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Malcolm Bowie Prize 2008

 



The Society for French Studies is pleased to announce the results of the Malcolm Bowie prize 2008, which will be presented at the Society’s annual conference to be held this year at the University of Oxford (June 29-July 1).

The winner is Dr Luke Sunderland (Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge), for his article 'Le Cycle de Renart: From the Enfances to the Jugement in a Cyclical Roman de Renart Manuscript’, French Studies, 62 (2008), 1-12.

The runner-up is Dr Simon Kemp (St John’s College, Oxford), for his article ‘Darrieussecq’s Mind’, French Studies, 62 (2008), 429-441.

In addition, the Jury wished to commend the following:

Dr Rachel Chrastil (Xavier University), for her article ‘The French Red Cross, War Readiness, and Civil Society, 1866–1914’, French Historical Studies, 31 (2008), 445-476

Dr Kris Pint (Hasselt and Ghent Universities), for his article ‘How to Become What One Is: Roland Barthes’s Final Fantasy’, Paragraph, 31 (2008), 38-49

The prize is awarded annually for the best article in any area of French Studies published by an early career researcher, defined for the 2008 prize as a scholar who received his/ her PhD within the period 2003-2008. For the 2008 prize there were 20 nominations, which included articles from 12 different journals and 3 volumes of essays. The 2008 prize was judged by a Jury comprised of Antoine Compagnon, Alison Finch, Simon Gaunt, Edward Hughes, and Toril Moi.

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