🚨SDN Conference news🚨 As plans take shape for the 25th conference of the Society in Dundee, Scotland, 14-16 April 2027, on the theme of Craft and Industry, we’d like to remind you of the call for papers and submission details, available here: uksdn.co.uk/sdn-annual-c...

Craft and Industry / Artisanat et industrie (Dundee 2027)

Gustave Caillebotte, Raboteurs de parquet, 1875 TWENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL CONFERENCESociety of Dix-Neuviémistes Craft and Industry / Artisanat et industrie Dundee, 14–16 April 2027 With the support of th…

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We are delighted to announce that the winners of the 2026 Tim Unwin ECR Grant: Anna Paola Manna and Hervé Goerger 🎉🎉

Excited for a new series of talks from our friends at the Nineteenth-Century French Studies Association (NCFS) 🎉

I spent a few hours yesterday reading this double issue -- and am even more delighted, after reading it, to be included in the list of contributors. Thank you to guest editors @cherylperfume.bsky.social, @rmesch.bsky.social and Masha Belenky, and to the Dix-Neuf editors

SDN@uksdn.bsky.social · 2mo ago

If you are looking for some late-summer reading, we’ve got just the thing… the latest special double issue of Dix-Neuf, which features articles around Baudelaire's "À une passante", edited by Masha Belenky, @cherylperfume.bsky.social, and @rmesch.bsky.social

Thrilled to see my “Weathering (the Elements) in Charles Baudelaire’s ‘À une passante’ and Jean Béraud’s A Windy Day on the Pont des Arts” out in this fabulous and juicy volume! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Weathering (the Elements) in Charles Baudelaire’s ‘À une passante’ and Jean Béraud’s A Windy Day on the Pont des Arts

In ‘À une passante’ and A Windy Day on the Pont des Arts, Charles Baudelaire and Jean Béraud represent Paris as a dynamic space filled with rushing people. Scholars have productively examined this ...

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Rachel Mesch@rmesch.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🚨 Our double issue of Dix-Neuf is now up!! TO THE PASSERSBY: BEFORE & AFTER BAUDELAIRE has 8 stunning articles that center the passante herself through cultural, visual, and literary history, ecocritical, feminist, and queer perspectives

The introduction to our special volume, To the Passersby, is open access. Plus some previews below 🧵 Enjoy! @uksdn.bsky.social

Introduction

Published in Dix-Neuf: Journal of the Society of Dix-Neuviémistes (Vol. 30, No. 1-2, 2026)

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🚨 Our double issue of Dix-Neuf is now up!! TO THE PASSERSBY: BEFORE & AFTER BAUDELAIRE has 8 stunning articles that center the passante herself through cultural, visual, and literary history, ecocritical, feminist, and queer perspectives

If you are looking for some late-summer reading, we’ve got just the thing… the latest special double issue of Dix-Neuf, which features articles around Baudelaire's "À une passante", edited by Masha Belenky, @cherylperfume.bsky.social, and @rmesch.bsky.social

Final call to apply for our Tim Unwin Early Career Research Grants, closing on 1 September! Early career researcher grants of up to £500 are available to members of the Society of Dix-Neuviémistes to assist with research projects related to 19th French studies.

🚨Grants available 🚨 Early career researcher grants of up to £500 are available to members of the Society of Dix-Neuviémistes to assist with research projects related to 19th French studies. These are awarded on a competitive basis, and normally only 1 to 2 are awarded per year.

Calling all our George Sand scholars! There will be a conference on “George Sand dans la Troisième République” on 18 and 19 June at ENS Lyon. Further details, including the programme, can be found below and in the following link: www.fabula.org/actualites/1...

Translation criticism done right in 1806

Based in Paris? Join author Simon Morley tomorrow evening to celebrate the publication of his brand new book, La Belle France. 🗓️ Le 27 Mai 2026 de 18h30 à 20h30 📍Librairie Galignani 224, rue de Rivoli, 75001 paris Find out more: www.galignani.fr/agenda-19583...

Join us next week for our next Curatorial Roundtable, a deep dive into some recent acquisitions in the print collections of some of the world's leading museums. For details/how to join: www.ecrfrenchart.com/network-even...

