Dr Jonathan Ervine
Senior Lecturer in French

Affiliations
Contact info
Position: Senior Lecturer in French and Francophone Studies
Email: j.ervine@bangor.ac.uk
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.
- 2024
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Modern Languages: Why they're important and where they can take you.
Ervine, J. (Speaker)
12 Mar 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
- 2023
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Protests in France follwoing death of Nahel M
Ervine, J. (Contributor)
1 Jul 2023Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation
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Protests in Paris following the death of Nahel M
Ervine, J. (Contributor)
1 Jul 2023Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation
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Protests in France following death of Nahel M
Ervine, J. (Contributor)
30 Jun 2023Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation
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Protests continue as Macron refuses to back down on reforms
Ervine, J. (Contributor)
29 Mar 2023Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation
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Jonathan Ervine: Humour in Contemporary France
Ervine, J. (Contributor)
28 Feb 2023Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation
- 2022
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Gêm ryngwladol gyntaf Llydaw ers degawd
Ervine, J. (Contributor)
1 Oct 2022Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation
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Brittany set to play first football international in a decade
Ervine, J. (Contributor)
30 Sept 2022Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation
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Why Yma o hyd is a song relevant to football in Brittany as well as Wales
Ervine, J. (Contributor)
21 Jul 2022Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation
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From Sporting Cormorants to Fish and Rabbits: Brittany also has its share of weird and wonderful club nicknames
Ervine, J. (Contributor)
15 Jul 2022Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation