Join the SFS
The Society for French Studies is a major learned association that promotes French Studies in the United Kingdom and beyond. We hope you'll find all the information you need about our many activities on this site. If you have any queries, please get in touch with a member of the executive committee, or come and talk to us at the next SFS conference!
In addition to academics from a range of different countries, our membership includes librarians, curators and postgraduate students. Membership is open to anyone who wishes to support the aims and activities of the Society. A reduced rate is available to retired members, postgraduate students, members not in full-time employment, and new lecturers in their first three years in post.
What are the benefits of membership?
As a member of the Society, you will:
- 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.
- Online access to the archive of French Studies: A Quarterly Review from its first issue in 1947 (more complete access than is typically available through institutional subscriptions).
- Enjoy preferential rates when registering for our annual conference.
- Be eligible for a range of funding offered by the Society, including for research expenses and organising conferences and workshops. Additionally, postgraduate members are eligible for support with the cost of travel to the conference.
- Support the work of the discipline by helping the Society to fund innovative and outstanding research, support early-career academics, and foster international collaborations.
It is worth noting that the annual subscription is treated as an ‘allowable expense’ by the Inland Revenue for Income Tax purposes.
How do you join?
Membership of the Society is managed jointly between the Society and Liverpool University Press, in order to facilitate members receiving their copies of French Studies: A Quarterly Review and French Studies Bulletin: A Quarterly Supplement (included with members' subscriptions, in addition to the other benefits listed above).
To join the Society, or to update your details, please email subscriptions@liverpool.ac.uk, or telephone +44 (0)151 795 1080.
If you have any queries, please contact the Membership Secretary, John Mckeane, via the email address on this page.
Payment options
The annual membership fee is currently £55 with a reduced rate of £27.50 for postgraduate students, those on temporary or casual contracts, unwaged/retired and new lecturers within 3 years of obtaining their first permanent post.
Library and institutional subscriptions
Enquiries and orders for annual subscriptions to French Studies: A Quarterly Review and French Studies Bulletin: A Quarterly Supplement should be sent to Liverpool University Press at subscriptions@liverpool.ac.uk. Orders for back issues should be also be directed to Liverpool University Press at the same email address.
Privacy
The Society for French Studies undertakes to store members' personal information securely. Our full privacy statement is available here.
Please note that we do not share our members' or conference delegates' details with any third parties. If you are contacted by anyone purporting to be us, offering services such as conference accommodation, this is likely to be a scam.
We share members' contact information with Liverpool University Press, so that they may receive French Studies: A Quarterly Review and French Studies Bulletin: A Quarterly Bulletin. LUP's privacy statement is available here.
Dr John Mckeane
Miller Building
Department of Languages and Cultures
University of Reading
Berkshire
RG6 6AH