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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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 journal › Article › peer-review
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Introduction: writing and conceptualizing French sport
Dauncey, H., Ervine, J. & Kilcline, C., 31 Mar 2014, In: Contemporary French Civilization. 39, 1, p. 1-10Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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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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
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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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Immigrant Struggles in France: Avoiding the Transnational?
Ervine, J., 25 May 2009.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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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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Adopted and enforced homelands in the films of Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche
Ervine, J., 10 Jul 2009.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Humour in Contemporary France: Controversy, Consensus and Contradictions
Ervine, J., 29 Nov 2019, Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. 208 p. (Studies in Modern and Contemporary France)Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
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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 proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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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. 199-213Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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La Ballade des sans-papiers: Dix ans après
Ervine, J., 1 Sept 2007, In: French Studies Bulletin. 28, 104, p. 64-67Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Opposition to War in French Cinema 1954-67
Ervine, J., 14 Oct 2005.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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The role of films in the campaign against the double peine 1991-2002
Ervine, J., 10 Sept 2005.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Cinema and the Republic: Filming on the Margins in Contemporary France
Ervine, J., 15 Aug 2013, University of Wales Press.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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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. 81-91Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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French Cinema’s Representations of Enforced Return Migration
Ervine, J., 2 Apr 2009.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Et si le stand-up n’appartenait pas à la culture urbaine ?
Ervine, J., 24 Nov 2023.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Sport, Politics and Society in the Arab World
Ervine, J., 7 Nov 2014, In: Modern and Contemporary France. 23, 2, p. 257-258Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Football, Race and the Republic
Ervine, J., 23 Mar 2007.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper