Gwybodaeth Cyswllt
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
Office hours (2020-21, semester 1): Tuesdays 2-3pm, Thursdays 3-4pm. If you would like to 'drop by' during one of these office hours, please click on the relevant link during the office hour.
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 Director of Recruitment, Admissions and Communication for the School of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics, and was previously Head of French and Head of the School of Modern Languages and Cultures.
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- PhD: Cinematic Representations of Social and Racial Exclusion in French Cinema 1995-2005
Leeds University, 2009 - MA: The Opposition to War in French Cinema 1954-1967
Leeds University, 2004 - BA: French and Philosophy
2002
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Undergraduate
I have taught on a wide variety of undergraduate modules here in Bangor that cover topics such as French language and translation, French and European cinema, French and European history, French politics and French literature.
I currently teach on the following modules:
- French language and translation (various levels)
- LXE1600 Transnational Cultures (1st year)
- LXF2104 French Cinema 1895-1950 (2nd year)
- LXF2105 Race and Immigration in France (2nd year)
- LXF3106 French Cinema since 1960 (final year)
- LXM4011 Visions of the City in French Cinema (MA)
Postgraduate
I have supervised MA dissertations on both the MA in European Languages and Cultures and the MA in Translation Studies. I also teach an MA module entitled Visions of the City in French Cinema and would be interested in hearing from students considering doctoral study in French cinema and/or cultural representations of minority groups in France, as well as sport and national identity in France, and also debates about humour in France.
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I am an active member of the Association for the Study of Modern and Contemporary France (ASMCF) and served on its executive committee from 2007-2013. Along with my colleagues Gillian Jein and Armelle Blin-Rolland, I co-organised the 2017 ASMCF annual conference here in Bangor.
I regularly blog about my research and modern languages in general. To read my posts, go to: http://drjonathanervine.wordpress.com/.
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2022
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2021
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2019
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Gweithgareddau
2022
- Emmanuel Macron's victory in France's 2022 French Presidential Elections
Discussion on TRT World about consequences of Emmanuel Macron's victory in 2022 French Presidential elections.
25 Ebr 2022
Cysylltau:
Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr)
2020
- Interviewed by Justin Olivier Salhani as part of report about the lack of black coaches in football
Interviewed by Justin Olivier Salhani as part of report about the lack of black coaches in football by YouTube football channel Oh My Goal.
11 Hyd 2020
Cysylltau:
Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr) - Interview about Charlie Hebdo and French stand-up comedy
Interviewed by Orla Barry as part of report on Charlie Hebdo broadcast on The World, a daily global news programme broadcast on US public radio.
8 Hyd 2020
Cysylltau:
Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr) - BBC World Service interview about Charlie Hebdo.
Interviewed about Charlie Hebdo on BBC World Service programme Newsday on 2 September 2020. Interview was timed to coincide with start of the trial of alleged accomplices in the fatal attacks of January 2015, and discussed Charlie Hebdo's decision to re-print caricatures featuring the Prophet Muhammad.
2 Medi 2020
Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr) - Anelka: Netflix documentary on ‘misunderstood’ French footballer fails to persuade’
Article for The Conversation discussing Netflix documentary about the career of controversial Frnech footballer Nicolas Anelka.
11 Awst 2020
Cysylltau:
Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr) - Griezmann, Beckham, Bale : pourquoi les footballeurs foncent-ils vers l'e-sport ?
Quoted in online article about footballers and e-sports by France Televisions journalist Thomas Gicquel.
23 Gorff 2020
Cysylltau:
Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr) - Football Collective podcast: Red Star FC of Paris and French football culture
Dr Jonathan Ervine of Bangor University has written highly acclaimed books about French film and French comedy. He is also a stalwart member of The Football Collective and is a keen observer of football culture in France. In this podcast he talks about the origins of professional football in France and Paris, the perennial Parisian underdogs Red Star FC, the influence of Paris St Germain on the French game, Zinedine Zidane and the continuing significance of the 1998 World Cup winning side on the nation. It's a brilliant show with which to wrap up the second series of The Football Collective Podcast. Many thanks to all our loyal listeners and we will be back towards the end of the summer with Series 3. Merci bien et Allez les Bleus!
Meh 2020
Cysylltau:
Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr) - Football Collective 10 x 10 podcast: Philippe Auclair's biography of Eric Cantona
French culture and sport scholar Dr Jonathan Ervine of Bangor University talks about his love of Philippe Auclair's biography of Eric Cantona. Apologies for the poor sound quality, there are a lot of people using Skype and other video conferencing services at this time. Jonathan, a friend of the podcast, persuasively explains why Auclair's peerless biography gets to the heart of the essence of Eric and what he means on both sides of 'la Manche' (the English Channel).
