SDN
@uksdn.bsky.social
The Society of Dix-Neuviémistes (SDN) offers a lively forum for the dissemination of research on French and Francophone studies in the long 19th century.
Wow, check out the number of dix-neuviémiste titles on this list!!! This is such a striking showcase of the exciting and important work going on in our field at the moment! Congratulations to all!
The Society is delighted to announce the five shortlisted entries for this year's R. Gapper Book Prize:
January 30, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Wow, check out the number of dix-neuviémiste titles on this list!!! This is such a striking showcase of the exciting and important work going on in our field at the moment! Congratulations to all!
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Merci à Marie Richeux et au au book club
sur @franceculture.fr
de m'avoir donné l'occasion de parler de ma thèse sur le mot qui tue dans Balzac! cc @classiquesgarnier.bsky.social
@mariericheux.bsky.social classiques-garnier.com/le-mot-fatal...
sur @franceculture.fr
de m'avoir donné l'occasion de parler de ma thèse sur le mot qui tue dans Balzac! cc @classiquesgarnier.bsky.social
@mariericheux.bsky.social classiques-garnier.com/le-mot-fatal...
Le Mot fatal. Langage, pouvoir et trait d’esprit dans La Comédie humaine de Balzac
Il y a des mots qui tuent dans l’univers balzacien. Décoché comme une flèche, le trait d’esprit se doit d’atteindre une cible, de ravir un public qui va valider ou non son effet. Performance négociée ...
classiques-garnier.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Merci à Marie Richeux et au au book club
sur @franceculture.fr
de m'avoir donné l'occasion de parler de ma thèse sur le mot qui tue dans Balzac! cc @classiquesgarnier.bsky.social
@mariericheux.bsky.social classiques-garnier.com/le-mot-fatal...
sur @franceculture.fr
de m'avoir donné l'occasion de parler de ma thèse sur le mot qui tue dans Balzac! cc @classiquesgarnier.bsky.social
@mariericheux.bsky.social classiques-garnier.com/le-mot-fatal...
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Cette fois-ci, c'est vraiment fini! Demain, le 27 août paraitra le livre tiré de ma thèse aux éditions @classiquesgarnier.bsky.social « Le mot fatal. Langage, pouvoir et trait d'esprit dans "La Comédie humaine" de Balzac ».
August 26, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Cette fois-ci, c'est vraiment fini! Demain, le 27 août paraitra le livre tiré de ma thèse aux éditions @classiquesgarnier.bsky.social « Le mot fatal. Langage, pouvoir et trait d'esprit dans "La Comédie humaine" de Balzac ».
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🕯️ A MOST QUIET MURDER by Susannah Wilson examines the death of a five-year-old girl in late nineteenth-century France, unfolding the mystery through judicial investigations, psychiatric evaluations, and a dramatic trial for murder. #TrueCrime #History
🔗 Learn more here: https://ow.ly/lrUm50Xlzsz
🔗 Learn more here: https://ow.ly/lrUm50Xlzsz
A Most Quiet Murder by Susannah Wilson | Hardcover | Cornell University Press
A Most Quiet Murder examines the death of a five-year-old girl in late nineteenth-century France, unfolding the mystery through judicial investigations, psychiatric medical evaluations, and ultimately,...
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December 15, 2025 at 1:40 PM
🕯️ A MOST QUIET MURDER by Susannah Wilson examines the death of a five-year-old girl in late nineteenth-century France, unfolding the mystery through judicial investigations, psychiatric evaluations, and a dramatic trial for murder. #TrueCrime #History
🔗 Learn more here: https://ow.ly/lrUm50Xlzsz
🔗 Learn more here: https://ow.ly/lrUm50Xlzsz
Submissions for the Society of Dix-Neuviémistes
Publication Prize 2026 close this Friday!
This is our annual prize for the best journal article published by a postgraduate student, or an early-career researcher in the 2025 calendar year.
More details below:
Publication Prize 2026 close this Friday!
This is our annual prize for the best journal article published by a postgraduate student, or an early-career researcher in the 2025 calendar year.
More details below:
💫SDN Publication Prize 2025 💫
The 2026 SDN Publication Prize is now open for entries. The Society awards an annual prize for the best journal article published by a PG student, or an early-career researcher who has not yet entered her or his first permanent full-time post.
The 2026 SDN Publication Prize is now open for entries. The Society awards an annual prize for the best journal article published by a PG student, or an early-career researcher who has not yet entered her or his first permanent full-time post.
