Dr Jonathan Ervine

Senior Lecturer in French

Contact info

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 originally from Fife in Scotland and completed a B.A. in French and Philosophy at the University of Leeds. From 2002-2004, I was a lecteur d’anglais at l’Université Charles de Gaulle Lille 3. During this time, I completed an MA by research at the University of Leeds on the theme of opposition to war in French cinema of the 1950s and 1960s. I returned to Leeds in 2004 to begin a PhD on representations of social and racial exclusion in contemporary French cinema. I have lectured here in Bangor since 2007.

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

  1. 2020
  2. Interview about Charlie Hebdo and French stand-up comedy

    Jonathan Ervine (Contributor)

    8 Oct 2020

    Activity: OtherTypes of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation

  3. Interviewed by Justin Olivier Salhani as part of report about the lack of black coaches in football

    Jonathan Ervine (Contributor)

    11 Oct 2020

    Activity: OtherTypes of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation

  4. 2022
  5. Emmanuel Macron's victory in France's 2022 French Presidential Elections

    Jonathan Ervine (Contributor)

    25 Apr 2022

    Activity: OtherTypes of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation

  6. How different will Macron’s second term be from the first one?

    Jonathan Ervine (Contributor)

    25 Apr 2022

    Activity: OtherTypes of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation

  7. Emmanuel Macron rejects prime minister's offer to resign

    Jonathan Ervine (Contributor)

    21 Jun 2022

    Activity: OtherTypes of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation

  8. From Sporting Cormorants to Fish and Rabbits: Brittany also has its share of weird and wonderful club nicknames

    Jonathan Ervine (Contributor)

    15 Jul 2022

    Activity: OtherTypes of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation

  9. Why Yma o hyd is a song relevant to football in Brittany as well as Wales

    Jonathan Ervine (Contributor)

    21 Jul 2022

    Activity: OtherTypes of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation

  10. Brittany set to play first football international in a decade

    Jonathan Ervine (Contributor)

    30 Sept 2022

    Activity: OtherTypes of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation

  11. Gêm ryngwladol gyntaf Llydaw ers degawd

    Jonathan Ervine (Contributor)

    1 Oct 2022

    Activity: OtherTypes of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation

  12. 2023
  13. Jonathan Ervine: Humour in Contemporary France

    Jonathan Ervine (Contributor)

    28 Feb 2023

    Activity: OtherTypes of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation