Staggering harm is being done to #language learning in Higher Ed. No oversight or strategic thinking, with cold spots now present. Petitions alone this week in response to closures:
Nottingham · Change.org
Leicester · Change.org
#edusky #langsky @britishacademy.bsky.social @hetanshah.bsky.social
Please sign and share this petition to help stop the removal of Modern Languages courses at the University of Nottingham.
@uniofnottingham.bsky.social
Pleased to share my review of the wonderful new anthology, Contemporary Francophone African Plays, edited by Judith G. Miller and Sylvie Chalaye.
Review published in French Studies: doi.org/10.3828/fs.2...
@livunipress.bsky.social
Delighted that my monograph BUMIDOM (1963-1982) and its Afterlives is now in press & published in April with @edinburghup.bsky.social! Available for pre-order here: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-bumidom.... A huge thank you to @leverhulme.bsky.social for funding my project on the BUMIDOM!
If you're interested in my new book, BUMIDOM (1963-1982) and its Afterlives, published by @edinburghup.bsky.social, you can get a 30% discount by using the code 'NEW30' at checkout! edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-bumidom...
Thank you, Antonia! The photo is from Christiane Jatahy’s incredible multimedia theatre production “Ithaque : Notre Odyssée 1”, which I was lucky enough to see in person in 2018!
Thank you!
Now that the contract is signed, I'm thrilled to share that my first book, "Performing Dépaysement: Mythmaking and Biopolitics in Postcolonial and Migrant Theatre in French", will be published by @livunipress.bsky.social as part of its Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures book series!
Dessins © Wajdi Mouawad.
#Théâtre #Littérature
"Les verbes de l’écriture"
📌 Le cours de Wajdi Mouawad, professeur invité sur la chaire annuelle L'invention de l'#Europe par les langues et les cultures, commence la semaine prochaine.
⏰ 18 février → 8 avril 2025
👉 www.college-de-france.fr/fr/agenda/co...
"L’ombre en soi qui écrit"
📌 La vidéo de la leçon inaugurale de Wajdi Mouawad, professeur invité sur la chaire annuelle L'invention de l'Europe par les langues et les cultures, en partenariat avec le Ministère de la Culture, est disponible.
👉 www.college-de-france.fr/fr/agenda/le...
Danièle Lebrun dans Le Soulier de satin de Claudel (Dona Honoria – photo 2024 © Jean-Louis Fernandez – coll. Comédie-Française)
#Théâtre #Comédie
🎭 "Dire les vers"
🎭 Rencontres entre Éric Ruf, le Pr @williammarx.bsky.social et Denis Podalydès dans le cadre du cycle "La Comédie-Française au Collège de France".
⏰ Mercredi 12 février 2025, 19 h
👉 www.college-de-france.fr/fr/agenda/gr...
🔴 En direct → www.college-de-france.fr/fr/agenda/le...
👤 « L’ombre en soi qui écrit »
📌 Leçon inaugurale de Wajdi Mouawad, professeur invité sur la chaire annuelle L'invention de l'#Europe par les langues et les cultures, en partenariat avec le Ministère de la Culture.
A white door opening, with the view of some books in the room behind it; a plaque on the door reads: Archive of Performances Greek and Roman Drama Study Room
🚨✨ JOB ALERT! Do you like #Performance? #Archives? #AncientDrama? Public Events? Come work with us! We're looking for an Archive Administrative Assistant (2 days per week, Oxford).
Details: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLS746/a...
🏛️🏺 #AncientBluesky #ClassicsBluesky
🚨✨ JOB ALERT! Do you like #Performance? #Archives? #AncientDrama? Public Events? Come work with us! We're looking for an Archive Administrative Assistant (2 days per week #Oxford)
Details: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLS746/a...
🏛️🏺 #AncientBluesky #ClassicsBluesky
@apac-ssn.bsky.social #ExploreYourArchive
In 2025, we’ll bring you a wealth of new material including:
· A special issue on abortion in February.
· A special issue on the BUMIDOM in August.
· A special section on Le Manifeste conspirationniste, in May t.co/Zne5lZ6xEK @asmcf.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social
We're hiring a Journals Publishing Assistant - find out more about this role and how to apply:
liverpooluniversitypress.blog/2025/02/05/j... #jobsinpublishing
Thanks to our amazing authors, readers, reviewers and publisher for contributing to the life of our journal! @asmcf.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social
Our 2024 issues:
- Issue 4 www.tandfonline.com/toc/cmcf20/3...
- Issue 3 www.tandfonline.com/toc/cmcf20/3...
- Issue 2: special issue on Michel Serres www.tandfonline.com/toc/cmcf20/3...
- Issue 1: special issue on Memory Studies in the French-Speaking World www.tandfonline.com/toc/cmcf20/3...
A reminder to sign up for this evening's event if you haven't already!
💻 Not going to be in Oxford? No problem! More info and Teams link on our website: www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/events/2025/...
Book cover for Contemporary Performance Lighting with theatrical scene of hanging strings of lightbulbs creating a warm orange light with scattered blue rocking chairs in foreground
It’s now been two years since publication of Contemporary Performance Lighting: experience, creativity, meaning @methuendrama.bsky.social We are very proud of championing this range of new thinking about light www.bloomsbury.com/uk/contempor...
Consider submitting to this special issue of New Formations: A Journal of Culture/Theory/Politics on the poetics and politics of soil put together by @zeniakish.bsky.social and Eva-Lynn Jagoe!
jeremygilbertwriting.wordpress.com/2025/01/30/c...
The history of cotton manufacture in France is part of a global history of trade, blockades, slavery and rivalry, with cotton clothing ('indiennes') being banned outright for a time, before the superbe 'toiles de Jouy' were created. #FrHistory #Frenchpodcast www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
Are you interested in doing a PhD with me? I'm looking for a student to complete a project on race, translation & tragedy. I am particularly interested in a First Nations candidate looking to do a creative writing PhD, but welcome all inquiries: study.uq.edu.au/study-option....
CFP: Society for French Studies PG conference on the brilliant theme of ‘conditions’
www.sfs.ac.uk/conferences/... 🗃️ #FRHistory #FrenchHistory
Conference Call for Papers. 50 Years of Contemporary French Civilization in white font overlaid on a background image of a dark inky blue marbleised patter. Journal cover for Contemporary French Civilization sits to the right, the cover is a royal blue with a clean white font for the journal's title. Liverpool University Press logo in white also sits on top of the marbleised background.
CALL FOR PAPERS | In 2025, Contemporary French Civilization turns 50 and we are pleased to launch a #CallForPapers for the anniversary conference that will assess and position both the field and the journal for the next 50.
Find out more: bit.ly/CFC-50th-Anni...
@ilcs.bsky.social @sfps.bsky.social
The latest issue of Francospheres journal on a blue and pink gradient fade background with the LUP logo in white on the bottom right and an orange Open Access banner at the top of the image.
Francosphères 13.2 includes work by @besskearney.bsky.social, @dcarliniversini.bsky.social & @drjoeford.bsky.social on ambivalence, agency & selfhood in contemporary francophone narratives. Read it #OpenAccess: bit.ly/FRANC13-2 @openlibhums.bsky.social @sfps.bsky.social @ilcs.bsky.social
Our CfP for the 2025 Annual Conference is now live on our website. Check it out! Abstracts due Feb 17, 2025
sfps.org.uk/2024/12/16/c...
The final panel of the Australian Society for French Studies conference was a very special one, on future directions in French studies. The perfect end to a wonderful conference! #ASFS2024