January 26, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Submissions for the Society of Dix-Neuviémistes
Publication Prize 2026 close this Friday!
This is our annual prize for the best journal article published by a postgraduate student, or an early-career researcher in the 2025 calendar year.
More details below:
Publication Prize 2026 close this Friday!
This is our annual prize for the best journal article published by a postgraduate student, or an early-career researcher in the 2025 calendar year.
More details below:
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Thanks -- just to be clear in the framing, it's only the second photo that I found, the other was discovered and identified as Duval by someone else, as discussed in the article. Also, I'm not the first to try to validate the first one -- maybe the fourth or fifth!
January 26, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Thanks -- just to be clear in the framing, it's only the second photo that I found, the other was discovered and identified as Duval by someone else, as discussed in the article. Also, I'm not the first to try to validate the first one -- maybe the fourth or fifth!
If you are in need of an excellently researched, compelling read to get your week off to a good start, look no further than @mariascott.bsky.social’s piece on two newly identified photographs, or card portraits, of Baudelaire's long-term mistress, Jeanne Duval in @thetls.bsky.social (link below)
A special one in the latest @thetls.bsky.social
In a compelling essay, @mariascott.bsky.social recounts her archival research, presents and validates two previously unknown photographs of Jeanne Duval, mistress and muse of Charles Baudelaire. Important work.
www.the-tls.com/lives/biogra...
In a compelling essay, @mariascott.bsky.social recounts her archival research, presents and validates two previously unknown photographs of Jeanne Duval, mistress and muse of Charles Baudelaire. Important work.
www.the-tls.com/lives/biogra...
Portraits of the ‘Black Venus’
Last April, a surprising photograph (see near right) appeared on the Wikipedia page devoted to Jeanne Duval, the long-term mistress of Charles Baudelaire and the “Black Venus” who inspired some of the...
www.the-tls.com
January 26, 2026 at 1:15 PM
If you are in need of an excellently researched, compelling read to get your week off to a good start, look no further than @mariascott.bsky.social’s piece on two newly identified photographs, or card portraits, of Baudelaire's long-term mistress, Jeanne Duval in @thetls.bsky.social (link below)
A fantastic looking line-up! Our members might be particularly interested in Dr Charlotte Berkery’s seminar on Middle-Class Metonymy and Monotony in July Monarchy Cultural Productions
📢 Upcoming Research Seminars in French & Francophone Studies at UCD @ucdslcl.bsky.social
Open to all — in person & on Zoom. DM or email for the link.
Open to all — in person & on Zoom. DM or email for the link.
January 22, 2026 at 1:12 PM
A fantastic looking line-up! Our members might be particularly interested in Dr Charlotte Berkery’s seminar on Middle-Class Metonymy and Monotony in July Monarchy Cultural Productions
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Le 22/01/1858, il y a 168 ans aujourd’hui, mourait Cyrille Bisette, qui lutta pour l’égalité des libres de couleur et l’abolition de l’esclavage sous la Restauration et la Monarchie de Juillet. (Re)découvrez sa vie et ses combats👇
memoire-esclavage.org/biographies/...
memoire-esclavage.org/biographies/...
January 22, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Le 22/01/1858, il y a 168 ans aujourd’hui, mourait Cyrille Bisette, qui lutta pour l’égalité des libres de couleur et l’abolition de l’esclavage sous la Restauration et la Monarchie de Juillet. (Re)découvrez sa vie et ses combats👇
memoire-esclavage.org/biographies/...
memoire-esclavage.org/biographies/...
💫 Mentorship opportunity 💫
After great feedback from our 2025 cohort, we welcome expressions of interest for our 2026 Mentorship Scheme.
The scheme seeks to establish a supportive network for PG & early career researchers by connecting them with mid- and late-career scholars.
After great feedback from our 2025 cohort, we welcome expressions of interest for our 2026 Mentorship Scheme.
The scheme seeks to establish a supportive network for PG & early career researchers by connecting them with mid- and late-career scholars.
January 21, 2026 at 8:08 PM
💫 Mentorship opportunity 💫
After great feedback from our 2025 cohort, we welcome expressions of interest for our 2026 Mentorship Scheme.
The scheme seeks to establish a supportive network for PG & early career researchers by connecting them with mid- and late-career scholars.
After great feedback from our 2025 cohort, we welcome expressions of interest for our 2026 Mentorship Scheme.
