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CFP: 20th and 21st Century French and Francophone Studies International Colloquium, 2020
APPEL À CONTRIBUTIONS/CALL FOR PAPERS 20th and 21st Century French and Francophone Studies International Colloquium March 26-28, 2020 University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA Plenary Speakers : Scholastique Mukasonga, Nicolas Kurtovitch, and Stéphanie Posthumus Parler la terre La terre nous unit tous. Parler la terre, c’est parler de soi-même, c’est parler de l’Autre, c’est parler de…
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Émission radio dédiée à Christchurch (en français)
Chers collègues, chers amis, Afin de commémorer les événements tragiques à Christchurch du 15 mars dernier, nous avons dédié notre émission radio de « Paris s’éveille » (sur la radio communautaire de Plains FM) à notre ville et à la Journée internationale de la poésie. Vous trouverez ci-dessous le message publicitaire qui circule sur les réseaux…
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Nick Hewitt, in memorium
from Alistair Rolls and Greg Hainge Greg and I started our journeys at Nottingham University as undergraduates in October 1990. They were days when the university experience was rather different, and I for one, as a first-in-family student from a working-class family was entirely out of my comfort zone. And I couldn’t have been happier.…
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ASFS/AJFS Postgraduate Prize 2019
The Australian Society for French Studies and the Australian Journal of French Studies are pleased to announce the fifth annual co-sponsored ASFS/AJFS Postgraduate Prize. A prize of $500 will be awarded for the best article (4,000-6,000 words inc. notes) by a postgraduate student on any aspect of French Studies (except French language studies). The prize will be awarded at…
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CFP: ASFS 2019 Making and Breaking Rules in Sydney
Australian Society for French Studies Annual Conference 2019 Making and Breaking Rules University of New England – Western Sydney University Location: UNE Sydney 10-12 December 2019 When we speak, write and act, when we produce and interpret culture, we are consciously or unconsciously following rules of various kinds. But what does it mean to follow…
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Congratulations ASFS Honorary Life Members Brian Nelson and Colin Nettelbeck
At the ASFS 2018 annual meeting at University of Western Australia (Perth) this year, two long time members of our organisation received honorary life memberships to mark our twenty-fifth anniversary. Congratulations to Professor Brian Nelson (Monash) and Professor Colin Nettelbeck (Melbourne)! Professor Nelson was instrumental in founding ASFS in 1993, and both he and Professor…
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ASFS/AJFS Postgraduate Prize CFP 2018
The Australian Society for French Studies and the Australian Journal of French Studies are pleased to announce the fourth annual co-sponsored ASFS/AJFS Postgraduate Prize. A prize of $500 will be awarded for the best article (4,000-6,000 words inc. notes) by a postgraduate student on any aspect of French Studies (except French language studies). The prize will be awarded at…
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AJFS 55.1 on Mobility and Migration, now available
The latest volume of the Australian Journal of French Studies is a “deuxième volet” of articles emanating from the 2016 ASFS conference in Adelaide. Congratulations to the editors and contributors who are members of ASFS. Australian Journal of French Studies 55:1 (2018) Mobility and Migration Table of Contents Natalie Edwards, Christopher Hogarth and Ben…
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CFP: Environment and Identity at ASFS 2018 in Perth
ASFS 2018 Environment and Identity The University of Western Australia, Perth 5-7 December 2018 Postgraduate session on 4 December 2018 Keynote speaker: Rodney Saint-Eloi (Haitian-Canadian poet) Landscape and the environment have long been central concerns of writers, artists and filmmakers. This conference seeks to reflect on the ways in which identity is created in relation…
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Postgraduate Essay Prize 2017
ASFS would like to congratulate Belle Joseph from Australian National University for winning the 2017 ASFS Essay Prize with her paper, “‘Vivant de dignité de douleurs et d’alarmes’: Personalism in André Ulmann’s Poèmes du camp.” The winners of the annual essay prize receive $500 and an opportunity to publish in the Australian Journal of French Studies.…
