📚 The Society for French Studies is inviting submissions for the 2026 R. Gapper Book Prize for a book published in 2025. 📖 The closing date for the prize is Friday 28 August 2026. For more information, see the link below: www.sfs.ac.uk/prizes/r-gap...

R. Gapper Book Prize

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🎉 New issue of French Studies, now #OpenAccess via #S2O. Explore research on Rousseau, Proust, Khatibi, Houellebecq & more, including work by @joannebrueton.bsky.social and @philippenmh.bsky.social. 🔗 bit.ly/FS-Vol-80-3-OA @frenchstudies.bsky.social @eparpillee.bsky.social @sfps.bsky.social

Submissions for the 2026 R. Gapper Undergraduate Essay Prize are now open. The closing date is 17 July 2026. For more information about the prize and how your institution can submit entries, see the link below: www.sfs.ac.uk/prizes/r-gap...

R. Gapper Undergraduate Essay Prize

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We are pleased to announce the CFP for next year's annual conference which will take place at the University of Galway. The deadline for submissions is 18 September 2026. For more information see the link below: www.sfs.ac.uk/conferences/...

2027 Annual Conference

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Our Annual Conference in Leicester closes with the Simon Gaunt Memorial Lecture which this year was delivered by Jean-Christophe Abramovici

Another great day at the SFS Annual Conference in Leicester with keynotes by Mary Harrod and Camille Robcis

Our 2026 Annual Conference kicks off with a welcome by Society President Nicholas Harrison and a plenary lecture by Patrick Crowley on 'Literary Criticism in a Time Before "After"'

We are pleased to announce that the winner of the 2025 R. Gapper Book Prize is Helena Taylor for her book, Women Writing Antiquity: Gender and Learning in Early Modern France (Oxford University Press). www.sfs.ac.uk/prizes/r-gap...

We are pleased to announce that the winner of the 2025 R. Gapper Book Prize is Helena Taylor for her book, Women Writing Antiquity: Gender and Learning in Early Modern France (Oxford University Press). www.sfs.ac.uk/prizes/r-gap...

Submissions for the 2026 R. Gapper Undergraduate Essay Prize are now open. The closing date is 17 July 2026. For more information about the prize and how your institution can submit entries, see the link below: www.sfs.ac.uk/prizes/r-gap...

R. Gapper Undergraduate Essay Prize

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We are pleased to congratulate Dr Abigail E. Celis (Université de Montréal), winner of the 2026-27 Visiting International Fellowship, and Dr Sarah Arens (University of Liverpool) and Dr Joseph Ford (University of London), the host applicants.

It was a privilege to be one of the judges of all this amazing work. Congratulations to Lili Owen Rowlands and all the shortlisted authors 💫

French Studies@frenchstudies.bsky.social · 3mo ago

We are delighted to announce that the winner of this year’s Malcolm Bowie Prize is Lili Owen Rowlands for her chapter, ‘Begging to Differ: Autofiction, Autotheory, and Contemporary French Feminisms’, in Autotheories, eds. Brostoff & Cooppan (The MIT Press, 2025) direct.mit.edu/books/edited...

We are delighted to announce that the winner of this year’s Malcolm Bowie Prize is Lili Owen Rowlands for her chapter, ‘Begging to Differ: Autofiction, Autotheory, and Contemporary French Feminisms’, in Autotheories, eds. Brostoff & Cooppan (The MIT Press, 2025) direct.mit.edu/books/edited...

Begging to Differ: Autofiction, Autotheory, and Contemporary French Feminisms

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We are pleased to congratulate Dr Abigail E. Celis (Université de Montréal), winner of the 2026-27 Visiting International Fellowship, and Dr Sarah Arens (University of Liverpool) and Dr Joseph Ford (University of London), the host applicants.

🔔 SFS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE VACANCIES 🔔 We are looking to fill three upcoming vacancies: 🔹 Assistant Editor of French Studies Bulletin 🔹 SFS Conference Officer 🔹 SFS Postgraduate Officer If you're interested in applying, see details via the link below: www.sfs.ac.uk/vacancies-on...