Ebr 2020
Cysylltau:
Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr) - Cinq ans après, « Je suis Charlie » sonne creux
Article for The Conversation about humour in France five years on from the Charlie Hebdo attacks of 2015. French language version of article originally written in English.
7 Ion 2020
Cysylltau:
Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr) - Interview about 5th anniversary of Charlie Hebdo attacks
Interview on Post Cyntaf about fifth anniversary of Charlie Hebdo attacaks, BBC Radio Cymru, 7 January 2020 (3 minutes).
7 Ion 2020
Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr) - Five years on from the Charlie Hebdo attack, ‘Je suis Charlie’ rings hollow
Article about French humour five years on from the Charlie Hebdo attacks. Written for The Conversation.
6 Ion 2020
Cysylltau:
Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr)
2019
- Interview about French football
Interview on Ar y Marc about Red Star FC, French football and 2019 Football Collective Conference, BBC Radio Cymru, 23 November 2019 (3 minutes).
23 Tach 2019
Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr) - « De mauvais résultats sur la scène eSport peuvent s’avérer contre-productifs pour un club » Interview de Jonathan Ervine par Anthony Alyce
Interview (in French) with Anthony Alyce from the French football business website Ecofoot.fr in which I discuss the ways in which football teams are seeking to boost their profiles via eSports (competitiive videogaming). For a summer of the key points in English, please see the following thread on my Twitter account (@j_ervine): https://twitter.com/j_ervine/status/1128600307905257472
15 Mai 2019
Cysylltau:
Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr) - Ligue 1: France gets its first female top flight football referee, but the federation scores an own goal
Article about Stephanie Frappart becoming the first woman to referee a match in Ligue 1, the top division of men's football in France.
25 Ebr 2019
Cysylltau:
Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr) - Interview on Football Media Podcast: Academia, French Football and E-sports
Interview with Jon Mackenzie on episode 22 of the Football Media Podcast
26 Chwef 2019
Cysylltau:
Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr)
2018
- Discussion with Dylan Iorwerth about Macron and ‘les gilets jaunes’
Discussion with Dylan Iorwerth about Macron and ‘les gilets jaunes’
Dan yr Wyneb
BBC Radio Cymru
12 Rhag 2018
Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr) - Interview about Macron and ‘les gilets jaunes’
Interview about Macron and ‘les gilets jaunes’
TRT World (International Turkey-based 24 hour television news channel)
11 Rhag 2018
Cysylltau:
Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr) - Football Collective Podcast: Football in France
Interview with Josh Dean on episode 7 of the Football Collective Podcast
5 Hyd 2018
Cysylltau:
Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr) - Les tentatives de récupération politique du sport sont très souvent réductrices, contradictoires, et surtout très opportunistes
Interview with Anthony Alyce on the French football business website Ecofoot.fr. Discussed reactions to France's 2018 Football World Cup victory.
2 Hyd 2018
Cysylltau:
Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr) - Interview with John Beattie on BBC Radio Scotland
Interview with John Beattie in which I discussed the significance of France's 2018 Football World Cup victory
16 Gorff 2018
Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr) - Why football may still be coming home… to France
Article for 'The Conversation' about why it could be argued that France is actually the true home of football
13 Gorff 2018
Cysylltau:
Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr)
2017
- Discussion with Dylan Iorwerth about comparisons between Macron and Napoleon
Discussion with Dylan Iorwerth about comparisons between Macron and Napoleon
Dan yr Wyneb
BBC Radio Cymru
18 Medi 2017
Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr) - ASMCF Conference (Association for the Study of Modern and Contemporary France): Work & Play
From the Tennis Court Oath to Nuit Debout, work and play have been instrumental in organising socio-political life in the French Republic. Culturally too, work and play are formative of identity, inviting reflection on the power relations at stake in the construction and deconstruction of identities. This conference seeks to bring together a broad range of disciplinary approaches to consider theories, representations, practices and interconnections of work and play in France and the rest of the French-speaking world. Traversing sociological, political, anthropological as well as aesthetic and cultural spheres, the conference theme is intended to stimulate debate across a far-reaching horizon of enquiry.
