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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(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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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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Football, Race and the Republic: A Study of Reactions to France's 1998 World Cup Victory
Ervine, J., 1 Nov 2007, In: Leisure Studies Association Newsletter. 78, p. 26-29Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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
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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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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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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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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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Nicolas Anelka and the Quenelle Gesture: A Study of the Complexities of Protest in Contemporary Football
Ervine, J., Sept 2017, In: The International Journal of the History of Sport. 34, 3-4, p. 236-250 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review