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Account of the Department of French at the University of Bristol.
https://www.bristol.ac.uk/french/
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From everyone here at the CMS, a huge 🎉CONGRATULATIONS🎉 to our newest Doctors: Dr Max Fincher (French Loanwords in Early Middle English), Dr Teal St Nicklaus (Marginal Annotations in MSS of Aelfric), and Dr Sebrina Varley (Education in TH White's Once and Future King)! We're so thrilled for you! 🥳🎉
July 17, 2025 at 3:14 PM
From everyone here at the CMS, a huge 🎉CONGRATULATIONS🎉 to our newest Doctors: Dr Max Fincher (French Loanwords in Early Middle English), Dr Teal St Nicklaus (Marginal Annotations in MSS of Aelfric), and Dr Sebrina Varley (Education in TH White's Once and Future King)! We're so thrilled for you! 🥳🎉
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Congrats to Leonie for publishing her short film 🎥 Such a great achievement 🎉
Congratulations to our recent PhD graduate Leonie Gschwendtberger whose fascinating short film has just been published in the practice-as-research journal Screenworks. Here is the link to the issue:
www.screenworks.org.uk/archive/volu...
www.screenworks.org.uk/archive/volu...
Volume 15.1
Vol. 15.1 ISSN 2514-3123 https://doi.org/10.37186/swrks/15.1
www.screenworks.org.uk
July 16, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Congrats to Leonie for publishing her short film 🎥 Such a great achievement 🎉
We discussed this very theme at the French Forum organised at the University of Bristol with the support of @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social + French embassy. It was great to hear from DfE representatives on this topic. There is a clear appetite from school teachers to organise trips and exchanges.
Editorial in the Times calls for abolishing passport requirements for school trips to improve language learning. (It would also help revitalise a niche but very strong UK sector which catered to school visits for English language learning)
www.thetimes.co.uk/article/c5db...
www.thetimes.co.uk/article/c5db...
The Times view on the decline in language learning: Exchange Students
Abolishing passport requirements for school trips could aid the uptake of foreign languages
www.thetimes.co.uk
July 15, 2025 at 2:05 PM
We discussed this very theme at the French Forum organised at the University of Bristol with the support of @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social + French embassy. It was great to hear from DfE representatives on this topic. There is a clear appetite from school teachers to organise trips and exchanges.
Congratulations to our recent PhD graduate Leonie Gschwendtberger whose fascinating short film has just been published in the practice-as-research journal Screenworks. Here is the link to the issue:
www.screenworks.org.uk/archive/volu...
www.screenworks.org.uk/archive/volu...
Volume 15.1
Vol. 15.1 ISSN 2514-3123 https://doi.org/10.37186/swrks/15.1
www.screenworks.org.uk
July 15, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Congratulations to our recent PhD graduate Leonie Gschwendtberger whose fascinating short film has just been published in the practice-as-research journal Screenworks. Here is the link to the issue:
www.screenworks.org.uk/archive/volu...
www.screenworks.org.uk/archive/volu...
🙌New co-edited collection in the Australian Journal of French Studies by @profnatedwards.bsky.social and Alistair Rolls: John West-Sooby: Scholar, Teacher, Colleague.
📖Read it here:
www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/...
📖Read it here:
www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/...
Editors’ Preface | Australian Journal of French Studies
View all available purchase options and get full access to this article.
www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk
July 8, 2025 at 2:19 PM
🙌New co-edited collection in the Australian Journal of French Studies by @profnatedwards.bsky.social and Alistair Rolls: John West-Sooby: Scholar, Teacher, Colleague.
📖Read it here:
www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/...
📖Read it here:
www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/...
Last month we had the honor to welcome over 70 delegates, including over 30 secondary teachers, for the annual UK French Forum organised in partnership with @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social and the French embassy in the UK.
July 7, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Last month we had the honor to welcome over 70 delegates, including over 30 secondary teachers, for the annual UK French Forum organised in partnership with @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social and the French embassy in the UK.
We are so pleased to announce that the University of Bristol's School of Modern Language has signed a MoU with the Centre of Anglophone Studies, Université de Toulouse-Jean Jaurès. This builds on a longstanding Erasmus+ and a burgeoning co-tutelle! 🇬🇧🇫🇷
July 4, 2025 at 2:47 PM
We are so pleased to announce that the University of Bristol's School of Modern Language has signed a MoU with the Centre of Anglophone Studies, Université de Toulouse-Jean Jaurès. This builds on a longstanding Erasmus+ and a burgeoning co-tutelle! 🇬🇧🇫🇷
What a fantastic few days we've had welcoming #sfsBristol !
