Thrilled that @katharinemurphy.bsky.social and my co-edited Special Issue is now out in the Journal of Romance Studies! 🎉 Huge thanks to our contributors across French, Spanish, Italian & Portuguese studies—showing the value of a multilingual approach to the Medical Humanities: tinyurl.com/mrxmznsm

We are thrilled to invite you to the roundtable "La délicatesse comme ruse pour habiter le monde et la planète en écosensibilité?" 🗓️ 25 Sept | ⏰ 9–11am GMT | 📍 Zoom

🎙️ New podcast episode alert! Dr Pooja Booluck-Miller speaks with Dr. Julie Fette about her book Gender by the Book, exploring how 21st-century French children’s literature reflects and resists gender norms. Check it out on our website: womeninfrenchaustralia.wordpress.com/wif-australi...

We are delighted to share the details of our upcoming Early Career training sessions. These are open to postgraduate and early career members of the Society, and will take the form of a roundtable with the panelists, followed by an opportunity for attendees to ask questions.

Job Opportunity! The American University of Paris - Assistant Professor of Art History networks.h-net.org/jobs/68994/a...

Tune in for a thoughtful discussion on navigating academia, building international connections, and finding your voice in the early stages of your career. Many thanks to @awimbush.bsky.social @josiegoldman.bsky.social @besskearney.bsky.social and Pooja Booluck-Miller for a great conversation!

N8 and Russell Group universities both exploring whether collaboration can help retain modern languages provision. With a sharing link for 3 non-subscribers. on.ft.com/3UWf8Aj

Encore 200 000 signatures et la pétition contre la loi Duplomb aura récolté plus de signatures que le parti de Mme Genevard a eu de voix au 2e tour des élections législatives 2024. On continue de signer 👇 petitions.assemblee-nationale.fr/initiatives/...

Angélique-Marguerite du Coudray was a famous 18th century French midwife who designed various teaching aids to train midwives about anatomy and obstetrics. Her work saved many lives in the age #WomensArt

📢Job Announcement: The School of Modern Languages & Applied Linguistics at @unioflimerick.bsky.social seeks to appoint an Assistant Professor in French for a period of one year, from September 2025. Closing date: 17 July. Details > universityvacancies.com/university-l... #teachingjobs #frenchstudies

We’ve opened the call for @britishacademy.bsky.social postdoctoral fellowships. We provide three years of funding for early career researchers in the humanities and social sciences to complete a significant piece of publishable research www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/post...

NEW | Volume 79.3 examines the contested authorship of Labé’s sonnets, Racine’s Phèdre through Sappho, and Paris’s transformation under Haussmann, alongside fresh studies in literary history, language & African urbanism. Explore the issue: bit.ly/FS-79-3 @frenchstudies.bsky.social #FrenchStudies

📢 New special issue of Contemporary French Civilization: Discourse & Society in the Global French-Speaking World. Explore research on language, identity & power across francophone contexts. Online at: bit.ly/Discourse-and-Society @sfps.bsky.social @ilcs.bsky.social #DiscourseAnalysis #FrenchStudies

LGBTQI+ rights are human rights. This is no more apparent than in the “Rainbow Map,” an annual report by ILGA-Europe @ilgaeurope.bsky.social, an Open Society grantee, that ranks 49 European countries on their legal and policy practices for LGBTQI+ people.

🎓 Calling all modern languages alumni! We’d love to hear from you. Share your experience and help shape the future of modern languages by taking part in the Global Alumni Survey 2025. Closes 30 June at 11:59pm (BST). #DUAlumniSurvey25 #DurhamAlumni #HaveYourSay #MakeYourMark #DurhamForLife

A full length clip is now available. Thanks to Lynne Rankin and the STV team. youtu.be/X3hFD76n7ks?...

NO REDUNDANCIES at the University of Dundee. Fantastic news in our fight to save jobs, as interim Principal Prof Nigel Seaton confirms that there will be no redundancies. A massive victory for everyone who has supported us. Looking forward to receiving the removal of Section 188 in writing.

Curriculum and Assessment Review: ILCS, ALL and UCFL issue a statement. 'The development of a sustainable model for language provision across the whole of the educational sector is of the highest concern to all members of the subject community' Read the statement: ilcs.sas.ac.uk/research-pol...

📑 This week’s most read article from CFC Intersections: 'The limits of White hospitality in Marie Darrieussecq’s ‘La Mer à l’envers’', by Amanda Vredenburgh. Available to read online at: bit.ly/White-Hospitality @sfps.bsky.social @ilcs.bsky.social #FrenchStudies #intersectionality

Durham Film Festival 2025: Celebrating Student Talent and International Voices The 2025 Durham Film Festival took place from June 11th to 14th, transforming various venues across Durham into lively hubs celebrating cinema. Read more: www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...

Au XIIIe siècle, les béguines sont des femmes qui se regroupent pour vivre ensemble, en respectant une règle monastique tout en restant laïques. Aujourd'hui, je vous partage un superbe texte pour plonger au cœur de la spiritualité de ces béguines, féministes avant l'heure... ⬇️ #medievalsky

Lovely to wake up to the moors of England, outside of Durham University, where I am giving a talk on Bhutan's refugee activists and their diaspora mobilisation. Today at 11am, UK time, and you can join online if you register at this link: www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...

call me crazy but I don't think we should.

