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2027 Annual Conference
The Society for French Studies is the UK's premier scholarly organisation for encouraging and supporting intellectual enquiry in French studies at all levels.
www.sfs.ac.uk
We are pleased to announce the CFP for next year's annual conference which will take place at the University of Galway.
The deadline for submissions is 18 September 2026.
For more information see the link below:
www.sfs.ac.uk/conferences/...
The deadline for submissions is 18 September 2026.
For more information see the link below:
www.sfs.ac.uk/conferences/...
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🔔 The deadline for proposals for next year's SFS conference in Galway is coming up soon. Take a look at the details below if you're thinking of submitting. ✍️🗒️
We are pleased to announce the CFP for next year's annual conference which will take place at the University of Galway.
The deadline for submissions is 18 September 2026.
For more information see the link below:
www.sfs.ac.uk/conferences/...
The deadline for submissions is 18 September 2026.
For more information see the link below:
www.sfs.ac.uk/conferences/...
2027 Annual Conference
The Society for French Studies is the UK's premier scholarly organisation for encouraging and supporting intellectual enquiry in French studies at all levels.
www.sfs.ac.uk
September 2, 2026 at 11:35 AM
🔔 The deadline for proposals for next year's SFS conference in Galway is coming up soon. Take a look at the details below if you're thinking of submitting. ✍️🗒️
🔔🖇️ A reminder that the deadline for proposals for next year's SFS conference in Galway is coming up in a couple of weeks: 🗒️✍️
We are pleased to announce the CFP for next year's annual conference which will take place at the University of Galway.
The deadline for submissions is 18 September 2026.
For more information see the link below:
www.sfs.ac.uk/conferences/...
The deadline for submissions is 18 September 2026.
For more information see the link below:
www.sfs.ac.uk/conferences/...
2027 Annual Conference
The Society for French Studies is the UK's premier scholarly organisation for encouraging and supporting intellectual enquiry in French studies at all levels.
www.sfs.ac.uk
August 31, 2026 at 10:32 AM
🔔🖇️ A reminder that the deadline for proposals for next year's SFS conference in Galway is coming up in a couple of weeks: 🗒️✍️
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📚 The Society for French Studies is inviting submissions for the 2026 R. Gapper Book Prize for a book published in 2025. 📖
The closing date for the prize is Friday 28 August 2026.
For more information, see the link below:
www.sfs.ac.uk/prizes/r-gap...
The closing date for the prize is Friday 28 August 2026.
For more information, see the link below:
www.sfs.ac.uk/prizes/r-gap...
R. Gapper Book Prize
The Society for French Studies is the UK's premier scholarly organisation for encouraging and supporting intellectual enquiry in French studies at all levels.
www.sfs.ac.uk
July 27, 2026 at 9:09 AM
📚 The Society for French Studies is inviting submissions for the 2026 R. Gapper Book Prize for a book published in 2025. 📖
The closing date for the prize is Friday 28 August 2026.
For more information, see the link below:
www.sfs.ac.uk/prizes/r-gap...
The closing date for the prize is Friday 28 August 2026.
For more information, see the link below:
www.sfs.ac.uk/prizes/r-gap...
📚 The Society for French Studies is inviting submissions for the 2026 R. Gapper Book Prize for a book published in 2025. 📖
The closing date for the prize is Friday 28 August 2026.
For more information, see the link below:
www.sfs.ac.uk/prizes/r-gap...
The closing date for the prize is Friday 28 August 2026.
For more information, see the link below:
www.sfs.ac.uk/prizes/r-gap...
R. Gapper Book Prize
The Society for French Studies is the UK's premier scholarly organisation for encouraging and supporting intellectual enquiry in French studies at all levels.
www.sfs.ac.uk
July 27, 2026 at 9:09 AM
📚 The Society for French Studies is inviting submissions for the 2026 R. Gapper Book Prize for a book published in 2025. 📖
The closing date for the prize is Friday 28 August 2026.
For more information, see the link below:
www.sfs.ac.uk/prizes/r-gap...