Keynote Speakers:
Helen Abbott (University of Birmingham)
Claude Boli (Responsable scientifique du Musée National du Sport, Nice)
Sarah Waters (University of Leeds)
7 Medi 2017 – 9 Medi 2017
Cysylltau:
Gweithgaredd: Cymryd rhan mewn gweithdy, seminar, cwrs (Trefnydd) - Interview on Post Cyntaf about second round of French presidential elections
Interview on Post Cyntaf about second round of French presidential elections
BBC Radio Cymru
6 Mai 2017
Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr)
2016
- Discussion about French presidential elections with Dylan Iorwerth
Discussion about French presidential elections with Dylan Iorwerth
Dan yr Wyneb, BBC Radio Cymru
28 Tach 2016
Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr) - Interview on Good Evening Wales about terrorism and security in France
Interview on Good Evening Wales (BBC Wales) about terrorism and security in France
27 Gorff 2016
Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr) - Interview on Post Prynhawn about terrorism and security in France
Interview on Post Prynhawn (BBC Radio Cymru) about terrorism and security in France
27 Gorff 2016
Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr) - Interview on Good Evening Wales about 14 July 2016 terror attacks in Nice
Interview on Good Evening Wales (BBC Radio Wales) about 14 July 2016 terror attacks in Nice
15 Gorff 2016
Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr) - Will Les Bleus boost France at Euro 2016?
Article for 'The Conversation' about ways in which hosting the 2016 European Championships football tournament provided the French football team with an opportunity to boost morale in France
10 Meh 2016
Cysylltau:
Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr)
2015
- Interview on Good Morning Wales about 13 November 2015 terror attacks in Paris
Interview on Good Morning Wales (BBC Radio Wales) about 13 November 2015 terror attacks in Paris
17 Tach 2015
Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr) - Charlie Hebdo, Cartwnau a Chomedi: Deall Hiwmor yn Ffrainc
Charlie Hebdo, Cartwnau a Chomedi: Deall Hiwmor yn Ffrainc (Charlie Hebdo, cartoons and comedy: understanding humour in France).
Public lecture at Neuadd Ogwen in Bethesda, part of 'Cyfres 6' series
4 Tach 2015
Gweithgaredd: Sgwrs wadd (Siaradwr) - Lack of female players in football video games is an own goal
Article for 'The Conversation' about the lack of women's teams in leading football videogames
1 Meh 2015
Cysylltau:
Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr) - Interview on Ar y Marc about safe standing in European football
Interview on Ar y Marc (BBC Radio Cymru) about safe standing in European football
14 Maw 2015
Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr) - French grief reflects respect for a certain kind of athlete
Article for 'The Conversation' about reactions in France to a helicopter crash that resulted in the deaths of several leading sports people (swimmer Camille Muffat, boxer Alexis Vastine, and yachtswoman Florence Arthaud).
10 Maw 2015
Cysylltau:
Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr) - Interview on Good Evening Wales about Charlie Hebdo shootings
Interview on Good Evening Wales about Charlie Hebdo shootings, BBC Radio Wales
7 Ion 2015
Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr)
2014
- French Football Caught Offside in New Race Controversy
Article for 'The Conversation' about controversial comments about African footballers made by Willy Sagnol, then manager of the French football team Girondins de Bordeaux.
7 Tach 2014
Cysylltau:
Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr) - Article in Western Mail about my research on humour in France
Article about my research on humour and social cohesion in France. Produced as part of my participation in the 2014 Welsh Crucible scheme.
27 Hyd 2014
Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr) - Interview on Good Evening Wales about racism in French football
Interview on Good Evening Wales about racism in French football, BBC Radio Wales
18 Meh 2014
Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr) - FA fines Nicolas Anelka but says quenelle isn’t anti-Semitic – that’s not a clear message
Article for 'The Conversation' about the Football Association's disciplinary action against Nicolas Anelka in response to his controversial 'quenelle' goal celebration.
28 Chwef 2014
Cysylltau:
Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr) - Why Dieudonné’s quenelle gesture poses challenges for Britain and France
Article for 'The Conversation' about controversy provoked by Nicolas Anelka after a goal celebration involving the 'quenelle' gesture which is associated with controversial French comedian Dieudonné.
10 Chwef 2014
Cysylltau:
Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr)
2012
- RIP Thierry Roland 1937-2012
Article for French Football Weekly following the death of French football commentator Thierry Roland
18 Meh 2012
Cysylltau:
Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr) - French media the key for Les Bleus at Euro 2012
Article for French Football Weekly about relations between the French national football team and the media.
6 Meh 2012
Cysylltau:
Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr)
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Other academic-related work
- 2014-present: I have been an invited attendee of several meetings of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Modern Languages.
- 2017-present: external examiner for French at University of Bath
- 2017 to present: external examiner for the MA in Language, Cultures and Translation at University of Chester
- 2013-2018, 2019-20: external examiner for French at Swansea University
- 2007-2013 and 2016-2018: member of the executive committee of the Association for the Study of Modern and Contemporary France (ASMCF).
Schools workshops
I have given presentations at schools workshops about French and European cinema and many other aspects of contemporary French society. I am able to deliver such presentations in English, French and Welsh.