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.

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!

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.

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.

Last weekend, our Head of Subject Professor @susanharrow.bsky.social Ashley Watkins Chair of French gave a public lecture entitled ‘Solitude in a Social Century’. It was part of a weekend adult education course run by the Royal Academy, London devoted to c19th visual cultures.

Our colleague Dr Alain Serge Agnessan (Research Associate on the AFRIUNI project) hosted and interviewed Christiane Taubira last week as part of the Abidjan International Book Fair. Alain also launched his new novel, Adieu à Kourouma, during the same event. Congratulations, Alain!!

Congratulations to our colleague Prof. Bradley Stephens who delivered a superb Inaugural Lecture, 'Victor Hugo and the Making of Masculinity'.
Bradley was introduced by @susanharrow.bsky.social, Ashley Watkins Chair of French, Head of French.
What a wonderful evening celebrating Bradley🥂

Join us on the 28th of May at 3.30 pm at the Barton Hill Micro campus to find out how to take part in shaping the Cultural Delivery Plan for the West of England.
Any questions please contact @danalungu.bsky.social

What a privilege it was to welcome a visiting troupe of Sheffield students for a performance of Roger Vitrac's "Victor ou les Enfants au pouvoir". Congratulations to the cast including our very own @susanharrow.bsky.social for their great performance!

Congratulations to our colleague Siobhán Shilton who delivered her inaugural lecture as Professor of French Studies and the Visual Arts earlier this week. @susanharrow.bsky.social introduced Siobhán's brilliant career to a packed lecture theatre.

Tomorrow!! We can't wait to celebrate this milestone with our wonderful colleague Prof. Siobhán Shilton. Please join us for her Inaugural Lecture 'Art and Activism: Aesthetics of Resistance in North and West Africa’
⏳Tuesday 18th March 6:30pm
📍7 Woodland Rd
🥂🫖Drinks Reception: 7:30pm

All welcome!

To mark 80 years since #VE Day and the end of #WW2, Charlotte Faucher (Dept of
🇫🇷) appears in this new documentary reflecting on
the now little-known but incredibly audacious proposal
set out by Churchill to unite 🇬🇧 and 🇫🇷 as one
country in June 1940. u.co.uk/shows/church...

Live Theatre Performance (in French)

Thursday 20 March, doors open at 5pm; curtain up at 5.15pm in LT3 (Arts Complex, School of Modern Languages, 17 Woodland Road). Free of charge!

The department of French and the School of Modern Languages are thrilled to invite you to Prof. Siobhán Shilton's Inaugural Lecture 'Art and Activism: Aesthetics of Resistance in North and West Africa’
⏳Tuesday 18th March 2025, 6:30pm
📍7 Woodland Rd
Drinks Reception: 7:30pm

All welcome!

#CPD opportunity for #MFL teachers of French. Please spread the word!
Join us for the UK French Forum, on 27 June 2025, organised with the French embassy. We are currently looking for speakers and will open registrations soon. #savethedate
#langchat
#multilingual
#languagelearning
#mflbluesky

Are you teaching French A-Level? Please come and join our colleague Louisiane Bigot for a free Zoom webinar on La Haine (4 Feb 2025). The session will include an analysis of the film +Q&A with pupils.
bristol-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

#MFL #WeteachFrench #langchat #LanguageLearning

We are so pleased to welcome Professor Leslie Zarker Morgan from Loyola University, Baltimore as Benjamin Meaker Distinguished Visiting Professor for the next month.
Prof Morgan will be working on the F‌‌ranco-Italian Epic. More information here:
www.bristol.ac.uk/internationa...

Warmest congratulations to our colleague Dr Dana Lungu for the launch of her monograph "Female Heroism in the Works of Corneille and Racine". The book is available in hard and e-copies via brill.com/display/titl...

The Department of French at the University of Bristol is now on Bluesky! We look forward to sharing student and staff news 🇫🇷 Frenchstudies 🗣️ modernlanguages 📖comparativeliterature 🌐 Francophoneworld