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Call for submissions: AJFS / ASFS Postgraduate Essay Prize
The AJFS and ASFS committees are pleased to announce that the prize money for the annual AJFS/ASFS Postgraduate Essay Prize has been increased to $800. Please see the below reminder to all eligible postgraduates to consider submitting an essay for the prize before Monday 16 October 2023. The Australian Society for French Studies and the Australian Journal of…
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Open Letter in Opposition to Research Cuts in French at Victoria University of Wellington Te Herenga Waka
The Australian Society for French Studies strongly opposes the proposal from the Victoria University of Wellington Te Herenga Waka to eliminate the research component from the two remaining academic staff roles in the French area. Part of alarming broader plans to shutter multiple language programs entirely, this proposal would downgrade the French Program from a…
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2022 ASFS School Liaison and Outreach Fund + Call for 2023 Applications
2022 School Liaison and Outreach Award Dr Charlotte Mackay received the 2022 Australian Society for French Studies School Liaison and Outreach Fund award. With this award, along with support from the Association of French Teachers in Victoria and the Forum de la Francophonie, Dr Mackay and Loveena Narayanen organised and held an inaugural club littéraire…
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AFRAN Humanities and Social Sciences Community
The Australian-French Association for Research and Innovation (AFRAN) aims to actively promote the development of cooperation between France and Australia in the areas of research and innovation. AFRAN has recently created a Humanities and Social Sciences Community page to gather “outstanding actors dedicated to the promotion and sharing of Australian and French language, culture, education and research…
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Australian Society for French Studies School Liaison and Community Outreach Fund
Rationale:The aim of the School Liaison and Community Outreach Fund is to support the learning of the French language and francophone cultures and to contribute to the growth and vitality of French-speaking communities across Australia. The Australian Society for French Studies, with support from the Embassy of France in Australia, will make up to two…
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ASFS Conference 2023
Australian Society for French Studies 31st Annual Conference 2023 6-8 December 2023 Body, Motion, Space Hosted by French and Francophone Studies, School of Languages and Cultures, University of Sydney The conference will include a Zoom-only half day. The rest of the conference will be in-person. Details of international and domestic keynotes will follow. Call for Papers…
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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…
