Additional Contact Information
Position: Senior Lecturer in French and Francophone Studies
Email: j.ervine@bangor.ac.uk
Phone: 01248 382129 (2129 internal)
Location: Room 415, New Arts Building
I am a Senior Lecturer in French and Francophone Studies, and specialize in French popular culture as well as debates about identity and belonging in contemporary France. I am the author of two books; Humour in Contemporary France: Controversy, Consensus and Contradictions (Liverpool University Press, 2019) and Cinema and the Republic: Filming on the Margins in Contemporary France (University of Wales Press, 2013). I have also published several articles and book chapters about debates on French national identity in sport, music and comedy, and also written several articles about videogames in France.
I am originally from Fife in Scotland and completed a B.A. in French and Philosophy at the University of Leeds. From 2002-2004, I was a lecteur d’anglais at l’Université Charles de Gaulle Lille 3. During this time, I completed an MA by research at the University of Leeds on the theme of opposition to war in French cinema of the 1950s and 1960s. I returned to Leeds in 2004 to begin a PhD on representations of social and racial exclusion in contemporary French cinema. I have lectured here in Bangor since 2007.
I am currently Head of the Department of Modern Languages and Cultures.
Qualifications
- PhD: Cinematic Representations of Social and Racial Exclusion in French Cinema 1995-2005
Leeds University, 2009 - MA: The Opposition to War in French Cinema 1954-1967
Leeds University, 2004 - BA: French and Philosophy
2002
Teaching and Supervision
Undergraduate
I have taught on a wide variety of undergraduate modules here in Bangor that cover topics such as French language and translation, French and European cinema, French and European history, French politics and French literature.
Postgraduate
I have supervised MA dissertations on both the MA in European Languages and Cultures and the MA in Translation Studies. I have also taught an MA module entitled Visions of the City in French Cinema and would be interested in hearing from students considering doctoral study in French cinema and/or cultural representations of minority groups in France, as well as sport and national identity in France, and also debates about humour in France.
Research Interests
I am an active member of the Association for the Study of Modern and Contemporary France (ASMCF) and served on its executive committee from 2007-2013. Along with my colleagues Gillian Jein and Armelle Blin-Rolland, I co-organised the 2017 ASMCF annual conference here in Bangor.
I regularly blog about my research and modern languages in general. To read my posts, go to: http://drjonathanervine.wordpress.com/.
Postgraduate Project Opportunities
Publications
2024
- Accepted/In pressFootball and antisemitism in France: visibility and invisibility
Ervine, J., 2024, (Accepted/In press) Antisemitism in Football: International Perspectives. Poulton, E. (ed.). Routledge
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review - PublishedHard work: endurance and the body in French sports films
Ervine, J., 4 Sept 2024.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper - PublishedHistory and Legacy: assessing the significance of the Paris 2024 Olympics
Ervine, J., 16 Mar 2024.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
2023
- PublishedEt si le stand-up n’appartenait pas à la culture urbaine ?
Ervine, J., 24 Nov 2023.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper - PublishedFrench and Francophone Videogames in Transnational Perspective
Ervine, J. & Dauncey, H., 1 Nov 2023, Transnational French Studies. Forsdick, C. & Launchbury, C. (eds.). Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, Vol. 6. p. 207-224 18 p. (Transnational Modern Languages).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review - PublishedSport et film en France
Ervine, J., 14 Oct 2023.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review - PublishedTasting Hybridity: Uncle Roger and Big Zuu's Humorous Visions of Global Food
Ervine, J., 14 Sept 2023.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
2022
- PublishedPerforming a sense of belonging: East Asian comedians in France
Ervine, J., 1 Oct 2022, In: The Australian Journal for French Studies . 59, 4, p. 376-390
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedThe Jamel Comedy Club: (Mis)understanding Stand-Up Comedy’s Relationship with Urban Culture in France
Ervine, J., 30 Dec 2022, Punching Up in Stand-Up Comedy: Speaking truth to power. Bhargava , R. & Chilana , R. (eds.). Routledge, p. 75-90
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
2021
- PublishedObscene or Exemplary? Robert Marchand’s Cycling World Hour Record: Sport, Ageing and Neoliberalism in Contemporary France
Ervine, J. & Dauncey, H., Dec 2021, In: French Politics, Culture and Society. 39, 3, p. 46-72
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2019
- PublishedFrom skepticism to celebration: French football’s changing attitudes to videogames
Ervine, J., Apr 2019, In: Contemporary French Civilization. 44, 1, p. 101-119
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedHumour in Contemporary France: Controversy, Consensus and Contradictions
Ervine, J., 29 Nov 2019, Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. 208 p. (Studies in Modern and Contemporary France)
Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review - PublishedThe valency of the 10th art: the place of videogames in French and Francophone studies
Dauncey, H., Ervine, J. & Tinker, C., Apr 2019, In: Contemporary French Civilization. 44, 1, p. 1-19 19 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2018
- PublishedFootball videogames: re-shaping football and re-defining fandom in a postmodern era?
