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ASFS Postgraduate / ECR Writing and Peer Support Group
The postgraduate and early career researcher Writing and Peer Support Group is a writing group and discussion space for postgraduate and early career members of the ASFS. The group will be running quarterly throughout 2024. Each ‘cycle’ consists of one writing day (all day), a writing exchange (via email), and a feedback session (1-hour or…
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Open Letter in Opposition to Proposed Cuts to Language Programs at Macquarie University and the University of Aberdeen
The Australian Society for French Studies (ASFS) would like to add its voice to the existing petitions and international advocacy to express grave concerns and strong opposition to the proposed cuts in the Language, Translation & Interpreting degrees at the University of Aberdeen (UK) and the proposal by Macquarie University (Australia) to eliminate five languages, including Croatian, German, Italian, Modern Greek and…
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DRAFT Research Seminar: Music, Memory and Migration: Commemorating the BUMIDOM in Contemporary Music
ALL WELCOME! Join us on Friday 24 November, 2-3pm (Sydney time) for the next DRAFT seminar on research in progress in French and Francophone Studies in Australia! Zoom Link: https://uni-sydney.zoom.us/j/83924176810?pwd=NWNzWjJkZHFId2RYMEJGdHp1QUtnUT09 Password: 841616 In person: Babel Building, room 407, The University of Melbourne Music, Memory and Migration: Commemorating the BUMIDOM in Contemporary Music In the past fifteen years, there has been a plethora of…
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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…