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The Society of Dix-Neuviémistes (SDN) offers a lively forum for the dissemination of research on French and Francophone studies in the long 19th century.
🚨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...
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 · 3mo agoRecently, 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!
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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 · 4mo agoTrès 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!
📣 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 · 4mo agoWhat 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...
Happy to see this Special Issue out in the world - Cultural Histories of Medicine & Health in the Long 19th Century - edited by Larry Duffy & myself @uksdn.bsky.social Great contributions from Jacob Meister, Kaat Wils, Sun-Young Park, Kathryn Bryan & Aine Larkin with several chapters open access!
One of our fabulous executive committee members, Susan McCready, will be talking about her new book, Commemorative Acts: French Theatre and the Memory of the Great War, at the next NCFS Unbound session on 20 March. Register here: southalabama.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: NCFS Unbound 6_6 Susan McCready with Leon Sachs. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Susan McCready talks about her book Commemorative Acts: French Theatre and the Memory of the Great War with Leon Sachs
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Our wonderful NCFS colleagues are accepting proposals for their 52nd annual conference, which will be on the theme of ‘Voice and Silence’. Deadline for abstracts is 15 March and you can find more info here: cpe.vt.edu/ncfs2026.html
There’s one week left to register for our annual conference! Register now and get ready to talk all things health and happiness in 19th century French and Francophone studies 😁
SDN@uksdn.bsky.social · 6mo ago🎉 Registration now opened 🎉 Coming to the 24th Society of Dix-Neuviémistes annual conference taking place in Cardiff from 8 to 10 April? Register before Monday 2 March via our website: uksdn.co.uk/health-and-h...
🎉 Registration now opened 🎉 Coming to the 24th Society of Dix-Neuviémistes annual conference taking place in Cardiff from 8 to 10 April? Register before Monday 2 March via our website: uksdn.co.uk/health-and-h...
Health and happiness / La santé et le bonheur (Cardiff University, 2026)
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Le Déjeuner des canotiers, 1881. TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL CONFERENCESociety of Dix-Neuviémistes Health and happiness / La santé et le bonheur Cardiff University, 8–10 April 2026 …
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I wrote about The Irish Proust for @lithub.com.web.brid.gy @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social @uksdn.bsky.social lithub.com/an-enduring-...
An Enduring Source of Inspiration: In Search of Proust’s Legacy in Ireland
Ireland remained neutral during the Second World War and drew up plans to resist possible attack by Nazi Germany or Britain. The authorities were also preoccupied by a different kind of foreign inv…
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Wow, check out the number of dix-neuviémiste titles on this list!!! This is such a striking showcase of the exciting and important work going on in our field at the moment! Congratulations to all!
French Studies@frenchstudies.bsky.social · 6mo agoThe Society is delighted to announce the five shortlisted entries for this year's R. Gapper Book Prize:
Merci à Marie Richeux et au au book club sur @franceculture.fr de m'avoir donné l'occasion de parler de ma thèse sur le mot qui tue dans Balzac! cc @classiquesgarnier.bsky.social @mariericheux.bsky.social classiques-garnier.com/le-mot-fatal...
Le Mot fatal. Langage, pouvoir et trait d’esprit dans La Comédie humaine de Balzac
Il y a des mots qui tuent dans l’univers balzacien. Décoché comme une flèche, le trait d’esprit se doit d’atteindre une cible, de ravir un public qui va valider ou non son effet. Performance négociée ...
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