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

    Football videogames: re-shaping football and re-defining fandom in a postmodern era?

    Ervine, J., 20 Aug 2018, Digital Football Cultures: Fandom, Identities and Resistance. Lawrence, S. & Crawford, G. (eds.). Routledge, p. 139-153

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

  2. Published

    Football, Race and the Republic: A Study of Reactions to France's 1998 World Cup Victory

    Ervine, J., 1 Nov 2007, In: Leisure Studies Association Newsletter. 78, p. 26-29

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  3. Published

    Football, Race and the Republic

    Ervine, J., 23 Mar 2007.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  4. Published

    French Cinema's Representations of Enforced Return Migration

    Ervine, J., 1 Oct 2013, Coming Home? : Conflict and Postcolonial Return Migration in the Context of France and North Africa1962-2009. Gemie, S. & Soo, S. (eds.). 2013 ed. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Vol. 2. p. 110-128

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

  5. Published

    French Cinema’s Representations of Enforced Return Migration

    Ervine, J., 2 Apr 2009.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  6. Published

    French Cinema’s Response to Media Representations of France’s Banlieues

    Ervine, J., 5 Jul 2005.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  7. 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

  8. Published

    French banlieues as scenes of crime

    Ervine, J., 15 Jun 2007.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  9. Published

    From skepticism to celebration: French football’s changing attitudes to videogames

    Ervine, J., Apr 2019, In: Contemporary French Civilization. 44, 1, p. 101-119

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  10. Published

    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