Annual Conference | ASMCF ASMCF Annual Conference 2026: Crisis and Catastrophe

The Call for Papers will close on Monday, 20th April - so don't miss out; send us your proposals via our website: www.asmcf.org/events/annua...

We are also very excited about our keynote, @fuggbug.bsky.social and the education-focussed roundtable with @fionabarclay.bsky.social (and others). It promises to be an exciting conference indeed!

We've received abstracts dealing with crises and catastrophes on topics as far ranging as grief, health, gender, war, education, love, racism and translation, through politics, literature, film, art, architecture & more.

It's the last chance to submit your proposals for Crisis or Catastrophe, our Annual Conference, in the @ilcs.bsky.social, Senate House, London on 2 – 3 September 2026.

To read the full Call for Papers, and to submit your proposal, visit: www.asmcf.org/events/annua...

we will also have a roundtable session on developments in the subject area (including input from the Language Trends report and Prof. Fiona Barclay on her AHRC grant investigating successful cultures of language-learning in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and Ireland).

We are delighted to announce our keynotes will be delivered by Prof. Sophie Fuggle (University of Liverpool) and art critic, curator and historian Dr Elisabeth Lebovici.

We have extended the Call for Papers for our conference 𝘾𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙨 𝙤𝙧 𝘾𝙖𝙩𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙝𝙚 to 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 20𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹, giving some extra time for submissions after the Easter break.

We welcome submissions from colleagues at every career stage, and especially postgraduates.

‘Je ne crois pas au monde victime-coupable’: an interview with Constance Debré Published in Modern & Contemporary France (Vol. 34, No. 1, 2026)

« Après, il y a des caricatures parce qu’on pense que tout d’un coup, je suis homosexuelle et je deviens de gauche. » Constance Debré tells @airelleamedro.bsky.social Amédro in a refreshing interview. Read it in our special issue on her work:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

« Après, il y a des caricatures parce qu’on pense que tout d’un coup, je suis homosexuelle et je deviens de gauche. » confie Constance Debré dans un entretien rafraichissant accordé à @airelleamedro.bsky.social. A lire dans notre numéro spécial sur son oeuvre :
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

listening to a great keynote paper on harmony in late 19th c. French visual culture by @rcoombes.bsky.social at @asmcf.bsky.social and SSFH study day - lots of esotericism and occulture in the mix! @francemodern.bsky.social

our @asmcf.bsky.social and SSFH PG study day is underway! currently listening to a fantastic keynote from @rcoombes.bsky.social

Heading home after a terrific day in London with @asmcf.bsky.social executive committee colleagues. Many positive and exciting ideas discussed. Do join us in September for our annual conference! CfP still open: www.asmcf.org/events/annua...

We welcome submissions from scholars at all stages working on French and Francophone contexts from 1789-present.

Our conference wants to ask who names crises & catastrophes, who benefits, & what futures do they enable or foreclose? When does crisis become catastrophe? How do crisis/catastrophe generate new aesthetics, genres or political possibilities? What forms of resistance, care or solidarity emerge?

Two weeks to go until the Call for Papers for 𝘊𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘊𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘦?, our 2026 Annual Conference, closes.

Submit your abstract via our website by 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟯 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲
www.asmcf.org/events/annua...

We look forward to seeing you next week for another Francophone Friday, and don’t forget you can send us material for next week’s thread via the contact form on our website or directly through a message here on BlueSky ! 6/6

The Centre for Visual Cultures at Royal Holloway, are running a two-day symposium in April 2026 entitled: ‘Violence, Migrant Women and Cinema: Diop, Witches and the Chorus in Saint Omer (2022)'. More details here : www.royalholloway.ac.uk/research-and... 5/6

Another open CFP is on The Intersection of France and Iran/Persia in Literature and Film. More details here: pamla.ballastacademic.com/Home/S/19992 4/6

There are only a few days left to send an abstract for the workshop Universities and Society at the End of Empire and Beyond (UniSoc), which will happen at the University of Birmingham on 23-24 June 3/6

First up, our friends at Liverpool University Press have published the latest issue of the British Journal of Canadian Studies. While you are on their website, do not forget to check out Studies in Modern and Contemporary France: www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/topic/book-s... 2/6

Hello and welcome to another Francophone Friday thread, where we highlight research being done in or about the Francophone world. 1/6

We are delighted to see so many open calls, events, and exciting publications. Please continue to share them with us or on your usual mailing lists so we can ensure they are featured on future threads! 12/12

The Essential Senghor: African Philosophy and Black Aesthetics

Finally, Doyle Calhoun has announced the publication of a translated volume titled “The Essential Senghor”, which you can find here: www.dukeupress.edu/the-essentia.... 11/12

Rachel Gabara has announced the publication of her book “Documentary Objectives: Filming Africa from Colonialism to Independence” at Indiana University Press. 10/12

Wage Dynamics in Africa This book addresses the long understudied topic of wage issues in sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.

Another publication which may be of interest to our members is “Wage Dynamics in Africa. Achievements and Challenge”. You can find it here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007... 9/12

There is a new special issue of Outre-Mers – Revue d’histoire colonial et impériale, dedicated to « Des missionnaires aux prêtres locaux : enjeux et défis de l’africanisation du clergé catholique, de la fin du XIXe siècle au début des années 1960 » 8/12

The Journal of Pacific History Connected Histories of Empire: France, Britain, and the Pacific. GUEST EDITORS: Charlotte Ann Legg and Briony Neilson. Volume 60, Issue 4 of The Journal of Pacific History

The Institute for the Study of French Australian Relations launched a Special Issue of the Journal of Pacific History (vol 60, no. 4 2025), Connected Histories of Empire: France, Britain, and the Pacific. Read it here www.tandfonline.com/toc/cjph20/60/4 7/12

‘Chamoiseau’s Palimpsests: On the odds and ends of the canon’ | Research seminar | University College Cork Learn, Study and Research in UCC, Ireland's first 5 star university. Our tradition of independent thinking will prepare you for the world and the workplace in a vibrant, modern, green campus.

University College Cork’s Department of French Research Series’ next seminar will be on ‘Chamoiseau’s Palimpsests: On the odds and ends of the canon’, with Joanne Brueton. More information here: www.ucc.ie/en/french/ne... 6/12

Trans-Atlantic Summer Institute TASI is a summer institute collaboration for graduate students in Europe and North America.

There is an open call for the 17th Trans-Atlantic Summer Institute on
Race and Revolution: France, Germany, the US and the Middle East in the 1960s and 70s, which will take place in Berlin in the Summer: cla.umn.edu/cges/program... 5/12