Programme: IMPACT study day, 2nd March 2013
Venue: Wolfson Research Exchange, University of Warwick Library,
University of Warwick, Coventry
9.30 am Coffee on arrival
10.00 am Housekeeping
10.05 am Welcome Professor Máire Cross (Newcastle), Hon. President, ASMCF
10.15 am Professional development session 1: Making an impact—publications, job
applications and impact for postgraduates in French.
1. Dr Chris Reynolds (Nottingham Trent), Reviews Editor, Modern & Contemporary
France, How to write a good book review
2. Dr Penny Roberts (Warwick), Editor, French History, Getting published in an
academic journal
3. Dr Jonathan Lewis (Portsmouth), Getting your first academic job
4. Dr Andrew Smith (QMUL/Chichester), Impact for postgraduates in French
11.30 am Comfort break
11.40 am Professional development session 2: Researching France and the
francophone world.
1. Teresa Vernon (French Collections Curator, British Library), Making use of the British
Library’s French Collection
2. Joanna Warson (Portsmouth), Using ‘modern’ French archives
3. Linda Briggs (Warwick), Using Early Modern French archives
12.40 pm Lunch
1.45 pm Keynote address: Professor Tony Chafer (Portsmouth), Impact in practice:
working with the FCO on African policy.
2.15 pm PG research panel 1: Historical impact.
1. Jacob Zobikw (Hull), ‘Strategies of Laughter in the National Convention, 1792-1793’
2. Mason Norton (Edge Hill), ‘History versus Memory: The Impact of the Resistance in
Haute-Normandie’
3. Ellen Dew (Newcastle), ‘Writing a history of Madeleine Rebérioux: the problem of
approach’
3.30 pm Coffee
3.45 pm PG research panel 2: Cultural impact.
1. Charlotte Faucher (QMUL), ‘Denis Saurrat’s influence on the Institut Français du
Royaume-Uni (IFRU) during the interwar period’
2. Saskia Huc-Hepher (Westminster), ‘Hitting Home: the Multifaceted Impact of the
London French Project’
4.30 pm Concluding remarks (Organisers)
4.35 pm Drinks