Ervine, J., 20 Aug 2018, Digital Football Cultures: Fandom, Identities and Resistance. Lawrence, S. & Crawford, G. (eds.). Routledge, p. 139-153
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
2017
- PublishedL’Islam et l’humour: un rire communautaire ou un rire universel?
Ervine, J., 31 May 2017, In: Le Temps des médias. 28, p. 144-157
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedNicolas Anelka and the Quenelle Gesture: A Study of the Complexities of Protest in Contemporary Football
Ervine, J., Sept 2017, In: The International Journal of the History of Sport. 34, 3-4, p. 236-250 15 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2014
- PublishedDiscours et sémiotisation de l'espace: Les représentations de la banlieue et de sa jeunesse
Ervine, J., 14 Nov 2014, In: Modern and Contemporary France. 23, 3, p. 428-429
Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review - PublishedIntroduction: writing and conceptualizing French sport
Dauncey, H., Ervine, J. & Kilcline, C., 31 Mar 2014, In: Contemporary French Civilization. 39, 1, p. 1-10
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedLes banlieues and Les Bleus: Political and media discourse about sport and society in France
Ervine, J., 1 Feb 2014, In: French Cultural Studies. 25, 1, p. 70-81
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedSport, Politics and Society in the Arab World
Ervine, J., 7 Nov 2014, In: Modern and Contemporary France. 23, 2, p. 257-258
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2013
- Published(Re-)presenting Islam: A comparative study of groups of comedians in the United States of America and France
Ervine, J., 1 Dec 2013, In: Performing Islam. 2, 1
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedCinema and the Republic: Filming on the Margins in Contemporary France
Ervine, J., 15 Aug 2013, University of Wales Press.
Research output: Book/Report › Book - PublishedFrench Cinema's Representations of Enforced Return Migration
Ervine, J., 1 Oct 2013, Coming Home? : Conflict and Postcolonial Return Migration in the Context of France and North Africa1962-2009. Gemie, S. & Soo, S. (eds.). 2013 ed. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Vol. 2. p. 110-128
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter - PublishedLil Maaz's Mange du kebab: challenging clichés or serving up an immigrant stereotype for mass consumption online?
Ervine, J. & Salhi, K. (Editor), 31 Oct 2013, Music, Culture and Identity in the Muslim World: Performance, Politics and Piety. 2013 ed. Routledge
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
2011
- PublishedKamini's rural rap: a study of minority identities, new media, and music
Ervine, J., 4 Aug 2011, In: Contemporary French Civilization. 36, 1-2, p. 127-140
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2009
- PublishedAdopted and enforced homelands in the films of Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche
Ervine, J., 10 Jul 2009.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper - PublishedFrench Cinema’s Representations of Enforced Return Migration
Ervine, J., 2 Apr 2009.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper - PublishedFrom the kebab shop to online fame: The case of French-Turkish rapper Lil' Maaz
Ervine, J., 28 Feb 2009.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper - PublishedImmigrant Struggles in France: Avoiding the Transnational?
