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asmcf.bsky.social @asmcf.bsky.social · Oct 16
asmcf.org has a fresh look!

Follow the link to find all our news, the details and application forms for our prizes and funds, and information about our journal @francemodern.bsky.social

Have a peek at our brand new website here:
Home | ASMCF
We exist to promote, support and share new research into modern and contemporary France and the French-speaking world, focusing on history, cinema and…
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Hello and welcome to our first Meet the Committee Monday in a while! Today we are introducing our new president @profstevenwilson.bsky.social who was elected in September having previously served as a member of the Editorial Board of the Association's journal @francemodern.bsky.social since 2020.
December 1, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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📢 Prof Renaud Morieux will give the 2026 Douglas Johnson Memorial Lecture organised by @frenchhistory.bsky.social & @asmcf.bsky.social

"Dislocated Families: Women, War & Migrations in French India during the Age of Revolutions"
📅 12 Jan 2026
⏲️ 5:30-7pm
🏢 Institut français, London

Register below ⬇️
Renaud Morieux (Professor of European History, University of Cambridge) will give the 2026 Douglas Johnson Memorial Lecture organised by the Society for the Study of French History and the Association for the Study of Modern and Contemporary France. It will be held at the Institut français, South Kensington, London. Registration is essential, though attendance is free. "Dislocated Families: Women, War & Migrations in French India during the Age of Revolutions" on 12 January 2026, 5:30-7pm
December 1, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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With our team of Web Officers once again complete, we are delighted to resume our weekly threads! As a reminder, on Fridays we have our Francophone Friday thread, where we highlight research being done in or about the Francophone world. 1/8
November 28, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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We are delighted to share details of the 16th Douglas Johnson Memorial Lecture, organised by @frenchhistory.bsky.social & @asmcf.bsky.social to be held on Monday 12th January 2026, at the Institut Français, London.
November 19, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Our Web Officer @juliarsct.bsky.social will deliver the annual Dennis Showalter Memorial Lecture on her work on French poetry of the First World War on 11th November. Sign up to attend in person or online via the link below
fwwsoc.bsky.social International Society for First World War Studies @fwwsoc.bsky.social · Sep 5
We are delighted to share the details for this year's Dennis Showalter Memorial Lecture 'Poetry under fire: what poems did during the First World War' to be delivered by @juliarsct.bsky.social on 11th Nov 2025

You can book to attend in person or online:

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/remembranc... 🗃️
Poetry under fire: what poems did during the First World War 5.30pm, Tuesday 11 November 2025 Craiglockhart Campus, Edinburgh Napier University What did the First World War do to poetry? What did poetry do during the First World War? In this lecture, Dr Julia Ribeiro Thomaz will explore a brand new corpus of war poets to interrogate not what is a good or bad war poem nor what war poems say about the war, but rather the social and cultural functions accomplished by poetry in 1914-1918: inventing itself, creating social links, anchoring the war in relation to a poetic past and multiple imagined futures, mediating the experience of war, and producing knowledge about the conflict. She will explore how the expansion of our definition of war poetry allows us to ask new questions about the First World War, as well as future possibilities to continue broadening our understanding of what war poetry was and, above all, what it did and continues doing for those writing and reading it. Dr Julia Ribeiro Thomaz is a postdoctoral researcher at Université de Lille. She completed her doctorate, on French poetry of the First World War, at Université Paris Nanterre. Julia has already published widely in academic journals, and is a Fellow of the International Society for First World War Studies. This lecture continues the annual series of Remembrance lectures at Edinburgh Napier University, marking the historical significance of Craiglockhart as a War Hospital during the First World War, famously the meeting place of Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon. We also remember our late colleague Catherine Walker, who was for many years curator of the War Poets Collection. Funding comes from the Centre for Arts, Media and Culture and the Centre for Military Research, Education & Public Engagement. This year the event is also the Dennis Showalter Memorial Lecture, selected by the International Society for First World War Studies. Named after Dennis Showalter, the leading historian of Germany during the war and a longtime friend and supporter of the Society it is delivered each year by a leading early career researcher in First World War Studies. The event is held in the Rivers Suite at Edinburgh Napier University’s Craiglockhart Campus (Google map | travel info). There will be a wine reception from 5.30pm; the lecture will start around 6pm. The event will also be streamed online via Zoom. If you have any queries about the event, please contact Dr Andrew Frayn (a.frayn@napier.ac.uk). This event is both in person and online. If you wish to attend online, please buy an 'online Ticket'. Zoom information will be found in the email confirmations.
October 21, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Please check out our wonderful new website and join in the activities of the association by renewing/taking out membership for 2026!
asmcf.bsky.social asmcf.bsky.social @asmcf.bsky.social · Oct 16
asmcf.org has a fresh look!

Follow the link to find all our news, the details and application forms for our prizes and funds, and information about our journal @francemodern.bsky.social

Have a peek at our brand new website here:
Home | ASMCF
We exist to promote, support and share new research into modern and contemporary France and the French-speaking world, focusing on history, cinema and…
asmcf.org
October 16, 2025 at 4:07 PM
asmcf.bsky.social
asmcf.org has a fresh look!

