Abstract

Annual Conference: The 56th Annual conference of the Society for French Studies took place at the University of Cardiff, 29 June–1 July 2015. The Society was very pleased to welcome over 170 delegates to Cardiff, where Translating Cultures, Mythmaking and Borders were popular multi-panel strands over the three days, alongside a wide range of subjects from the medieval to the contemporary. Delegates enjoyed wine receptions hosted by the French Department and University of Wales Press, and a conference dinner at Aberdare Hall, followed by a lively disco. Our distinguished plenary speakers were Eric Méchoulan (Université de Montréal), Peter Dayan (University of Edinburgh), Mireille Calle-Gruber (Université Sorbonne Nouvelle – Paris 3) and Christie McDonald (Harvard University). Thirty-five of the delegates were postgraduate students, and for the second year running the conference featured postgraduate flash presentations, this time over two sessions, run by our postgraduate representative Kaya Davies Hayon. The Society would like to extend its sincere thanks to Claire Gorrara and Kate Griffiths for their help in preparation for the conference, as well as to postgraduate helpers Esther Liu, Ayshka Sené and Stephanie Munyard for all their hard work during the event.

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