We're delighted to announce the Call for Papers for our 2026 Annual Conference (which will take place at the University of Leicester).

2026 Annual Conference

29 June - 01 July 2026 | University of Leicester

The 67th Annual Conference of the Society for French Studies will take place at the University of Leicester. More information will become available in the coming months, and the Call for Papers can be viewed below.

As a new initiative, we are setting aside funding to assist with the costs of attending the annual conference for delegates from LMICs who have a paper or panel proposal accepted for SFS Leicester 2026. Please check our website for more details in the coming months.

Leicester

Call for Papers

Deadline: 19 September 2025

The suggested topics (listed to the right) may be interpreted widely and are intended to encompass as broad an historical range as may be applicable. Please provide a short abstract (250-300 words maximum), indicating the topic you have chosen and outlining the argument of the proposed paper. Abstracts should address an audience made up of both specialists and non-specialists, and should include the proposer’s contact details.

  • The Aesthetics and Temporalities of Anticolonialism
  • Allegories of Nation
  • Body Language
  • Consumption
  • Gender Wars
  • Justice
  • The Limits of Representation
  • Machine Cultures
  • Migrations and Diasporas
  • Other Worlds
  • Postnational Cinemas
  • Religion / tradition / nouvelle 'laïcité'

Appel à contributions

Deadline: 19 September 2025

Les sujets (à droite) se prêtent aux approches disciplinaires et aux contextes historiques les plus divers. Veuillez fournir un court résumé (de 250-300 mots maximum) de votre proposition de communication, indiquer le sujet dans lequel il s’inscrit et exposer les grandes lignes de son argument. Nous rappelons que les propositions de communication doivent s’adresser à un public de spécialistes comme de non-spécialistes, et doivent inclure les coordonnées de la personne qui la propose.

  • Esthétiques et temporalités de l'anticolonialisme
  • Allégories de la nation
  • Le(s) langage(s) du corps
  • Consommation / consomption
  • Guerres des sexes
  • La justice
  • Les limites de la représentation
  • Cultures de la machine
  • Migrations et diasporas
  • Autres mondes
  • Les cinémas postnationaux
  • La religion / la tradition / la nouvelle laïcité
Our Hosts

University of Leicester

Modern Languages at Leicester is one of the leading centres for the study of languages, cultures and translation in the UK. We offer a wide range of highly flexible degree programmes on the languages and cultures of the Francophone, Italian and Hispanic worlds and in Translation Studies, on which our students can also combine language and cultural studies with English; film studies; business and management; politics and international relations.

We are a vibrant and close-knit community of scholars and students, with an outstanding record for excellence in student experience and support. In the 2023 NSS, Modern Languages at Leicester scored in the top quintile for teaching, learning opportunities, assessment and feedback, and academic support. We are ranked in the top 20 in the 2024 Complete University Guide.

Modern Languages at Leicester is part of the School of Arts, Media, and Communication.

Past Conferences

2024 Annual Conference

01 - 03 July 2024 | University of Stirling

2023 Annual Conference

26 - 28 June 2023 | Newcastle University

2022 Annual Conference

27 - 29 June 2022 | Queen's University Belfast

2021 Annual Conference

28 - 30 June 2021 | Online

2020 Annual Conference

29 June - 01 July 2020 | [cancelled]

2019 Annual Conference

01 - 03 July 2019 | Royal Holloway, University of London