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2027 Annual Conference

05 - 07 July 2027 | University of Galway

The 68th Annual Conference of the Society for French Studies will take place at the University of Galway. The Call for Papers is available below.

We especially invite applications from postgraduate students, and delegates from LMICs (Low- and Middle-Income Countries) including ‘the Global South’; we offer subsidised registration rates and a travel grant for postgraduates (more information will be available on our website in due course), and with the kind support of the Winthrop-King Institute, we have a dedicated fund to assist with the costs of attending the annual conference for delegates from LMICs who have a paper or panel proposal accepted for SFS Galway 2027. Please check our https://www.sfs.ac.uk/funding/... for more details.

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Galway

Call for Papers

Deadline: 18 September 2026

We are pleased to invite proposals for 20-minute papers (in English or French) for panel sessions on the following topics.

The suggested topics 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) addressing an audience made up of both specialists and non-specialists, indicating the topic you have chosen and outlining the argument of the proposed paper.

The Society encourages proposals for complete panels (of 3 or 4 speakers) on either the suggested topics, or from any area of French studies. These should include the names and e-mails of all speakers, and those of the proposed session chair, who should not be one of the speakers. As well as a 250-300-word abstract for each speaker, proposals should contain a brief outline of the rationale and motivation of the proposed panel (no more than one printed page). One individual from each panel should be clearly designated as the proposer; they will have overall responsibility for the proposed session. For complete panels, the Society is also keen to encourage non-traditional formats. These might include (but are not limited to): pre-circulated materials, performance or creative practices, project-based sessions, pedagogical workshops, non-academic partnerships. Papers and panels are selected through peer review: you should know by mid-November 2026 whether your paper/panel has been successful.

  • 100 years since 'À la recherche du temps perdu'
  • Beckett in exile
  • Ecofeminism
  • Editorial landscapes / Intellectual property
  • Language and technology
  • Liminal bodies
  • Old and New Materialisms
  • Psychoanalysis and Care
  • Regional, Minoritized and Endangered Languages
  • State Violence
  • Twinning / Doubles
  • What's Left of Enlightenment?

Appel à contributions

Deadline: 18 September 2026

Nous vous invitons à nous faire part de vos propositions de communication pour une durée de 20 minutes (en français ou en anglais) pour des sessions consacrées aux sujets suivants

Ces sujets 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.

Le Comité scientifique invite également des propositions de panels complets portant soit sur les thèmes ci-dessus, soit sur d’autres sujets relevant des études françaises et francophones. Les propositions devront être accompagnées des noms et des coordonnées (institution, adresse électronique) de tous·tes les intervenant·es (3 ou 4) et du·de la modérateur·ice de séance ainsi que des résumés des interventions (250-300 mots par communication) et d’un résumé global d’une page maximum exposant les objectifs de la session proposée. Le·la modérateur·ice de séance ne figurera pas parmi les intervenant·es. Le nom de la personne responsable de la session doit être clairement indiqué. Le Comité scientifique prendra également en considération d’autres formats de session que le format traditionnel qui pourraient inclure (à titre non exhaustif) : des matériaux prédistribués; des performances/des pratiques créatives; des sessions liées à des projets particuliers; des ateliers pédagogiques; des partenariats non-universitaires. Toutes les propositions seront étudiées par le Comité scientifique et les décisions seront communiquées vers mi-novembre 2026.

  • Cent ans de 'La recherche du temps perdu'
  • Beckett en exil
  • Écoféminisme
  • Le paysage éditorial / Les droits d'auteur
  • La langage et la technologie
  • Corps à la marge
  • Matérialismes anciens et nouveaux
  • La psychanalyse et le 'care'
  • Langues régionales, minoritaires ou menacés
  • La violence d'État
  • Le jumelage / Les doubles
  • Que reste-t-il des Lumières ?
Our Hosts

University of Galway

The University of Galway's School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures includes a thriving French programme, with undergraduate teaching and research spanning Francophone Literatures (Québec, Antilles, Algeria), History and Politics of French Decolonisation, Poetic Form and Colonial Context, History and Sociology of French Sport and Leisure, 19th Century French Studies, Gender Studies, Women’s Writing, Medieval Literature, French Language Teaching and New Technologies, Translation Technology, Literature and Spirituality, French Language for Specific Purposes (Business, Legal, Scientific), French politics, French Media, Belgian Comics, Children’s Fiction, Gothic Literature and Detective Novels.

Past Conferences

2025 Annual Conference

30 June - 02 July 2025 | University of Bristol

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]