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Read more at: Jèrriais Celebration Day
Societe Jersiaise

Jèrriais Celebration Day

Join Professor Mari Jones in Jersey for Jèrriais Celebration Day as part of the 150th anniversary of the Société Jersiaise.


Read more at: Living disability, collecting and researching it academically

Living disability, collecting and researching it academically

We are proud to share that third year French student, Meggie Boyle, wrote a guest post for the Cambridge University Library 'European languages across borders' blog , entitled 'Living disability, collecting and researching it academically.'


Read more at: Professor Jean Khalfa made Officier dans l’Ordre des Palmes académiques
Prof Jean Khalfa

Professor Jean Khalfa made Officier dans l’Ordre des Palmes académiques

We are proud to share that Professor Jean Khalfa has recently been made Officier dans l’Ordre des Palmes académiques.


Read more at: Prof Maya Boutaghou to give Public Lecture at Magdalene College

Prof Maya Boutaghou to give Public Lecture at Magdalene College

Please join us for a public lecture by University of Virginia Professor Maya Boutaghou. Her talk is entitled, "White Tongue: The Colonized Woman and Language," and will be held on Friday 28th April at Magdalene College.


Read more at: Modern French Research Seminar welcomes Harvard Prof Giuliana Bruno

Modern French Research Seminar welcomes Harvard Prof Giuliana Bruno

Prof Giuliana Bruno will speak Friday 28th April on 'Atmospheres of Projection: Environmentality in Art and Screen Media'.


Read more at: Bibas and Butler: Two Cambridge Women and the Making of Modern Languages
Cambridge Festival

Bibas and Butler: Two Cambridge Women and the Making of Modern Languages

We are happy to share this event presented by Professor Emma Gilby at the much anticipated 2023 Cambridge Festival on Saturday 18th March.


Read more at: 2022 Gapper Undergraduate Essay Prize

2022 Gapper Undergraduate Essay Prize

Congratulations to MMLL student Elizabeth Apps, who was the runner-up for the 2022 R. Gapper Undergraduate Essay Prize.


Read more at: New publication edited by Professor Nicholas Hammond

New publication edited by Professor Nicholas Hammond

The first scholarly special number devoted to the modern French novelist Philippe Besson, edited by Nicholas Hammond and his colleague at Kansas University, Paul Scott, has just been published.


Read more at: Read moreat: PhD Student Awarded Naomi Schor Memorial Prize PhD Student Awarded Naomi Schor Memorial Prize

Read moreat: PhD Student Awarded Naomi Schor Memorial Prize PhD Student Awarded Naomi Schor Memorial Prize

We are proud to announce that Isabel Maloney, PhD student in MMLL French, has just been awarded the Naomi Schor Memorial Prize.


Read more at: PhD Student Publishes Article in 'Expressions maghrébines'

PhD Student Publishes Article in 'Expressions maghrébines'

We are proud to share that current PhD student Tobias Barnett has just published the article, 'Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche's Terminal Sud (2019) and the Resurgence of a Franco-Algerian Archive,' in the journal Expressions maghrébines.


 

Latest News

Postgraduate student wins Association for the Study of Modern and Contemporary France paper prize

25 March 2024

We are proud to share that Ry Montgomery has just won the ASMCF Postgraduate Paper Prize for their paper, 'Sous les pavés, le Souk: reframing (re)public(an) space in the cinema of Lionel Soukaz’.

MMLL student wins Brian Darling Memorial Essay Prize Competition

15 March 2024

We are proud to share that Georgia Goble has won the Association for the Study of Modern and Contemporary France (ASMCF) Brian Darling Memorial Essay Prize Competition with her essay on Loridan-Ivens, Ernaux and Levinas.

MMLL Alumna featured in French Culture Lecture Series

26 February 2024

The investigative journalist and MMLL alumna, Natalie Sauer (Homerton 2013), delivered an engaging presentation as part of the French Culture Lecture Series for second-year French students on the 23rd of February.

French Poetry Event at Trinity College

9 February 2024

Please join us for an exceptional exhibition of the Trinity College French Poetry collection at the Wren Library, followed by a poetry reading by Béatrice Bonhomme.

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