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The Society for French Studies, the oldest and leading learned association for French studies in the UK and Ireland, exists to promote teaching and research in French studies in higher education.

The Society's Memorandum of Articles can be found here

The Society's activities include:

Editing the French Studies quarterly journal and its companion French Studies Bulletin

Hosting a database of research projects in the UK, Ireland and overseas, Current Research in French Studies.

Hosting an annual conference with distinguished guest speakers and a variety of workshops across the spectrum of French studies

Maintaining a website with rapidly expanding resources for those working in French studies

Supporting research through:

Conference and seminar grants for events in the UK and Ireland.

The R. H. Gapper annual prizes for scholarship at undergraduate, postgraduate, and book-publication levels.

Subsidising publication of Legenda Research Monographs in French Studies (with 33% discount to SFS members).

Grants for postgraduate travel to the SFS annual conference, and reduced postgraduate conference and membership fees.

Extension of the postgraduate membership rate to new lecturers in their first three years of employment.

For membership enquiries, contact Dr Christopher Tinker, School of Languages, Heriot-Watt University, Riccarton
Edinburgh EH14 4AS Email: membership@sfs.ac.uk

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