Join us in welcoming Steven to the Executive Committee! As a reminder, once we have introduced our new members, the Monday threads will be all about Members' research, so do get in touch with our web officers if you would like to feature in one of them!

He is also the author of "The Language of Disease: Writing Syphilis in Nineteenth-Century France" and the forthcoming "French Studies and the Medical Humanities" in LUP's Studies in Modern and Contemporary France series.

Steven is particularly interested in promoting linguistic sensitivity and intercultural knowledge in global healthcare, including through policy work. He co-edited "The Languages of COVID-19" www.routledge.com/The-Language...

Steven Wilson is Professor of French Studies and the Medical Humanities at Queen's University Belfast. He participates in a range of international scholarly networks and is committed to public engagement.

Thank you for joining us for another Francophone Friday. If you have any calls, publications or events taking place in or about the Francophone world for next week’s thread, or if you would like your research to be featured in our Members’ Research Monday, drop us a message! 8/8

Finally, a new issue of Matériaux & terrain en études africaines has been published, focusing on Cinémas Révolutionnaires. The full issue can be found here: journals.openedition.org/sources/3100 7/8

Another open CFP focuses on "Expériences du contact dans les territoires autochtones d’Amérique du Nord (XVIIe-XIXe siècles)". The CFP can be found here calenda.org/1320034 and proposals should be sent by January 10, 2026. 6/8

We would also like to share a CFP for a PG and ECR research symposium at Royal Holloway on “The Holocaust across the Mediterranean”, focusing on the African and Asian continents. Abstracts should be sent to Rebecca Glasberg (Royal Holloway) by January 15, 2026. 5/8

Also next week, on 04 December, the Bibliothèque de l’École Normale Supérieure will be hosting a conference about Aimé Césaire, focusing on “Poésie et engagement – 1935-1956”. Here is the programme: www.fabula.org/actualites/d... 4/8

First up on our Francophone Friday, on Tuesday 02/12 James Arnold will launch his book “Reading the French Caribbean” at Trinity College Cambridge. More information about this and other events can be found here: www.mmll.cam.ac.uk/news/french-... 3/8

While we do have some new members of the Executive Committee to introduce, soon our Meet the Committee Mondays will become Members’ Research Mondays, so if you are a member and would like to share a new publication, event or anything relating to your research, do not hesitate to reach out. 2/8

Professor Renaud Morieux (University of Cambridge) will give a lecture entitled Dislocated Families: Women, War, and Migrations in French India during the Age of Revolutions.

For more information and to register for the event, please visit our website:

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We are particularly keen to encourage & support regionally-based collaborative initiatives on the part of its members. The Initiative Fund does 𝗻𝗼𝘁 support costs associated with individual travel, participation and registration for events or conferences.