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Society for Francophone Postcolonial Studies
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This looks fantastic: great seminar series co-organised by @sfps.bsky.social book reviews editor Paola Sanges Ghetti. Wish Warwick campus wasn't so far away!
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New seminar series run by Michela Coletta & Paola Sanges Ghetti: 'Falling Skies'. A cross-disciplinary series about eco-social catastrophes. Starts 29 October, 17.00, FAB4.78 with Dr Curie Virag (Philosophy) on the theme 'Human'.

#interdisciplinary #crossdisciplinary #human #seminar
October 28, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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livunipress.bsky.social
🎉 Contemporary French Civilization celebrates 50 years!
Marking this milestone, the editorial team reflects in a special blog post—and explore the 50th Anniversary Virtual Issue, available free to read for a limited time.
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Celebrating 50 Years of Contemporary French Civilization
To celebrate fifty years of Contemporary French Civilization (CFC), the journal’s editorial team has put together a blog post reflecting on its past, present, and future. As part of the anniversary…
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September 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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A new special issue of Contemporary French Civilization examines French & francophone documentary cinema in the new millennium. Essays explore aesthetic, ethical & political debates shaping the field.
Browse the issue online at🔗 bit.ly/CFC-Vol-50-3
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August 28, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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New issue of AJFS: “Corporeality: Critical Concerns in French & Francophone Studies” explores the body as vulnerability, creativity & resistance. The issue is dedicated to the memory of editor Professor Jarrod Hayes (1966–2025). 🔗 bit.ly/AJFS-62-3-4
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August 25, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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We are pleased to announce that the Australian Society for French Studies are now accepting submissions for the Jarrod Hayes AJFS Prize for 2025. 🏆 Find out more: bit.ly/JH-AJFS-Prize @sfhs.bsky.social @sfps.bsky.social @ilcs.bsky.social @profnatedwards.bsky.social
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August 13, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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📖 Most read in Francosphères this week: 'Leïla Slimani’s Chanson douce: Paradoxes of identity and visibility in the littérature-monde paradigm' by Lorenza Starace
Read it #OpenAccess on the LUP website: bit.ly/Franc-Starace @sfps.bsky.social‬ @ilcs.bsky.social #FrenchStudies #intersectionality
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July 17, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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nickihitchcott.bsky.social
Pleased to announce the publication with @livunipress.bsky.social of Ecotexts in the Postcolonial Francosphere, co-edited with Nsah Mala @sfps.bsky.social @sta-modlangs.bsky.social
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Nsah Mala (born Kenneth Nsah), PhD, is Researcher and Hub Coordinator for UNESCO-MOST BRIDGES Coalition at the University of Cologne. He is also affiliated with the School of International Futures (SOIF) and the Universities of Lancaster, Nottingham, and Lille.
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July 6, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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📢 New special issue of Contemporary French Civilization: Discourse & Society in the Global French-Speaking World.
Explore research on language, identity & power across francophone contexts.
Online at: bit.ly/Discourse-and-Society
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June 30, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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New pub: Beyond the Mulatta: Haunted Hybridity in Advertising

How do the media market a fantasy vision of black women?

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Beyond the Mulatta
"Beyond the Mulatta" published on 18 Mar 2025 by Brill.
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June 3, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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Lectureship in the History of twentieth-century French Imperialism and Decolonisation at St Andrews @sfps.bsky.social
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Associate Lecturer (Education Focused) - AO1547XXRS at University of St Andrews
Apply now for the Associate Lecturer (Education Focused) - AO1547XXRS role on jobs.ac.uk - the leading job board for higher education jobs. View details.
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June 20, 2025 at 6:48 AM
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livunipress.bsky.social
📑 This week’s most read article from CFC Intersections:

'The limits of White hospitality in Marie Darrieussecq’s ‘La Mer à l’envers’', by Amanda Vredenburgh.