The closing date for the prize is Friday 28 August 2026.
For more information, see the link below:
www.sfs.ac.uk/prizes/r-gap...
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🎉 New issue of French Studies, now #OpenAccess via #S2O.
Explore research on Rousseau, Proust, Khatibi, Houellebecq & more, including work by @joannebrueton.bsky.social and @philippenmh.bsky.social.
🔗 bit.ly/FS-Vol-80-3-OA
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@sfps.bsky.social
Explore research on Rousseau, Proust, Khatibi, Houellebecq & more, including work by @joannebrueton.bsky.social and @philippenmh.bsky.social.
🔗 bit.ly/FS-Vol-80-3-OA
@frenchstudies.bsky.social @eparpillee.bsky.social
@sfps.bsky.social
July 20, 2026 at 1:45 PM
🎉 New issue of French Studies, now #OpenAccess via #S2O.
Explore research on Rousseau, Proust, Khatibi, Houellebecq & more, including work by @joannebrueton.bsky.social and @philippenmh.bsky.social.
🔗 bit.ly/FS-Vol-80-3-OA
@frenchstudies.bsky.social @eparpillee.bsky.social
@sfps.bsky.social
Explore research on Rousseau, Proust, Khatibi, Houellebecq & more, including work by @joannebrueton.bsky.social and @philippenmh.bsky.social.
🔗 bit.ly/FS-Vol-80-3-OA
@frenchstudies.bsky.social @eparpillee.bsky.social
@sfps.bsky.social
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Submissions for the 2026 R. Gapper Undergraduate Essay Prize are now open. The closing date is 17 July 2026.
For more information about the prize and how your institution can submit entries, see the link below:
www.sfs.ac.uk/prizes/r-gap...
For more information about the prize and how your institution can submit entries, see the link below:
www.sfs.ac.uk/prizes/r-gap...
R. Gapper Undergraduate Essay Prize
The Society for French Studies is the UK's premier scholarly organisation for encouraging and supporting intellectual enquiry in French studies at all levels.
www.sfs.ac.uk
May 21, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Submissions for the 2026 R. Gapper Undergraduate Essay Prize are now open. The closing date is 17 July 2026.
For more information about the prize and how your institution can submit entries, see the link below:
www.sfs.ac.uk/prizes/r-gap...
For more information about the prize and how your institution can submit entries, see the link below:
www.sfs.ac.uk/prizes/r-gap...
We are pleased to announce the CFP for next year's annual conference which will take place at the University of Galway.
The deadline for submissions is 18 September 2026.
For more information see the link below:
www.sfs.ac.uk/conferences/...
The deadline for submissions is 18 September 2026.
For more information see the link below:
www.sfs.ac.uk/conferences/...
2027 Annual Conference
The Society for French Studies is the UK's premier scholarly organisation for encouraging and supporting intellectual enquiry in French studies at all levels.
www.sfs.ac.uk
July 6, 2026 at 8:23 AM
We are pleased to announce the CFP for next year's annual conference which will take place at the University of Galway.
The deadline for submissions is 18 September 2026.
For more information see the link below:
www.sfs.ac.uk/conferences/...
The deadline for submissions is 18 September 2026.
For more information see the link below:
www.sfs.ac.uk/conferences/...
If you would like to express your solidarity for colleagues at Exeter who are facing the threat of redundancy and protest the university's decision to impose cuts across the humanities and social sciences, you can do so by signing the petition below:
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Stop Redundancies at the University of Exeter
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July 3, 2026 at 8:56 AM
If you would like to express your solidarity for colleagues at Exeter who are facing the threat of redundancy and protest the university's decision to impose cuts across the humanities and social sciences, you can do so by signing the petition below:
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Our Annual Conference in Leicester closes with the Simon Gaunt Memorial Lecture which this year was delivered by Jean-Christophe Abramovici
July 1, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Our Annual Conference in Leicester closes with the Simon Gaunt Memorial Lecture which this year was delivered by Jean-Christophe Abramovici
Another great day at the SFS Annual Conference in Leicester with keynotes by Mary Harrod and Camille Robcis
June 30, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Another great day at the SFS Annual Conference in Leicester with keynotes by Mary Harrod and Camille Robcis
Our 2026 Annual Conference kicks off with a welcome by Society President Nicholas Harrison and a plenary lecture by Patrick Crowley on 'Literary Criticism in a Time Before "After"'
June 29, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Our 2026 Annual Conference kicks off with a welcome by Society President Nicholas Harrison and a plenary lecture by Patrick Crowley on 'Literary Criticism in a Time Before "After"'
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We are pleased to announce that the winner of the 2025 R. Gapper Book Prize is Helena Taylor for her book, Women Writing Antiquity: Gender and Learning in Early Modern France (Oxford University Press).
www.sfs.ac.uk/prizes/r-gap...
www.sfs.ac.uk/prizes/r-gap...
June 8, 2026 at 9:40 AM
We are pleased to announce that the winner of the 2025 R. Gapper Book Prize is Helena Taylor for her book, Women Writing Antiquity: Gender and Learning in Early Modern France (Oxford University Press).
www.sfs.ac.uk/prizes/r-gap...
www.sfs.ac.uk/prizes/r-gap...
We are pleased to announce that the winner of the 2025 R. Gapper Book Prize is Helena Taylor for her book, Women Writing Antiquity: Gender and Learning in Early Modern France (Oxford University Press).
www.sfs.ac.uk/prizes/r-gap...
www.sfs.ac.uk/prizes/r-gap...
June 8, 2026 at 9:40 AM
We are pleased to announce that the winner of the 2025 R. Gapper Book Prize is Helena Taylor for her book, Women Writing Antiquity: Gender and Learning in Early Modern France (Oxford University Press).
www.sfs.ac.uk/prizes/r-gap...
www.sfs.ac.uk/prizes/r-gap...
Submissions for the 2026 R. Gapper Undergraduate Essay Prize are now open. The closing date is 17 July 2026.
For more information about the prize and how your institution can submit entries, see the link below:
www.sfs.ac.uk/prizes/r-gap...
For more information about the prize and how your institution can submit entries, see the link below:
www.sfs.ac.uk/prizes/r-gap...
R. Gapper Undergraduate Essay Prize
The Society for French Studies is the UK's premier scholarly organisation for encouraging and supporting intellectual enquiry in French studies at all levels.
www.sfs.ac.uk
May 21, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Submissions for the 2026 R. Gapper Undergraduate Essay Prize are now open. The closing date is 17 July 2026.
For more information about the prize and how your institution can submit entries, see the link below:
www.sfs.ac.uk/prizes/r-gap...
For more information about the prize and how your institution can submit entries, see the link below:
www.sfs.ac.uk/prizes/r-gap...
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We are pleased to congratulate Dr Abigail E. Celis (Université de Montréal), winner of the 2026-27 Visiting International Fellowship, and Dr Sarah Arens (University of Liverpool) and Dr Joseph Ford (University of London), the host applicants.
May 7, 2026 at 8:24 AM
We are pleased to congratulate Dr Abigail E. Celis (Université de Montréal), winner of the 2026-27 Visiting International Fellowship, and Dr Sarah Arens (University of Liverpool) and Dr Joseph Ford (University of London), the host applicants.
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It was a privilege to be one of the judges of all this amazing work. Congratulations to Lili Owen Rowlands and all the shortlisted authors 💫
We are delighted to announce that the winner of this year’s Malcolm Bowie Prize is Lili Owen Rowlands for her chapter, ‘Begging to Differ: Autofiction, Autotheory, and Contemporary French Feminisms’, in Autotheories, eds. Brostoff & Cooppan (The MIT Press, 2025)
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direct.mit.edu/books/edited...
Begging to Differ: Autofiction, Autotheory, and Contemporary French Feminisms
direct.mit.edu
May 19, 2026 at 4:36 PM
It was a privilege to be one of the judges of all this amazing work. Congratulations to Lili Owen Rowlands and all the shortlisted authors 💫
We are delighted to announce that the winner of this year’s Malcolm Bowie Prize is Lili Owen Rowlands for her chapter, ‘Begging to Differ: Autofiction, Autotheory, and Contemporary French Feminisms’, in Autotheories, eds. Brostoff & Cooppan (The MIT Press, 2025)
direct.mit.edu/books/edited...
direct.mit.edu/books/edited...
Begging to Differ: Autofiction, Autotheory, and Contemporary French Feminisms
direct.mit.edu
May 19, 2026 at 3:46 PM
We are delighted to announce that the winner of this year’s Malcolm Bowie Prize is Lili Owen Rowlands for her chapter, ‘Begging to Differ: Autofiction, Autotheory, and Contemporary French Feminisms’, in Autotheories, eds. Brostoff & Cooppan (The MIT Press, 2025)
direct.mit.edu/books/edited...
direct.mit.edu/books/edited...
We are pleased to congratulate Dr Abigail E. Celis (Université de Montréal), winner of the 2026-27 Visiting International Fellowship, and Dr Sarah Arens (University of Liverpool) and Dr Joseph Ford (University of London), the host applicants.
May 7, 2026 at 8:24 AM
We are pleased to congratulate Dr Abigail E. Celis (Université de Montréal), winner of the 2026-27 Visiting International Fellowship, and Dr Sarah Arens (University of Liverpool) and Dr Joseph Ford (University of London), the host applicants.
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🔔 SFS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE VACANCIES 🔔
We are looking to fill three upcoming vacancies:
🔹 Assistant Editor of French Studies Bulletin
🔹 SFS Conference Officer
🔹 SFS Postgraduate Officer
If you're interested in applying, see details via the link below:
www.sfs.ac.uk/vacancies-on...
We are looking to fill three upcoming vacancies:
🔹 Assistant Editor of French Studies Bulletin
🔹 SFS Conference Officer
🔹 SFS Postgraduate Officer
If you're interested in applying, see details via the link below:
www.sfs.ac.uk/vacancies-on...
Vacancies on the SFS Committee
The Society for French Studies is the UK's premier scholarly organisation for encouraging and supporting intellectual enquiry in French studies at all levels.
www.sfs.ac.uk
May 1, 2026 at 5:24 PM
🔔 SFS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE VACANCIES 🔔
We are looking to fill three upcoming vacancies:
🔹 Assistant Editor of French Studies Bulletin
🔹 SFS Conference Officer
🔹 SFS Postgraduate Officer
If you're interested in applying, see details via the link below:
www.sfs.ac.uk/vacancies-on...
We are looking to fill three upcoming vacancies:
🔹 Assistant Editor of French Studies Bulletin
🔹 SFS Conference Officer
🔹 SFS Postgraduate Officer
If you're interested in applying, see details via the link below:
www.sfs.ac.uk/vacancies-on...
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Registration for the 2026 SFS Postgraduate Conference is now open. The conference will take place on Friday 29th May 2026 at KCL.
The deadline for registration is 8 May 2026.
See link below for more info:
www.sfs.ac.uk/conferences/...
The deadline for registration is 8 May 2026.
See link below for more info:
www.sfs.ac.uk/conferences/...
2026 Postgraduate Conference: 'Do We Still Read?'
The Society for French Studies is the UK's premier scholarly organisation for encouraging and supporting intellectual enquiry in French studies at all levels.
www.sfs.ac.uk
April 22, 2026 at 8:05 AM
Registration for the 2026 SFS Postgraduate Conference is now open. The conference will take place on Friday 29th May 2026 at KCL.
The deadline for registration is 8 May 2026.
See link below for more info:
www.sfs.ac.uk/conferences/...
The deadline for registration is 8 May 2026.
See link below for more info:
www.sfs.ac.uk/conferences/...