Ervine, J., 25 May 2009.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper - PublishedKebabs, clichés and communities: a study of Lil Maaz’s Mange du kebab
Ervine, J., 5 Sept 2009.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper - PublishedMange du kebab! Lil' Maaz's journey from a Parisian kebab shop to online fame as a rapper
Ervine, J., 1 May 2009.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper - PublishedMuslims, music, meat and masculinity: the case of Lil Maaz
Ervine, J., 6 Jun 2009.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper - PublishedRepresentations of war: From the New Wave to the New Millennium
Ervine, J., 1 Jun 2009, In: Journal of War and Cultural Studies. 2, 1, p. 81-91
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2008
- PublishedCitizenship and Belonging in Suburban France: the Music of Zebda
Ervine, J., 1 May 2008, In: ACME: An International E-Journal for Critical Geographies. 7, 2, p. 199-213
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedNew Media and New Spaces: The Case of Kamini
Ervine, J., 26 Apr 2008.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper - PublishedNew Media and New Spaces: Kamini, Kebabs and Counter Culture
Ervine, J., 22 Nov 2008.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper - PublishedNot So ‘Far From Vietnam’: A study of war, film, and the media
Ervine, J., 1 Jan 2008, Signs of War: From Patriotism to Dissent. Obajtek-Kirkwood, A.-M. & Hakanen, E. A. (eds.). 2008 ed. Palgrave Macmillan, p. 195-218
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter - PublishedThe Opposition to War in French Cinema of the 1950s and 1960s
Ervine, J., 19 Aug 2008.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
2007
- PublishedDiaspora and Problematic Hybrid Identities in Contemporary French Cinema
Ervine, J., 24 Jul 2007.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper - PublishedFilming the banlieues: Paris and the Provinces
Ervine, J., 8 Sept 2007.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper - PublishedFootball, Race and the Republic
Ervine, J., 23 Mar 2007.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper - PublishedFootball, Race and the Republic: A Study of Reactions to France's 1998 World Cup Victory
Ervine, J., 1 Nov 2007, In: Leisure Studies Association Newsletter. 78, p. 26-29
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedFrench banlieues as scenes of crime
Ervine, J., 15 Jun 2007.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper - PublishedLa Ballade des sans-papiers: Dix ans après
Ervine, J., 1 Sept 2007, In: French Studies Bulletin. 28, 104, p. 64-67
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedThe Discreet Charm of Dining: Food and Social Distinction in French Cinema
Ervine, J., 24 Nov 2007.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
2006
- PublishedCitizenship and Belonging in Urban France: A Study of Zebda’s J’y suis j’y reste (I’m here I’m staying here)
Ervine, J., 14 Mar 2006.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper - PublishedGiving voice to young banlieue residents via cinema: A study of Eric Pittard’s Le Bruit, l’odeur et quelques étoiles (2001) and Jean Pierre Thorn’s On n’est pas des marques de vélo (2002)
Ervine, J., 9 Sept 2006.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper - PublishedThe Cycle of Violence in Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche’s Wesh Wesh, qu’est-ce qui se passe?
Ervine, J., 5 Jul 2006.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
2005
- PublishedFrench Cinema’s Response to Media Representations of France’s Banlieues
Ervine, J., 5 Jul 2005.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper - PublishedThe Impact of the Algerian War (1954-62) on French Film
Ervine, J., 20 Sept 2005.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper - PublishedThe Opposition to War in French Cinema 1954-67
Ervine, J., 14 Oct 2005.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper - PublishedThe Shifting Boundaries and Borders of Immigration and Nationality in France
Ervine, J., 21 Jan 2005.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper - PublishedThe role of films in the campaign against the double peine 1991-2002
Ervine, J., 10 Sept 2005.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
Activities
2024
- Modern Languages: Why they're important and where they can take you.
Talk given at King Edward VI College in Nuneaton as part of careers event for Year 12 students.
12 Mar 2024
Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)
2023
- Protests in France follwoing death of Nahel M
Live radio interview on BBC Radio Wales's Radio Wales Breakfast. Interviewd by Oliver Hides about unrest in Paris following the police shooting of 17-year-old Nahel M at Tuesday 27 June. Interview broadcast at 8.25am on Saturday 1 July 2023.
1 Jul 2023
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Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Contributor) - Protests in Paris following the death of Nahel M
Television interview on S4C's 'Newyddion a Chwaraeon. Interviewed by Llyr Edwards about unrest in Paris following the police shooting of 17-year-old Nahel M at Tuesday 27 June. Interview broadcast at start of Saturday evening news programme at 7.15pm on Saturday 1 July.
1 Jul 2023
Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Contributor) - Protests in France following death of Nahel M
Live television interview on TRT World about unrest in Paris following the police shooting of 17-year-old Nahel M at Tuesday 27 June. Interview broadcast at 8pm on Friday 30 June.
30 Jun 2023
Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Contributor) - Protests continue as Macron refuses to back down on reforms
Five-minute live television interview on TRT World about protests in France about Emmanuel Macron's planned reform of French pension system.