Here our Head of School @profnatedwards.bsky.social + @frenchstudies.bsky.social President Nick Harrison delivering the Welcome to a full Great Hall in our beautiful Wills Memorial Building.
Bravo to the wonderful SFS conference team!
Here our Head of School @profnatedwards.bsky.social + @frenchstudies.bsky.social President Nick Harrison delivering the Welcome to a full Great Hall in our beautiful Wills Memorial Building.
Bravo to the wonderful SFS conference team!
July 4, 2025 at 10:23 AM
What a fantastic few days we've had welcoming #sfsBristol !
Here our Head of School @profnatedwards.bsky.social + @frenchstudies.bsky.social President Nick Harrison delivering the Welcome to a full Great Hall in our beautiful Wills Memorial Building.
Bravo to the wonderful SFS conference team!
Here our Head of School @profnatedwards.bsky.social + @frenchstudies.bsky.social President Nick Harrison delivering the Welcome to a full Great Hall in our beautiful Wills Memorial Building.
Bravo to the wonderful SFS conference team!
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It was lovely to be a part of this and hear everyone's thoughts on the film afterwards. Wonderful programme organised by The Garden Cinema. Still running, check it out here... ❤️🎥
Our colleague Dr Albertine Fox is taking part in the Festival 'New Lebanese Cinema: Reclaiming Storytelling' at The Garden Cinema in Covent Garden. She'll introduce the film Caramel by Nadine Labaki next Wednesday evening. The season runs until July 11th.
www.thegardencinema.co.uk/season/new-l...
www.thegardencinema.co.uk/season/new-l...
New Lebanese Cinema: Reclaiming Storytelling / The Garden Cinema
www.thegardencinema.co.uk
June 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
It was lovely to be a part of this and hear everyone's thoughts on the film afterwards. Wonderful programme organised by The Garden Cinema. Still running, check it out here... ❤️🎥
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So pleased to host the Society of French Studies and promote the value, impact and importance of research in modern languages @frenchstudies.bsky.social @frenchatbristol.bsky.social @uobartsmatter.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social
@profnatedwards.bsky.social looking delighted to welcome delegates to the 2025 conference of the Society for French Studies at the University of Bristol #sfsbristol @frenchstudies.bsky.social @frenchatbristol.bsky.social
June 30, 2025 at 8:06 PM
So pleased to host the Society of French Studies and promote the value, impact and importance of research in modern languages @frenchstudies.bsky.social @frenchatbristol.bsky.social @uobartsmatter.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social
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The latest French Studies Bulletin mentions recent PhD success in @frenchatbristol.bsky.social and Film & TV @bristoluni.bsky.social, with thesis abstracts of recent doctorates 🎉
🆕 French Studies Bulletin 46.3 explores menstruation in medieval French biblical poetry, cinematic ageing & Beauvoir, Ernaux’s global reach, 19C ‘DomiNation’, & prize-winning research.
Read more ➡️ bit.ly/FSB-46-3
@frenchstudies.bsky.social
@menegalle.bsky.social
@centre2beauvoir.bsky.social
Read more ➡️ bit.ly/FSB-46-3
@frenchstudies.bsky.social
@menegalle.bsky.social
@centre2beauvoir.bsky.social
July 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
The latest French Studies Bulletin mentions recent PhD success in @frenchatbristol.bsky.social and Film & TV @bristoluni.bsky.social, with thesis abstracts of recent doctorates 🎉
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Coming soon….
“Sex, race and colonial power in North Africa: the French Protectorate in Morocco” with @manchesterup.bsky.social
I’m away this summer for a fellowship at NIMAR in Rabat, Morocco to finish up, thanks to BILNAS funding via @britishacademy.bsky.social
Anyone in Rabat/Casa? Say hi!
“Sex, race and colonial power in North Africa: the French Protectorate in Morocco” with @manchesterup.bsky.social
I’m away this summer for a fellowship at NIMAR in Rabat, Morocco to finish up, thanks to BILNAS funding via @britishacademy.bsky.social
Anyone in Rabat/Casa? Say hi!
June 19, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Coming soon….
