

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Valentina Gosetti @valentinagosetti.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

A truly fantastic #ASFS2024 so far! Thanks to all the organisers at the University of Melbourne inc. our very own @wifaustralia.bsky.social @awimbush.bsky.social

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

The call for nominations for the Malcom Bowie Prize, for the best article published in 2024 by an ECR in the broader discipline of French Studies, is now open and will close on 27 February 2025. 🖇️📚 For more information see the link below: www.sfs.ac.uk/prizes/malco...

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Malcolm Bowie Prize

The Society for French Studies is the UK's premier scholarly organisation for encouraging and supporting intellectual enquiry in French studies at all levels.

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Women in French Australia @wifaustralia.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

We are delighted to launch our new WiF OZ podcast, hosted by Josephine Goldman and @besskearney.bsky.social 😊! In the first episode, Beth and Josie talked to our founding President @christiesmbc.bsky.social about being a mum in academia. You can listen to it here: open.spotify.com/show/3EOWoce...

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WiF Australia Podcast

Podcast · WIF Australia · The Women in French Australia podcast is a space for open conversations about feminist criticism, gender studies, and the French-speaking world. It is hosted by early career ...

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Christie Margrave @christiesmbc.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Massive thanks to Women in French: Australia and to Beth Kearney and Josie Goldman for the opportunity to record this podcast episode, discussing the founding of Women in French: Australia and navigating various EDI difficulties as a solo parent in academia. open.spotify.com/show/3EOWoce...

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Beth Kearney @besskearney.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Josephine Goldman and I are thrilled to announce the inaugural Women in French podcast. We couldn’t have found a more perfect guest to open the series: Christie Margrave. Big thanks to you, @christiesmbc.bsky.social and the rest of the WiF Australia executives!!!

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