The scheme seeks to establish a supportive network for PG & early career researchers by connecting them with mid- and late-career scholars.
Last call for our Impact workshop this Friday! Come along to think together about effective and exciting ways to share research with non-academic audiences, with our fantastic speakers, Professor Helen Abbott and Dr Hannah Scott.
Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/edn2025-im...
Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/edn2025-im...
EDN2025: Impact (Rescheduled)
What can we do to engage non-academic audiences? Join us to think about new ways to share research.
www.eventbrite.com
January 21, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Last call for our Impact workshop this Friday! Come along to think together about effective and exciting ways to share research with non-academic audiences, with our fantastic speakers, Professor Helen Abbott and Dr Hannah Scott.
Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/edn2025-im...
Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/edn2025-im...
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NCFS Unbound returns 1/23 with @srocher.bsky.social Susan Hiner in convo with @addressingart.bsky.social Justine De Young about her fab new book The Art of Parisian Chic 🔥
Register here!
southalabama.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Register here!
southalabama.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: NCFS Unbound 6_4 Justine De Young with Susan Hiner. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Justine De Young talks about her new book "The Art of Parisian Chic: Modern Women and Modern Artists in Impressionist Paris" with Susan Hiner (Bloomsbury, 2025)
southalabama.zoom.us
January 13, 2026 at 5:40 PM
NCFS Unbound returns 1/23 with @srocher.bsky.social Susan Hiner in convo with @addressingart.bsky.social Justine De Young about her fab new book The Art of Parisian Chic 🔥
Register here!
southalabama.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Register here!
southalabama.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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In 1803 Napoleon sold off an enormous amount of land (mostly lived on by first peoples rather than by the French or Spanish), doubling the size of the USA. Counter-intuitively, this was partly because the French had just lost Haiti. Interesting podcast #FRhistory www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Short History Of... - The Louisiana Purchase - BBC Sounds
In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson purchased 820,000 square miles of land from Napoleon.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 13, 2026 at 8:09 PM
In 1803 Napoleon sold off an enormous amount of land (mostly lived on by first peoples rather than by the French or Spanish), doubling the size of the USA. Counter-intuitively, this was partly because the French had just lost Haiti. Interesting podcast #FRhistory www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
A reminder that our ECR workshop will now take place on Friday 23rd Jan at 3pm! It is open to all SDN members.
Join Professor Helen Abbott (Birmingham) and Dr Hannah Scott (Newcastle) to talk about working outside the ivory tower and reaching a much broader audience.
Join Professor Helen Abbott (Birmingham) and Dr Hannah Scott (Newcastle) to talk about working outside the ivory tower and reaching a much broader audience.
🚨 Postponed 🚨
Unfortunately we have to postponed this afternoon’s ECR training session. A new date will be circulated in due course.
Unfortunately we have to postponed this afternoon’s ECR training session. A new date will be circulated in due course.
Sign up for our ECR training session on impact: www.eventbrite.com/e/edn2025-im....
This session will consider how to engage non-academic audiences by designing and implementing effective impact, and escaping the ivory tower.
This session will consider how to engage non-academic audiences by designing and implementing effective impact, and escaping the ivory tower.
January 13, 2026 at 8:43 AM
A reminder that our ECR workshop will now take place on Friday 23rd Jan at 3pm! It is open to all SDN members.
Join Professor Helen Abbott (Birmingham) and Dr Hannah Scott (Newcastle) to talk about working outside the ivory tower and reaching a much broader audience.
Join Professor Helen Abbott (Birmingham) and Dr Hannah Scott (Newcastle) to talk about working outside the ivory tower and reaching a much broader audience.
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It is a prize for dix-neuvièmistes (scholars of the French 19th century)
(for all of you who, like me, are challenged by acronyms first thing the _matin_ ☕️🥐🦉).
(for all of you who, like me, are challenged by acronyms first thing the _matin_ ☕️🥐🦉).
Happy new year to all our members!
A reminder that our SDN publication prize is open for entries until the end of January. Send us your submission and start 2026 on a high!
A reminder that our SDN publication prize is open for entries until the end of January. Send us your submission and start 2026 on a high!
💫SDN Publication Prize 2025 💫
The 2026 SDN Publication Prize is now open for entries. The Society awards an annual prize for the best journal article published by a PG student, or an early-career researcher who has not yet entered her or his first permanent full-time post.
The 2026 SDN Publication Prize is now open for entries. The Society awards an annual prize for the best journal article published by a PG student, or an early-career researcher who has not yet entered her or his first permanent full-time post.
