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 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

  2. Published

    Introduction: writing and conceptualizing French sport

    Dauncey, H., Ervine, J. & Kilcline, C., 31 Mar 2014, In: Contemporary French Civilization. 39, 1, p. 1-10

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  3. 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

  4. Published

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

    Ervine, J., 22 Nov 2008.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. Published

    The Cycle of Violence in Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche’s Wesh Wesh, qu’est-ce qui se passe?

    Ervine, J., 5 Jul 2006.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  8. 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

  9. Published

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

    Ervine, J., 6 Jun 2009.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  10. 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

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