Postgraduates
The Society is committed to the support of postgraduate students working in all fields of French studies. Through our activities, we aim to build a strong postgraduate community and to promote postgraduate research by facilitating exchange between researchers at all stages of study.
There is an annual programme of SFS events in which postgraduate participation is encouraged. At our annual conference, we arrange a regular session devoted to postgraduate skills training, and postgraduates can get more involved in the conference by presenting a poster or giving a flash presentation. Travel grants are also available to support PG attendance.
We also run our own postgraduate conference and sponsor French studies events organised by and for postgraduate students throughout the year. The R. Gapper Postgraduate Essay Prize is awarded annually as a means of recognising and rewarding the excellent work being done by French studies postgraduates. An elected postgraduate representative sits on the Executive Committee and is closely involved with the organisation of events as well as with the work of the French Studies Bulletin. The Society is always keen to hear from its postgraduate members; if you have any comments and suggestions please send them to Tobias Barnett, our current Postgraduate Officer.
Thinking of joining us?
Benefits of joining the Society as a postgraduate include:
- A greatly reduced rate for the annual French Studies conference
- Access to funding for the organisation of your own conferences and events
- Access to funding to cover conference attendance and other research expenses
- Four issues per year of French Studies: A Quarterly Review
- Four issues per year of French Studies Bulletin: A Quarterly Supplement
Postgraduates also benefit from a greatly reduced membership rate. More information about joining the Society (via our new platform, hosted by Liverpool University Press) will be available shortly.
French Studies Bulletin Postgraduate Bulletin Board
French Studies Bulletin: A Quarterly Supplement would love to hear about any newly-awarded doctorates or postgraduate events.
Please let us know now of any new doctorates awarded in French/Francophone studies from an institution in the UK or Ireland. Send details of your doctorate Tobias Barnett by email with the header ‘FSB PhDs’ to Tobias Barnett.
To advertise a postgraduate event, please send information to the SFS Publicity Officer, Dr Giovanni Menegalle.
To report on a postgraduate event, please include the following information in a Word document, formatted in FSB style, and send to the Assistant Editor of FSB, Dr Madeleine Chalmers (steven.wilson@qub.ac.uk) also copied to the Editor, Dr Jennifer Rushworth: title of event; venue and date; organisers; speakers and format; funding (if applicable) and a short synopsis (in no more than 250 words). Reports should conclude with ‘Report written by X (affiliation or email address) and Y (affiliation or email address)’.
SFS resources and activities of interest to postgraduate students
R. Gapper Postgraduate Essay Prize awarded annually by the Society for an essay in English or French of fewer than 6,000 words
Grants in support of postgraduate conferences
SFS research support funding is also available to postgraduate members