If you, like us, have felt like there was something missing in your life since our conference in Cardiff concluded, fear not! You can do it all again next year… our 25th annual conference will be in Dundee on 14-16 April on the theme of Craft and Industry. Find out more: uksdn.co.uk/sdn-annual-c...

Craft and Industry / Artisanat et industrie (Dundee 2027)

Gustave Caillebotte, Raboteurs de parquet, 1875 TWENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL CONFERENCESociety of Dix-Neuviémistes Craft and Industry / Artisanat et industrie Dundee, 14–16 April 2027 We are now accepting s…

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Musset: a Gen Z icon?

Emily Herring@emilyherring.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Recently, for *obvious reasons*, I've been thinking about what it means when anxiety and sadness are caused not by individual predispositions, but by the state of the world itself. This led me to early 19th-c. France and the notion of "mal du siècle" (sickness of the century) aeon.co/essays/young...

🚨Grants available 🚨 Early career researcher grants of up to £500 are available to members of the Society of Dix-Neuviémistes to assist with research projects related to 19th French studies. These are awarded on a competitive basis, and normally only 1 to 2 are awarded per year.

Congratulations to Christopher Goring (Cambridge) who is this year’s winner of the SDN Postgraduate Prize 🎉🎉🎉 The prize is awarded for the best postgraduate conference paper submitted for the Society’s Annual Conference (#SDNCardiff2026).

🚨 New SDN Officer 🚨 We are pleased to welcome Dana Vuckovic (Oxford) as our new PG and ECR Rep. Dana will take over from Helen McKelvey, @drhelenmckelvey.bsky.social. Thank you, Helen, for all of your amazing work in this role! You’ve made a real difference to so many PGs and ECRs!

The Irish Proust is the subject of this week's Talking History podcast on @newstalkfm.bsky.social, with Patrick Geoghegan. @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social @uksdn.bsky.social www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...

Proust & His Irish Connections | Newstalk

We discuss the life and work of Marcel Proust and explore his connections with Ireland. Featuring...

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Sharing for all our members who are interested in Zola: On 23 and 24 October, the Emile Zola Society will host the ‘Sensation !’ Symposium in London. If interested, please send your abstracts to Susan Harrow and Ye Xu by 27 April.

Félicitations ! 💫💫

Claire Dupin de Beyssat@clairedupindb.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Très honorée de ce prix, qui récompense mon article sur le jury au Salon durant le long XIXè siècle, et que j'ai en plus le plaisir de partager avec mon amie @rcoombes.bsky.social ! Hurrah to us 🥳 Le lien vers l'article en question : journals.openedition.org/bssg/8209

We are pleased to announce the winner of the second annual Dix-Neuf Prize, which recognises an outstanding article published in each year’s volume of the journal (drumroll please…):

Delighted to announce the winners of the SDN Publication Prize, as announced at the SDN conference dinner last Thursday! This prize is for the best journal article published by an early-career member of the society in the previous calendar year...

As #SDNCardiff2026 comes to an end, we’d like to say thank you to everyone who presented, chaired, and attended! There were lots of brilliant papers and discussions; it’s so energising to see the array of brilliant work going on in 19th century French and Francophone studies!

A vos agendas !

📣 Rappel | Journée d’études « Saint-Simon et les femmes » 🗓️ 11 avril 2026 | 09h15–17h30 📍 Auditorium du château de Versailles ✅ Inscription gratuite obligatoire : chateauversailles-recherche.fr/article1592.... #versaillesrecherche

A Most Quiet Murder provides a new view of nineteenth-century France, where the law and public authorities intervened in the lives of the working classes and their children during moments of crisis. Browse more titles⬇️ buff.ly/MNBqYyD @cornellpress.cornell.edu

It’s the first day of our annual conference, #SDNCardiff2026! Who’s excited? 🙋‍♀️

Helen McKelvey@drhelenmckelvey.bsky.social · 6mo ago

What a glorious morning and setting for Health and Happiness #SDNCardiff2026 - looking forward to the next couple of days of catching up with colleagues, sharing research and discussing what makes a healthy and happy career.

🚨New special issue of Dix-Neuf 🚨 This special issue brings together a collection of articles on the cultural histories of medicine and health in the long nineteenth century. Check it out here: www.tandfonline.com/toc/ydix20/2...