29 Mar 2023
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Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Contributor) - Jonathan Ervine: Humour in Contemporary France
Interview with Roxane Panchasi on New Books in French Studies podcast, discussed my book Humour in Contemporary France
28 Feb 2023
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Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Contributor)
2022
- Gêm ryngwladol gyntaf Llydaw ers degawd
4-minute interview on BBC Radio Cymru's 'Ar y marc' about news that Brittany plans to play its first football international in a decade during June 2023.
1 Oct 2022
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Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Contributor) - Brittany set to play first football international in a decade
Article on Nation Cymru about announcement that Brittany plans to play its first football match in a decade during June 2023.
30 Sep 2022
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Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Contributor) - Why Yma o hyd is a song relevant to football in Brittany as well as Wales
Article on Nation Cymru about why Dafydd Iwan's song Yma o hyd is relevant to sport and cultural identity in Brittany
21 Jul 2022
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Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Contributor) - From Sporting Cormorants to Fish and Rabbits: Brittany also has its share of weird and wonderful club nicknames
Article on local sport website Grassroots North Wales about parallels between nicknames of Breton and Welsh football teams
15 Jul 2022
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Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Contributor) - Emmanuel Macron rejects prime minister's offer to resign
4-minute interview on TRT World about outcome of France's 2022 legislative elections
21 Jun 2022
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Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Contributor) - Emmanuel Macron's victory in France's 2022 French Presidential Elections
Discussion on TRT World about consequences of Emmanuel Macron's victory in 2022 French Presidential elections.
25 Apr 2022
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Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Contributor) - How different will Macron’s second term be from the first one?
Interview on TRT World about Emmanuel Macron's victory in France's 2022 presidential elections.
25 Apr 2022
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Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Contributor)
2020
- Interviewed by Justin Olivier Salhani as part of report about the lack of black coaches in football
Interviewed by Justin Olivier Salhani as part of report about the lack of black coaches in football by YouTube football channel Oh My Goal.
11 Oct 2020
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Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Contributor) - Interview about Charlie Hebdo and French stand-up comedy
Interviewed by Orla Barry as part of report on Charlie Hebdo broadcast on The World, a daily global news programme broadcast on US public radio.
8 Oct 2020
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Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Contributor) - BBC World Service interview about Charlie Hebdo.
Interviewed about Charlie Hebdo on BBC World Service programme Newsday on 2 September 2020. Interview was timed to coincide with start of the trial of alleged accomplices in the fatal attacks of January 2015, and discussed Charlie Hebdo's decision to re-print caricatures featuring the Prophet Muhammad.
2 Sep 2020
Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Contributor) - Anelka: Netflix documentary on ‘misunderstood’ French footballer fails to persuade’
Article for The Conversation discussing Netflix documentary about the career of controversial Frnech footballer Nicolas Anelka.
11 Aug 2020
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Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Contributor) - Griezmann, Beckham, Bale : pourquoi les footballeurs foncent-ils vers l'e-sport ?
Quoted in online article about footballers and e-sports by France Televisions journalist Thomas Gicquel.
23 Jul 2020
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Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Contributor) - Football Collective podcast: Red Star FC of Paris and French football culture
Dr Jonathan Ervine of Bangor University has written highly acclaimed books about French film and French comedy. He is also a stalwart member of The Football Collective and is a keen observer of football culture in France. In this podcast he talks about the origins of professional football in France and Paris, the perennial Parisian underdogs Red Star FC, the influence of Paris St Germain on the French game, Zinedine Zidane and the continuing significance of the 1998 World Cup winning side on the nation. It's a brilliant show with which to wrap up the second series of The Football Collective Podcast. Many thanks to all our loyal listeners and we will be back towards the end of the summer with Series 3. Merci bien et Allez les Bleus!
Jun 2020
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Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Contributor) - Football Collective 10 x 10 podcast: Philippe Auclair's biography of Eric Cantona
French culture and sport scholar Dr Jonathan Ervine of Bangor University talks about his love of Philippe Auclair's biography of Eric Cantona. Apologies for the poor sound quality, there are a lot of people using Skype and other video conferencing services at this time. Jonathan, a friend of the podcast, persuasively explains why Auclair's peerless biography gets to the heart of the essence of Eric and what he means on both sides of 'la Manche' (the English Channel).
Apr 2020
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Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Contributor) - Cinq ans après, « Je suis Charlie » sonne creux
Article for The Conversation about humour in France five years on from the Charlie Hebdo attacks of 2015. French language version of article originally written in English.
7 Jan 2020
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Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Contributor) - Interview about 5th anniversary of Charlie Hebdo attacks
Interview on Post Cyntaf about fifth anniversary of Charlie Hebdo attacaks, BBC Radio Cymru, 7 January 2020 (3 minutes).
