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

    The Discreet Charm of Dining: Food and Social Distinction in French Cinema

    Ervine, J., 24 Nov 2007.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  2. Published

    Mange du kebab! Lil' Maaz's journey from a Parisian kebab shop to online fame as a rapper

    Ervine, J., 1 May 2009.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  3. Published

    The Impact of the Algerian War (1954-62) on French Film

    Ervine, J., 20 Sept 2005.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  4. Published

    Citizenship and Belonging in Suburban France: the Music of Zebda

    Ervine, J., 1 May 2008, In: ACME: An International E-Journal for Critical Geographies. 7, 2, p. 199-213

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  5. Published

    Cinema and the Republic: Filming on the Margins in Contemporary France

    Ervine, J., 15 Aug 2013, University of Wales Press.

    Research output: Book/ReportBook

  6. 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

  7. Published

    Kebabs, clichés and communities: a study of Lil Maaz’s Mange du kebab

    Ervine, J., 5 Sept 2009.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  8. Published

    Kamini's rural rap: a study of minority identities, new media, and music

    Ervine, J., 4 Aug 2011, In: Contemporary French Civilization. 36, 1-2, p. 127-140

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  9. Published

    Muslims, music, meat and masculinity: the case of Lil Maaz

    Ervine, J., 6 Jun 2009.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  10. 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