“Sex, race and colonial power in North Africa: the French Protectorate in Morocco” with @manchesterup.bsky.social
I’m away this summer for a fellowship at NIMAR in Rabat, Morocco to finish up, thanks to BILNAS funding via @britishacademy.bsky.social
Anyone in Rabat/Casa? Say hi!
“Sex, race and colonial power in North Africa: the French Protectorate in Morocco” with @manchesterup.bsky.social
I’m away this summer for a fellowship at NIMAR in Rabat, Morocco to finish up, thanks to BILNAS funding via @britishacademy.bsky.social
Anyone in Rabat/Casa? Say hi!
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Halfway!! Only 6 weeks left to submit to the Stephen Spender Prize and this year's #PortugueseSpotlight!
#SSTPoetryPrize2025
#SSTPoetryPrize2025
Calling all teachers and budding young translators!
#SSTPoetryPrize2025 is open for entries!
Translate into English any poem from any language, or a Portuguese poem from our Spotlight booklet, for your chance to join the SSP hall of eternal fame!
www.stephen-spender.org/stephen-spen...
#SSTPoetryPrize2025 is open for entries!
Translate into English any poem from any language, or a Portuguese poem from our Spotlight booklet, for your chance to join the SSP hall of eternal fame!
www.stephen-spender.org/stephen-spen...
June 19, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Halfway!! Only 6 weeks left to submit to the Stephen Spender Prize and this year's #PortugueseSpotlight!
#SSTPoetryPrize2025
#SSTPoetryPrize2025
Our colleague Dr Albertine Fox is taking part in the Festival 'New Lebanese Cinema: Reclaiming Storytelling' at The Garden Cinema in Covent Garden. She'll introduce the film Caramel by Nadine Labaki next Wednesday evening. The season runs until July 11th.
www.thegardencinema.co.uk/season/new-l...
www.thegardencinema.co.uk/season/new-l...
New Lebanese Cinema: Reclaiming Storytelling / The Garden Cinema
www.thegardencinema.co.uk
June 19, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Our colleague Dr Albertine Fox is taking part in the Festival 'New Lebanese Cinema: Reclaiming Storytelling' at The Garden Cinema in Covent Garden. She'll introduce the film Caramel by Nadine Labaki next Wednesday evening. The season runs until July 11th.
www.thegardencinema.co.uk/season/new-l...
www.thegardencinema.co.uk/season/new-l...
Last week our colleague Dr Charlotte Faucher was invited to speak at the plenary session of the The International Academic Forum (IAFOR) Paris conferences on Education and Arts and Humanities alonside Ambassadors Paolo Sabbatini Rancidoro and Takehiro Kano & IR scholar, Frédéric Ramel.
June 17, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Last week our colleague Dr Charlotte Faucher was invited to speak at the plenary session of the The International Academic Forum (IAFOR) Paris conferences on Education and Arts and Humanities alonside Ambassadors Paolo Sabbatini Rancidoro and Takehiro Kano & IR scholar, Frédéric Ramel.
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Congratulations to Prof Susan Harrow (@frenchatbristol.bsky.social) who has been appointed as Deputy Chair of a #REF2029 sub-panel on Modern Languages and Linguistics 🥳
Read more about the appointments and what @ref2029.bsky.social means in practice 👉 bit.ly/4kNvZRe
Read more about the appointments and what @ref2029.bsky.social means in practice 👉 bit.ly/4kNvZRe
June 17, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Congratulations to Prof Susan Harrow (@frenchatbristol.bsky.social) who has been appointed as Deputy Chair of a #REF2029 sub-panel on Modern Languages and Linguistics 🥳
Read more about the appointments and what @ref2029.bsky.social means in practice 👉 bit.ly/4kNvZRe
Read more about the appointments and what @ref2029.bsky.social means in practice 👉 bit.ly/4kNvZRe
Last week, Dr Clare Siviter represented the UK Young Academy in Hyderabad, India, which hosted the International Conference for Young Scientists and the Global Young Academy’s AGM.
June 17, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Last week, Dr Clare Siviter represented the UK Young Academy in Hyderabad, India, which hosted the International Conference for Young Scientists and the Global Young Academy’s AGM.
Our colleague Dr Shuangyi Li’s collaborated with collector/curator Peter Carls of Franco-Chinese painter Zao Wou-Li’s works on exhibition in Oxford www.zaowoukioxford.com (ending Sunday!). He shares his current research on Kenyan writer Yvonne Owuor’s engagement with Zao’s artwork in the catalogue.
