French at Warwick: School of Modern Languages and Cultures

26/06/2023

Congratulations to colleagues Pierre-Philippe Fraiture and Susannah Wilson on recent book publications, the first open access and the second one a non-academic venture, both available through below links.

https://lup.be/products/174899

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Now-We-Are-Forty-Conversations/dp/1739419014/ref=sr_1_1?adgrpid=1181975898484457&hvadid=73873697271150&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=41471&hvnetw=o&hvqmt=e&hvtargid=kwd-73873629261095%3Aloc-188&hydadcr=24402_2219335&keywords=now+we+are+forty&qid=1687770978&sr=8-1

26/05/2023

Delegates at the Doing Women's Film and Television History VI conference at the University of Sussex (June 14-16) https://dwftvhvi.wordpress.com/ will have the opportunity to attend the launch of a special double issue of the journal French Screen Studies on the films of Celine Sciamma https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rsfc21/current, and hear short presentations from some its authors including our prize-winning alumnus Ellie Smith and Dr. Mary Harrod.

Hosted at the University of Sussex June 14-16 2023

02/05/2023

Working with Rachel Rose Reid on the 'Silence Speaks' project has been so much fun! We're grateful to Warwick's Connecting Cultures GRP and Arts and Humanities Impact Fund for making it possible. Thanks too to St Mary's Guildhall for providing us with such an evocative performance space!

Read more about how this work opens medieval French texts to new interpretations and new audiences:

The modern-day debate about gender identity can take some lessons from a 13th-century story. Researchers at the University of Warwick worked with a professional storyteller to bring Roman de Silence to new audiences.

02/05/2023

Lots of interesting things happening at the Beyond Words French Literature Festival at the Institut français, 12 -21 May – including a screening of Annie Ernaux’s Les Années super 8, some Duras films and (Colette’s) Gigi – with Leslie Caron there to discuss it.
There’s also a table ronde on Colette with Emmanuelle Lambert, Deborah Levy, Michèle Roberts and Diana Holmes.

From 12 to 21 May, the Institut français goes Beyond Words to cross borders and genres and takes us on a literary journey through lively discussions, powerful readings and inspiring live performances and screenings.

24/04/2023

Make sure you get tickets for Silence Speaks; A Performance by Rachel Rose Reid⁩ this week! This premodern story of a non binary character, performed in Coventry's medieval Guildhall, is not to be missed! Tickets are available here: https://stmarysguildhall-tickets.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173628197

Spoken-word performer Rachel Rose Reid was named ‘Queen of the New Wave of storytellers’ by Ian McMillan on BBC Radio 2 and has been UK Young Storyteller of the Year. After show Q&A will feature Rachel alongside Warwick's Emma Campbell, Liam Lewis, and Rachel Hayes.

Learn more about the project in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wi09C4bEC7A

06/04/2023

Many congratulations to our alumnus Ellie Smith for winning the Richard Dyer Essay Prize for her MA essay written in our department: 'Limiting Lesbianism: Conventions and the Frame'! Judges of this new prize recognising outstanding student writing on any topic relating to LGBTQIA+ screen studies were 'especially impressed by the theoretical sophistication of [the] writing, the sensitive analysis of the films and the elegant writing style. We thought that it was outstanding work, which was of publishable quality.' With thanks to the lgbtqia+ BAFTSS SIG https://www.facebook.com/groups/546498479636913/

03/03/2023

Exciting UG funding opportunity: Let’s Study French at Uni!

Student-Led Project Grants to Promote French and Francophone Studies

The Association of University Professors and Heads of French+ (AUPHF+) is offering two project grants, worth £500 each, for student-led projects that will promote the study of French and Francophone Studies at University.

The projects will be entirely student-led and could for instance include outreach activities in secondary schools, taster workshops, film screenings, a performance, a creative writing event, etc. Students will shape and conduct their project collaboratively in a group. The projects should be principally aimed at widening participation through activities engaging prospective students from disadvantaged and under-represented backgrounds as well as supporting their access to Higher Education and engagement with the study of French and Francophone studies. We encourage you to be creative!

The competition is open to all undergraduate students of French or French and Francophone Studies enrolled at a UK University.

Please submit a proposal of maximum 2 pages outlining your planned activities, who will participate in the project, your target audience, the aims of your project and how you would spend the grant to Prof. Marion Schmid ([email protected]).

The deadline for receipt of applications is 31 March 2023. Successful applicants will be notified in April. All projects must be completed by 31 December 2023. The winning teams will be required to provide an update about their activities during the project and to submit a brief report after its completion.

Visit our website: http://www.auphf.ac.uk

Follow our Twitter: https://twitter.com/AUPHF2

Championing French & francophone studies in the UK & Ireland. Open to all in HE French. Originally the Association of University Professors and Heads of French

02/03/2023

A reminder to check out the array of exciting events on offer for languages week next week (e.g. a French film being introduced by Reece Goodall on the Monday)

Join us at the University of Warwick from 6-10 March to celebrate languages, cultures, and the diversity of our global community. Engage in virtual and in-person activities and events.

15/02/2023

It is with great sorrow that we mark the passing of our distinguished colleague Professor James (Jim) Shields, Honorary Professor in French Studies: a huge loss to the discipline and all who knew him.

It is with great sadness that the School of Modern Languages & Cultures has received news of the death of Professor James Shields on 9 February 2023. Jim Shields spent much of his career as a Lecturer, Senior lecturer and Reader in the University of Warwick's Department of French Studies, before bei...

07/02/2023

Come along to this French Society film screening of a riveting technicolour classic with introduction and informal chat - including nibbles (and subtitles)!

06/02/2023

25/01/2023

Hear about translation careers in French from those in the job.