Great to see our article on French Studies and the Medical Humanities in the new print edition of French Studies. Online link here: academic.oup.com/fs/article/78/… Anna M. Elsner

Very much looking forward to presenting my work in progress on assisted dying in this wonderful series organised by Jordan McCullough. This also marks my first foray into the comparative realm. The programme looks rich and inspiring!

Everyone is very welcome to attend this study day, funded by ASMCF's Initiative Fund, on contemporary French fiction and the State of the Nation novel taking place on Friday 31st May in person at the University of Warwick (@WarwickSMLC) and online.

🗯️COUNTDOWN: only 10 days left to submit an abstract for our annual conference on 'Transnational Futures'!!! Keep those abstracts coming! asmcf.org/conferences-an…

Wonderful tribute to the late, great Maryse Condé by ⁦Joseph Zobel project⁩ theguardian.com/books/2024/apr…

Beyond images of war: Sammy Baloji’s work captures DR Congo’s vibrant arts and culture, challenging western views theconversation.com/beyond-images-… via The Conversation Africa Thabo Leshilo Reuben A. Loffman Modern & Contemporary France French Studies SFPS

This year’s French Studies PG conference is happening very soon! Register to join us on the 31 May 2024 King's College London. Elly Walters and I are very much looking forward to meeting you 🌞

We are now inviting proposals for the 'Francophone Perspectives on Empathy and Care Today' Study Day which is set to take place at Queen's University Belfast 🎓 QUB Modern Languages on Friday, the 14th of June. Deadline for submission is Friday, the 3rd of May. fabula.org/actualites/120…

Maryse Condé, la grande dame de la littérature guadeloupéenne, de la littérature monde en français, nous a quitté il y a quelques jours. En son hommage, nous rendons disponible l'article récent, 'Maryse Condé writing herself as a cook' doi.org/10.1080/096394…

🏆 Congratulations to Professor Siobhán McIlvanney on winning best article of 2023 from Modern & Contemporary France! Prof McIlvanney's work explores the depiction of maternal ambivalence in Leïla Slimani's international bestseller, Chanson douce.

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we are delighted to announce that Siobhán McIlvanney (KCL) is the winner of our £1000 Best Article Prize (2023), for her brilliant analysis of Leïla Slimani’s bestseller, Chanson douce. ASMCF T&F Social Sciences and Humanities King's Languages, Literatures and Cultures tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Don't forget that the CfP for our 2024 Conference 'Transnational Futures' (Southampton) is open until 28/04 - whether PG, EC or well established, we look forward to receiving your abstracts!

this richly illustrated, wonderfully reflective interview of Pascal Convert by Nigel Saint Nigel Saint is also now available free to view (until end June) T&F Social Sciences and Humanities ASMCF French at Leeds Prof Nina Parish Hannah Grayson tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

we're delighted to announce that this terrific article by Dr Dónal Hassett Dónal Hassett from our recent Memory Studies special issue is now free to view (until end June) T&F Social Sciences and Humanities ASMCF French Dept UCC Prof Nina Parish Hannah Grayson
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in our latest podcast, guest-editor Prof Nina Parish discusses our recent special issue on Memory Studies in the French-speaking world with Charles Forsdick and presenters Dr. Maria Tomlinson and Benjamin Dalton podbean.com/ep/pb-38nwt-15…

Hello and welcome to another #FrancophoneFriday ! We are delighted to share research being conducted in or about the Francophone world! In the thread below, you will find information about events and publications🧵

As the French government response to the farmers’ protests is said to be more favourable to industrial farming, let’s revisit our recent special issue, ‘Industrial French Food and its Critics’: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… ASMCF T&F Social Sciences and Humanities Ministère Agriculture et Souveraineté alimentaire

out now! our Feb 2024 special issue exploring new directions for memory studies in the French-speaking world, guest-edited by Prof Nina Parish and Hannah Grayson T&F Social Sciences and Humanities ASMCF P.-P. Fraiture @frenchsettlers Dónal Hassett Briony Neilson Sophie Fuggle

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Nice to see my review of Andrew Brown's English translation of Houellebecq's Interventions 2020 published Modern & Contemporary France - nice to be snarky about Houellebecq in a place that isn't twitter (x) dot com.

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