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Position: Senior Lecturer in French and Francophone Studies

Email: j.ervine@bangor.ac.uk

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Phone: 01248 382129 (2129 internal)

Location: Room 415, New Arts Building

I am a Senior Lecturer in French and Francophone Studies, and specialize in French popular culture as well as debates about identity and belonging in contemporary France. I am the author of two books; Humour in Contemporary France: Controversy, Consensus and Contradictions (Liverpool University Press, 2019) and Cinema and the Republic: Filming on the Margins in Contemporary France (University of Wales Press, 2013). I have also published several articles and book chapters about debates on French national identity in sport, music and comedy, and also written several articles about videogames in France.

I am currently Head of the Department of Modern Languages and Cultures.

• PhD: Cinematic Representations of Social and Racial Exclusion in French Cinema 1995-2005
  Leeds University, 2009
• MA: The Opposition to War in French Cinema 1954-1967
  Leeds University, 2004
• BA: French and Philosophy
  2002

Undergraduate

I have taught on a wide variety of undergraduate modules here in ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É that cover topics such as French language and translation, French and European cinema, French and European history, French politics and French literature.

Postgraduate

I have supervised MA dissertations on both the MA in European Languages and Cultures and the MA in Translation Studies. I have also taught an MA module entitled Visions of the City in French Cinema and would be interested in hearing from students considering doctoral study in French cinema and/or cultural representations of minority groups in France, as well as sport and national identity in France, and also debates about humour in France.

I am an active member of the and served on its executive committee from 2007-2013. Along with my colleagues Gillian Jein and Armelle Blin-Rolland, I co-organised the 2017 ASMCF annual conference here in ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É.

I regularly blog about my research and modern languages in general. To read my posts, go to: .

2025

• Published
  Ervine, J., 14 Mar 2025, Antisemitism in Football: International Perspectives. Poulton, E. (ed.). Routledge
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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  Ervine, J., 30 Apr 2025, In: The European Journal of Humour Research. 13, 1, p. 58-67
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2024

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  Ervine, J., 4 Sept 2024.
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  Ervine, J., 16 Mar 2024.
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2023

• Published
  Ervine, J., 24 Nov 2023.
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  Ervine, J. & Dauncey, H., 1 Nov 2023, Transnational French Studies. Forsdick, C. & Launchbury, C. (eds.). Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, Vol. 6. p. 207-224 18 p. (Transnational Modern Languages).
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  Ervine, J., 14 Oct 2023.
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  Ervine, J., 14 Sept 2023.
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2022

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  Ervine, J., Oct 2022.
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  Ervine, J., May 2022.
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• In preparation
  Ervine, J., 2022, (In preparation).
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  Ervine, J., 1 Oct 2022, In: The Australian Journal for French Studies . 59, 4, p. 376-390
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  Ervine, J., 30 Dec 2022, Punching Up in Stand-Up Comedy: Speaking truth to power. Bhargava , R. & Chilana , R. (eds.). Routledge, p. 75-90
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  Ervine, J., Nov 2022.
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2021

• Accepted/In press
  Ervine, J., Sept 2021, (Accepted/In press).
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  Ervine, J. & Dauncey, H., Dec 2021, In: French Politics, Culture and Society. 39, 3, p. 46-72
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2019

• Published
  Ervine, J., Apr 2019, In: Contemporary French Civilization. 44, 1, p. 101-119
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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  Ervine, J., 29 Nov 2019, Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. 208 p. (Studies in Modern and Contemporary France)
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  Dauncey, H., Ervine, J. & Tinker, C., Apr 2019, In: Contemporary French Civilization. 44, 1, p. 1-19 19 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2018

• Published
  Ervine, J., 20 Aug 2018, Digital Football Cultures: Fandom, Identities and Resistance. Lawrence, S. & Crawford, G. (eds.). Routledge, p. 139-153
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

2017

• Published
  Ervine, J., 31 May 2017, In: Le Temps des médias. 28, p. 144-157
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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  Ervine, J., Sept 2017, In: The International Journal of the History of Sport. 34, 3-4, p. 236-250 15 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2014

• Published
  Ervine, J., 14 Nov 2014, In: Modern and Contemporary France. 23, 3, p. 428-429
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review
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  Dauncey, H., Ervine, J. & Kilcline, C., 31 Mar 2014, In: Contemporary French Civilization. 39, 1, p. 1-10
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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  Ervine, J., 1 Feb 2014, In: French Cultural Studies. 25, 1, p. 70-81
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  Ervine, J., 7 Nov 2014, In: Modern and Contemporary France. 23, 2, p. 257-258
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2013

• Published
  Ervine, J., 15 Aug 2013, University of Wales Press.
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  Ervine, J., 1 Oct 2013, Coming Home? : Conflict and Postcolonial Return Migration in the Context of France and North Africa1962-2009. Gemie, S. & Soo, S. (eds.). 2013 ed. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Vol. 2. p. 110-128
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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  Ervine, J. & Salhi, K. (Editor), 31 Oct 2013, Music, Culture and Identity in the Muslim World: Performance, Politics and Piety. 2013 ed. Routledge
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  Ervine, J., 1 Dec 2013, In: Performing Islam. 2, 1
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2011

• Published
  Ervine, J., 4 Aug 2011, In: Contemporary French Civilization. 36, 1-2, p. 127-140
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2009

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  Ervine, J., 10 Jul 2009.
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  Ervine, J., 2 Apr 2009.
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  Ervine, J., 28 Feb 2009.
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  Ervine, J., 25 May 2009.
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  Ervine, J., 5 Sept 2009.
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  Ervine, J., 1 May 2009.
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  Ervine, J., 6 Jun 2009.
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  Ervine, J., 1 Jun 2009, In: Journal of War and Cultural Studies. 2, 1, p. 81-91
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2008

• Published
  Ervine, J., 1 May 2008, In: ACME: An International E-Journal for Critical Geographies. 7, 2, p. 199-213
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  Ervine, J., 26 Apr 2008.
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  Ervine, J., 22 Nov 2008.
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  Ervine, J., 1 Jan 2008, Signs of War: From Patriotism to Dissent. Obajtek-Kirkwood, A.-M. & Hakanen, E. A. (eds.). 2008 ed. Palgrave Macmillan, p. 195-218
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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  Ervine, J., 19 Aug 2008.
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2007

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  Ervine, J., 24 Jul 2007.
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  Ervine, J., 8 Sept 2007.
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  Ervine, J., 23 Mar 2007.
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  Ervine, J., 1 Nov 2007, In: Leisure Studies Association Newsletter. 78, p. 26-29
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• Published
  Ervine, J., 15 Jun 2007.
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  Ervine, J., 1 Sept 2007, In: French Studies Bulletin. 28, 104, p. 64-67
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  Ervine, J., 24 Nov 2007.
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2006

• Published
  Ervine, J., 14 Mar 2006.
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  Ervine, J., 9 Sept 2006.
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  Ervine, J., 5 Jul 2006.
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2005

• Published
  Ervine, J., 5 Jul 2005.
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  Ervine, J., 20 Sept 2005