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Celebrating 50 Years of Contemporary French Civilization To celebrate fifty years of Contemporary French Civilization (CFC), the journal’s editorial team has put together a blog post reflecting on its past, present, and future. As part of the anniversary…

🎉 Contemporary French Civilization celebrates 50 years!
Marking this milestone, the editorial team reflects in a special blog post—and explore the 50th Anniversary Virtual Issue, available free to read for a limited time.
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Banner announcing a special issue of Contemporary French Civilization. On the left, white text on a blue abstract background reads: “SPECIAL ISSUE: From author films to operational images: French and francophone documentary practices in the new millennium.” At the bottom left is the Liverpool University Press logo and the text “Liverpool University Press, Founded 1899.” On the right, a blue journal cover displays the title Contemporary French Civilization in large white letters. Smaller text notes: “An interdisciplinary journal devoted to the study of French-speaking cultures throughout the world.”

A new special issue of Contemporary French Civilization examines French & francophone documentary cinema in the new millennium. Essays explore aesthetic, ethical & political debates shaping the field.
Browse the issue online at🔗 bit.ly/CFC-Vol-50-3
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New issue of AJFS: “Corporeality: Critical Concerns in French & Francophone Studies” explores the body as vulnerability, creativity & resistance. The issue is dedicated to the memory of editor Professor Jarrod Hayes (1966–2025). 🔗 bit.ly/AJFS-62-3-4
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We are pleased to announce that the Australian Society for French Studies are now accepting submissions for the Jarrod Hayes AJFS Prize for 2025. 🏆 Find out more: bit.ly/JH-AJFS-Prize @sfhs.bsky.social @sfps.bsky.social @ilcs.bsky.social @profnatedwards.bsky.social

'A bilingual, Open Access journal questioning the presence of French language and culture across borders, with (post)colonial encounters and decolonial perspectives' written on a purple banner with a blue and pink gradient background with the Francospheres cover to the left.

📖 Most read in Francosphères this week: 'Leïla Slimani’s Chanson douce: Paradoxes of identity and visibility in the littérature-monde paradigm' by Lorenza Starace
Read it #OpenAccess on the LUP website: bit.ly/Franc-Starace @sfps.bsky.social‬ @ilcs.bsky.social #FrenchStudies #intersectionality

Ecotexts in the Postcolonial Francosphere | Home Nsah Mala (born Kenneth Nsah), PhD, is Researcher and Hub Coordinator for UNESCO-MOST BRIDGES Coalition at the University of Cologne. He is also affiliated with the School of International Futures (SOIF) and the Universities of Lancaster, Nottingham, and Lille.

Pleased to announce the publication with @livunipress.bsky.social of Ecotexts in the Postcolonial Francosphere, co-edited with Nsah Mala @sfps.bsky.social @sta-modlangs.bsky.social
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📢 New special issue of Contemporary French Civilization: Discourse & Society in the Global French-Speaking World.
Explore research on language, identity & power across francophone contexts.
Online at: bit.ly/Discourse-and-Society
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Beyond the Mulatta "Beyond the Mulatta" published on 18 Mar 2025 by Brill.

New pub: Beyond the Mulatta: Haunted Hybridity in Advertising

How do the media market a fantasy vision of black women?

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Associate Lecturer (Education Focused) - AO1547XXRS at University of St Andrews Apply now for the Associate Lecturer (Education Focused) - AO1547XXRS role on jobs.ac.uk - the leading job board for higher education jobs. View details.

Lectureship in the History of twentieth-century French Imperialism and Decolonisation at St Andrews @sfps.bsky.social
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Graphic for the journal CFC Intersections: Black classic font overlaid on a warm white background reads 'CFC Intersections a new publishing outlet for scholarship related to intersectionality in French and Francophone Studies'. Behind this sits a close up of a stone mosaic in dark and light teal blue and a stone tone. The Liverpool University Press logo sits in the top left corner, it is white and features a minimalist swoosh that represents the Liver Bird, text blow reads 'Liverpool University Press established 1899.' The journal cover sits to the right, it features the same mosaic design with 'CFC Intersections' overlaid in the centre in a warm white blocky font.

📑 This week’s most read article from CFC Intersections:

'The limits of White hospitality in Marie Darrieussecq’s ‘La Mer à l’envers’', by Amanda Vredenburgh.

Available to read online at: bit.ly/White-Hospitality

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Is there a better time to read and review books than summer? I don't think so - and I'm looking for reviewers for lots of titles for the Journal of Contemporary History. We now do review articles of up to 4,000 words, covering three books. These and many more are up for grabs:

The annual SFPS @sfps.bsky.social conference is also dedicated to Fanon. The programme looks excellent. More info here sfps.org.uk/forthcoming-...

