The foremost learned association for French studies in the UK and Ireland

Welcome to the Society for French Studies · Bienvenue à la Société des Études Françaises · Fáilte chuig Cumann Léann na Fraincise · Croeso i’r Gymdeithas Astudiaethau Ffrengig · Fàilte do Chomann Eòlas na Frangais

The Society for French Studies exists to promote the full spectrum of the discipline in institutions of higher education, both within the United Kingdom and Ireland, and beyond. Our activities do this in a range of different ways, encouraging and supporting intellectual enquiry in French studies at all levels.

Funding

We offer assistance to support colleagues across the career stages, from postgraduate student an on. There are funding streams for different types of activity: grants for Conferences and Workshops, grants for Visiting Fellowships and Research Support, and a new Prize Research Fellowship to provide a period of study leave to colleagues conducting excellent research in the field.

Interior view of the Galérie des machines, Exposition universelle de 1889. Source: Library of Congress
Interior view of the Galérie des machines, Exposition universelle de 1889. Source: Library of Congress

Each year, the Society awards the prestigious R. Gapper book prize for a book in the field of French studies, published for the first time in the previous calendar year, by a scholar based in an institution of higher education in the United Kingdom or Ireland.

Bristol 2025 Wills
30 June - 02 July 2025

The 66th Annual Conference will be held at the University of Bristol from 30th June – 2ndJuly 2025.

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Benefits of membership

Quarterly Bulletins

Receive all four hard-copy issues of French Studies: a Quarterly Review published in the year of your membership and have access to all four online issues of French Studies: a Quarterly Bulletin.

Preferential rates

Enjoy preferential rates when registering for our annual conference.

Conference and workshop funding

Be eligible for a range of funding offered by the Society, including for research expenses and organising conferences and workshops.

Support the discipline

Support the work of the discipline by helping the Society to fund innovative and outstanding research, support early-career academics, and foster international collaborations.

News 29 October 2024

The Society is delighted to announce the winner and runner-up of the 2024 R. Gapper Undergraduate Essay Prize.

Our publications

The Society's journal, French Studies: A Quarterly Review, is published four times a year by Liverpool University Press. French Studies Bulletin: A Quarterly Supplement is the sister journal to French Studies and also appears four times a year.

The Society also supports the MHRA in publishing the Legenda series Research Monographs in French Studies, including appointing the General Editor for the series.

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