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Women in French Australia @wifaustralia.bsky.social · 26d

Organised by artist Marie Julie, with fellow artists Sylvette Annibal, Claire Dehove, Emmanuelle Gibelle & Angèle Rohart.
🔗 Zoom link on our website! #WomenInFrench #Écosensibilité #ArtEtRecherche

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Women in French Australia @wifaustralia.bsky.social · 26d

We are thrilled to invite you to the roundtable "La délicatesse comme ruse pour habiter le monde et la planète en écosensibilité?"
🗓️ 25 Sept | ⏰ 9–11am GMT | 📍 Zoom

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Women in French Australia @wifaustralia.bsky.social · 26d

Organised by the artist Marie Julie, with fellow artists Sylvette Annibal, Claire Dehove, Emmanuelle Gibelle & Angèle Rohart.
🔗 Zoom link on our website! #WomenInFrench #Écosensibilité #ArtEtRecherche

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Women in French: Australia

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Women in French Australia @wifaustralia.bsky.social · Sep 8

🎙️ New podcast episode alert!
Dr Pooja Booluck-Miller speaks with Dr. Julie Fette about her book Gender by the Book, exploring how 21st-century French children’s literature reflects and resists gender norms. Check it out on our website: womeninfrenchaustralia.wordpress.com/wif-australi...

Positionalities Podcast

Positionalities: The Women in French International Podcast is a space for open conversations about the intersection of our lives with our work in feminist criticism, gender studies, and studies of …

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · Aug 23

Time for a reality check: Britain cannot be a big player on the world stage unless we speak more languages | Sophia Smith Galer

For all the talk of addressing the problem, things have got worse. Which is criminal when there is so much we could do, says journalist Sophia Smith Galer

www.theguardian.com

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Women in French Australia @wifaustralia.bsky.social · Aug 21

Tune in for a thoughtful discussion on navigating academia, building international connections, and finding your voice in the early stages of your career. Many thanks to @awimbush.bsky.social @josiegoldman.bsky.social @besskearney.bsky.social and Pooja Booluck-Miller for a great conversation!

Dr Antonia Wimbush @awimbush.bsky.social · Jul 9

Great to speak on the @wifaustralia.bsky.social Positionalities podcast about navigating the ECR stage & cultivating community. Thanks to the wonderful hosts Pooja Booluck-Miller, @josiegoldman.bsky.social & @besskearney.bsky.social
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Positionalities Podcast

Positionalities: The Women in French International Podcast is a space for open conversations about the intersection of our lives with our work in feminist criticism, gender studies, and studies of …

womeninfrenchaustralia.wordpress.com

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Women in French Australia @wifaustralia.bsky.social · Jun 17

Wonderful discussion on 'French Women Writing Environment in the Long 19th century' led by @christiesmbc.bsky.social and Dan Finch-Race as part of our WiP seminar series! Thank you very much to our speakers and attendees 😊

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Dr Antonia Wimbush @awimbush.bsky.social · Jun 17

A great start to the @wifaustralia.bsky.social work-in-progress seminar on 'French Women Writing Environment in the Long 19th century', led by @christiesmbc.bsky.social & Daniel Finch-Race!

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Women in French Australia @wifaustralia.bsky.social · May 16

Details and joining info here: womeninfrenchaustralia.wordpress.com/work-in-prog...

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Women in French Australia @wifaustralia.bsky.social · May 16

📢Women in French Australia Work-in-Progress Seminar Series 📢

We are delighted to host the roundtable discussion ‘French Women Writing Environment in the Long Nineteenth Century’ led by Daniel Finch-Race and @christiesmbc.bsky.social on 17 June 09am (BST), 6pm (AEST), 8pm (NZST) on Teams!

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Women in French Australia @wifaustralia.bsky.social · Apr 8

Deadline for proposals: 30/04/2025

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Women in French Australia @wifaustralia.bsky.social · Apr 8

📣 Call for proposals 📣

We would like to invite you to coordinate an online seminar of the Women in French Australia Work in Progress Online Seminar Series on francophone women writers and artists!

More details here: womeninfrenchaustralia.wordpress.com/calls-for-pa...

CFPs, EOIs & News

Open Letter Opposing the Disbandment of the School of Modern Languages at Cardiff University Women in French: Australia, alongside numerous academic associations and colleagues worldwide, vehementl…

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Women in French Australia @wifaustralia.bsky.social · Apr 8

Deadline for proposals: 30/04/2025.

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Women in French Australia @wifaustralia.bsky.social · Mar 10

Women in French Australia stands in solidarity with @cumodernlanguages.bsky.social. See our open letter here:

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CFPs, EOIs & News

Open Letter Opposing the Disbandment of the School of Modern Languages at Cardiff University Women in French: Australia, alongside numerous academic associations and colleagues worldwide, vehementl…

womeninfrenchaustralia.wordpress.com

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Women in French Australia @wifaustralia.bsky.social · Mar 6

Many congratulations to our International Liaison co-Officer @wimbush_antonia for the upcoming publication of her book 🥳!

Dr Antonia Wimbush @awimbush.bsky.social · Mar 4

Delighted that my monograph BUMIDOM (1963-1982) and its Afterlives is now in press & published in April with @edinburghup.bsky.social! Available for pre-order here: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-bumidom.... A huge thank you to @leverhulme.bsky.social for funding my project on the BUMIDOM!

BUMIDOM (1963–1982) and its Afterlives

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Women in French Australia @wifaustralia.bsky.social · Feb 24

Félicitations to our Communication co-officer, Dr Charlotte Mackay (Monash University), for the publication of her monograph Atlantic Bound: Writing Afro-Atlantic Diasporic Consciousness in the Works of Léonora Miano and Fatou Diome with #PeterLang 🥳!

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Modern & Contemporary France @francemodern.bsky.social · Feb 18

Our special February issue L’avortement à travers la littérature et les arts visuels, guest-edited by @dcarliniversini.bsky.social, is now available online ! www.tandfonline.com/toc/cmcf20/3... @asmcf.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social

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Dr Amy King @amycking.bsky.social · Feb 18

Delighted to share news of a free in-person workshop I've co-organised in May at the ILCS (@ilcs.bsky.social) to discuss the need for explicitly antifascist pedagogies against the rising tide of far-right support and what that practice would look like.

Info here: ilcs.sas.ac.uk/events/devel...

Developing Anti-Fascist Pedagogies

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Dominique Carlini Versini @dcarliniversini.bsky.social · Feb 18

Ravie de la publication de ce numéro spécial de @francemodern.bsky.social! Les articles explorent les récits littéraires et filmiques d'avortement de la Belle Epoque à la période contemporaine, ainsi qu'une BD militante des années 1970...

Modern & Contemporary France @francemodern.bsky.social · Feb 18

Our special February issue L’avortement à travers la littérature et les arts visuels, guest-edited by @dcarliniversini.bsky.social, is now available online ! www.tandfonline.com/toc/cmcf20/3... @asmcf.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social

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UCFL - University Council For Languages @ucflangs.bsky.social · Feb 5

Read now:

Cardiff’s closure of modern languages will tongue-tie its humanities

www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/card...

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Cardiff’s closure of modern languages will tongue-tie its humanities

The global examination of culture is not possible without languages at degree level, say Wendy Ayres-Bennett, Charles Burdett and Emma Cayley

www.timeshighereducation.com

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Modern & Contemporary France @francemodern.bsky.social · Feb 5

In 2025, we’ll bring you a wealth of new material including:
· A special issue on abortion in February.
· A special issue on the BUMIDOM in August.
· A special section on Le Manifeste conspirationniste, in May t.co/Zne5lZ6xEK @asmcf.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social

https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cmcf20/current

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Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies @ilcs.bsky.social · Nov 8

So here's a starter pack for languages, literatures, cultures and societies, very broadly defined.

If you'd like to be added or removed, comment below or send a message

go.bsky.app/TdEXaP2

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Valentina Gosetti @valentinagosetti.bsky.social · Dec 12

A truly fantastic #ASFS2024 so far! Thanks to all the organisers at the University of Melbourne inc. our very own @wifaustralia.bsky.social @awimbush.bsky.social

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Valentina Gosetti @valentinagosetti.bsky.social · Dec 1

Follow @wifaustralia.bsky.social ! 🌟

Women in French Australia @wifaustralia.bsky.social · Dec 1

We are delighted to launch our new WiF OZ podcast, hosted by Josephine Goldman and @besskearney.bsky.social 😊!

In the first episode, Beth and Josie talked to our founding President @christiesmbc.bsky.social about being a mum in academia. You can listen to it here:

open.spotify.com/show/3EOWoce...

WiF Australia Podcast

Podcast · WIF Australia · The Women in French Australia podcast is a space for open conversations about feminist criticism, gender studies, and the French-speaking world. It is hosted by early career ...

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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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