There’s one week left to register for our annual conference! Register now and get ready to talk all things health and happiness in 19th century French and Francophone studies 😁
To showcase research projects at Master’s and PhD level, we are pleased to invite expressions of interest in this year’s Postgraduate Poster Competition, which will be held at this year's annual conference in Leicester. See link below for more info:
www.sfs.ac.uk/prizes/postg...
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Researchfish
Is going extinct 🐡🐟🐠
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According to Basile-Joseph it rained on 30 January 1826!
'Malgré la pluie tombée par torrents pendant toute la matinée, on arrivait de toutes parts. Avant midi le temps s’éclaircit et devint magnifique.' etw.bangor.ac.uk/accounts/iti...
Find out what French and German travel writers made of the Menai Bridge when it was new
footsteps.bangor.ac.uk/en/location/...
Cyflwyniad ar yr un pwnc ar sianel YouTube @yganolfangeltaidd.bsky.social
youtu.be/duOqZC7EVJY?...
For more background to Wales-Brittany archives see my Collection Profile on UCL's Paper Trails
The Social Life of Archives and Collections
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For some pretty examples of items from the Cochfarf papers relating to Brittany, see here frenchstudieslibrarygroup.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
Diddordeb mewn cysylltiadau Cymru-Llydaw? Erthygl yn Saesneg am Joseph Loth a Chymru gan Elisabeth Chatel:
journals.openedition.org/lbl/11477
Interested in Pan-Celtic relations? My article on Cochfarf and Brittany is out here:
journals.openedition.org/lbl/11337
Cyhoeddiad newydd sy’n ffrwyth y gweithdai ar brosiect archifau Cymru-Llydaw. New publication from the Wales-Brittany Project @heatherhmw.bsky.social @crbcbrest.bsky.social 👇
journals.openedition.org/lbl/?lang=en
The proceedings of the DreAM project www.openedition.org/47425 on Welsh-Breton archives are out, and available here open access:
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Submissions for the Society of Dix-Neuviémistes
Publication Prize 2026 close this Friday!
This is our annual prize for the best journal article published by a postgraduate student, or an early-career researcher in the 2025 calendar year.
More details below:
💫 Mentorship opportunity 💫
After great feedback from our 2025 cohort, we welcome expressions of interest for our 2026 Mentorship Scheme.
The scheme seeks to establish a supportive network for PG & early career researchers by connecting them with mid- and late-career scholars.
Important interview free to read here. Congratulations to both Martin and Dave @frenchstudies.bsky.social
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The Society for French Studies is now on LinkedIn! 🖇️ You can find us and join our new SFS LinkedIn Group via the link below. We will post SFS news on LinkedIn as on here, but you can also use the group to advertise events and opportunities related to the discipline.
www.linkedin.com/groups/16713...
Our ECR workshop will now take place on Friday 23rd Jan at 3pm! It is open to all SDN members.
Join Professor Helen Abbott (Birmingham) and Dr Hannah Scott (Newcastle) who will discuss their experience of working outside the ivory tower and reaching a much broader audience.
Not just a national asset but an international asset. Trashed, ignored, diminished.
Congratulations Max and Michael. I would love to get my hands on this one!
Calling all of our members interested in women in/and musical history! This promises to be a very exciting few days!
If confirmed, this is great news, offering thousands of young people in the UK and EU the life-changing opportunity to immerse in the language and culture of another country by studying there. Would make good a highly damaging consequence of Brexit. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'I am less inclined to call on the Government for a solution to the British Library’s ongoing issues since, despite repeated calls for action, the UK Government has largely ignored the similar crisis within UK Higher Education.' 1/3
The CFP for the 2026 Society for the Study of French History conference has just been launched. Come join us in Groningen! frenchhistorysociety.co.uk/conference2/
Today is the deadline! Send us those last minute abstracts!
Anonymised submissions should be sent by email by 5pm on Friday 30 January 2026 to Heather Williams (h.williams@wales.ac.uk).
Full details are available on our website: uksdn.co.uk/sdn-publicat...
💫SDN Publication Prize 2025 💫
The 2026 SDN Publication Prize is now open for entries. The Society awards an annual prize for the best journal article published by a PG student, or an early-career researcher who has not yet entered her or his first permanent full-time post.
We would be particularly delighted to see Postgraduate and Early Career colleagues submitting abstracts for this conference - from training sessions to a specific reception and just good company, there is plenty for you at SDN!
Only a few days till the deadline! Still time to get your proposal in...