A reminder that the deadline for this year's R. Gapper Undergraduate Essay Prize is 18 July 2025. Details below: 👇

📖 Most read in French Studies Bulletin ‘Plan Coup-de-Poing and Plan Paso-Doble: The OAS Dream of a Coup d’état in France’, by Cian Cooney. This article is available to read #OpenAccess at: bit.ly/FSB-C-Cooney @frenchstudies.bsky.social @sfps.bsky.social @ilcs.bsky.social

Wonderful discussion on 'French Women Writing Environment in the Long 19th century' led by @christiesmbc.bsky.social and Dan Finch-Race as part of our WiP seminar series! Thank you very much to our speakers and attendees 😊

📣 Teaching Fellowship in Russian: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNM887/t...

A great start to the @wifaustralia.bsky.social work-in-progress seminar on 'French Women Writing Environment in the Long 19th century', led by @christiesmbc.bsky.social & Daniel Finch-Race!

"Mr Ghosh also said the UK had a 'shocking reputation' when it came to modern languages, and that the closure of language classes would 'constitute a missed opportunity' to promote cultural understanding." An absolutely unconscionable move. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

📚 Intellect is proud to support CWWA 2025 Conference in Falmouth, 18–20 June! ✍️ We’re seeking book proposals & journal contributors in women’s writing, gender studies, queer studies & more. Contact 👉 [email protected] Find out more 👉ow.ly/eqFt50W0Gug @thecwwa.bsky.social

🌍 Excited to be coordinating the second-year module “The #MeToo Movement in Global Contexts” next year! It’s a team-taught course exploring the global reach and complexity of the #MeToo movement—open to all second-year students in the Faculty of Humanities, including visiting students.

Paris est là pour Gaza

Jacqueline Marval, ‘La Grande Plage à Biarritz’,1923, French painter, lithographer and sculptor #WomensArt

@themhra.bsky.social is hiring another Policy Postdoctoral Researcher 🎉 This is an amazing opportunity for ECAs to gain policy experience, and I couldn’t recommend working with @wendya-b.bsky.social and @cforsdick.bsky.social more highly! Find out more here: tinyurl.com/mvzce4nt

Happening now: twelve activists including Greta Thunberg are en route to Gaza aboard the Freedom Flotilla, with the goal of bringing much needed aid to Palestinians, breaking the Israeli government’s genocidal blockade starving over 2.3 million people.

Stop cuts to Modern Languages at Bangor University 👉Sign the petition: chng.it/K2zRY6Jqqt 👉Share the petition with family/friends/networks. 👉Send emails outlining your objections. For details and templates visit the website: www.stopcutsinmlatbangor.uk/home/

Come and join the @ucflangs.bsky.social family! Hiring a new Vice Chair Research, Vice Chair External Engagement and Comms, Slavonic Rep, Early Career Rep, & Project Coordinator! Make a difference at a crucial time for UK languages in HE! @ucflangs.bsky.social @ucfl-eca.bsky.social @ilcs.bsky.social

Girl on a space hopper, 1971, Byker series, Newwcastle, UK , by Finnish photographer Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen #womensart #FridayFeeling

La désinformation n'est pas un accident de parcours pour l'extrême droite ; elle est au cœur de sa stratégie politique. #extremedroite www.liberation.fr/idees-et-deb...

Madge Gill (English, 1882-1961), Outsider and Visionary artist who was placed In an orphanage at 9 years old and spent her formative years in isolation before being sent to a farm in Canada #WomensArt

Our May issue with a special section on 'Reading Le Manifeste conspirationniste (Seuil, 2022)' is now available online ! www.tandfonline.com/toc/cmcf20/3... @asmcf.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social

Grateful to share that this issue includes my article on the films of Lionel Soukaz, written before his passing earlier this year. There is still so much more to be said about his radical and inspiring vision for cinema, community and resistance - a vision that we all need, now more than ever.

New CIOL Voices blog on the importance of having languages in common with others and how it helps when travelling, from settling into a new life to avoiding missing trains! Read the Voices blog to find out more: www.ciol.org.uk/importance-having-languages-common #Languages #Communication #CIOLVoices

"In the audio... the Met's child abuse investigation lead at the time can be heard saying: 'It's not a comfortable area for police to be operating in… any criminalisation around abortions.'" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Last year my wife had breast cancer and a double mastectomy. This morning, for the first time ever, she was challenged in the changing rooms at the swimming pool. Her breasts were not what make her a woman - but, breasts or not, she is entitled to dignity and protection from vigilantes.

Could you plz circulate: JLTS is currently seeking peer reviewers who specialise in contemporary #Arabic #literature. If you are interested in contributing, please email the journal at [email protected] with your full name, affiliation, and a brief summary of your areas of expertise 🙏

[CINÉMA] 📣 Sortie africaine du film Dahomey 🗓️ Depuis le 2 mai 2025 📍 Afrique francophone ➡️ En savoir plus: youtube.com/watch?v=3Sco... #Dahomey #cinemafricain #colonisation #oeuvresafricaines

For everyone interested in creative writing approaches in the classroom, a special issue of Changing English on "A Close Writing Playbook: Coupling Creative Writing and Close Reading Practices," edited by Michael Lockett & Scott Jarvie www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🔴 DIRECTO #Eurovision | "Frente a los derechos humanos, el silencio no es una opción". RTVE arranca la emisión de Eurovisión con este mensaje a pesar de las amenazas del certamen de multar a la cadena si sus comentaristas mencionaban el conflicto en Gaza dozz.es/mbmnv4