Society for French Studies, UK

"The Society for French Studies, the oldest and leading learned association for French studies in the UK and Ireland, exists to promote teaching and research in French studies in higher education.

The Society's activities include:
Editing the French Studies quarterly journal and its companion French Studies Bulletin; hosting a database of research projects in the UK, Ireland and overseas, Current Research in French Studies.
Hosting an annual conference with distinguished guest speakers and a variety of workshops across the spectrum of French studies; maintaining a website with rapidly expanding resources for those working in French studies

Supporting research through:
Conference and seminar grants for events in the UK and Ireland ; the R. H. Gapper annual prizes for scholarship at undergraduate, postgraduate, and book-publication levels; subsidising publication of Legenda Research Monographs in French Studies (with 33% discount to SFS members); grants for postgraduate travel to the SFS annual conference, and reduced postgraduate conference and membership fees."
http://www.sfs.ac.uk/about.htm

Contact:
Dr Christopher Tinker,
School of Languages,
Heriot-Watt University,
Riccarton
Edinburgh EH14 4AS
Email: membership@sfs.ac.uk

President: Professor Susan Harrow
French Department
University of Bristol
17 Woodland Road
Bristol
BS8 1TE
s.r.harrow@bristol.ac.uk

Vice-President: Professor Edward Hughes
French Department
School of Modern Languages
Queen Mary, University of London
Mile End Road
London
E1 4NS
e.j.hughes@qmul.ac.uk

Hon. Secretary: Dr Stephen Forcer
French Studies
School of Humanities
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
s.m.forcer@bham.ac.uk