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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.
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New journal issue on 'Le merveilleux scientifique en spectacle', hot off the press... journals.openedition.org/itineraires/...

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Join our colleague Prof Bradley Stephens for "Victor Hugo: Astonishing Drawings" at the French Institute in London on the 12th of May Details and tickets: www.institut-francais.org.uk/events-agend...

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I will be speaking on Zoom this Friday, May 2nd with Colin Foss at 14:30 EST/19:30 UK about my book Hustlers in the Ivory Tower as part of the Nineteenth-Century French Studies Unbound series. All welcome! Register here: southalabama.zoom.us/meeting/regi... @ncfs.bsky.social @livunipress.bsky.social

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Boston area folks, I will be speaking on Thurs 4/24 on what I call “trans orientalisms” at Harvard’s Mahindra Humanities Center mahindrahumanities.harvard.edu/event/trans-...

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The Paris Commune, considered a golden moment of hope by the left, and a black hour of power inversions by the right, the Commune occupies a critical position in understanding modern history and politics 📚 ow.ly/Ss5R50VnWQC @rutgersupress.bsky.social @eichnercarolyn.bsky.social @uksdn.bsky.social

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Examines one of the most revered art historical narratives of Western art: the famous turning point for painting and sculpture usually emblematized by the works of Édouard Manet and then the Impressionists. 📚 buff.ly/CVgu5R1 @uoftpress.bsky.social @uksdn.bsky.social

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Providing keen insight into how local narratives about absinthe shaped what quickly became a global reputation, Studer provides a panoptic view of the French Empire’s influence on absinthe’s fall from grace 📚 buff.ly/v73pbBr @drninastuder.bsky.social @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social @uksdn.bsky.social

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Even more reason to celebrate… congratulations to the winner of this year’s SDN publication prize, Charles Bégué Fawell for the article ‘Effervescent Seas: Racialized Labor and Mobile Militancy on the Steamship Highways of the French Indo-Pacific’, French Historical Studies, 47.3 (2024), 399-427

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We are delighted to announce that the winner of the 2024 Dix-Neuf Prize is Raisa Rexer, for her article ‘The Other Feminism: Literature, Sex and the Novels of René Maizeroy in Fin-de-siècle France’, 28.2 (2024), 122-42. Congratulations Raisa!

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Happening in just under 2 hours...sign up if you can to hear why the French Revolution never happened.

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Just testing you... this talk is actually *tomorrow* evening, Friday 4 April, 5pm UK time -- for the speaker it will be early morning on Friday, for others possibly Saturday morning... please come along in whatever time zone you are!

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If you are struggling with the post-conference blues, we’ve got just the solution! Come along (virtually) to hear Catherine Malabou this evening.

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Last day of SDNDurham 2025 today @uksdn.bsky.social Looking foward to the usual wide range of fascinating papers.

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Kicking off a session on dominant gender norms is the always engaging David Evans on Jules Laforgue: refusing to be a man #SDNDurham2025

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Pratima Prasad’s wonderful keynote in a beautiful setting #sdndurham2025

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Great paper by Lisa Algazi Marcus, chaired by Aine Larkin, on translating Zola's novel La Fécondité #SDNDurham2025

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Ellamae Lepper now on comical marriage contracts: bringing Butler and Bergson to Balzac #SDNDurham2025

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#SDNDurham2025

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#SDNDurham2025

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Maria Scott recounting the history of @uksdn.bsky.social #SDNDurham2025

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Getting ready to speak about Auguste Brizeux later today 'From poet of his region to "reginal poet"' at #sdnDurham2025 @uksdn.bsky.social

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Pratima Prasad giving her plenary paper #SDNDurham2025 @uksdn.bsky.social

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Sam Bootle comparing Zola’s Nana and Rachilde’s Jacques at #SDNDurham2025 @uksdn.bsky.social

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Delighted to be in Durham for #SDNDurham2025 - an opportunity to catch up and share ideas. Looking forward to the brilliant keynotes and papers, and to meeting up with all the PGs and ECRs! @uksdn.bsky.social

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@uksdn.bsky.social At St Chad's Durham waiting to welcome delegates to our annual conference #SDNDurham2025

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Hope you are all looking forward to a great conference and wishing everyone safe travels to Durham #SDNDurham2025

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Our next departmental research seminar is happening tomorrow (27th March) and will be delivered by our brilliant colleague Dr Charlotte Berkery. Charlotte's talk will take place at 5pm in ORB 1:24, UCC, and via Teams. All welcome - contact us for the Teams access link!

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Remember to book your free ticket for this French-language online talk on 4 April by philosopher Catherine Malabou on the anarchist thinking of Proudhon. www.eventbrite.com/e/1267592546...

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This event is being rescheduled, so won't be happening this evening after all. Will be worth waiting for though!

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Some real gems from Dr Emma Bielecki: ‘La chair est triste, hélas! et j'ai lu tous les livres' (Mallarmé, 'Brise Marine') And 'Je suis le Ténébreux, – le Veuf, – l’Inconsolé, Le Prince d’Aquitaine à la Tour abolie' (Nerval) #WorldPoetryDay2025

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We need 'cris de révolte' now more than ever. #WorldPoetryDay2025

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What's your favourite line of 19C poetry in French? #WorldPoetryDay2025

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An excellent choice for #WorldPoetryDay2025

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What are your favourite lines of nineteenth-century poetry in French? #WorldPoetryDay2025

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Agree, very hard to choose... #WorldPoetryDay2025

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Please join us this Friday!

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On Wednesday (19th March, 3.30pm, ORB G27 and via Teams), Prof Patrick Bray (UCL) will join us to present a paper entitled ‘Stendhal’s Inappropiable Taste: Body, Language and Landscape in Vie de Henry Brulard’. All welcome!

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This Friday Max McGuinness will be in conversation with Colin Foss about his book, Hustlers in the Ivory Tower, as part of the @ncfs.bsky.social Unbound sessions 📚

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Interested in giving a paper on paper? The American University of Paris is holding a one-day workshop, 'Working on Paper in 19th-Century Europe' on 6 June. See below for more details.

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