They dive into Despentes’s punk feminist aesthetics, heteropatriarchy & why her work matters in the post‑#MeToo era. Don’t miss it! 💥📚

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 …

🎙️ New WiF Positionalities podcast episode!
Dr @dcarliniversini.bsky.social sits down with Prof. Michèle Schaal to discuss her new monograph Grrrl Writing: Virginie Despentes’s Authorial Politics (2026, Peter Lang)!

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UCFL is seeking nominations for six roles. Deadline: 16 January.

More information here: university-council-for-languages.org/2025/12/ucfl...

➡️ Chair of Wales
➡️ Early Career Academic Rep
➡️ French Studies Rep
➡️ Linguistics Rep
➡️ Lusophone Studies Rep
➡️ Slavonic and Eastern European Studies Rep

🎙️ New episode! Positionalities – Women in French Podcast
“Teaching French Through a Gender-Just Lens”
Dr Gemma King, Dr Dominique Carlini Versini @dcarliniversini.bsky.social & Dr Clara Sitbon share insights on inclusive French teaching. Hosted by Dr Beth Kearney @besskearney.bsky.social !

We Can Make an Impact. Stop the removal of Modern Languages courses at the University of Nottingham!

Stop the removal of Modern Languages courses at the University of Nottingham! c.org/PmFf5kMs4K

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 …

🎃 Halloween Special Alert!
In Episode 5 of Positionalities, Dr @dcarliniversini.bsky.social speaks with Prof Michèle Bacholle & Dr @emmaafln.bsky.social about women reimagining horror.
Don’t miss this chillingly brilliant conversation!
🔗 womeninfrenchaustralia.wordpress.com/wif-australi...

🎉 We invite you to our end-of-year online research showcase & celebration!
🗓️ Friday 28 Nov | ⏰ 3–6 PM AEST
💬 Share a 10-min informal talk on your 2025 research highlights—or just come listen & connect!
📩 EOI by 31 Oct: wifaustralia@gmail.com
#WiFOZ #ResearchShowcase

🎓 Join us for the next WiF Oz Work-in-Progress Seminar
"Shumona Sinha, exemple paradigmatique des xénographies féminines dans l’Europe d’aujourd’hui"!
📅 Thurs 23 Oct
🕚 11am (London) | 12pm (Madrid) | 9pm (Sydney)
📍 On Teams
🔗 Programme & link: womeninfrenchaustralia.wordpress.com/work-in-prog...

Living Texts Seminar - Durham University

Living Texts Seminar: Dr Amaleena Damlé in Conversation with Priya Hein - www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...

Applications are now being accepted for the Higher Education Scholarships for Palestinians (HESPAL), looking to start a postgraduate Masters degree in Sep 2026 - including our Masters in CompLit & in Global Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. More here: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/modern-langu...

homme dans une manif qui tient une pancarte "pourquoi faites-vous de la MERDE?"

je pense souvent à cet homme qui finalement avait tout dit

Abortion is a bread-and-butter economic issue. We need to treat it that way | Rebecca Solnit Parenthood, criminality or death: these are now the all-too-expensive options for many women in the wake of the Dobbs decision

Just want to add that reproductive rights are an economic issue and for many women a survival issue. If you can't control your body, you can't control your life.

Contents | Journal of Romance Studies 25, 3 This article was published open access under a CC BY-NC-ND licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/.

Thrilled that @katharinemurphy.bsky.social and my co-edited Special Issue is now out in the Journal of Romance Studies! 🎉 Huge thanks to our contributors across French, Spanish, Italian & Portuguese studies—showing the value of a multilingual approach to the Medical Humanities: tinyurl.com/mrxmznsm

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

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 …

🎙️ 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...

We are delighted to share the details of our upcoming Early Career training sessions. These are open to postgraduate and early career members of the Society, and will take the form of a roundtable with the panelists, followed by an opportunity for attendees to ask questions.

Job Opportunity!

The American University of Paris - Assistant Professor of Art History

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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!

