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Natalie Edwards @profnatedwards.bsky.social · Jun 30

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

Chris Hogarth @octolingualman.bsky.social · Jun 30

@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

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Jonathan Ervine @jonathanervine.bsky.social · May 30

Stop cuts to Modern Languages at Bangor University - Sign the Petition! chng.it/9vtymFBVFh

Sign the Petition

Stop cuts to Modern Languages at Bangor University

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Natalie Edwards @profnatedwards.bsky.social · May 2

I love working on migration whilst I'm in transit, and wrote this on trains and during a long lay-over at Hong Kong airport: Caribbean Life Writing as World Literature in www.bloomsbury.com/uk/life-writ... @frenchatbristol.bsky.social @mmbuob.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social

Life Writing as World Literature

A global array of contributors explore the interplay between translation and circulation, mediums and materialities, and aesthetics and politics in how life wri…

www.bloomsbury.com

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Emma Cayley 谷曦 @emmacayley.bsky.social · Apr 12

UK academia’s lack of language skills ‘imperils research integrity’ www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-c...

UK academia’s lack of language skills ‘imperils research integrity’ - Research Professional News

British Academy report calls for more recognition of linguistic ability, including in Research Excellence Framework

www.researchprofessionalnews.com

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Hannah Grayson @drhannahgrayson.bsky.social · Mar 5

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...

SFPS Essay Prize – Society for Francophone Postcolonial Studies

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Durham Modern Languages and Cultures (MLAC) @languagesdurham.bsky.social · Feb 20

We are now recruiting to three Career Development Fellowships (in French, History, and Italian) and PhD studentships made possible by the generous support of Joanna and Graham Barker.

Please spread the news. Interested candidates can read more here www.durham.ac.uk/IMEMS/InventingFutures

Inventing Futures - Durham University

www.durham.ac.uk

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French Studies @frenchstudies.bsky.social · Feb 14

We are delighted to announce that registration is now open for this year's Annual Conference in Bristol. A provisional programme and information about available funding can be found on our website.

Register before Friday 28 February for a discounted early bird rate! 🐣

www.sfs.ac.uk/conferences/...

2025 Annual Conference

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

www.sfs.ac.uk

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Charles Forsdick @cforsdick.bsky.social · Feb 5

The deep cultural cost of British university job cuts

Arts and humanities are being hit hardest by cuts in higher education, write Prof Thea Pitman and Prof Emma Cayley

www.theguardian.com/education/20...

The deep cultural cost of British university job cuts | Letters

Letters: Arts and humanities are being hit hardest by cuts in higher education, write Prof Thea Pitman and Prof Emma Cayley, and Dr Ronan McLaverty-Head and another letter writer comment on cuts at Ca...

www.theguardian.com

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French Studies @frenchstudies.bsky.social · Jan 30

A reminder that the deadline for receipt of nominations for the 2024 Malcom Bowie Prize is in just a few weeks! 📨👇

French Studies @frenchstudies.bsky.social · Dec 3

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...

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.

www.sfs.ac.uk

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French Studies @frenchstudies.bsky.social · Jan 7

Applications for this year's Simon Gaunt Postgraduate Travel Grant are now open. The closing date is 4th April 2025.

For more information about eligibility criteria and how to apply, see the link below:

www.sfs.ac.uk/funding/the-...

The Simon Gaunt Postgraduate Travel Grant

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

www.sfs.ac.uk

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Chris Hogarth @octolingualman.bsky.social · Dec 17

The Introduction to our Australian Research Council funded Special Issue of a/b Auto/Biography Studies, "Translingual, Transnational, and Transmedial Narratives" is FREE access. Take a peak www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Translingual, Transnational, and Transmedial Narratives

Published in a/b: Auto/Biography Studies (Vol. 39, No. 3, 2024)

www.tandfonline.com

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