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. Published

    Sport et film en France

    Ervine, J., 14 Oct 2023.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaperpeer-review

  2. Published

    The Opposition to War in French Cinema of the 1950s and 1960s

    Ervine, J., 19 Aug 2008.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  3. Published

    Football, Race and the Republic

    Ervine, J., 23 Mar 2007.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  4. Published

    The Shifting Boundaries and Borders of Immigration and Nationality in France

    Ervine, J., 21 Jan 2005.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  5. Published

    New Media and New Spaces: The Case of Kamini

    Ervine, J., 26 Apr 2008.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  6. Published

    Diaspora and Problematic Hybrid Identities in Contemporary French Cinema

    Ervine, J., 24 Jul 2007.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

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    From the kebab shop to online fame: The case of French-Turkish rapper Lil' Maaz

    Ervine, J., 28 Feb 2009.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  9. Published

    Tasting Hybridity: Uncle Roger and Big Zuu's Humorous Visions of Global Food

    Ervine, J., 14 Sept 2023.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  10. Published

    La Ballade des sans-papiers: Dix ans après

    Ervine, J., 1 Sept 2007, In: French Studies Bulletin. 28, 104, p. 64-67

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  11. Published

    Les banlieues and Les Bleus: Political and media discourse about sport and society in France

    Ervine, J., 1 Feb 2014, In: French Cultural Studies. 25, 1, p. 70-81

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  12. Published

    Adopted and enforced homelands in the films of Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche

    Ervine, J., 10 Jul 2009.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  13. Published

    Performing a sense of belonging: East Asian comedians in France

    Ervine, J., 1 Oct 2022, In: The Australian Journal for French Studies . 59, 4, p. 376-390

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  14. Published

    French and Francophone Videogames in Transnational Perspective

    Ervine, J. & Dauncey, H., 1 Nov 2023, Transnational French Studies. Forsdick, C. & Launchbury, C. (eds.). Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, Vol. 6. p. 207-224 18 p. (Transnational Modern Languages).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapterpeer-review

  15. Published

    Not So ‘Far From Vietnam’: A study of war, film, and the media

    Ervine, J., 1 Jan 2008, Signs of War: From Patriotism to Dissent. Obajtek-Kirkwood, A-M. & Hakanen, E. A. (eds.). 2008 ed. Palgrave Macmillan, p. 195-218

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

  16. Published

    L’Islam et l’humour: un rire communautaire ou un rire universel?

    Ervine, J., 31 May 2017, In: Le Temps des médias. 28, p. 144-157

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  17. Published

    Filming the banlieues: Paris and the Provinces

    Ervine, J., 8 Sept 2007.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  18. Published

    The Jamel Comedy Club: (Mis)understanding Stand-Up Comedy’s Relationship with Urban Culture in France

    Ervine, J., 30 Dec 2022, Punching Up in Stand-Up Comedy: Speaking truth to power. Bhargava, R. & Chilana, R. (eds.). Routledge, p. 75-90

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapterpeer-review

  19. Accepted/In press

    Football and antisemitism in France: visibility and invisibility

    Ervine, J., 2025, (Accepted/In press) Antisemitism in Football: International Perspectives. Poulton, E. (ed.). Routledge

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapterpeer-review

  20. Published

    Et si le stand-up n’appartenait pas à la culture urbaine ?

    Ervine, J., 24 Nov 2023.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  21. Published

    New Media and New Spaces: Kamini, Kebabs and Counter Culture

    Ervine, J., 22 Nov 2008.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

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  23. Published

    The role of films in the campaign against the double peine 1991-2002

    Ervine, J., 10 Sept 2005.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  24. Published

    (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, 1

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  25. Published

    French Cinema’s Representations of Enforced Return Migration

    Ervine, J., 2 Apr 2009.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper