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President’s Welcome 2023
Dear ASFS colleagues, As I write this letter in January 2023, I can’t help but feel caught in a paradox: a moment of change and a moment of return. As a Society and a community, we are both turning a new leaf since the acute pandemic pressures of 2020-2022, and holding on to the great […]
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Postgraduate / ECR Writing and Peer Support Group
The postgraduate and early career researcher Writing and Peer Support Group, initiated by former ASFS Postgraduate Officer, Clara Sitbon, is a writing group and discussion space for French studies postgraduates across Australia. Throughout 2023, the ASFS will be running this group again. There will be three ‘cycles’, with each consisting of a writing day (all […]
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Vale Colin Nettelbeck + Nettelbeck Prize
The ASFS was saddened to hear of the passing of Emeritus Professor Colin Nettelbeck FAHA. Colin was an eminent intellectual, researcher, teacher and friend to many of us. He played a pivotal role in the Society in its early years after its founding, including serving as President. Colin was made a life member of the […]
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DRAFT French and Francophone Seminar: A trio of trailblazers in early cinema: Bernhardt, Gabrielle Réjane and Mistinguett
Friday 9 September 2022 1-2 pm (Melbourne/Sydney time) Zoom Link: https://uni-sydney.zoom.us/j/83924176810?pwd=NWNzWjJkZHFId2RYMEJGdHp1QUtnUT09 Password: 841616 A trio of trailblazers in early cinema: Bernhardt, Gabrielle Réjane and Mistinguett More than a century after the French actresses Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923), Réjane (Gabrielle Charlotte Réju, 1856-1920) and Mistinguett (Jeanne Florentine Bourgeois, 1875-1956) consolidated their international fame on film, attention is newly focusing on […]
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Australian Society for French Studies School Liaison and Community Outreach Fund Awarded to Dr Charlotte Mackay
The ASFS Executive Committee is delighted to share that Dr Charlotte Mackay has been awarded the ASFS School Liaison and Community Outreach Fund to support her outreach project. In collaboration with the Association of French Teachers of Victoria and the Forum de la Francophonie, Charlotte Mackay and Loveena Narayanen will use the funds to start a […]
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CFP: “Cultural Expressions of Climate Change across the French-speaking Islands in the South Pacific”
Symposium to be held at the University of Sydney on 15, 16 and 17 February 2023 We invite abstracts for a 3-day interdisciplinary symposium devoted to cultural expressions of climate change across Oceania. Crucially, our symposium will act as a platform for exchanging ideas, showcasing artistic voices, and facilitating new connections between French-speaking Oceania and […]
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WiF Oz/ASFS Research and Networking Event 2022
The Australian Society of French Studies, in collaboration with Women in French: Australia, is delighted to announce its first mid-year Australian French Studies symposium. For this inaugural one-day event (split over two half days on account of time differences) colleagues in French Studies from around the world will present any aspect of their research – […]
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CFP: ASFS/AJFS Postgraduate Essay Prize
The Australian Society for French Studies and the Australian Journal of French Studies are pleased to announce the eighth annual co-sponsored ASFS/AJFS Postgraduate Essay Prize. A prize of AU$500 will be awarded to the best article (5,000 to 6,500 words including notes) on any aspect of French Studies (except French language Studies) by a postgraduate student. The […]
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National recognition for outstanding teachers of French in Australia
Following the success of the 2020 inaugural awards, FATFA will once again offer two awards to recognize outstanding teachers of French. To promote the profession of «professeur de français» and to celebrate the international «Journée du prof de français» on 25 November 2022, FATFA would like to officially recognise outstanding teachers of French at a […]
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ASFS Conference 2022
Australian Society for French Studies Conference 2022 MOVEMENT(S)/MOUVEMENT(S) 13-14 December 2022 (12 December: Postgraduate Day) Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand After two years of restricted movement, we have the pleasure to announce that the annual conference of the Australian Society for French Studies will take place, for the first time, […]
