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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Giving voice to young banlieue residents via cinema: A study of Eric Pittard’s Le Bruit, l’odeur et quelques étoiles (2001) and Jean Pierre Thorn’s On n’est pas des marques de vélo (2002)
Ervine, J., 9 Sept 2006.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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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 conference › Paper
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Tasting Hybridity: Uncle Roger and Big Zuu's Humorous Visions of Global Food
Ervine, J., 14 Sept 2023.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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La Ballade des sans-papiers: Dix ans après
Ervine, J., 1 Sept 2007, In: French Studies Bulletin. 28, 104, p. 64-67Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 70-81Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Adopted and enforced homelands in the films of Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche
Ervine, J., 10 Jul 2009.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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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. 376-390Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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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. 195-218Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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L’Islam et l’humour: un rire communautaire ou un rire universel?
Ervine, J., 31 May 2017, In: Le Temps des médias. 28, p. 144-157Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review