You can now read my interview with Constance Debré in the special issue I guest edited for @francemodern.bsky.social! A great read to understand her literary trajectory from Play boy to Protocoles

and no pic (I was busy chairing) but to end the day, we were treated to a really excellent development panel on publishing, thanks to @oliverjdavis.bsky.social and @benbgdalton.bsky.social of @francemodern.bsky.social!

« Après, il y a des caricatures parce qu’on pense que tout d’un coup, je suis homosexuelle et je deviens de gauche. » Constance Debré tells @airelleamedro.bsky.social Amédro in a refreshing interview. Read it in our special issue on her work: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

« Après, il y a des caricatures parce qu’on pense que tout d’un coup, je suis homosexuelle et je deviens de gauche. » confie Constance Debré dans un entretien rafraichissant accordé à @airelleamedro.bsky.social. A lire dans notre numéro spécial sur son oeuvre : www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

our @asmcf.bsky.social and SSFH PG study day is underway! currently listening to a fantastic keynote from @rcoombes.bsky.social

listening to a great keynote paper on harmony in late 19th c. French visual culture by @rcoombes.bsky.social at @asmcf.bsky.social and SSFH study day - lots of esotericism and occulture in the mix! @francemodern.bsky.social

Research Master’s scholarship in French available at UCC for 2026-7, covering fees and a contribution to maintenance. Please get in touch with any queries. @francemodern.bsky.social @asmcf.bsky.social @adeffi.bsky.social @frenchstudies.bsky.social

New podcast: @emile-chabal.bsky.social tells @jonathanervine.bsky.social about what may be in store for French politics in 2026 and beyond: they discuss the Macron presidency, the far right, and the countdown to the 2027 Presidential Elections. @asmcf.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/2dqD...

Chandler D. Rogers, Merleau-Ponty and the Human-Animal Relation: From Eros to Environmental Responsibility - @edinburghup.bsky.social, January 2026 edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-merleau...

Excellent work from our own @airelleamedro.bsky.social who has guest edited an issue of @francemodern.bsky.social !

Great to see this magnificent special issue published on criminal barrister turned writer Constance Debré, one of the most incisive and uncompromising new queer voices in French contemporary literature. Congratulations to guest-editor @airelleamedro.bsky.social and to all of the authors featured!

Our 34.1 special issue on Constance Debré, guest edited by @airelleamedro.bsky.social is now available online ! www.tandfonline.com/toc/cmcf20/c... @tandfresearch.bsky.social @asmcf.bsky.social @warwick-smlc.bsky.social

Ten more days to apply for our Postgraduate Study Day with the Society for the Study of French History on "Resonances and Dissonances", which will take place on 10/04 at the @ilcs.bsky.social. More details here: www.asmcf.org/events/postg...

Instead of our traditional Members' Research Monday, we are delighted to share the CFP for our annual conference "Crisis or Catastrophe?", which will take place at the @ilcs.bsky.social on 2-3 September.

Albert Camus, The Complete Notebooks – trans. Ryan Bloom, @uchicagopress.bsky.social, November 2025 press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

The CFP for the 2026 Society for the Study of French History conference has just been launched. Come join us in Groningen! frenchhistorysociety.co.uk/conference2/

Thank you for publishing with us.

This is an amazing opportunity for an outstanding postdoctoral researcher. Here @frenchdeptucc.bsky.social we’re keen to support at least one applicant. It’s a 4-year award incorporating a PhD studentship and experience at co-supervision. @francemodern.bsky.social @frenchstudies.bsky.social

🎃 Halloween Special Alert! In Episode 5 of Positionalities, Dr @dcarliniversini.bsky.social speaks with Prof Michèle Bacholle & Dr @emmaafln.bsky.social about women reimagining horror. Don’t miss this chillingly brilliant conversation! 🔗 womeninfrenchaustralia.wordpress.com/wif-australi...

Listen to our new podcast: @benbgdalton.bsky.social and @drmariatomlinson.bsky.social discuss our special issue on the BUMIDOM with @awimbush.bsky.social and Jennifer Boum Make. @asmcf.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social mcfrance.podbean.com

Ce 2 octobre sortent les 2 premiers volumes de la collection "Cette année-là à Paris". L'un porte sur le + grave accident industriel de l'histoire de France (1794). L'autre sur le retour des cendres de Napoléon (1840). Ils sont brefs, accessibles, originaux, stimulants. Très heureux de ce lancement!

