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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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. 127-140Research 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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Immigrant Struggles in France: Avoiding the Transnational?
Ervine, J., 25 May 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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New Media and New Spaces: Kamini, Kebabs and Counter Culture
Ervine, J., 22 Nov 2008.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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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
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Football and antisemitism in France: visibility and invisibility
Ervine, J., 2025, (Accepted/In press) Antisemitism in Football: International Perspectives. Poulton, E. (ed.). RoutledgeResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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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 conference › Paper
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(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, 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Muslims, music, meat and masculinity: the case of Lil Maaz
Ervine, J., 6 Jun 2009.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper