Conferences
The Society hosts the largest annual UK gathering of scholars working across the full disciplinary range of French studies.
The 2018 annual conference was our largest yet, with up to ten parallel sessions, in addition to four plenary speakers, and a number of special events targeted at our vibrant postgraduate community.
We also organise a well-attended annual postgraduate conference.
2019 Annual Conference
The Society for French Studies 2019 annual conference will take place on 1-3 July, at Royal Holloway, University of London. We look forward to seeing you there!
Postgraduate conference
2019 Postgraduate Conference
This year's postgraduate conference will take place on 27 April at Hatfield College, Durham University, and will consider the theme of 'The Return of the Author'. The full programme is now available to download below.
This promises to be a very exciting event: as well as a range of new research presented by PG students, the day will include a 'Translation in Conversation' session with Catherine Dousteyssier-Khoze and Tina O’Donnell (Durham University), and two keynote lectures:
Ashley Harris (Queen’s Belfast), ‘The Return of the (Media) Author: Addressing New Expressions of Authorship in the Digital Age’
Delphine Grass (Lancaster University), ‘“This Author is not for Turning”: The Return of the Author beyond the Creative/Critical Divide’
The conference is organised by Alexandre Burin and Sarah Budasz.
The event is free to attend. To register, please email thereturnoftheauthor@gmail.com by Sunday 7 April.