2018 Annual Conference
The Society welcomes all delegates to University College Cork for our 59th annual conference!
This year's conference will be our largest yet, with up to ten parallel sessions. We are pleased to announce plenary lectures by Sarah Kay (New York University), Martin Crowley (University of Cambridge), and Éric Fassin (Université Paris 8 Saint-Denis). We will also be hosting a roundtable discussion on 'Crisis: the state of French studies', to be chaired by Patrick O'Donovan, with short papers from Janice Carruthers (Queen's Belfast, AHRC), Neil Kenny (Oxford, British Academy) and Patrick Crowley (University College Cork), and with Claire Gorrara (Cardiff University) responding.
A number of special events for postgraduate students are planned, and travel grants are available: further information about these opportunities is available here.
Note for delegates: if you are planning on participating in the workshop on 'Corpus-based approaches', you can download the materials in advance, here.
Scroll down this page for live updates during the conference, or follow us on Twitter.
Quick links
As it happened
Charlotte en grève
Chapeau bas and thanks a million to @french_studies, the extraordinary @NinaParish, the brilliant team… https://t.co/kL2nSudU3B
Lauren Quigley
Heading back to Belfast after a wonderful @french_studies conference. Brilliant to catch up with old friends and me… https://t.co/bXT8zHaFOA
Clíona Hensey
Such a lovely & unexpected honour too that my poster was chosen for the postgraduate prize - un très grand merci!!… https://t.co/55Cc3T9cjR
Projet Bretez
#SFSCork2018 #SFS2018 C'est fini Merci à @NinaParish, à @UCC, et à @french_studies pour organisation et accueil I… https://t.co/xLOFm9iyi0
Solène VILCHIEN
Quelle fantastique ambiance pendant les 3 jours de la 59e conférence annuelle de la Society for @french_studies acc… https://t.co/T0LdE2UawF
Close of conference
Incoming SFS president Judith Still closes the conference by thanking (in Irish!) the French department at UCC for their warm hospitality, and wishing outgoing president Bill Burgwinkle a very happy birthday!
Nina Rolland
L'atelier #audiovisuel de @mylene_pardoen et @Christian_Dury était passionnant! Il est temps de voir plus de collab… https://t.co/h9MUKdQR63
Kate Hodgson
Really interesting papers this morning, the final day of #SFSCork2018: memory, identity, contemporary BD & novels,… https://t.co/EyWzx7oCVk
Eric Fassin plenary lecture
Eric Fassin (professeur de Sociologie, Université Paris 8 St Denis) delivers the final plenary lecture of this year's conference, a barnstorming discussion of 'La Kaléidoscope du genre: politiques sexuelles et raciales en France aujourd'hui', chaired by our very own Ruth Cruickshank.
French Studies
Last but not least of #SFSCork2018: @EricFassin is gonna talk about racial and sexual politics in France today. But… https://t.co/rr5VeWmuZR
Dónal Hassett
This report from the City of Cork Committee about the failed French Expedition of 1796 seems to belie Cork's monike… https://t.co/n50C2BFgbA
Steven Wilson
Sadly I couldn’t make it to #SFSCork2018 though I was tempted to go down to Cork for a day just to hear what promis… https://t.co/nXQA06bJed
Patrick O’Donovan
Thank you @osheaucc @ucc for coming along to #SFSCork2018 @french_studies and for launching #MattersFrench and… https://t.co/H3NBixPDZg
French Studies
Ambitious 9 am start this morning after conference dinner, prize-giving, and dancing last night. #SFSCork2018 Wakey wakey!
Maitiú Mac Ricéid / Mathew Rickard
My feet and legs are killing me (we won’t mention what the drink did...) but a céilí is definitely the only way to… https://t.co/Vj9GPajQEn
Claire Gorrara
Hanna Diamond on the fabulous Barbier archive and Franco-Welsh life at Cardiff University in the 19th and 20th cent… https://t.co/rN88BZ37ve
Charles Forsdick
.@gorrara67, incoming chair of @UCML, talking about importance of language activism & partnerships with policy make… https://t.co/p2pc73eJ3y
Roundtable session
Discussants Janice Carruthers (Queen's University Belfast, AHRC), Patrick Crowley (University College Cork) and Neil Kenny (University of Oxford, British Academy), and respondent Claire Gorrara (Cardiff University, AUPHF, UCML) get ready for their roundtable on 'Responding to crisis? The state of play in French studies', commenting on opportunities to ensure the future health of our discipline through engagement with policymakers, research bodies, schools...
