News News stories Sketch of Tarkos by fellow poet Charles Pennequin Wikicommons Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license 26 October 2023 Award for Translating Contemporary French Poetry Dr David McCallam has been awarded Third Prize in this year’s highly competitive John Dryden Translation Competition organized by the British Comparative Literature Association and the British Centre for Literary Translation. 21 September 2023 Refugees in Calais. A Learning Journey University of Sheffield French students have created an insightful short documentary film about their research into the refugee situation in Calais. Alex Judkins as Thérèse/Tirésias and Tom Farrar as her/his spouse 5 May 2023 French Play 2023: Les Mamelles de Tirésias 'Les Mamelles de Tirésias' by Guillaume Apollinaire was first performed in 1917. Over a century later the rebellious Thérèse finds her/his way to the Sheffield Drama Studio. Thomas Farrar reports. 21 November 2022 Award for Translating Afropean French Poetry Dr David McCallam has been awarded the Second Prize in this year’s prestigious Stephen Spender Prize for Poetry in Translation. Source: Wikipedia, GNU License. 8 March 2022 Dr David McCallam is awarded the title of Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques The French Republic has awarded Dr David McCallam the prestigious title of Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques for his ‘services to French culture’. 11 January 2022 French film festival at the Showroom Professor Julia Dobson introduces three exclusive new French films at the Showroom Cinema from Fri 10th to Wed 15th December. Search Marjorie Shaw Scholarships The Department of French and Francophone Studies at the University of Sheffield is pleased to announce the following funding opportunity for MA applicants. 31 May 2023 Students create radio play of Maupassant’s Boule de suif Students in French have found an ingenious way of putting on their annual play. Working remotely with Dr David McCallam, they have scripted, performed and recorded a radio play of Guy de Maupassant’s famous short story 'Boule de suif'. 9 June 2021 Get involved with SLC: French Morgan McArthur (French, Russian, Spanish) writes about how she is involved in many activities outside the classroom, from theatre and committees, to research and working with local schools. 26 April 2021 Aix marks the spot Final-year BA in Modern Languages student, Sian Birtles, is studying French, Spanish and Italian. Here she recalls the magic of her year abroad in Seville, but especially in Aix-en-Provence. 17 March 2021 Haiti's painful memories. Grace Cordeaux responds The module 'Haïti: la tragédie, histoire, politique, et littérature de l'époque coloniale à nos jours' revisits and reflects on painful historical moments. Grace Cordeaux responds in a blog. 9 June 2020 Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Next page Next › Last page Last »