Available to read online at: bit.ly/White-Hospitality

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June 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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emmaelinor.bsky.social
Is there a better time to read and review books than summer? I don't think so - and I'm looking for reviewers for lots of titles for the Journal of Contemporary History. We now do review articles of up to 4,000 words, covering three books. These and many more are up for grabs:
June 19, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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nickihitchcott.bsky.social
The annual SFPS @sfps.bsky.social conference is also dedicated to Fanon. The programme looks excellent. More info here sfps.org.uk/forthcoming-...
May 18, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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Today is the last day to register for the SFPS Post-Graduate Study Day! All info, including the excellent program on the topic of “Colonial toxicity and ecologies of empire,” can be found here

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May 9, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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saraharens.bsky.social
The 2025 @sfps.bsky.social annual postgraduate study day at Cambridge provides an opportunity to learn more about research emerging at the intersection of Francophone postcolonial studies and the environmental humanities, v reduced fees for PG attendants: sfps.org.uk/forthcoming-...
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May 6, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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laurapkennedy.bsky.social
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...

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April 14, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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Volume 50.1 features the latest winner of the 12th Lawrence R. Schehr Memorial Award, alongside articles on Marseille’s Prix de l’Évêché and “polars du Sud,” environmental discourses and Robert Bresson’s 1977 film 'Le diable probablement', and much more.
Online at: bit.ly/CFC-50-1
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March 28, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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nickihitchcott.bsky.social
Excited to have just sent back the proofs for this volume co-edited with Nsah Mala. Publication in May 2025 with @livunipress.bsky.social @sta-modlangs.bsky.social @sfps.bsky.social
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March 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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frasermcqueen.bsky.social
Stirling is v cool and people should recommend this to their students or apply if they're interested 💚
sfps.bsky.social Society for Francophone Postcolonial Studies @sfps.bsky.social · Mar 10
Of potential interest:

6 funded PhDs (UK fees + stipend) at Stirling University's Centre for the Sciences of Place and Memory. Deadline 18 April. All disciplinary backgrounds engaging with the Centre's research interests are welcome to apply. Further info available: placememory.net/apply-now-fo...
Apply Now for PhD Studentships 2025
We are recruiting 6 PhD studentships, fully funded by the University of Stirling, which will aim to advance knowledge of the dynamic relations between place and memory at multiple timescales a…
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March 11, 2025 at 2:37 PM
sfps.bsky.social
Of potential interest:

6 funded PhDs (UK fees + stipend) at Stirling University's Centre for the Sciences of Place and Memory. Deadline 18 April. All disciplinary backgrounds engaging with the Centre's research interests are welcome to apply. Further info available: placememory.net/apply-now-fo...
Apply Now for PhD Studentships 2025
We are recruiting 6 PhD studentships, fully funded by the University of Stirling, which will aim to advance knowledge of the dynamic relations between place and memory at multiple timescales a…
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March 10, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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SFPS Essay Prize 2025 @sfps.bsky.social invites PhD students and early-career academics to submit a contribution for the annual SFPS Essay Prize. Submissions (5,000 words) must respond to the theme ‘The End(s) of Empire’ sfps.org.uk/sfps-essay-p...
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March 5, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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maybenansi.bsky.social
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!
February 21, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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Today's deadline day! Send in your abstracts, it's going to be a great conference.
laurapkennedy.bsky.social Laura Kennedy @laurapkennedy.bsky.social · Feb 21
One week left to send us your abstracts for the @sfps.bsky.social annual conference (Dec 5-6th, Senate House London). Please share widely!
laurapkennedy.bsky.social Laura Kennedy @laurapkennedy.bsky.social · Feb 4
Gentle reminder of the open CFP for the annual @sfps.bsky.social conference, on Fanon at 100, happening in the Senate House 5-6th December. It is particularly special to be welcoming my UCC colleague @maybenansi.bsky.social as one of our keynotes. We can’t wait to read your abstracts!
February 28, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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The new Bulletin of Francophone Postcolonial Studies, issue 14.2 edited by @saraharens.bsky.social is now live on our website!

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Current Bulletin of Francophone Postcolonial Studies (2024) – Society for Francophone Postcolonial Studies
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February 17, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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saraharens.bsky.social
Please share: Happy to announce the 2025 @sfps.bsky.social Essay Prize!
- open to PhD students and early-career academics/anyone who is not in tenure-track/permanent employment
- deadline: 18 Apr 2025, 5pm GMT
- winner (£100) and runner-up will be published
All details: sfps.org.uk/sfps-essay-p...
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February 11, 2025 at 7:37 PM