UK universities explore merging language courses as enrolment falls Institutions discuss closer collaboration and sharing resources amid a funding squeeze caused by sharp drop in student numbers

N8 and Russell Group universities both exploring whether collaboration can help retain modern languages provision. With a sharing link for 3 non-subscribers. on.ft.com/3UWf8Aj

Encore 200 000 signatures et la pétition contre la loi Duplomb aura récolté plus de signatures que le parti de Mme Genevard a eu de voix au 2e tour des élections législatives 2024.

On continue de signer 👇
petitions.assemblee-nationale.fr/initiatives/...

Cloth model aids for midwifery

Angélique-Marguerite du Coudray was a famous 18th century French midwife who designed various teaching aids to train midwives about anatomy and obstetrics. Her work saved many lives in the age #WomensArt

📢Job Announcement: The School of Modern Languages & Applied Linguistics at @unioflimerick.bsky.social seeks to appoint an Assistant Professor in French for a period of one year, from September 2025. Closing date: 17 July. Details > universityvacancies.com/university-l... #teachingjobs #frenchstudies

We’ve opened the call for @britishacademy.bsky.social postdoctoral fellowships. We provide three years of funding for early career researchers in the humanities and social sciences to complete a significant piece of publishable research
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/post...

Graphic to promote the journal 'French Studies': Navy blue text reads ‘Publishing articles and reviews spanning all areas of the subject, including language and linguistics, literature, thought and the history of ideas, and cultural studies’. Journal cover for French Studies sits to the right of the text. The cover is a warm cream with a rich red uppercase font for the journal's title. A red line sits under the title and under that the table of contents is listed in a small black font. The Liverpool University Press logo sits in the left corner, it features a dark red minimalist swoosh which represents the Liver Bird, text underneath reads Liverpool University Press founded 1899. The Society for French Studies logo sits alongside. The logo is made up of a coral-coloured circle, a blue square, and a gold triangle which overlap to create a purple colour. In the background sits a soft lilac graphic with light grey lines running in different directions.

NEW | Volume 79.3 examines the contested authorship of Labé’s sonnets, Racine’s Phèdre through Sappho, and Paris’s transformation under Haussmann, alongside fresh studies in literary history, language & African urbanism.
Explore the issue: bit.ly/FS-79-3
@frenchstudies.bsky.social #FrenchStudies

Graphic for a new journal issue: Background is a dark and bright blue image of marbleised paint. A journal cover for 'Contemporary French Civilization' sits to the right, the journal's title is a fresh white modern font and the cover is a navy blue. White text to the left reads 'Special Issue, Discourse and Society in the Global French-Speaking World'. The Liverpool University Press logo sits in the bottom left, it features a minimalist swoosh which represents the Liver Bird, text underneath reads 'Liverpool University Press Founded 1899', the logo is white.

📢 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
@sfps.bsky.social @ilcs.bsky.social #DiscourseAnalysis #FrenchStudies

Malta, Belgium, and Iceland are the top countries for LGBTQI+ rights in Europe. The UK, Hungary, and Georgia saw steep falls in LGBTQI+ rights in the past year. Russia, Azerbaijan, and Turkey place last.

LGBTQI+ rights are human rights. This is no more apparent than in the “Rainbow Map,” an annual report by ILGA-Europe @ilgaeurope.bsky.social, an Open Society grantee, that ranks 49 European countries on their legal and policy practices for LGBTQI+ people.

🎓 Calling all modern languages alumni!

We’d love to hear from you. Share your experience and help shape the future of modern languages by taking part in the Global Alumni Survey 2025.

Closes 30 June at 11:59pm (BST).

#DUAlumniSurvey25 #DurhamAlumni #HaveYourSay #MakeYourMark #DurhamForLife

Scottish Government announces £40m bailout for university YouTube video by STV News

A full length clip is now available. Thanks to Lynne Rankin and the STV team.

youtu.be/X3hFD76n7ks?...

NO REDUNDANCIES at the University of Dundee.

Fantastic news in our fight to save jobs, as interim Principal Prof Nigel Seaton confirms that there will be no redundancies. A massive victory for everyone who has supported us.

Looking forward to receiving the removal of Section 188 in writing.