The Department of French at University College Cork will welcome the chance to support suitably qualified candidates wishing to apply for the upcoming Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships (MSCA) with UCC as host organisation (call opening 9 April). For more information see below:
To give one exceptional UCC student a helping hand, the prize, worth €500, was awarded to a 2nd year student planning on studying abroad in a Francophone country during their 3rd year. We were honoured that Ms Couchman and her sister joined us to award the prize to Sinéad de Burca
We were also delighted to award the Mary Angela Murphy Memorial Prize in French, generously sponsored by alumna Geraldine Lynch Couchman. The prize is named in memory of Ms Couchman’s mother, who graduated from UCC in 1941 but, due to WWII, was unable to go abroad during her time at university.
Last week, we had the pleasure of celebrating the academic achievements of some of our wonderful students during the inaugural @schoolofllc.bsky.social Academic Achievement Awards. Congratulations to Niamh Toolen, Sophie Peare, and Damian Groza!
To give one exceptional current UCC student a helping hand, the prize, worth €200, was awarded to a 2nd year student planning to study abroad in a Francophone country during their 3rd year. We were honoured that Ms Couchman and her sister joined us last night to award the prize to Sinéad de Burca.
We were also delighted to award the Mary Angela Murphy Memorial Prize in French, generously sponsored by alumna Geraldine Lynch Couchman. This prize is named in memory of Ms Couchman’s mother, who graduated from UCC in 1941 but, due to WWII, was unable to go abroad during her time at university.
Congratulations to colleagues in the Department of French and our wider School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures at University College Cork on this great result in the QS global rankings 2026!
On Friday, our students Sophie Peare and Cathal Whooley went to Dublin to represent UCC in the final deliberation of the ‘Choix Goncourt des Étudiants’. Congratulations to Sophie and Cathal!
So excited to be welcoming Joanne! Feel free to join us online or in person
Make sure to check out our @schoolofllc.bsky.social book fair, happening today!
📍ORB, first floor in the French and Italian social area
Our next research seminar will be by Dr Joanne Brueton on Thursday 19 March, 5pm (UCC’s ORB 1,24 and online).
Joanne’s paper is entitled ‘Chamoiseau’s Palimpsests: On the odds and ends of the canon’
See here for more info and link to join: www.ucc.ie/en/french/ne...
What a day that was and what a time it was when we had Roxanne in @frenchdeptucc.bsky.social as SFS International Fellow. So many cool events from podcasting workshops to film screenings, feminist book talks, poster collages and seminars on nuclear testing. And a little tourism too.
Happening today!
While the workshop activities were primarily designed for adults, some UCC students also organised a small arts and crafts space for children, ensuring families could participate and making the event open and welcoming for everyone
International Protection Applicants and UCC students collaborated in this workshop of storytelling and gardening. Through planting seeds, sharing memories connected to nature and home, and discussing what can be grown in Ireland, participants exchanged knowledge and cultural perspectives
On 14 February, colleagues hosted Stories to Grow, a community workshop, in collaboration with the charity Brij. The event is part of a collaborative project - led by Christine Montané and Céire Broderick - bringing together asylum seekers and UCC students of French, Spanish and Migration.
Join our webinar on Monday 9 March 2026, 1-2pm, to explore postgraduate study in Languages, Literatures and Cultures at UCC.
More information, and the link to join, can be found here:
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We’re delighted to welcome Cecilia Benaglia, from University of Limerick, to our research seminar this morning! Cecilia’s paper is on feminist representations of space and mobility in Michèle Causse’s work
Research Master’s scholarship in French available at UCC for 2026-7, covering fees and a contribution to maintenance. Please get in touch with any queries. @francemodern.bsky.social @asmcf.bsky.social @adeffi.bsky.social @frenchstudies.bsky.social
Fantastic opportunity to join our research community!
‼️ MRes Scholarship opportunity ‼️
UCC’s Department of French will award one Research Master’s scholarship for academic year 2026-7. This scholarship is designed to help one exceptional applicant intending to pursue a career in the discipline
For more information, see: www.ucc.ie/en/french/po...
Our deadline for abstracts for the SFPS Postgraduate and ECR study day, happening on 12th June at @frenchdeptucc.bsky.social, is Monday - make sure to send in your proposals!
Join us next week for the next intervention in our research seminar series from Dr Cecilia Benaglia!
🗓️: Tuesday 3rd March, 11am
📍: 1:24, UCC O’Rahilly Building and online via Teams
More information and the Teams link can be found here:
www.ucc.ie/en/french/ne...
Fantastic to hear from these high-flying recent graduates of ours in French at UCC. Inspiring talks from inspiring individuals! Thanks to all three!
As accomplished as they are nice. Great to see these lovely students return to what remains a lovely and brilliant department.
What a pleasure to welcome back some of our UCC graduates of French who are now pursuing exciting careers in diverse fields. Thanks to Imasha, Kevin, and Siobhán for sharing their post-UCC journeys with us.
A testimony to the many career pathways available to UCC students of French!
Picture of some presentation slides as part of the PolTec seminar series
Another thought-provoking UCC Political Technologies series talk earlier today, this time by Dr @felixtreguer.bsky.social. Merci!
Check out the cluster’s website (shorturl.at/00PDZ) for more info & upcoming seminars.
@frenchdeptucc.bsky.social @oliverjdavis.bsky.social @maybenansi.bsky.social
There is still plenty of time to send in your abstracts for the @sfps.bsky.social PG and ECR study day, happening Friday 12th June at UCC! Deadline for proposals is 2nd March!
