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Read more at: Professor Emma Wilson elected as Fellow of the British Academy

Professor Emma Wilson elected as Fellow of the British Academy

The French Section is delighted to announce that Professor Emma Wilson has been elected as Fellow of the British Academy . Emma Wilson researches contemporary visual culture, modern French literature and gender. She has written on contemporary women filmmakers in France, along with the uses of cinema to respond to loss and...


Read more at: Cambridge Language Collective Creative Writing Competition winner announced

Cambridge Language Collective Creative Writing Competition winner announced

We are thrilled to announce Sophie Clare's prose piece « je t’aime jusqu’aux étoiles » as the winner of the Cambridge Language Collective's French Creative Writing Competition! Well done to Jemimah Hawkes and Heather Magee, whose exceptional poems led the panel to award them joint second place. Congratulations to all...


Read more at: Applications open for Fairlie-Hutchinson Research Fellowship in French

Applications open for Fairlie-Hutchinson Research Fellowship in French

Girton College invites applications for the Fairlie—Hutchinson Research Fellowship in French.


Read more at: Natasha Dangoor publishes work in Le Monde during internship

Natasha Dangoor publishes work in Le Monde during internship

We're proud to share that current Part II student, Natasha Dangoor, published two articles during her time interning at the French newspaper Le Monde over the summer. If you are interested in reading her work, you can access it here on the Le Monde site:


Read more at: Dr Jean Khalfa interviews Fanon film-makers

Dr Jean Khalfa interviews Fanon film-makers

In connection with the display of their video trilogy, Finding Fanon, as part of the Kettle’s yard exhibition, Untitled: Art on the Conditions of Our Time, artists Larry Achiampong and David Blandy were in conversation with leading Fanon scholar Dr Jean Khalfa, of the French Section.


Read more at: CUP publishes Emma Claussen, 'Politics and 'Politiques' in Sixteenth-Century France: A Conceptual History'

CUP publishes Emma Claussen, 'Politics and 'Politiques' in Sixteenth-Century France: A Conceptual History'

Dr Emma Claussen, British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow in the French Section, has had her book Politics and 'Politiques' in Sixteenth-Century France: A Conceptual History published by Cambridge University Press.


Read more at: Book prize success

Book prize success

Recent books by two members of the French Section have been highly praised in this year’s Gapper Book Prize, run by the Society for French Studies.


Read more at: Annalisa Nicholson awarded the Laming Junior Research Fellowship at The Queen's College, Oxford

Annalisa Nicholson awarded the Laming Junior Research Fellowship at The Queen's College, Oxford

We are proud to share that Annalisa Nicholson has been awarded the Laming Junior Research Fellowship at The Queen's College, Oxford.


Read more at: Eleanor Stefiuk wins 2021 Postgraduate Essay Prize of the Society of Dix-Neuviémistes

Eleanor Stefiuk wins 2021 Postgraduate Essay Prize of the Society of Dix-Neuviémistes

Congratulations to Eleanor Stefiuk who has won the 2021 Postgraduate Essay Prize of the Society of Dix-Neuviémistes for her paper ‘Villiers de l’Isle-Adam’s Anarchism: A Legacy of the Paris Commune’.


Read more at: Prize successes in French

Prize successes in French

Warmest congratulations to Anton Bruder, PhD student in French, and Giulia Boitani, Postdoctoral Fellow in the French Section, for their success in the Society for French Studies R. Gapper Postgraduate Essay Prize.


Latest News

Two French poetry events with Sandra Moussempès

7 May 2025

All are welcome to two events supported by the Society for French Studies, the University of Cambridge and the University of Birmingham.

MMLL students and staff attend Choix Goncourt UK 2025

2 May 2025

On Friday 28 March, MMLL students Anjola Adesina and Ava Rourke, accompanied by Professor Christophe Gagne and Dr. Emilia Wilton-Godberfforde, joined attendees from fourteen other British universities for the final selection and prize giving of the 2025 Choix Goncourt UK.

Professor Sonia Zlitni Fitouri to visit MMLL

25 April 2025

We are delighted to welcome Professor Sonia Zlitni Fitouri from the University of Tunis to MMLL. Her visit will take place from Monday 28 April to Friday 2 May.

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