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...

Time for a reality check: Britain cannot be a big player on the world stage unless we speak more languages | Sophia Smith Galer

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!

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 😊

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!

📢Women in French Australia Work-in-Progress Seminar Series 📢 We are delighted to host the roundtable discussion ‘French Women Writing Environment in the Long Nineteenth Century’ led by Daniel Finch-Race and @christiesmbc.bsky.social on 17 June 09am (BST), 6pm (AEST), 8pm (NZST) on Teams!

📣 Call for proposals 📣 We would like to invite you to coordinate an online seminar of the Women in French Australia Work in Progress Online Seminar Series on francophone women writers and artists! More details here: womeninfrenchaustralia.wordpress.com/calls-for-pa...

Women in French Australia stands in solidarity with @cumodernlanguages.bsky.social. See our open letter here: womeninfrenchaustralia.wordpress.com/calls-for-pa...

Many congratulations to our International Liaison co-Officer @wimbush_antonia for the upcoming publication of her book 🥳!

Félicitations to our Communication co-officer, Dr Charlotte Mackay (Monash University), for the publication of her monograph Atlantic Bound: Writing Afro-Atlantic Diasporic Consciousness in the Works of Léonora Miano and Fatou Diome with #PeterLang 🥳!

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

Delighted to share news of a free in-person workshop I've co-organised in May at the ILCS (@ilcs.bsky.social) to discuss the need for explicitly antifascist pedagogies against the rising tide of far-right support and what that practice would look like. Info here: ilcs.sas.ac.uk/events/devel...

Ravie de la publication de ce numéro spécial de @francemodern.bsky.social! Les articles explorent les récits littéraires et filmiques d'avortement de la Belle Epoque à la période contemporaine, ainsi qu'une BD militante des années 1970...

Read now: Cardiff’s closure of modern languages will tongue-tie its humanities www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/card... @emmacayley.bsky.social

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

So here's a starter pack for languages, literatures, cultures and societies, very broadly defined. If you'd like to be added or removed, comment below or send a message go.bsky.app/TdEXaP2

A truly fantastic #ASFS2024 so far! Thanks to all the organisers at the University of Melbourne inc. our very own @wifaustralia.bsky.social @awimbush.bsky.social

Follow @wifaustralia.bsky.social ! 🌟

The call for nominations for the Malcom Bowie Prize, for the best article published in 2024 by an ECR in the broader discipline of French Studies, is now open and will close on 27 February 2025. 🖇️📚 For more information see the link below: www.sfs.ac.uk/prizes/malco...

We are delighted to launch our new WiF OZ podcast, hosted by Josephine Goldman and @besskearney.bsky.social 😊! In the first episode, Beth and Josie talked to our founding President @christiesmbc.bsky.social about being a mum in academia. You can listen to it here: open.spotify.com/show/3EOWoce...

Massive thanks to Women in French: Australia and to Beth Kearney and Josie Goldman for the opportunity to record this podcast episode, discussing the founding of Women in French: Australia and navigating various EDI difficulties as a solo parent in academia. open.spotify.com/show/3EOWoce...

Josephine Goldman and I are thrilled to announce the inaugural Women in French podcast. We couldn’t have found a more perfect guest to open the series: Christie Margrave. Big thanks to you, @christiesmbc.bsky.social and the rest of the WiF Australia executives!!!