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. Article › Research › Peer-reviewed
  2. Published

    Obscene or Exemplary? Robert Marchand’s Cycling World Hour Record: Sport, Ageing and Neoliberalism in Contemporary France

    Ervine, J. & Dauncey, H., Dec 2021, In: French Politics, Culture and Society. 39, 3, p. 46-72

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  3. 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

  4. Published

    Representations of war: From the New Wave to the New Millennium

    Ervine, J., 1 Jun 2009, In: Journal of War and Cultural Studies. 2, 1, p. 81-91

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  5. Published

    Sport, Politics and Society in the Arab World

    Ervine, J., 7 Nov 2014, In: Modern and Contemporary France. 23, 2, p. 257-258

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  6. Published

    The valency of the 10th art: the place of videogames in French and Francophone studies

    Dauncey, H., Ervine, J. & Tinker, C., Apr 2019, In: Contemporary French Civilization. 44, 1, p. 1-19 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  7. Book/Film/Article review › Research › Peer-reviewed
  8. Published

    Discours et sémiotisation de l'espace: Les représentations de la banlieue et de sa jeunesse

    Ervine, J., 14 Nov 2014, In: Modern and Contemporary France. 23, 3, p. 428-429

    Research output: Contribution to journalBook/Film/Article reviewpeer-review

  9. Chapter › Research › Not peer-reviewed
  10. 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

  11. Published

    Lil Maaz's Mange du kebab: challenging clichés or serving up an immigrant stereotype for mass consumption online?

    Ervine, J. & Salhi, K. (ed.), 31 Oct 2013, Music, Culture and Identity in the Muslim World: Performance, Politics and Piety. 2013 ed. Routledge

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

  12. 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

  13. Chapter › Research › Peer-reviewed
  14. 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