Albertine Fox

Congrats to Leonie for publishing her short film 🎥 Such a great achievement 🎉

The latest French Studies Bulletin mentions recent PhD success in @frenchatbristol.bsky.social and Film & TV @bristoluni.bsky.social, with thesis abstracts of recent doctorates 🎉

Really enjoyable to attend and take part in the sunny Society for French Studies annual conference this year! Great array of papers, panels and keynotes #SFSBristol

Jane Gilbert delivers the Simon Gaunt Memorial Lecture on ‘blindness as form’ in medieval French literature, closing our annual conference in Bristol and three fantastic days of intellectual exchange #SFSBristol

It was lovely to be a part of this and hear everyone's thoughts on the film afterwards. Wonderful programme organised by The Garden Cinema. Still running, check it out here... ❤️🎥

Two student representatives and one colleague in the department of German stand in front of a banner stating “University of Bristol, Department of German, School of Modern Languages”.

It was wonderful to welcome so many prospective students to the German stand at today’s Open Day in the School of Modern Languages at the University of Bristol! It’s always so inspiring to hear all about your passion for studying German at university! #German #ModernLanguages #ShoutOutForGerman

Cinema Rediscovered returns with an 80+ event line-up of global film gems Cinema Rediscovered returns to venues in and around Bristol UNESCO City of Film from Wed 23 - Sun 27 July 2025.

Cinema Rediscovered returns to Bristol with an 80+ event line-up of global film gems…

Last chance to pick up an early bird pass!

www.watershed.co.uk/news/cinema-...

Susan Harrow becomes General Editor of Legenda Susan Harrow, Professor of French at the University of Bristol, succeeds Jonathan Long as the new General Editor of Legenda.

We are pleased to announce that Susan Harrow, Professor of French at the University of Bristol, is the new General Editor of Legenda. Legenda is the MHRA’s book imprint for new research in the Humanities with titles ranging from medieval texts to contemporary cinema. www.mhra.org.uk/news/2025/05...

Jafar Panahi’s Cannes Triumph Sends a Warning to Authoritarians Everywhere The Iranian director’s Palme d’Or-winning thriller, “It Was Just an Accident,” set the tone for a festival defined by dramas of political resistance.

The Iranian director Jafar Panahi’s new movie, “It Was Just an Accident,” won the Palme d’Or at Cannes. The film set the tone for a festival defined by dramas of political resistance, @justincchang.bsky.social writes.

Last weekend, our Head of Subject Professor @susanharrow.bsky.social Ashley Watkins Chair of French gave a public lecture entitled ‘Solitude in a Social Century’. It was part of a weekend adult education course run by the Royal Academy, London devoted to c19th visual cultures.

Screenshot from the award winning video essay

1/3 The annual awards for practice for the @baftss.bsky.social have just been posted (www.baftss.org/winners-prac...) and the most deserved winners of the Videographic Criticism prize are @veronikahanakova.bsky.social, Martin Tremčinský & @jirianger.bsky.social! 👏👏👏

Such a great community space (and dog-friendly cafe!). Really hope it stays open for everyone ☀️

It was so moving to see such big audiences at the screenings of D'Est and even the lesser-known Dis-moi at Watershed's Chantal Akerman retrospective last month! Great timing for our students too who have been studying her work this term 🎞️

Live Theatre Performance (in French)

Thursday 20 March, doors open at 5pm; curtain up at 5.15pm in LT3 (Arts Complex, School of Modern Languages, 17 Woodland Road). Free of charge!

📺 Watch Dr Charlotte Faucher (@frenchatbristol.bsky.social) discuss Churchill's extraordinary, last-ditch proposal in 1940 to unite Britain & France as one country in the fight against Nazi Germany

The new documentary, Churchill's Bid to Abolish Britain, airs on U&Yesterday next Friday 5pm