Dr Jonathan Ervine
Senior Lecturer in French

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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.
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History and Legacy: assessing the significance of the Paris 2024 Olympics
Ervine, J., 16 Mar 2024.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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New Media and New Spaces: Kamini, Kebabs and Counter Culture
Ervine, J., 22 Nov 2008.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Citizenship and Belonging in Urban France: A Study of Zebda’s J’y suis j’y reste (I’m here I’m staying here)
Ervine, J., 14 Mar 2006.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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The role of films in the campaign against the double peine 1991-2002
Ervine, J., 10 Sept 2005.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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(Re-)presenting Islam: A comparative study of groups of comedians in the United States of America and France
Ervine, J., 1 Dec 2013, In: Performing Islam. 2, 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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French Cinema’s Representations of Enforced Return Migration
Ervine, J., 2 Apr 2009.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Humour in Contemporary France: Controversy, Consensus and Contradictions
Ervine, J., 29 Nov 2019, Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. 208 p. (Studies in Modern and Contemporary France)Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review