(For postgraduates who register, we’re also offering a deeply discounted annual membership to the SFPS!)

Today is the last day to register for the SFPS Post-Graduate Study Day! All info, including the excellent program on the topic of “Colonial toxicity and ecologies of empire,” can be found here

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The 2025 @sfps.bsky.social annual postgraduate study day at Cambridge provides an opportunity to learn more about research emerging at the intersection of Francophone postcolonial studies and the environmental humanities, v reduced fees for PG attendants: sfps.org.uk/forthcoming-...

There is still time to send your abstracts in for the
@sfps.bsky.social postgraduate study day, on colonial toxicity and ecologies of empire, happening Friday 23rd May in University of Cambridge. Full CFP can be found here: sfps.org.uk/2025/03/18/c...

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Volume 50.1 features the latest winner of the 12th Lawrence R. Schehr Memorial Award, alongside articles on Marseille’s Prix de l’Évêché and “polars du Sud,” environmental discourses and Robert Bresson’s 1977 film 'Le diable probablement', and much more.
Online at: bit.ly/CFC-50-1
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Ecotexts in the Postcolonial Francosphere | Home

Excited to have just sent back the proofs for this volume co-edited with Nsah Mala. Publication in May 2025 with @livunipress.bsky.social @sta-modlangs.bsky.social @sfps.bsky.social
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Stirling is v cool and people should recommend this to their students or apply if they're interested 💚

Apply Now for PhD Studentships 2025 We are recruiting 6 PhD studentships, fully funded by the University of Stirling, which will aim to advance knowledge of the dynamic relations between place and memory at multiple timescales a…

Of potential interest:

6 funded PhDs (UK fees + stipend) at Stirling University's Centre for the Sciences of Place and Memory. Deadline 18 April. All disciplinary backgrounds engaging with the Centre's research interests are welcome to apply. Further info available: placememory.net/apply-now-fo...

SFPS Essay Prize 2025 @sfps.bsky.social invites PhD students and early-career academics to submit a contribution for the annual SFPS Essay Prize. Submissions (5,000 words) must respond to the theme ‘The End(s) of Empire’ sfps.org.uk/sfps-essay-p...

Really honoured to have been invited to deliver the Kate Marsh keynote at @sfps.bsky.social
in December this year. I’ll be talking about Fanon’s doomsday atmosphere… submit your abstracts and join us in London for what promises to be a wonderful conference!

Today's deadline day! Send in your abstracts, it's going to be a great conference.

The new Bulletin of Francophone Postcolonial Studies, issue 14.2 edited by @saraharens.bsky.social is now live on our website!

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Please share: Happy to announce the 2025 @sfps.bsky.social Essay Prize!
- open to PhD students and early-career academics/anyone who is not in tenure-track/permanent employment
- deadline: 18 Apr 2025, 5pm GMT
- winner (£100) and runner-up will be published
All details: sfps.org.uk/sfps-essay-p...

Gentle reminder of the open CFP for the annual @sfps.bsky.social conference, on Fanon at 100, happening in the Senate House 5-6th December. It is particularly special to be welcoming my UCC colleague @maybenansi.bsky.social as one of our keynotes. We can’t wait to read your abstracts!

CALL FOR PAPERS. LGBTIQ+ Children and Adolescents in Francophone Worlds, 20th & 21st Centuries: Norms, Practices & Representations. Journal cover for Contemporary French Civilization sits to the right. The background image is a dark inky marbleised design. Liverpool University Press logo in all white sits in the lower left corner.

Submit your proposal to Contemporary French Civilization by March 02nd for a special issue on norms, practices & representations of LGBTIQ+ children and adolescents in Francophone worlds, 20th & 21st Centuries
👉 bit.ly/CFC-Submissions
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📣 Appel à contributions !
Fanon at 100: revolutionary afterlives
Colloque sur les héritages de Frantz Fanon, 5-6 déc. 2025, Londres, par @sfps.bsky.social
sfps.org.uk/2024/12/16/c...

📅Propositions jusqu'au 28 fév. 2025
➡️Candidatures : sfpsannualconference@gmail.com

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CALL FOR PAPERS | In 2025, Contemporary French Civilization turns 50 and we are pleased to launch a #CallForPapers for the anniversary conference that will assess and position both the field and the journal for the next 50.
Find out more: bit.ly/CFC-50th-Anni...
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Our CfP for the 2025 Annual Conference is now live on our website. Check it out! Abstracts due Feb 17, 2025

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