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Melbourne French Studies Seminar Series (April)
🗓️When: Friday 17 April 2026, 3–4pm đź“ŤWhere: 407 Babel Building, The University of Melbourne – Parkville Campus “Decolonising, diversifying and decentring the study of European languages and cultures at Monash University and beyond” In this seminar, we present our collective work aimed at decolonising, diversifying, and decentring the study of European languages and cultures at…
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New Publication: Montage in Postwar French Film (Ivan Cerecina)
We are pleased to announce the publication of Assembly Lines: Montage in Postwar French Film, written by one of our ASFS members, Ivan Cerecina (The University of Sydney / https://ivancerecina.com/ ). The book is published by University of Minnesota Press. The book examines the re-emergence of montage as an aesthetic figure and historiographical principle post-1945, via a study…
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Melbourne French Studies Seminar Series (March)
🗓️When: Friday 20 March, 3–4pm đź“ŤWhere: 407 Babel Building, The University of Melbourne – Parkville Campus “Nature as Norm: Rousseau, Foucault, and the State of Nature as a Regime of Truth” The various accounts of the “state of nature” are often treated as modern political philosophy’s origin stories: speculative prehistories designed to explain why society,…
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Melbourne French Studies Seminar Series (November II)
🗓️When: Wednesday 26 November, 2-3pm đź“ŤWhere: 407 Babel Building, The University of Melbourne – Parkville Campus Scènes d’écriture au fĂ©minin : figurations d’autrices et mises en scène de l’acte d’écriture selon trois voix du Pacifique francophone (Chantal T. Spitz, Ariirau et Flora Aurima Devatine) Titaua Porcher (This seminar will be conducted in French) Cette prĂ©sentation s’intĂ©ressera aux reprĂ©sentations…
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Melbourne French Studies Seminar Series (November)
🗓️When: Monday 10 November, 2-3pm đź“ŤWhere: 407 Babel Building, The University of Melbourne – Parkville Campus Coming-of-Age as Carnival: Screening Girlhood in Contemporary Francophone Cinema Sophie Tallis In this paper I examine contemporary French girlhood films to argue that the experience of French girlhood is a carnivalesque one. By carnivalesque I refer to Mikhail Bakhtin’s theory…
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Literary Worlds Research Network – Event (23 October)
Literary Worlds Research Network – Event (23 October) The Literary Worlds Research Network cordially invites you to a Showcase, Round-Table and Guest Presentation by Professor Marco Sonzogni, Victoria University of Wellington, “Goosed Up’ between Illusion and Imagination: Collaborative Intelligence in Poetry Translation.” This is a hybrid event taking place online and at UNE’s Armidale Campus…
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Melbourne French Studies Seminar Series (October)
🗓️Quand : lundi 20 octobre, 16h-17h đź“ŤOĂą : 407 Babel Building, The University of Melbourne – Parkville Campus « La nourriture comme mĂ©taphore des Ă©motions » ClĂ©ment Baloup L’auteur ClĂ©ment Baloup propose une exploration de ses techniques et processus de travail en BD sur le thème de la nourriture. En effet, l’auteur met en scène rĂ©gulièrement…
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ANNUAL EUROPEAN LANGUAGES LECTURE 2025 -Monash University
AN ENLIGHTENING LECTURE BY ACCLAIMED FRENCH-VIETNAMESE GRAPHIC NOVELIST AND ILLUSTRATOR, CLÉMENT BALOUP. 🗓️Date: Thursday, 23 October 2025 đź•‘Time: 5.30-8pm đź“ŤLocation: Room 903, Level 9/750 Collins Street, Docklands Abstract: The son of a Vietnamese father and a French mother, Baloup is best known for his very personal MĂ©moires de Viet Kieu (Vietnamese Memories) series, which portrays…
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ASFS 2025 Conference Registration and Info
Registrations for the ASFS 2025 CONFERENCE are now open. Registration deadline: 21 November 2025 To register, please complete the REGISTRATION FORM below. The form includes ALL the necessary steps regarding conference registration (including registration fees payment links). *NOTE: your registration will only be complete after you click on “SUBMIT” (step 3/3). ASFS 2025 CONFERENCE REGISTRATION…
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Melbourne French Studies Seminar Series (septembre)
Melbourne French Studies Seminar Series (septembre) 🗓️Quand : mercredi 24 septembre, 11h-12h đź“ŤOĂą : 407 Babel Building, The University of Melbourne – Parkville Campus « Lire Adolphe avant # Me Too : de l’introspection de Constant Ă l’esthĂ©tisation de Jacquot » RĂ©sumĂ© Comment une Ĺ“uvre du passĂ© rĂ©sonne-t-elle avec nos sensibilitĂ©s d’aujourd’hui ? Toute lecture demeure nĂ©cessairement partielle et partiale : elle exprime…