Follow the link to find all our news, the details and application forms for our prizes and funds, and information about our journal @francemodern.bsky.social

Have a peek at our brand new website here:
Home | ASMCF
We exist to promote, support and share new research into modern and contemporary France and the French-speaking world, focusing on history, cinema and…
asmcf.org
October 16, 2025 at 2:46 PM
asmcf.bsky.social
Our Initiative Fund is open for applications until 𝟯𝟭 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱: a small grant to help defray the costs of research events intended to benefit a wide public, such as conferences, study days, workshops & support for postgraduate activities.
October 16, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Congratulations to finalist Sophie Starsmore who is the winner of this year's ASMCF essay prize! Her essay for the module, Paris in Revolt, was ‘Dans quelle mesure les feministes du MLF etaient-elles ‘les filles de mai ‘68’ (Lisa Greenwald)? Huge congratulations to Sophie! 🇫🇷 @asmcf.bsky.social
September 5, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Our 33.3 special issue on "The BUMIDOM and its Legacy" guest edited by @awimbush.bsky.social and Malika Danican is now available online !
www.tandfonline.com/toc/cmcf20/c...
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October 2, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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Listen to our new podcast: @benbgdalton.bsky.social and @drmariatomlinson.bsky.social discuss our special issue on the BUMIDOM with @awimbush.bsky.social and Jennifer Boum Make.
@asmcf.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social
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Modern & Contemporary France podcasts | MCF
This series of podcasts accompanies special issues of our journal.
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October 16, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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La Haine, 30 Years Later
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The second episode of French Talk is now available, including contributions from Florence Robles, (A Level French teacher at Runshaw College in Lancashire) and historians Louisa Zanoun, Ludivine Broch, Itay Lotem & Daniel Gordon.
French Talk | Podcast on RSS.com
Two academics invite guests to talk about studying French language, culture, and history at schools and universities across the U.K.. What does it means to learn a French at school and at university i...
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May 30, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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🚩Instead of our traditional #FrancophoneFriday, we have an important announcement: the deadline to send a proposal for our 2025 conference on "Nomadismes" has been extended until 28/02! More details here: www.asmcf.org/news/annual-...
ASMCF - Annual Conference 2025 CfP: Nomadismes
We are delighted to announce our Annual Conference in 2025 will be hosted by the University of Kent in the Canterbury Cathedral Lodge on 2-3 September 2025. The theme for the conference will be Nomadi...
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February 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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This week’s #MeetTheCommitteeMonday is a special one: could we be meeting YOU next? Our Journal @francemodern.bsky.social have several positions open, so follow the thread for more details! 1/
February 10, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Hello and welcome to another #MeetTheCommitteeMonday, introducing Fraser McQueen, who is our membership secretary. He joined the Executive Committee in 2023, as an Ordinary Member. 1/5 🧵
January 27, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Hello and welcome to another #FrancophoneFriday thread, where the ASMCF highlights work being done in or about Francophone countries. 1/6
January 24, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Hello and welcome to the first #FrancophoneFriday of the year! In this weekly thread, we highlight research in or about the Francophone world – we rely on your contribution to populate these threads, so if you know of a project that should be featured, drop us a message! 1/9
January 17, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Hello and welcome to another #MeetTheCommitteeMonday, introducing our Honorary Secretary Mark Wilson! is a PhD candidate in History at Durham University. His research interests lie in aftermaths and legacies of mass violence and persecution. 1/4
January 13, 2025 at 7:12 PM
asmcf.bsky.social
Hello and welcome to one of our weekly series, #MeetTheCommitteeMonday! Since we are quite new here, we will introduce one committee member each week, starting with our president, Chris Tinker. Chris is Prof of French at
@heriotwattuni.bsky.social, Edinburgh. 1/5
January 6, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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It's great to see colleagues developing the relationship between secondary & tertiary languages - Dr Ludivine Broch & Dr Daniel Gordon have recorded the French Talk podcast following their French, History and You outreach event (funded by ASMCF & SSFH) earlier this year:
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French Talk
Two academics invite guests to talk about studying French language, culture, and history at schools and universities across the U.K.. What does it means to learn a French at school and at university i...
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December 16, 2024 at 2:18 PM
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Upcoming SSFH & ASMCF Annual Douglas Johnson Memorial Lecture, 13 January 2025. Details are on the SSFH site, tickets to go live soon. Prof Hanna Diamond will be speaking on 'Discovering Josephine Baker's War'

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Poster for Annual Douglas Johnson Memorial lecture 2025
November 28, 2024 at 9:35 AM
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The ASMCF is happy to share the Call for Papers for this year’s conference on ‘Nomadismes’ at the University of Kent on 2-3 September 2025.

👉The deadline for submission is 14 February 2025.
December 6, 2024 at 10:15 AM
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juliarsct.bsky.social
none of this would be possible without the support of the @asmcf.bsky.social, who funded this trip via their Early Career Award. This is an excellent opportunity for ECRs and it in itself a reason to become a member, in addition to many other benefits! Do check it out!
December 1, 2024 at 10:42 AM
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Exactly one year ago today I passed my viva. Today, I'm back on campus and at La Contemporaine for the first day of a new research project, thanks to the @asmcf.bsky.social Early Career Award
November 18, 2024 at 4:09 PM
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Excited to share the CfP for the 2025 PG Study Day organised by @asmcf.bsky.social and SSFH, on the theme of Rupture(s) — now accepting submissions !
November 29, 2024 at 9:00 PM