🔔 SFS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE VACANCIES 🔔
We are looking to fill three upcoming vacancies:
🔹 Assistant Editor of French Studies Bulletin
🔹 SFS Conference Officer
🔹 SFS Postgraduate Officer
If you're interested in applying, see details via the link below:
www.sfs.ac.uk/vacancies-on...
We are looking to fill three upcoming vacancies:
🔹 Assistant Editor of French Studies Bulletin
🔹 SFS Conference Officer
🔹 SFS Postgraduate Officer
If you're interested in applying, see details via the link below:
www.sfs.ac.uk/vacancies-on...
Vacancies on the SFS Committee
The Society for French Studies is the UK's premier scholarly organisation for encouraging and supporting intellectual enquiry in French studies at all levels.
www.sfs.ac.uk
May 1, 2026 at 5:24 PM
🔔 SFS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE VACANCIES 🔔
We are looking to fill three upcoming vacancies:
🔹 Assistant Editor of French Studies Bulletin
🔹 SFS Conference Officer
🔹 SFS Postgraduate Officer
If you're interested in applying, see details via the link below:
www.sfs.ac.uk/vacancies-on...
We are looking to fill three upcoming vacancies:
🔹 Assistant Editor of French Studies Bulletin
🔹 SFS Conference Officer
🔹 SFS Postgraduate Officer
If you're interested in applying, see details via the link below:
www.sfs.ac.uk/vacancies-on...
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We warmly congratulate both authors. We would like to thank all entrants and their institutions. A reminder about how we judge the Prize is available on our website. Information on the next iteration of the prize will be available in November 2026.
www.sfs.ac.uk/prizes/r-gap...
www.sfs.ac.uk/prizes/r-gap...
R. Gapper Postgraduate Essay Prize
The Society for French Studies is the UK's premier scholarly organisation for encouraging and supporting intellectual enquiry in French studies at all levels.
www.sfs.ac.uk
April 1, 2026 at 1:48 PM
We warmly congratulate both authors. We would like to thank all entrants and their institutions. A reminder about how we judge the Prize is available on our website. Information on the next iteration of the prize will be available in November 2026.
www.sfs.ac.uk/prizes/r-gap...
www.sfs.ac.uk/prizes/r-gap...
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The Jury adjudged ‘From Dragons to Divinators: Re-Imagining Muslim Women in the Old French Crusade Cycle’, by Saaleha Iqbal (University of Leeds), to be the runner up.
April 1, 2026 at 1:47 PM
The Jury adjudged ‘From Dragons to Divinators: Re-Imagining Muslim Women in the Old French Crusade Cycle’, by Saaleha Iqbal (University of Leeds), to be the runner up.
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We are delighted to announce that the winner of the 2025 R. Gapper Postgraduate Essay Prize is Isabel Maloney (University of Cambridge), for her essay, entitled ‘The Communard Family in Léon Cladel’s Censored Short Fiction’.
April 1, 2026 at 1:47 PM
We are delighted to announce that the winner of the 2025 R. Gapper Postgraduate Essay Prize is Isabel Maloney (University of Cambridge), for her essay, entitled ‘The Communard Family in Léon Cladel’s Censored Short Fiction’.
Registration for the 2026 SFS Postgraduate Conference is now open. The conference will take place on Friday 29th May 2026 at KCL.
The deadline for registration is 8 May 2026.
See link below for more info:
www.sfs.ac.uk/conferences/...
The deadline for registration is 8 May 2026.
See link below for more info:
www.sfs.ac.uk/conferences/...
2026 Postgraduate Conference: 'Do We Still Read?'
The Society for French Studies is the UK's premier scholarly organisation for encouraging and supporting intellectual enquiry in French studies at all levels.
www.sfs.ac.uk
April 22, 2026 at 8:05 AM
Registration for the 2026 SFS Postgraduate Conference is now open. The conference will take place on Friday 29th May 2026 at KCL.
The deadline for registration is 8 May 2026.
See link below for more info:
www.sfs.ac.uk/conferences/...
The deadline for registration is 8 May 2026.
See link below for more info:
www.sfs.ac.uk/conferences/...