📚 Unlock a century of scholarship Libraries subscribing to LUP Open Languages receive exclusive access to journal archives dating back as far as 1923 — while supporting Open Access to today’s research. Find out more at: bit.ly/LUPOpenLanguages #OpenAccess #S2O #SubscribetoOpen @aupresses.bsky.social

🦋 With Bluesky's membership growing, here's a reminder that we've put together not one but TWO starter packs of people, journals and institutions working and publishing in our field. Follow one contemporary European historian, get 149 free! go.bsky.app/SU3jCJb

Our 33.3 special issue on "The BUMIDOM and its Legacy" guest edited by @awimbush.bsky.social and Malika Danican is now available online ! www.tandfonline.com/toc/cmcf20/c... @asmcf.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social

Pleased to see the introduction to our special issue of @francemodern.bsky.social 'The BUMIDOM and its legacy: an interdisciplinary approach', written with Malika Danican! Can't wait to see the rest of the issue & congratulations to all contributors! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

We are recruiting a French post-doctoral researcher to our Wellcome Trust project: Work-related suicide. An international social justice analysis. emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...

📢 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

great to see this terrific article on the French care economy by @sarahwatersleeds.bsky.social out online with @francemodern.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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.

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

New podcast! Presenters @drmariatomlinson.bsky.social and @benbgdalton.bsky.social are joined by @dcarliniversini.bsky.social, guest-editor of our recent special issue on abortion and by discussant @dnduffy.bsky.social, author of Abortion Trail Activism www.podbean.com/eas/pb-23hin...

It was great to have you with us @jonathanervine.bsky.social and thank you for your continuous support of the journal.

Pour commencer le weekend, nous vous invitons à lire l'article de Daddy Dibinga Kalamba qui propose une perspective décoloniale de la mise en espace dans les séries sénégalaises. @asmcf.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Delighted to learn that my book, Vichy's Double Bind: French Collaboration between Hitler and Mussolini during the Second World War, is now available in paperback. @strathhumanities.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...

La musique est omniprésente dans l'univers de Virginie Despentes. Dans l'émission "Décibels" en 2004, elle explique comment le punk a décomplexé son écriture. Sans cette culture, elle n'aurait jamais osé écrire. ➡️ https://l.franceculture.fr/1uG

We are pleased to announce that the Gilbert Chinard Book Prize has been awarded to Elisa Camiscioli for Selling French Sex: Prostitution, Trafficking and Global Migrations . Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2024. Congratulations! www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...

A fab call from French and Canadian colleagues on translation and research-creation: www.fabula.org/actualites/1...

Coming soon in our Francophone Postcolonial Studies series!

📅 Le 8 mars est la journée internationale des droits des femmes. Pourquoi cette date ? Depuis quand est-elle reconnue ? 👩‍🏫 Retrouvez les explications de Kerstin Wolff sur ehne.fr/fr/encyclope... 🤝 @aphg.bsky.social @lettres-sorbonne.bsky.social

En cette journée internationale pour les droits des femmes, nous vous invitons à vous pencher sur les représentations artistiques et littéraires de cette réalité centrale des combats féministes avec notre dernier numéro spécial sur l'avortement. www.tandfonline.com/toc/cmcf20/3...

Our special February issue L’avortement à travers la littérature et les arts visuels, guest-edited by @dcarliniversini.bsky.social, is now available online ! www.tandfonline.com/toc/cmcf20/3... @asmcf.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social

“💬 She was one of those French mathematicians, physicists and philosophers who revolutionized science” For this #InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsinScience, see the story of 18th century woman of science and philosopher Emilie du Châtelet, ✍️by Andrea Reichenberger ( @tum.de ) 👉 ehne.fr/en/encyclope...

Consider applying for one of our open positions:

Submit your proposal to Contemporary French Civilization by March 02nd for a special issue on norms, practices & representations of LGBTIQ+ children and adolescents in Francophone worlds, 20th & 21st Centuries 👉 bit.ly/CFC-Submissions @sfps.bsky.social @frenchstudies.bsky.social @ilcs.bsky.social

We are deeply saddened by the unconscionable act of institutional self-harm recently announced by Senior Management at Cardiff. We stand in strong support of our colleagues there and of students present and past. Please consider signing this petition: www.change.org/p/save-mlang...

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

As this tumultuous new year advances, we look back at our achievements in 2024. We’re very grateful to all of our readers, authors, and of course our Editorial Board members for their invaluable support. Thank you for being part of our journey last year!

🔴 Enseigner les Lumières - inscrivez-vous à la demi-journée d’etude APHG / IHMC organisée en Sorbonne le 8 fevrier prochain :) @jalazard.bsky.social www.aphg.fr/Demi-Journee...

Haiti and the World: Global Encounters of the Past, Present, and Future. Registration is open for this hybrid event! haitiandtheworldglobalencountersofthepastpresent.wordpress.com/registration...