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FATFA-TOFA conference 2024
Every 2 years a National Conference for French Teachers is organised by the FATFA (Federation of French Teacher Assoc. in Australia). This year, the conference will be held on Nov 22-23 in beautiful Perth, WA! Come meet your WA colleagues for 2 days of professional development, networking and fun! The Conference theme is ‘Embarquement immédiat: vers…
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Melbourne French Studies Seminar Series: Julie Delpy’s cinephilia and cinécriture
When: Friday, 17 May, 2–3pm Where: 407 Babel Building, The University of Melbourne Parkville Campus Dr Felicity Chaplin, Monash University “Tiny details: Julie Delpy’s cinephilia and cinécriture“ Julie Delpy once remarked: “We are everything and we are nothing. It is just the big paradox of being alive. We’re tiny details, yet we are details.” Perhaps…
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AALITRA Translation Awards 2024 (French)
The French Embassy in Australia has added two extra prizes to the competition – for the two MOST OUTSTANDING STUDENT ENTRIES (University students included) The Australian Association for Literary Translation (AALITRA) now invites entries for the 2024 AALITRA Translation Awards. The AALITRA Translation Awards aim to acknowledge the wealth of literary translation skills present in…
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Melbourne French Studies Seminar Series: Victor Hugo, Theopoet
When: Friday, 19 April, 2–3pm Where: 407 Babel Building, The University of Melbourne Parkville Campus Dr Patrick Kennedy, The University of Melbourne “Victor Hugo, Theopoet: Re-reading the divine in Les Contemplations, Dieu, and La Fin de Satan“ Though well-known as a prolific nineteenth-century author and écrivain engagé, Victor Hugo is less remembered for his idiosyncratic view of the…
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2024 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…
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AALITRA Translation Awards 2024 (French)
The Australian Association for Literary Translation (AALITRA) now invites entries for the 2024 AALITRA Translation Awards. The AALITRA Translation Awards aim to acknowledge the wealth of literary translation skills present in the Australian community. Prizes are awarded for a translation of a selected prose text and for a translation of a selected poem. The focus…
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ASFS Mentorship Program
The Australian Society for French Studies is pleased to announce the 2024 Mentorship program for colleagues seeking guidance and feedback on all aspects of the profession. Partnerships will be created in response to colleagues’ stated aims for the program, and while we invite EOIs from prospective mentees and mentors, we see the pairings as an…
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Melbourne French Studies Seminar Series: Céline Sciamma and the Queer Forest
When: Friday, 22 March, 2–3pm Where: 407 Babel Building, The University of Melbourne Parkville Campus Louise Cain, The University of Melbourne “Where the Wild Kids Are: Céline Sciamma and the Queer Forest” Combining Martin Heidegger’s concept of Holzwege – the tangled forest paths that serve as metaphors for being, knowledge, and truth – with the…
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Melbourne French Studies Seminar Series
The Melbourne French Studies Seminar Series invites scholars at any level to present their research for their colleagues in Melbourne. Researchers working in any area and time period of French and Francophone Studies are encouraged to give a 30–40 minute in-person seminar in English or in French on a current research project. Colleagues working in…
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President’s Welcome 2024
Dear Australian Society for French Studies members, As I write this annual welcome, I reflect on our Society’s many achievements over the past year. In December, our Sydney University colleagues hosted an excellent conference, ‘Body, Motion, Space’. It featured keynote addresses from French scholar David Le Breton and the Australian Journal of French Studies’ editor,…