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A reminder that there's a month left before applications for this year's Simon Gaunt Postgraduate Travel Grant close: 🔔👇

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A reminder that the deadline to register for this year's SFS Annual Conference with an ‘early bird’ discount is Friday 28 February 2025! 🦉🦜👇

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A reminder to postgraduate students wishing to take part in our Annual Postgraduate Poster Competition that we are accepting expressions of interest until next Monday 3 March 2025. 📝👇

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The call for papers for this year's SFS Postgraduate Conference 'CONDITIONS' closes on Monday 3 March 2025. Send in your entries before the deadline next week! 📨👇

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📢 New in 'French Studies' Marc Hersant examines Gérard Genette's theory of the "scene" in history, exploring the tension between vivid storytelling and intellectual distance, and the debate over history's connection to fiction. Online at: bit.ly/FS-Vol-79-1 @frenchstudies.bsky.social

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A reminder that the deadline to register for this year's SFS Annual Conference with an ‘early bird’ discount is Friday 28 February 2025! 🦉🦜👇

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A reminder that the deadline for receipt of nominations for the 2024 Malcom Bowie Prize is in just 10 days! 📨👇

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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/...

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We are inviting PG students to send us expressions of interest in our Postgraduate Poster Competition, which will be held at this year's SFS Annual Conference. Please write to us ([email protected]) by 3 March 2025! 💡📚

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📢 New in 'French Studies' Christian Jouhaud explores 'La Digue' (1629), Jean de Gaufreteau's unique work on the siege of La Rochelle, blending history and personal memory to challenge traditional boundaries in historiography. Read more: bit.ly/FS-Vol-79-1 @frenchstudies.bsky.social

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Please sign this petition urging Cardiff University to reconsider its plans to close the School of Modern Languages: 'We stand in solidarity with the university staff affected by this decision.' www.change.org/p/save-mlang...

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NEW in French Studies | Explore how images shaped history-writing in early 18th c. collaborative books, and how a famous 17th c. defence speech by Antoine Le Maître was later reinterpreted to rewrite legal history. Read more at: bit.ly/FS-Vol-79-1 @frenchstudies.bsky.social @eparpillee.bsky.social

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The Arts and Humanities Alliance have written an open letter to Bridget Philippson, Secretary of State for Education, on the recently announced cuts across the sector. We are concerned that these measures disproportionately affect our disciplines and call for an urgent government review.

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Please sign this petition urging Cardiff University to reconsider its plans to close the School of Modern Languages: 'We stand in solidarity with the university staff affected by this decision.' www.change.org/p/save-mlang...

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Delighted to pick up copies of the newly redesigned French Studies this weekend. Thank you to colleagues at @livunipress.bsky.social for the smooth transition and for seeing through the redesign and printing with high production values. @frenchstudies.bsky.social

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

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We are delighted to announce that four entries have been shortlisted for this year's R. Gapper Book Prize: 📚

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The 2025 Free Issues are here! Read free journal issues online now 👇 @britrecs.bsky.social @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social @frenchstudies.bsky.social @huguenotsociety.bsky.social @ilcs.bsky.social @indexers.bsky.social @ochjs.bsky.social @lsternetrust.bsky.social @liverpooluni.bsky.social #FreetoRead

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The CFP for this year's SFS Postgraduate Conference 'CONDITIONS' is now open! 🔔📝 The conference will be held on Friday 30 May 2025 at King's College London. For more information about this year's theme and how to submit a proposal, visit the link below: www.sfs.ac.uk/conferences/...

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We are currently accepting applications for the annual Visiting International Fellowship scheme, which includes a grant of up to £5,000. Applications close on 31 March 2025. 👩‍🎓 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 🇮🇪 🏛️ For more information about eligibility and how to apply, see the link below: www.sfs.ac.uk/funding/visi...

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Introducing French Studies Bulletin 46.1. Featuring articles on Baudelaire’s echo in Proust and politics in Philippe Vasset’s 'La Conjuration', plus reports from major conferences, a note on Rimbaud & Verlaine, and the latest postgraduate & SFS news. 👉 bit.ly/FSB-Vol-46-1 @frenchstudies.bsky.social

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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-...

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Introducing a new special issue of 'French Studies'. Explore how history, writing and visualisation intertwined in the 17th & 18th centuries— from Tacitus to Voltaire. Online at 👉 bit.ly/FS-Vol-79-1 @frenchstudies.bsky.social @ar-s.bsky.social @eparpillee.bsky.social @awimbush.bsky.social

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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...

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A reminder that the closing date for submissions for the R. Gapper Postgraduate Essay Prize is this Saturday 30 November 2024. For more information see the link below: www.sfs.ac.uk/prizes/r-gap...

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A reminder that the closing date for submissions for the R. Gapper Postgraduate Essay Prize is this Saturday 30 November 2024. For more information see the link below: www.sfs.ac.uk/prizes/r-gap...

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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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A reminder that the closing date for submissions for the R. Gapper Postgraduate Essay Prize is 30 November 2024. For more information see the link below: www.sfs.ac.uk/prizes/r-gap...

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A reminder that the closing date for submissions for the R. Gapper Postgraduate Essay Prize is 30 November 2024. For more information see the link below: www.sfs.ac.uk/prizes/r-gap...

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Anyone have good tips for teaching essay writing to undergrad students? I run regular sessions on essay writing but I’m either not explaining it properly or it’s not going in, as I keep seeing the same mistakes I’ve warned against.

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Starter pack in Francophone Post- and Decolonial Studies! @sfps.bsky.social @frenchstudies.bsky.social @ilcs.bsky.social

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Liverpool University Press is delighted to announce a new publishing partnership with the Society for French Studies, to publish the journals French Studies and French Studies Bulletin from 2025. Find out more at: bit.ly/LUP-Society-for-French-Studies @frenchstudies.bsky.social #FrenchStudies

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Great to see our article on ‘French Studies and the Medical Humanities’ in the new print edition of _French Studies_. Online link here: academic.oup.com/fs/article/7... @frenchstudies.bsky.social

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We are delighted to announce the introduction of The Simon Gaunt Postgraduate Travel Grant.🧵 The aim is to enable postgraduate students to travel abroad for a potentially career-transforming international event or activity. Closing date: April 12th 2024 sfs.ac.uk/funding/the-...

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