7 Jan 2020
Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Contributor) - Five years on from the Charlie Hebdo attack, ‘Je suis Charlie’ rings hollow
Article about French humour five years on from the Charlie Hebdo attacks. Written for The Conversation.
6 Jan 2020
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Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Contributor)
2019
- Interview about French football
Interview on Ar y Marc about Red Star FC, French football and 2019 Football Collective Conference, BBC Radio Cymru, 23 November 2019 (3 minutes).
23 Nov 2019
Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Contributor) - « De mauvais résultats sur la scène eSport peuvent s’avérer contre-productifs pour un club » Interview de Jonathan Ervine par Anthony Alyce
Interview (in French) with Anthony Alyce from the French football business website Ecofoot.fr in which I discuss the ways in which football teams are seeking to boost their profiles via eSports (competitiive videogaming). For a summer of the key points in English, please see the following thread on my Twitter account (@j_ervine): https://twitter.com/j_ervine/status/1128600307905257472
15 May 2019
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Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Contributor) - Ligue 1: France gets its first female top flight football referee, but the federation scores an own goal
Article about Stephanie Frappart becoming the first woman to referee a match in Ligue 1, the top division of men's football in France.
25 Apr 2019
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Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Contributor) - Interview on Football Media Podcast: Academia, French Football and E-sports
Interview with Jon Mackenzie on episode 22 of the Football Media Podcast
26 Feb 2019
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Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Contributor)
2018
- Discussion with Dylan Iorwerth about Macron and ‘les gilets jaunes’
Discussion with Dylan Iorwerth about Macron and ‘les gilets jaunes’
Dan yr Wyneb
BBC Radio Cymru
12 Dec 2018
Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Contributor) - Interview about Macron and ‘les gilets jaunes’
Interview about Macron and ‘les gilets jaunes’
TRT World (International Turkey-based 24 hour television news channel)
11 Dec 2018
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Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Contributor) - Football Collective Podcast: Football in France
Interview with Josh Dean on episode 7 of the Football Collective Podcast
5 Oct 2018
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Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Contributor) - Les tentatives de récupération politique du sport sont très souvent réductrices, contradictoires, et surtout très opportunistes
Interview with Anthony Alyce on the French football business website Ecofoot.fr. Discussed reactions to France's 2018 Football World Cup victory.
2 Oct 2018
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Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Contributor) - Interview with John Beattie on BBC Radio Scotland
Interview with John Beattie in which I discussed the significance of France's 2018 Football World Cup victory
16 Jul 2018
Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Contributor) - Why football may still be coming home… to France
Article for 'The Conversation' about why it could be argued that France is actually the true home of football
13 Jul 2018
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Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Contributor)
2017
- Discussion with Dylan Iorwerth about comparisons between Macron and Napoleon
Discussion with Dylan Iorwerth about comparisons between Macron and Napoleon
Dan yr Wyneb
BBC Radio Cymru
18 Sep 2017
Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Contributor) - ASMCF Conference (Association for the Study of Modern and Contemporary France): Work & Play
From the Tennis Court Oath to Nuit Debout, work and play have been instrumental in organising socio-political life in the French Republic. Culturally too, work and play are formative of identity, inviting reflection on the power relations at stake in the construction and deconstruction of identities. This conference seeks to bring together a broad range of disciplinary approaches to consider theories, representations, practices and interconnections of work and play in France and the rest of the French-speaking world. Traversing sociological, political, anthropological as well as aesthetic and cultural spheres, the conference theme is intended to stimulate debate across a far-reaching horizon of enquiry.
Keynote Speakers:
Helen Abbott (University of Birmingham)
Claude Boli (Responsable scientifique du Musée National du Sport, Nice)
Sarah Waters (University of Leeds)
7 Sep 2017 – 9 Sep 2017
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Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Organiser) - Interview on Post Cyntaf about second round of French presidential elections
Interview on Post Cyntaf about second round of French presidential elections
BBC Radio Cymru
6 May 2017
Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Contributor)
2016
- Discussion about French presidential elections with Dylan Iorwerth
Discussion about French presidential elections with Dylan Iorwerth
Dan yr Wyneb, BBC Radio Cymru
28 Nov 2016
Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Contributor) - Interview on Good Evening Wales about terrorism and security in France
Interview on Good Evening Wales (BBC Wales) about terrorism and security in France
27 Jul 2016
Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Contributor) - Interview on Post Prynhawn about terrorism and security in France
Interview on Post Prynhawn (BBC Radio Cymru) about terrorism and security in France
27 Jul 2016
Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Contributor) - Interview on Good Evening Wales about 14 July 2016 terror attacks in Nice
Interview on Good Evening Wales (BBC Radio Wales) about 14 July 2016 terror attacks in Nice
15 Jul 2016
Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Contributor) - Will Les Bleus boost France at Euro 2016?
