Funding and Prizes
Postgraduate Poster Prize 2011
The 2011 Postgraduate Poster Prize was awarded to Emily St.Denny (PhD Candidate, School of History and Politics, University of Stirling) for her poster on 'Next stop Stockholm? The role of ideas in shaping French prostitution policy 1975 – 2011'
Postgraduate Poster Prize 2010
The 2010 Postgraduate Poster Prize was awarded to Pip Muratore (PhD Candidate, Department of French Studies & Department of Italian Studies, University of Sydney) for his poster on 'La Goulue and La Casati: Studies in the Performance of Belle Époque Decadentism'
Initiative Fund
The Association's Initiative Fund provides small grants to individuals or institutions who are members of the Association to help defray the costs of day schools, seminars etc., and support for postgraduate activities and travel (in addition to specific funding for postgraduate conferences/day schools). The Association is particularly keen to encourage and support regionally based collaborative initiatives on the part of its members.
Please download and complete the Initiative Fund form and return it to: Steve Wharton, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY. The next deadlines for applications are: 24 February 2012, 24 August 2012.
Initiative Funding 2010-2011
Daniel Gordon (Edge Hill University and ASMCF North West).A lecture on 'Mai 68 Then and Now' by Professor Robert Gildea, 18 February 2011.
It was agreed to support this bid with a grant of £75.
Kate Ince (University of Birmingham) and Carie Tarr (University of Kingston).
Women's filmmaking in France: 2000-2010, 2-4 December 2010.
It was agreed to support this bid with a grant of £290.
2010 Peter Morris Prize
The 2010 Peter Morris Prize was awarded to Alexander Bostrom, (University of Leeds).
2010 Brian Darling Prize
The 2010 Brian Darling Prize was awarded to Daniel Varagic (University of Sussex).
2010 Douglas Johnson Prize
The 2010 Douglas Johnson Memorial Prize was awarded to Dominic Lintner (University of Bristol).
Peter Morris Memorial Postgraduate Travel Prize
In memory of the late Peter Morris, an award of £250 will be made to a postgraduate student to contribute towards travel costs incurred on a short trip to France.
The terms and conditions of the prize are as follows:
Postgraduates applying for the award should send an outline of their research project and the aims of their research trip electronically to the Association's Hon. Secretary, Dr S. Wharton. The deadline for applications is 1 July of the year in question. Applications should be submitted in advance of the trip, which may take place at any time during the the twelve months following the deadline for applications.
A subcommittee convened to adjudicate the prize will look for evidence that the trip has been well planned and that the student has attempted to maximize the benefits to be drawn from the time in France.
Each student shall be required to provide a letter of support from his or her supervisor. Bids to other funding bodies either pending or known should be disclosed.
The person to whom the prize has been awarded should provide a brief report on the trip, including details of expenses, no later than three months after return to the UK.
Submissions should be made electronically by 1 July of the year in question to the Hon Secretary of the Association Dr S. Wharton.
2011 Peter Morris Prize
The 2011 Peter Morris Prize was awarded to Marjorie Geerhardts, University of Exeter, for a visit to thw Musée du Service de Santé in respect of research into outcomes for facially injured WWII soldiers.
Brian Darling Memorial Prize
The Brian Darling Memorial Prize was established in memory of the late Brian Darling, the founding Secretary of the Association.
The prize, to the value of £250, is awarded for an undergraduate essay or dissertation of distinction, which may treat any theme relevant to the Association's concerns, including aspects of modern French history, politics, society and culture, as well as the relations between France and other countries, including those in the French-speaking world. The work may be written in either French or English and should not normally exceed five thousand words.
Essays or dissertations must be accompanied by a supporting statement from a member of the Association at a UK or other university. Submissions should be made electronically by 1 July of the year in question to the Hon Secretary of the Association Dr S. Wharton.
A three-person sub-committee of the Executive will be invited to serve by the Secretary to consider the submissions and determine the award of the prize. Prize-winners shall be notified directly and their names announced on the web-site and at the Association's AGM.
2009 Brian Darling Prize
The 2009 Brian Darling Prize was awarded to Benjamin Lasry, KCL, for his essay, ‘An analysis and discussion of the representation of Europeans in Algeria with reference to Djebar's La Disparition de la langue française and Nulle part dans la maison de mon père, and Gillo Pontecorvo's The Battle of Algiers.’
Douglas Johnson Memorial Essay Prize
The Douglas Johnson Memorial Essay Prize was recently established in memory of the late Douglas Johnson, the first Honorary President of the Association.
The prize, to the value of £250, is awarded for an undergraduate essay or dissertation which may treat a theme relevant to the Association's concerns, in aspects of Modern French history, politics, society and culture, as well as the relationships between France and other countries, including those in the French-speaking world. The work may be written in either French or English, should be over five thousand words, but not exceed ten thousand words. Essays or dissertations must be accompanied by a supporting statement from a member of the Association at a UK or other university. Submissions should be made electronically by 1 July of the year in question to the Hon Secretary of the Association Dr S. Wharton.
2011 Douglas Johnson Prize
The 2011 Douglas Johnson Prize was awarded to Philippe Le Goff, University of Warwick, for his essay ‘May 1968: socio-economic modernism and the new spirit of capitalism’.