From everyone here at the CMS, a huge 🎉CONGRATULATIONS🎉 to our newest Doctors: Dr Max Fincher (French Loanwords in Early Middle English), Dr Teal St Nicklaus (Marginal Annotations in MSS of Aelfric), and Dr Sebrina Varley (Education in TH White's Once and Future King)! We're so thrilled for you! 🥳🎉

Congrats to Leonie for publishing her short film 🎥 Such a great achievement 🎉

We discussed this very theme at the French Forum organised at the University of Bristol with the support of @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social + French embassy. It was great to hear from DfE representatives on this topic. There is a clear appetite from school teachers to organise trips and exchanges.

Congratulations to our recent PhD graduate Leonie Gschwendtberger whose fascinating short film has just been published in the practice-as-research journal Screenworks. Here is the link to the issue: www.screenworks.org.uk/archive/volu...

🙌New co-edited collection in the Australian Journal of French Studies by @profnatedwards.bsky.social and Alistair Rolls: John West-Sooby: Scholar, Teacher, Colleague. 📖Read it here: www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/...

Last month we had the honor to welcome over 70 delegates, including over 30 secondary teachers, for the annual UK French Forum organised in partnership with @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social and the French embassy in the UK.

We are so pleased to announce that the University of Bristol's School of Modern Language has signed a MoU with the Centre of Anglophone Studies, Université de Toulouse-Jean Jaurès. This builds on a longstanding Erasmus+ and a burgeoning co-tutelle! 🇬🇧🇫🇷

What a fantastic few days we've had welcoming #sfsBristol ! Here our Head of School @profnatedwards.bsky.social + @frenchstudies.bsky.social President Nick Harrison delivering the Welcome to a full Great Hall in our beautiful Wills Memorial Building. Bravo to the wonderful SFS conference team!

It was lovely to be a part of this and hear everyone's thoughts on the film afterwards. Wonderful programme organised by The Garden Cinema. Still running, check it out here... ❤️🎥

So pleased to host the Society of French Studies and promote the value, impact and importance of research in modern languages @frenchstudies.bsky.social @frenchatbristol.bsky.social @uobartsmatter.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social

The latest French Studies Bulletin mentions recent PhD success in @frenchatbristol.bsky.social and Film & TV @bristoluni.bsky.social, with thesis abstracts of recent doctorates 🎉

Out today (19 June)

Coming soon…. “Sex, race and colonial power in North Africa: the French Protectorate in Morocco” with @manchesterup.bsky.social I’m away this summer for a fellowship at NIMAR in Rabat, Morocco to finish up, thanks to BILNAS funding via @britishacademy.bsky.social Anyone in Rabat/Casa? Say hi!

Halfway!! Only 6 weeks left to submit to the Stephen Spender Prize and this year's #PortugueseSpotlight! #SSTPoetryPrize2025

Our colleague Dr Albertine Fox is taking part in the Festival 'New Lebanese Cinema: Reclaiming Storytelling' at The Garden Cinema in Covent Garden. She'll introduce the film Caramel by Nadine Labaki next Wednesday evening. The season runs until July 11th. www.thegardencinema.co.uk/season/new-l...

Last week our colleague Dr Charlotte Faucher was invited to speak at the plenary session of the The International Academic Forum (IAFOR) Paris conferences on Education and Arts and Humanities alonside Ambassadors Paolo Sabbatini Rancidoro and Takehiro Kano & IR scholar, Frédéric Ramel.

Congratulations to Prof Susan Harrow (@frenchatbristol.bsky.social) who has been appointed as Deputy Chair of a #REF2029 sub-panel on Modern Languages and Linguistics 🥳 Read more about the appointments and what @ref2029.bsky.social means in practice 👉 bit.ly/4kNvZRe

Last week, Dr Clare Siviter represented the UK Young Academy in Hyderabad, India, which hosted the International Conference for Young Scientists and the Global Young Academy’s AGM.

Our colleague Dr Shuangyi Li’s collaborated with collector/curator Peter Carls of Franco-Chinese painter Zao Wou-Li’s works on exhibition in Oxford www.zaowoukioxford.com (ending Sunday!). He shares his current research on Kenyan writer Yvonne Owuor’s engagement with Zao’s artwork in the catalogue.

A modern premiere of the 'Life of Job' is definitely not to be missed! 😀 Don't forget to get your tickets today!

Last few tickets remaining! Registration and details below⬇️

Our colleague Prof Bradley Stephens was awarded an AHRC/UKRI Curiosity Award in partnership with @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social for the project 'Manhood in the Métropole: Representing Masculinities in Contemporary French Culture' More on the project: masculinityinthemetropole.blogs.bristol.ac.uk

It was so lovely to welcome members of the REBPAF doctoral training network to Bristol! We only wish they could have stayed longer! Come back and see us again soon! 😊

Our colleague Prof Marianne Ailes recently co-hosted four visiting students from the REBPAF doctoral training network www.universityofgalway.ie/rebpaf/ (lnkd.in/e9apfQ3e). @bristolcms.bsky.social

We are SO excited to see this! 😃 Don't miss out -- tickets on sale now!

We are pleased to announce that Susan Harrow, Professor of French at the University of Bristol, is the new General Editor of Legenda. Legenda is the MHRA’s book imprint for new research in the Humanities with titles ranging from medieval texts to contemporary cinema. www.mhra.org.uk/news/2025/05...

We are thrilled that Susan Harrow has been appointed Deputy Chair of the Modern Languages & Linguistics Sub-Panel in REF 2029. Susan writes: 'At this challenging time for the UK humanities, it is more important than ever to champion research across the full spectrum of our dynamic disciplines.'

