Football chants are at the centre of a national controversy in France. My 3-Minute Thesis presentation explores why this "dirty," unstable singing is exactly what makes the collective powerful. Watch here 🎤⚽ www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6Pj... #FootballChants

Phil Bonjour

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My entry “Chant de supporters” is now online in the Publictionnaire (CREM, Université de Lorraine): a short conceptual guide to football chanting as collective vocal practice. publictionnaire.huma-num.fr/notice/chant... #FootballChants #SociologyOfMusic

I have a new piece on @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social today. Drawing on my PhD on football chanting in France, I look at how Munster rugby’s carefully curated anthems interact with the more spontaneous, unruly sound cultures of French soccer fans. www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2... #FootballChants #Munster

How Munster rugby and French soccer fans find the right note

The difference between curated anthems and spontaneous chanting reveals something essential about power relations in a sports stadium

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The sound of the crowd: the difference between curated anthems and spontaneous chanting at Munster rugby & French soccer reveals something essential about power relations in a sports stadium. By @philbonjour.bsky.social @unioflimerick.bsky.social @researchireland.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

How Munster rugby and French soccer fans find the right note

The difference between curated anthems and spontaneous chanting reveals something essential about power relations in a sports stadium

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I was invited on the PhD pULse podcast to talk about my doctoral research and my path from classical music to football chants 🎻➡️🏟️ Talking about music, supporterism, social justice ✊ 🎧 Episode on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2Pkt... #FootballChants #FootballResearch #PhDLife

PhD pULse - #23 with Phil Bonjour

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📣 “On est là !” [We are here!] From stadium anthem to protest slogan — a chant that unites voices across stands and streets. 🇫🇷 New article (in French) on the collective and territorial power of #FootballChants in France. 📖 Mondes Sociaux → sms.hypotheses.org/52347

Chants de supporters, chants de foules : les pouvoirs du « On est là ! »

Un refrain s’élève dans les stades, dans la rue, jusqu’aux bancs de l’Assemblée nationale : « On est là ! ». Ce chant emblématique, originaire des stades de football, est devenu...

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Many thanks to our contributors: @breerob-kirk.bsky.social, @jemimahubberstey.bsky.social, @rachelbynoth.bsky.social, @drdan.bsky.social, @philbonjour.bsky.social, @vaughnscribner.bsky.social, Amy Frost, Rachael Johnson, Tim Moore, Rupert Goulding, Isabelle Eve Carlotti Davier, and Tom Boden!

💥 New book out! "Bath and Beyond" explores the sociabilities of Georgian assembly rooms — I’m thrilled to have contributed a chapter on French spa towns as musical spaces. 🎼 From Vichy to Évian, music shaped class, tourism, and diplomacy. Thank you @hillaryburlock.bsky.social!

Dr Hillary Burlock@hillaryburlock.bsky.social · 2y ago

It's #PublicationDay for Bath and Beyond: The Social and Cultural World of the Georgian Assembly Room! Get your copy on Routledge or Amazon... #assemblyrooms We finally made it @georgianlords.bsky.social and Tatjana LeBoff! 🎉🎉 www.routledge.com/Bath-and-Bey...

It's #PublicationDay for Bath and Beyond: The Social and Cultural World of the Georgian Assembly Room! Get your copy on Routledge or Amazon... #assemblyrooms We finally made it @georgianlords.bsky.social and Tatjana LeBoff! 🎉🎉 www.routledge.com/Bath-and-Bey...

Bath and Beyond: The Social and Cultural World of the Georgian Assembly Room

This book re-examines spa and assembly culture as key venues for sociability in the eighteenth century. Focused chiefly on the eighteenth century, this book looks forward into the nineteenth and early...

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I’ve got 3 minutes ⏱️ to convince you that football chants are serious business! 💥 Catch me at the #UL #3MT Grand Final with: 🎤 antiphony and transformative voices in French football chanting Thanks @unioflimerick.bsky.social! Deeply grateful to @drmartinjpower.bsky.social and Dr. Aileen Dillane 🙏

Finalists for 2025 Grand Final of 3-Minute Thesis (3MT) announced

The 12 finalists for this year’s Grand Final of the 3-Minute Thesis (3MT) competition for postgraduate researchers (PGRs) at UL have been announced. The final takes place at 3pm on Thursday, May 1, 20...

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Honored to receive the Best Early Career Researcher presentation award from @footballcollective.bsky.social at the Football Conference 2024 after two inspiring days in Newcastle! This is a great encouragement for my ongoing research on football chanting 🙌⚽ #FootballResearch #FootballChants

It’s all about going the extra mile (or should I say, hitting the right notes)! 🎹⚽️😂 Glad it worked!

Dr Sean Huddleston@sjh1978.bsky.social · 2y ago

The first person I’ve ever seen play a keyboard at a conference…👍👍😂😂 And it worked!

Btw your bhoy did alright!!! Big Phil did well!