Criminal Women in Contemporary French Crime Fiction An exploration of representations of female criminality in contemporary French crime fiction, this book offers a literary, sociological and feminist analysis of…

Today is pub day for 'Criminal Women in Contemporary French Crime Fiction'! Available online from Bloomsbury here: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/criminal-.... So many people had a hand in bringing this book into being, and I'm so very proud of it.

🎙️ 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 !

International Crime Genre Research Network The ICGRN is a scholarly association for academics working on the crime genre in all its forms across the globe.

Delighted to share the CfP for the International Crime Genre Research Network's 2026 conference! Our theme is 'Retrospection, Futurity, Reinvention' and the conference will be held at @ucddublin.bsky.social in June next year! More information on our new website: icgrnetwork.com

Women in French UK-Ireland Women in French UK-Ireland is an association uniting scholars of Francophone women's cultural production in a supportive and collaborative research network across the UK and Ireland.

This edited volume was inspired by the 2021 @wif-ukire.bsky.social conference on "Femmes dérangées, femmes dérangeantes", and you can read more about that conference on the WiF UK-IRE website: wifukireland.com

Disruptive Discourses by Francophone Women | Home Polly Galis is a Policy Advisor for the Open Innovation Team in the UK Government’s Department for Education.

Delighted to share the webpage for "Disruptive Discourses by Francophone Women" (Nov '25) ed. by Julie Rodgers, Polly Galis & me! Feat. chapters on Virginie Despentes, Coralie Fargeat, Colette, Ananda Devi, Marianne in the French imaginary, & more! www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....

*stares in precariously employed Humanities ECR desperate to get a job in her home country while her discipline collapses around her for lack of investment*

Thrilled to have received the very first ECR Bourse from ADEFFI! I'll be heading on a long-awaited research trip to the Quais du polar festival in Lyon in April. Un grand merci to everyone at @adeffi.bsky.social & to the external panel who awarded me this prize 💛 any tips for Lyon, je suis preneuse!