Dr Jonathan Ervine
Senior Lecturer in French
Affiliations
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.
- 2025
- 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.). RoutledgeResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
- 2023
- Published
Et si le stand-up n’appartenait pas à la culture urbaine ?
Ervine, J., 24 Nov 2023.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
- Published
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
- Published
Sport et film en France
Ervine, J., 14 Oct 2023.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
- Published
Tasting Hybridity: Uncle Roger and Big Zuu's Humorous Visions of Global Food
Ervine, J., 14 Sept 2023.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
- 2022
- Published
The Jamel Comedy Club: (Mis)understanding Stand-Up Comedy’s Relationship with Urban Culture in France
Ervine, J., 30 Dec 2022, Punching Up in Stand-Up Comedy: Speaking truth to power. Bhargava, R. & Chilana, R. (eds.). Routledge, p. 75-90Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
- 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. 376-390Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2021
- 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. 46-72Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2019
- Published
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
- Published
From skepticism to celebration: French football’s changing attitudes to videogames
Ervine, J., Apr 2019, In: Contemporary French Civilization. 44, 1, p. 101-119Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review