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From: Emer O'Beirne [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
The Society for French Studies offers a number of grants toward
conferences and seminars held in the UK or Ireland and concerned
with research in French Studies. The deadline for the next round of
applications is 1 June, 2001. Awards will normally be of £250,
though applications for amounts up to £500 will be considered.
To apply (not more than one year before the conference date),
please send a letter or e-mail outlining details of the
conference, the status of any other funding applications or
sponsorships, the amount requested, plus an undertaking to abide
by the conditions (see below) if successful, to:
Dr Mary Bryden
French Department
University of Reading
Whiteknights
PO Box 218
Reading RG6 6AA
email: [log in to unmask]
Conditions of award include acknowledging the Society's financial
support in all subsequent publicity, conference programmes, and
any resulting publications; sending a conference report to the
Bulletin; and submitting a copy of conference accounts to the SFS
Treasurer. Should the conference make a profit, the Society would
expect to be reimbursed proportionally, up to an amount not
exceeding the original grant.
Applicants will normally be notified as to the outcome of their
application within six weeks of the closing date.
These grants are awarded on a regular basis, with two annual
deadlines of 1 January and 1 June. Successful applicants for the
January 2001 round of grants are as follows:
Dr J. Clarke, University of Southampton ('France and America')
Dr P. Cooke, University of Exeter ('Sylvie Germain')
Dr C. Forsdick, University of Glasgow ('L'essai moderne',
Lancaster)
Professor R. Killick, University of Leeds ('Roots and Branches:
Francophone Societies of Europe and the Americas')
L. Russell-Watts and J. Horn, University of Cambridge ('Cambridge
French Graduate Conference')
Dr G. Rye, University of Surrey, Roehampton ('Contemporary
Women's Writing in French')
Dr U. Tidd, University of Manchester ('Engaging with Simone de
Beauvoir', Oxford).
Dr Emer O'Beirne
Dept. of French
University College Dublin
Belfield
Dublin 4
Tel.: 00 353 1 7168515/7168304
Fax: -------- 7161175
