Yesterday was the end of my time at the University of Glasgow - three wonderful years working with excellent colleagues and students, that have just flown by. I'll miss it! I've learned so much from this role. Onwards to new opportunities!

We are delighted to announce that our new President, elected this morning at our AGM, is @DrStevenWilson 🎉 Welcome, Steven. The Exec look forward to working with you!

We are delighted to share the details of our upcoming Early Career training sessions. These are open to postgraduate and early career members of the Society, and will take the form of a roundtable with the panelists, followed by an opportunity for attendees to ask questions.

The first session will be on Alt-Ac Careers on 26th September at 4pm BST, delivered by Dr James Illingworth (IFSA) and Dr Stacie Allan (Translator and Consultant) To sign up for this session, please register with eventbrite here: eventbrite.com/e/edn-2025-alt…

The second session on Impact will take place on 14th November, 4pm GMT. It will be hosted by Professor Helen Abbott (Birmingham) and Dr Hannah Scott (Newcastle). Sign ups will open in October for this event.

We hope to see many of you there as we discuss these important issues! For more information, or if you have any queries, please get in touch with our brilliant ECR officer, Dr Helen McKelvey Helen McKelvey

It’s mid-September and we are fully feeling those “back-to-school” vibes here at SDN. Start the new academic year on a high by sending us your abstract for #SDNCardiff2026, on the theme of health and happiness. More details here: uksdn.co.uk/health-and-hap…

It was an exceptional year for our undergraduate prizes - there were lots of excellent submissions to both the Douglas Johnson and the Brian Darling prizes, and our judging panels had their work cut out for them in choosing! But there has to be a winner... 🥁 🥁 🥁

The SDN EDN Workshops return next week, with a session from James Illingworth & Stacie Allan on Alt-Ac careers. Sign up at eventbrite.com/e/158958907671… or contact me for more details!

There is still time to sign up for our session on Alt-Ac Careers tomorrow (26/9) at 4pm BST. Sign up via Eventbrite or drop me a message if you are interested!

asmcf.org has a fresh look! Follow the link to find all our news, the details and application forms for our prizes and funds, and information about our journal Modern & Contemporary France Have a peek at our brand new website here:

Come work with us ASMCF - it's great fun!

Our Initiative Fund is open for applications until 𝟯𝟭 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱: a small grant to help defray the costs of research events intended to benefit a wide public, such as conferences, study days, workshops & support for postgraduate activities.