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
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Emmanuel Macron rejects prime minister's offer to resign
Ervine, J. (Contributor)
21 Jun 2022Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation
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Emmanuel Macron's victory in France's 2022 French Presidential Elections
Ervine, J. (Contributor)
25 Apr 2022Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation
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How different will Macron’s second term be from the first one?
Ervine, J. (Contributor)
25 Apr 2022Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation
- 2020
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Interviewed by Justin Olivier Salhani as part of report about the lack of black coaches in football
Ervine, J. (Contributor)
11 Oct 2020Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation
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Interview about Charlie Hebdo and French stand-up comedy
Ervine, J. (Contributor)
8 Oct 2020Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation
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BBC World Service interview about Charlie Hebdo.
Ervine, J. (Contributor)
2 Sept 2020Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation
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Anelka: Netflix documentary on ‘misunderstood’ French footballer fails to persuade’
Ervine, J. (Contributor)
11 Aug 2020Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation
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Griezmann, Beckham, Bale : pourquoi les footballeurs foncent-ils vers l'e-sport ?
Ervine, J. (Contributor)
23 Jul 2020Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation
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Football Collective podcast: Red Star FC of Paris and French football culture
Ervine, J. (Contributor)
Jun 2020Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation
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Football Collective 10 x 10 podcast: Philippe Auclair's biography of Eric Cantona
Ervine, J. (Contributor)
Apr 2020Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation
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Cinq ans après, « Je suis Charlie » sonne creux
Ervine, J. (Contributor)
7 Jan 2020Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation
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Interview about 5th anniversary of Charlie Hebdo attacks
Ervine, J. (Contributor)
7 Jan 2020Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation
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Five years on from the Charlie Hebdo attack, ‘Je suis Charlie’ rings hollow
Ervine, J. (Contributor)
6 Jan 2020Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation
- 2019
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Interview about French football
Ervine, J. (Contributor)
23 Nov 2019Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation
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« De mauvais résultats sur la scène eSport peuvent s’avérer contre-productifs pour un club » Interview de Jonathan Ervine par Anthony Alyce
Ervine, J. (Contributor)
15 May 2019Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation