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12 Jun
12 Jan 2026

‘SFPS PG and ECR Study Day 2026 - Common Ground: Locating Solidarities in the Francophone Postcolonial World’ Conference

The 2026 Society for Francophone Postcolonial Studies Annual Postgraduate Study Day will be hosted at UCC on Friday 12th June 2026, in the CACSSS Seminar Room (ORB G27). The Call for Papers is open for Undergraduate and Postgraduate students, and Early Career Researchers.
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22 Oct 2025

'The Further Adventures of MacFanon'

Professor Martin Munro, Eminent Scholar and Winthrop-King Professor of French and Francophone Studies at Florida State University will present a research seminar, 'The Further Adventures of MacFanon' on Monday 1st December, 5-6pm in room 1:24, O'Rahilly Building and online. Please email kate.hodgson@ucc.ie for the Teams link. All are very welcome.
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10 Sep 2025

Rogue Vectors: Why ChatGPT Loves French Philosophy | Dr Madeleine Chambers ( University of Leicester) | Thursday 11 September 2025 @5pm

The Department of French of University College Cork are delighted to open our 2025-26 seminar series with a talk from Dr Madeleine Chalmers of the University of Leicester.  The seminar will take place on Thursday 11 September from 5-6pm (GMT+1) in UCC's O'Rahilly Building, room 1:24 and online via Teams.  All are very welcome to join us.
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01 May 2025

"L’Amère Patrie": Benoît Alié’s French Signifyin’ | Dr Jemima Hodgkinson (UCC Department of French) | Thursday 8 May @ 5pm GMT

This is the third of our series of School of Languages, Literatures and Culture’s Research Ireland Postdoctoral talks. The talk will be in English, and it will be hybrid - in UCC's O Rahilly Building room 1:24 and via Teams. All are very welcome to attend.
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