Article for 'The Conversation' about ways in which hosting the 2016 European Championships football tournament provided the French football team with an opportunity to boost morale in France
10 Jun 2016
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Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Contributor)
2015
- Interview on Good Morning Wales about 13 November 2015 terror attacks in Paris
Interview on Good Morning Wales (BBC Radio Wales) about 13 November 2015 terror attacks in Paris
17 Nov 2015
Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Contributor) - Charlie Hebdo, Cartwnau a Chomedi: Deall Hiwmor yn Ffrainc
Charlie Hebdo, Cartwnau a Chomedi: Deall Hiwmor yn Ffrainc (Charlie Hebdo, cartoons and comedy: understanding humour in France).
Public lecture at Neuadd Ogwen in Bethesda, part of 'Cyfres 6' series
4 Nov 2015
Activity: Invited talk (Speaker) - Lack of female players in football video games is an own goal
Article for 'The Conversation' about the lack of women's teams in leading football videogames
1 Jun 2015
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Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Contributor) - Interview on Ar y Marc about safe standing in European football
Interview on Ar y Marc (BBC Radio Cymru) about safe standing in European football
14 Mar 2015
Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Contributor) - French grief reflects respect for a certain kind of athlete
Article for 'The Conversation' about reactions in France to a helicopter crash that resulted in the deaths of several leading sports people (swimmer Camille Muffat, boxer Alexis Vastine, and yachtswoman Florence Arthaud).
10 Mar 2015
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Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Contributor) - Interview on Good Evening Wales about Charlie Hebdo shootings
Interview on Good Evening Wales about Charlie Hebdo shootings, BBC Radio Wales
7 Jan 2015
Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Contributor)
2014
- French Football Caught Offside in New Race Controversy
Article for 'The Conversation' about controversial comments about African footballers made by Willy Sagnol, then manager of the French football team Girondins de Bordeaux.
7 Nov 2014
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Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Contributor) - Article in Western Mail about my research on humour in France
Article about my research on humour and social cohesion in France. Produced as part of my participation in the 2014 Welsh Crucible scheme.
27 Oct 2014
Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Contributor) - Interview on Good Evening Wales about racism in French football
Interview on Good Evening Wales about racism in French football, BBC Radio Wales
18 Jun 2014
Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Contributor) - FA fines Nicolas Anelka but says quenelle isn’t anti-Semitic – that’s not a clear message
Article for 'The Conversation' about the Football Association's disciplinary action against Nicolas Anelka in response to his controversial 'quenelle' goal celebration.
28 Feb 2014
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Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Contributor) - Why Dieudonné’s quenelle gesture poses challenges for Britain and France
Article for 'The Conversation' about controversy provoked by Nicolas Anelka after a goal celebration involving the 'quenelle' gesture which is associated with controversial French comedian Dieudonné.
10 Feb 2014
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Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Contributor)
2013
- A-level French Masterclass on Kiffe Kiffe Demain
Workshop on Faiza Guene's novel Kiffe Kiffe Demain for students of A-level French in Wales
6 Mar 2013
Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)
2012
- RIP Thierry Roland 1937-2012
Article for French Football Weekly following the death of French football commentator Thierry Roland
18 Jun 2012
Links:
Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Contributor) - French media the key for Les Bleus at Euro 2012
Article for French Football Weekly about relations between the French national football team and the media.
6 Jun 2012
Links:
Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Contributor)
Other Information
Other academic-related work
- 2014-present: I have been an invited attendee of several meetings of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Modern Languages.
- 2017-2021: external examiner for French at University of Bath
- 2017-2021: external examiner for the MA in Language, Cultures and Translation at University of Chester
- 2013-2018, 2019-20: external examiner for French at Swansea University
- 2007-2013 and 2016-2018: member of the executive committee of the Association for the Study of Modern and Contemporary France (ASMCF).
Schools workshops
I have given presentations at schools workshops about French and European cinema and many other aspects of contemporary French society. I am able to deliver such presentations in English, French and Welsh.