January 5, 2026 at 2:12 PM
It is a prize for dix-neuvièmistes (scholars of the French 19th century)
(for all of you who, like me, are challenged by acronyms first thing the _matin_ ☕️🥐🦉).
(for all of you who, like me, are challenged by acronyms first thing the _matin_ ☕️🥐🦉).
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This beautiful delivery has just arrived, thanks to the SERD (Société des etudes romantiques et dix-neuviémistes). Season-themed, original articles by many well known 19C scholars. Comes free with membership, postage included, and SERD membership costs only £10 if you are a UK SDN member already.
December 29, 2025 at 12:49 PM
This beautiful delivery has just arrived, thanks to the SERD (Société des etudes romantiques et dix-neuviémistes). Season-themed, original articles by many well known 19C scholars. Comes free with membership, postage included, and SERD membership costs only £10 if you are a UK SDN member already.
Happy new year to all our members!
A reminder that our SDN publication prize is open for entries until the end of January. Send us your submission and start 2026 on a high!
A reminder that our SDN publication prize is open for entries until the end of January. Send us your submission and start 2026 on a high!
💫SDN Publication Prize 2025 💫
The 2026 SDN Publication Prize is now open for entries. The Society awards an annual prize for the best journal article published by a PG student, or an early-career researcher who has not yet entered her or his first permanent full-time post.
The 2026 SDN Publication Prize is now open for entries. The Society awards an annual prize for the best journal article published by a PG student, or an early-career researcher who has not yet entered her or his first permanent full-time post.
January 5, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Happy new year to all our members!
A reminder that our SDN publication prize is open for entries until the end of January. Send us your submission and start 2026 on a high!
A reminder that our SDN publication prize is open for entries until the end of January. Send us your submission and start 2026 on a high!
Our ECR workshop will now take place on Friday 23rd Jan at 3pm! It is open to all SDN members.
Join Professor Helen Abbott (Birmingham) and Dr Hannah Scott (Newcastle) who will discuss their experience of working outside the ivory tower and reaching a much broader audience.
Join Professor Helen Abbott (Birmingham) and Dr Hannah Scott (Newcastle) who will discuss their experience of working outside the ivory tower and reaching a much broader audience.
🚨 Postponed 🚨
Unfortunately we have to postponed this afternoon’s ECR training session. A new date will be circulated in due course.
Unfortunately we have to postponed this afternoon’s ECR training session. A new date will be circulated in due course.
Sign up for our ECR training session on impact: www.eventbrite.com/e/edn2025-im....
This session will consider how to engage non-academic audiences by designing and implementing effective impact, and escaping the ivory tower.
This session will consider how to engage non-academic audiences by designing and implementing effective impact, and escaping the ivory tower.
December 22, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Our ECR workshop will now take place on Friday 23rd Jan at 3pm! It is open to all SDN members.
Join Professor Helen Abbott (Birmingham) and Dr Hannah Scott (Newcastle) who will discuss their experience of working outside the ivory tower and reaching a much broader audience.
Join Professor Helen Abbott (Birmingham) and Dr Hannah Scott (Newcastle) who will discuss their experience of working outside the ivory tower and reaching a much broader audience.
Calling all of our members interested in women in/and musical history! This promises to be a very exciting few days!
CfP: Women and Musical Histories, 1789–1914
Submit by 31 Jan 26
Royal Academy of Music, London; 3-4 Sept 2026
They welcome papers (20 mins) & lecture-recitals (30 mins) that address the broad theme of women in/and musical history across the period 1789–1914.
www.ram.ac.uk/research/wom...
Submit by 31 Jan 26
Royal Academy of Music, London; 3-4 Sept 2026
They welcome papers (20 mins) & lecture-recitals (30 mins) that address the broad theme of women in/and musical history across the period 1789–1914.
www.ram.ac.uk/research/wom...
Women and Musical Histories, 1789–1914 | Royal Academy of Music
Find out more about the Academy's upcoming research conference: Women and Musical Histories, 1789-1914.
www.ram.ac.uk
December 17, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Calling all of our members interested in women in/and musical history! This promises to be a very exciting few days!
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CfP: Women and Musical Histories, 1789–1914
Submit by 31 Jan 26
Royal Academy of Music, London; 3-4 Sept 2026
They welcome papers (20 mins) & lecture-recitals (30 mins) that address the broad theme of women in/and musical history across the period 1789–1914.
www.ram.ac.uk/research/wom...