Join 'A Historic Dialogue: Prof Peter Frankopan (Oxford) & Patrick Boucheron (College de France)' moderated by our colleague Dr C. Faucher 📍 @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social ⏱️Tuesday 27 May 🎟️https://www.institut-francais.org.uk/events-agenda/a-historic-dialogue-peter-frankopan-patrick-boucheron/#/

Like many academics, I'm still in this job in no small degree because I enjoy being told I'm clever, & with that in mind, it's nice to have some extra letters after my name (FHEA) and to have had my teaching practice recognised by being longlisted for UoB Create scheme's Outstanding Fellow award!

Last weekend, our Head of Subject Professor @susanharrow.bsky.social Ashley Watkins Chair of French gave a public lecture entitled ‘Solitude in a Social Century’. It was part of a weekend adult education course run by the Royal Academy, London devoted to c19th visual cultures.

The School of Modern Languages and the department of French at University of Bristol is pleased to be hosting the Third Regional Forum on the Future of French and Francophone Studies ⌛ Friday 27 June 2025 🎟️ Free and open to all; book a ticket: www.tickettailor.com/events/unive...

Bristol Uni education friends, the Bristol Institute for Learning & Teaching just joined BlueSky. Give us a follow! @biltonline.bsky.social #pedagogy #teachingandlearning #academia #highereducation #BristolUniversity #education #academicdevelopment

Our colleague Dr Alain Serge Agnessan (Research Associate on the AFRIUNI project) hosted and interviewed Christiane Taubira last week as part of the Abidjan International Book Fair. Alain also launched his new novel, Adieu à Kourouma, during the same event. Congratulations, Alain!!

If you missed last night's lecture by Prof Bradley Stevens there is still time to grab a ticket for his talk on "Victor Hugo: Astonishing Drawings" at the French Institute in London this Monday! www.institut-francais.org.uk/events-agend... @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social

Congratulations to our colleague Prof. Bradley Stephens who delivered a superb Inaugural Lecture, 'Victor Hugo and the Making of Masculinity'. Bradley was introduced by @susanharrow.bsky.social, Ashley Watkins Chair of French, Head of French. What a wonderful evening celebrating Bradley🥂

New publication📝 @profnatedwards.bsky.social Natalie Edwards (2025) "Caribbean Life Writing as World Literature", in Life Writing as World Literature, Helga Lenart-Cheng and Ioana Luca (eds), 131-146. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/life-writ... @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social

Join us on the 28th of May at 3.30 pm at the Barton Hill Micro campus to find out how to take part in shaping the Cultural Delivery Plan for the West of England. Any questions please contact @danalungu.bsky.social

Join our colleague Prof Bradley Stephens for "Victor Hugo: Astonishing Drawings" at the French Institute in London on the 12th of May Details and tickets: www.institut-francais.org.uk/events-agend...

I love working on migration whilst I'm in transit, and wrote this on trains and during a long lay-over at Hong Kong airport: Caribbean Life Writing as World Literature in www.bloomsbury.com/uk/life-writ... @frenchatbristol.bsky.social @mmbuob.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social

Our CMS PGRs are busy bees at the moment 🐝 getting ready for the CMS PGR conference! #medievalsky

'You never know where opportunities might lead' Dr Charlotte Faucher (@frenchatbristol.bsky.social) shares her top three tips on how to translate arts & humanities research into real-world impact in a new piece for @timeshighered.bsky.social www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/arts-...

⏱️A date for your diaries! ⏱️ We are pleased to announce the Inaugural Lecture of Prof. Bradley Stephens 'Victor Hugo and the Making of Masculinity' on 8 May 2025 📍ARTS CMPLX B.H05 Lecture Theatre, 5.30pm. Read more about Prof Stephens' work here research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/persons/b...

What a privilege it was to welcome a visiting troupe of Sheffield students for a performance of Roger Vitrac's "Victor ou les Enfants au pouvoir". Congratulations to the cast including our very own @susanharrow.bsky.social for their great performance!

Bonne chance à tous et toutes nos étudiant-es de dernière année de licence qui débutent leurs examens oraux aujourd'hui! 💫🍀

Congratulations to our colleague Siobhán Shilton who delivered her inaugural lecture as Professor of French Studies and the Visual Arts earlier this week. @susanharrow.bsky.social introduced Siobhán's brilliant career to a packed lecture theatre.

#DidYouKnow that 20 March is French Language Day? some faux-amis (false friends) in French for you to learn the subtleties of French. This month, celebrate the French language at the French Institute and throughout the UK. 👉 frenchcourses.org.uk

Thoroughly enjoyed my afternoon in the University of Bristol's Special Collections researching Professor Félix Boillot, former Head of @frenchatbristol.bsky.social, First World War veteran and member of the Free French. More on him at our panel @frenchstudies.bsky.social on WW2.

Great to see our colleague and friend Siobhán Shilton delivering her inaugural lecture as Professor of French last night. She’s actually been professor the whole time we’ve been here, and seems like she’s been a colleague much longer 🙂

Tomorrow!! We can't wait to celebrate this milestone with our wonderful colleague Prof. Siobhán Shilton. Please join us for her Inaugural Lecture 'Art and Activism: Aesthetics of Resistance in North and West Africa’ ⏳Tuesday 18th March 6:30pm 📍7 Woodland Rd 🥂🫖Drinks Reception: 7:30pm All welcome!

LIVE THEATRE! SHEFFIELD FRENCH brings their staging of Roger Vitrac's stupendous play to Bristol on Thursday 20 March. The warmest welcome to Director David McCallum, Co-Director Sophie Maddison, and the actors. En scène !