Home | Zao Wou Ki Oxford
Discover in Oxford Zao Wou-Ki A Chinese-French painter renowned for bridging Eastern and Western cultures who was a distinguished member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris
www.zaowoukioxford.com
June 17, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Our colleague Dr Shuangyi Li’s collaborated with collector/curator Peter Carls of Franco-Chinese painter Zao Wou-Li’s works on exhibition in Oxford www.zaowoukioxford.com (ending Sunday!). He shares his current research on Kenyan writer Yvonne Owuor’s engagement with Zao’s artwork in the catalogue.
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A modern premiere of the 'Life of Job' is definitely not to be missed! 😀 Don't forget to get your tickets today!
The modern première of the ‘Life of Job’ is on 27th June at Winterbourne Medieval Barn. Job suffers torments: property loss, family death, physical disease and a scolding wife. Uniquely in this play, God reprimands Job for how he treats his wife! Tix/ info at: www.ticketsource.co.uk/winterbourne...
June 4, 2025 at 4:21 PM
A modern premiere of the 'Life of Job' is definitely not to be missed! 😀 Don't forget to get your tickets today!
Last few tickets remaining! Registration and details below⬇️
The School of Modern Languages and the department of French at University of Bristol is pleased to be hosting the Third Regional Forum on the Future of French and Francophone Studies
⌛ Friday 27 June 2025
🎟️ Free and open to all; book a ticket:
www.tickettailor.com/events/unive...
⌛ Friday 27 June 2025
🎟️ Free and open to all; book a ticket:
www.tickettailor.com/events/unive...
Select tickets – Third Regional Forum on the Future of French and Francophone Studies at School and at University – University of Bristol, School of Modern Languages, Arts Complex, 7 Woodland Road
On 27 June 2025, the University of Bristol will host the third regional Forum on the future of French and Francophone Studies i...
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June 4, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Last few tickets remaining! Registration and details below⬇️
Our colleague Prof Bradley Stephens was awarded an AHRC/UKRI Curiosity Award in partnership with @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social for the project 'Manhood in the Métropole: Representing Masculinities in Contemporary French Culture'
More on the project:
masculinityinthemetropole.blogs.bristol.ac.uk
More on the project:
masculinityinthemetropole.blogs.bristol.ac.uk
Manhood in the Métropole: Representing Masculinities in Contemporary French Culture – Manhood in the Métropole : La représentation des masculinités dans la culture française contemporaine
masculinityinthemetropole.blogs.bristol.ac.uk
June 3, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Our colleague Prof Bradley Stephens was awarded an AHRC/UKRI Curiosity Award in partnership with @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social for the project 'Manhood in the Métropole: Representing Masculinities in Contemporary French Culture'
More on the project:
masculinityinthemetropole.blogs.bristol.ac.uk
More on the project:
masculinityinthemetropole.blogs.bristol.ac.uk
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It was so lovely to welcome members of the REBPAF doctoral training network to Bristol! We only wish they could have stayed longer!
Come back and see us again soon! 😊
Come back and see us again soon! 😊
Our colleague Prof Marianne Ailes recently co-hosted four visiting students from the REBPAF doctoral training network www.universityofgalway.ie/rebpaf/ (lnkd.in/e9apfQ3e).
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June 2, 2025 at 1:45 PM
It was so lovely to welcome members of the REBPAF doctoral training network to Bristol! We only wish they could have stayed longer!
Come back and see us again soon! 😊
Come back and see us again soon! 😊
Our colleague Prof Marianne Ailes recently co-hosted four visiting students from the REBPAF doctoral training network www.universityofgalway.ie/rebpaf/ (lnkd.in/e9apfQ3e).
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June 2, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Our colleague Prof Marianne Ailes recently co-hosted four visiting students from the REBPAF doctoral training network www.universityofgalway.ie/rebpaf/ (lnkd.in/e9apfQ3e).
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We are SO excited to see this! 😃 Don't miss out -- tickets on sale now!
Did you know that in medieval England, short plays often accompanied celebratory feasts? On 27th June at Winterbourne Barn, come and see the 15th-century ‘Life of Job’ for one night only: feasting followed by high drama, music, dance and acrobatics. Tickets at www.ticketsource.co.uk/winterbourne...
June 2, 2025 at 11:49 AM
We are SO excited to see this! 😃 Don't miss out -- tickets on sale now!