Submit by 31 Jan 26
Royal Academy of Music, London; 3-4 Sept 2026
They welcome papers (20 mins) & lecture-recitals (30 mins) that address the broad theme of women in/and musical history across the period 1789–1914.
www.ram.ac.uk/research/wom...
Women and Musical Histories, 1789–1914 | Royal Academy of Music
Find out more about the Academy's upcoming research conference: Women and Musical Histories, 1789-1914.
www.ram.ac.uk
December 15, 2025 at 2:20 PM
CfP: Women and Musical Histories, 1789–1914
Submit by 31 Jan 26
Royal Academy of Music, London; 3-4 Sept 2026
They welcome papers (20 mins) & lecture-recitals (30 mins) that address the broad theme of women in/and musical history across the period 1789–1914.
www.ram.ac.uk/research/wom...
Submit by 31 Jan 26
Royal Academy of Music, London; 3-4 Sept 2026
They welcome papers (20 mins) & lecture-recitals (30 mins) that address the broad theme of women in/and musical history across the period 1789–1914.
www.ram.ac.uk/research/wom...
Congratulations to Michael Cronin and @maxmcguinness.bsky.social on the publication of this fab collection of essays on Proust’s influence on Irish literature!
My co-editor, Michael Cronin, and I are pleased to announce the publication of The Irish Proust: Cultural Crossings from Beckett to McGahern with @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social. @uksdn.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/irish-pro...
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/irish-pro...
The Irish Proust
This collection of essays is the first book devoted to exploring Marcel Proust's influence on Irish literature and Irish themes within his work. Featuring contr…
www.bloomsbury.com
December 17, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Congratulations to Michael Cronin and @maxmcguinness.bsky.social on the publication of this fab collection of essays on Proust’s influence on Irish literature!
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💫SDN Publication Prize 2025 💫
The 2026 SDN Publication Prize is now open for entries. The Society awards an annual prize for the best journal article published by a PG student, or an early-career researcher who has not yet entered her or his first permanent full-time post.
The 2026 SDN Publication Prize is now open for entries. The Society awards an annual prize for the best journal article published by a PG student, or an early-career researcher who has not yet entered her or his first permanent full-time post.
December 1, 2025 at 12:34 PM
💫SDN Publication Prize 2025 💫
The 2026 SDN Publication Prize is now open for entries. The Society awards an annual prize for the best journal article published by a PG student, or an early-career researcher who has not yet entered her or his first permanent full-time post.
The 2026 SDN Publication Prize is now open for entries. The Society awards an annual prize for the best journal article published by a PG student, or an early-career researcher who has not yet entered her or his first permanent full-time post.
💫SDN Publication Prize 2025 💫
The 2026 SDN Publication Prize is now open for entries. The Society awards an annual prize for the best journal article published by a PG student, or an early-career researcher who has not yet entered her or his first permanent full-time post.
The 2026 SDN Publication Prize is now open for entries. The Society awards an annual prize for the best journal article published by a PG student, or an early-career researcher who has not yet entered her or his first permanent full-time post.
December 1, 2025 at 12:34 PM
💫SDN Publication Prize 2025 💫
The 2026 SDN Publication Prize is now open for entries. The Society awards an annual prize for the best journal article published by a PG student, or an early-career researcher who has not yet entered her or his first permanent full-time post.
The 2026 SDN Publication Prize is now open for entries. The Society awards an annual prize for the best journal article published by a PG student, or an early-career researcher who has not yet entered her or his first permanent full-time post.
Today is the deadline! Send us those last minute abstracts!
We are delighted to announce that our call for papers for the next annual SDN conference, on the theme of 'Health and happiness/La santé et le bonheur', to take place in Cardiff 8-10 April, is now online, and our new abstract submission form is open for business!
December 1, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Today is the deadline! Send us those last minute abstracts!
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We would be particularly delighted to see Postgraduate and Early Career colleagues submitting abstracts for this conference - from training sessions to a specific reception and just good company, there is plenty for you at SDN!
We are delighted to announce that our call for papers for the next annual SDN conference, on the theme of 'Health and happiness/La santé et le bonheur', to take place in Cardiff 8-10 April, is now online, and our new abstract submission form is open for business!
November 28, 2025 at 1:33 PM
We would be particularly delighted to see Postgraduate and Early Career colleagues submitting abstracts for this conference - from training sessions to a specific reception and just good company, there is plenty for you at SDN!