The next SFPS Postgraduate Study Day will be held on Thursday 5 June 2014, at the University of Warwick, in the Wolfson Exchange Centre. The theme of the day willl be: 'Migrations in Francophone Culture'. For full details of papers, location, and registration, see here.

The Department of German Studies is pleased to announce the appointment of Mary Cosgrove as Professor of German Studies from January 2015

Warwick scholar Dr James Hodkinson, together with colleagues from his Occident-Orient Research Network, have published a volume of essays on the the still under-researched theme of Germanic, central and eastern European forms of Orientalism during the long nineteenth century.

The Department of French Studies at the University of Warwick currently has a thriving postgraduate research community with 18 PhD students, and welcomes applications for the following fully-funded PhD studentships (academic fees at home/Euro rates + maintenance or academic fees at overseas rates + maintenance) commencing October 2014.

* 3 prestigious Wolfson Foundation Scholarships in the Humanities recently awarded to the University in the areas of History, Literature and Languages. The first 2 Warwick Wolfson Languages Scholarships in 2012 and 2013 have gone to students from French Studies. The Wolfson scholarships include £6000 a year to spend on research travel, books, etc.

* 25 University-wide Chancellor's scholarship studentships for entry October 2014. Funding is for 3 1/2 years and covers academic fees at either home or EU rates + maintenance.

* 25 University-wide International Chancellor's scholarship studentships for entry October 2014. Funding covers academic fees at oveseas rates + maintenance.

The competitions are combined; applicants only apply once and will be considered for all awards for which they are eligible. More information about the application process can be found here.

To be considered for these awards, you must have applied for admission to the University by 13 January 2014.

Potential candidates should make contact initially with the Department's Director of Graduate Studies, Dr Katherine Astbury: katherine.astbury@warwick.ac.uk, preferably as soon as possible but by mid-December at the latest in order to allow sufficient time to work on the research proposal before the funding deadline.