Fiona Dakin
So great to be back in Cork for the annual @french_studies conference. @UCC is just beautiful! #SFSCork2018 https://t.co/KtkMHDYPyo
Dr Charlotte Cooper
So great to hear @french_studies wanting to do more to support ECRs! Look forward to hearing more details and hope… https://t.co/ululHkMr5a
Charles Forsdick
Day 2 of #SFSCork2018. At panel on "bearing witness to the transnational". @CathJGilbert opening discussions with p… https://t.co/rLkNyCI21F
Prof Nina Parish
Delighted to be listening to fascinating papers about contemporary and modern poetic practice this morning - forens… https://t.co/tdXZJDMKFZ
Patrick O’Donovan
Today at #SFSCork2018: ‘The state of play in French Studies’, with Janice Carruthers @AHRCModernLangs, Patrick Crow… https://t.co/IKHS5Oauuo
Dr Charlotte Cooper
Enjoying a moment of scenic calm before #SFSCork2018 kicks off https://t.co/6wSDLUKPbH
Jennifer Rushworth
Wonderful keynote from Sarah Kay yesterday on 'How opera taught me to read'. Arguing that we embrace anachronism an… https://t.co/9rBl48yHuB
Patrick O’Donovan
Congratulations to @tunwin and @FrenchProfessor on their superb service as editors of @FrenchStudies #SFSCork2018… https://t.co/fKBGJOsM0L
PeterLangOxford
It's a beautiful day at #SFSCork2018! Come by the @PeterLangOxford stand in BHSC 101 and say hello! https://t.co/ucLY4NHjVT
Russell Goulbourne
They’re catering for every need in the #SFSCork2018 conference venue... https://t.co/OLCUh0VuCP
French Studies
Come to our AGM at 9 am today #SFSCork2018 @FrenchDeptUCC and don't forget to visit the postgraduate PhD posters in… https://t.co/T3lxLJgT0b
Sarah Kay plenary lecture
Sarah Kay (Professor of French Literature, Thought, and Culture) delivers her plenary lecture, 'How opera taught me to read'.
Martin Crowley plenary lecture
Martin Crowley (Reader in Modern French Thought and Culture, University of Cambridge) delivers the first plenary lecture of the conference, 'Imagining Civil War in the Contemporary French Novel'
French Studies
Time for the 1st plenary lecture of #SFSCork2018 : Martin Crowley from Cambridge, "Imagining Civil War in Contempor… https://t.co/RyXFw7FJv6
French Studies
The room is quivering with excitation as President Bill Burgwinckle takes the floor and opens the #SFSCork2018 https://t.co/pLVOYlH6kY
PG session on 'Life after the PhD'
Kaya Davies Hayon and Katherine Shingler give an honest (yet encouraging!) picture of post-PhD life to our PG community.
Benjamin Dalton
oh Cork, you insanely gorgeous beauty 🌈☀️😎 #SFSCork2018 @french_studies https://t.co/W7wNQYKDti
Charles Forsdick
Getting ready for #SFSCork2018 with afternoon on @SpikeIslandCork. #darktourism #penalheritage https://t.co/4VHCZu3xFM
Russell Williams
Looking forward to #SFSCork2018. Only mildly annoyed that it’s going to interfere with my football watching...
Charlotte en grève
@BenBGDalton @maitiumacriceid @laurenlquigley Looks like the rain decided to turn around! No doubt thanks to some r… https://t.co/NRiWXAGqfZ
Patrick O’Donovan
Discover Claude Pélieu at the @french_studies conference — https://t.co/tvC8RqiePc #EuropeForCulture… https://t.co/9DC7yv06DH
French Dept UCC
Parched quad, 22 degrees celsius - things hotting up for @french_studies Annual Conference @UCC July 2-4… https://t.co/6Wic282GvQ
Workshop on 'Corpus-based approaches'
As we approach the SFS 2018 conference in Cork, those of you planning to attend the workshop on 'Corpus-based approaches' may want to download the materials in advance - see the link further up this page.