Dear All,

I am very happy to announce the following conference on the Media and
Sport in France at the University of Newcastle on 19 April. Registration
is cheap and everyone is more than welcome to attend and take part.

All the best,

D.R

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Subject: FMRG16 -19 April 2008: Media and Sport in France (Programme)
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Date:    Mon, February 25, 2008 14:41
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Dear all who have in the past been interested in the FMRG,

The programme for FMRG16 has now been confirmed. We hope to see as many of
you as possible there. Please publicise the event to anyone you think might
be interested in attending

SATURDAY 19 APRIL 2008 Newcastle upon Tyne ­ Express Holiday Inn

10.00-10.30: Registration and coffee.

10.30-11.10: 'Pierre Giffard of the Petit Journal and the Vélo: creating
sports journalism in France 1880-1910', (Hugh Dauncey, Newcastle
University).

11.15-11.55: 'Trophies and international competition: James Gordon Bennett
Jr, the Paris Herald and American influences on the development of modern
sport in France 1887-1918', (Geoff Hare, Newcastle University).

12.00-13.00: 'Laure Manaudou et Sébastien Chabal : la double performance, ou
ce que les médias font des sportifs', (Patrick Mignon, INSEP, Paris)

13.00-13.45: Lunch and coffee.

13.45-14.25: 'Paris Saint Germain in the French Daily Press: ambiguities of
a three-way relationship', (David Ranc, University of Cambridge).

14.30-15.10: 'L'Île en défaite de Jacques Tati: Representing Corsican
Football', (Cathal Kilcline, NUI Galway).

15.15-15.55: 'Filmic Representations of Motorsport in France', (Éamon Ó
Cofaig, NUI Galway)

16.00-16.30: Tea and discussion of future plans.

The standard Conference registration fee including sandwich lunch, teas and
coffees is £25. The fee for unwaged or PG attenders is £15.

Please get in touch with the conference organisers Dr Hugh DAUNCEY
[log in to unmask] and Dr David RANC [log in to unmask] if you are
interested in attending, as this helps us to plan numbers for seating and
food. You can, of course, just turn up on the day and attend for all or part
(£15) of the programme.

For more details of FMRG or the Day-conference itself (including directions
to the Express Holiday Inn), see: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/NMRG/

Many thanks for your interest.

Hugh Dauncey and David Ranc


Dr Hugh Dauncey
School of Modern Languages,
Old Library Building,
Newcastle University,
Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU.
Tel. 0191-222-7491/7441; Fax. 0191-222-5442.

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