Vacancies on the SFS Committee

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Registration for the 2026 SFS Postgraduate Conference is now open. The conference will take place on Friday 29th May 2026 at KCL. The deadline for registration is 8 May 2026. See link below for more info: www.sfs.ac.uk/conferences/...

2026 Postgraduate Conference: 'Do We Still Read?'

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🔔 SFS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE VACANCIES 🔔 We are looking to fill three upcoming vacancies: 🔹 Assistant Editor of French Studies Bulletin 🔹 SFS Conference Officer 🔹 SFS Postgraduate Officer If you're interested in applying, see details via the link below: www.sfs.ac.uk/vacancies-on...

Vacancies on the SFS Committee

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We warmly congratulate both authors. We would like to thank all entrants and their institutions. A reminder about how we judge the Prize is available on our website. Information on the next iteration of the prize will be available in November 2026. www.sfs.ac.uk/prizes/r-gap...

R. Gapper Postgraduate Essay Prize

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The Jury adjudged ‘From Dragons to Divinators: Re-Imagining Muslim Women in the Old French Crusade Cycle’, by Saaleha Iqbal (University of Leeds), to be the runner up.

We are delighted to announce that the winner of the 2025 R. Gapper Postgraduate Essay Prize is Isabel Maloney (University of Cambridge), for her essay, entitled ‘The Communard Family in Léon Cladel’s Censored Short Fiction’.

Registration for the 2026 SFS Postgraduate Conference is now open. The conference will take place on Friday 29th May 2026 at KCL. The deadline for registration is 8 May 2026. See link below for more info: www.sfs.ac.uk/conferences/...

2026 Postgraduate Conference: 'Do We Still Read?'

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📖 Most read article in French Studies this week: Autofiction in the Feminine by Shirley Jordan Available to read at: bit.ly/Autofiction-in-the-Feminine @frenchstudies.bsky.social #FrenchStudies

We are delighted to announce that the winner of the 2025 R. Gapper Postgraduate Essay Prize is Isabel Maloney (University of Cambridge), for her essay, entitled ‘The Communard Family in Léon Cladel’s Censored Short Fiction’.

Thank you to all those participating in this year's annual conference who have already registered. ⏰For anyone who has not been able to do this, we are extending the window for registration until next Thursday 2 April 2026.⌛️ Link below: www.sfs.ac.uk/shop/tickets...

Society for French Studies

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Thank you to all those participating in this year's annual conference who have already registered. ⏰For anyone who has not been able to do this, we are extending the window for registration until next Thursday 2 April 2026.⌛️ Link below: www.sfs.ac.uk/shop/tickets...

Society for French Studies

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We are delighted to announce that registration for our Annual Conference is now open.🔔 The conference will take place at the University of Leicester, 29 June - 1 July 2026. See link below to register and check out the provisional programme: www.sfs.ac.uk/conferences/...

2026 Annual Conference

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A reminder that the deadline for submissions for this year's SFS Postgraduate Conference is this Friday 20 March 2026 🖇️📜👇

French Studies@frenchstudies.bsky.social · 5mo ago

We are pleased to announce that the call for papers for this year's SFS Postgraduate Conference is now open. 🔔🔖 The conference will take place at KCL on 29 May 2026. Deadline for submission is 20 March 2026. See link for more details: www.sfs.ac.uk/conferences/...

A reminder that the deadline for submissions for this year's SFS Postgraduate Conference is this Friday 20 March 2026 🖇️📜👇

French Studies@frenchstudies.bsky.social · 5mo ago

We are pleased to announce that the call for papers for this year's SFS Postgraduate Conference is now open. 🔔🔖 The conference will take place at KCL on 29 May 2026. Deadline for submission is 20 March 2026. See link for more details: www.sfs.ac.uk/conferences/...

🐦🐦‍⬛🦆 Reminder to our annual conference delegates that you can get a discounted "early bird" rate if you register before this Friday 13th March 2026 🐣🦜🪶 Link below:

French Studies@frenchstudies.bsky.social · 6mo ago

We are delighted to announce that registration for our Annual Conference is now open.🔔 The conference will take place at the University of Leicester, 29 June - 1 July 2026. See link below to register and check out the provisional programme: www.sfs.ac.uk/conferences/...