New in Contemporary French Civilization: The 2020 Beirut port explosion and mapping the experience of grief in the illustrated book, 'Mon port de Beyrouth', by Lamia Ziadé. Online at: bit.ly/CFC-Vol-49-1 French Studies Denis Provencher CFC Michael Gott #FrenchStudies

This fascinating book on Quebec Cinema is just out, edited by Michael Gott and Thibaut Schilt: liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10.38… including my chapter on the careers of Denis Villeneuve and Jean-Marc Vallée (RIP). Please order for your library! Liverpool University Press

Final session of 20th- and 21st-Century French & Francophone Studies Colloquium at Villanova University. Good to close with round table on Quebec Cinema in the 21st Century: Transcending the National, ed. by Michael Gott & Thibaut Schilt. Just out from Liverpool University Press

liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10.38…

Head over to our Free Issues page to read free content from our #FrenchStudies journals that explore the literature, culture and society of France and the Francophone world: bit.ly/FREE-ISSUES-LUP
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.Jay Rosen has already contributed a massively important concept to how to cover our democracy crisis: The stakes not the odds.

Now he delivers another crucial one: “Sure, sunlight disinfects. It also makes things grow.”

Giving free media to crazy lies is not required.

We're thrilled to be welcoming a variety of speakers to campus this year for our annual event series, 'Borders and Boundaries'. Learn more and RSVP here: eventbrite.com/cc/borders-bou…

Hoping to boost this story onto your radar. mailchi.mp/poynter/ko344m…

Vol. 2 alert 🚨. Special Issue on podcasts 🎙️in the French and Francophone context. Check the ToC here: tinyurl.com/mvypbar8

Ohio Sec. of State Frank LaRose rejected dozens of submissions of old absentee ballot forms printed in a Cleveland newspaper in June, but when Issue 1 supporters sent out an old form, within hours he issued guidance saying they're OK.

By Morgan Trau

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Check out our brand new reading list exploring #EuropeanFilm – an exhilarating tour taking in France, Spain and beyond - now on our blog:
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2023/06/2…

Includes titles in our Summer Sale, 50% OFF until July 14th

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Incisive and persuasive advocacy from Timothy Garton Ash. The right decision right now means a better, safer future for Ukraine – and everyone else. This is not the moment to self-deter or compromise with the genocidal. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

The sheer number of people likely drowned in last week's Mediterranean shipwreck is hard to fathom. Our story on who they were and why they boarded the boat that day.
By the time they understood the danger, it was too late to turn around. washingtonpost.com/world/2023/06/…

A reminder that Ohio's public flagship university, The Ohio State University, opposes SB 83.

SB 83 is bad for students, bad for higher education, and bad for Ohio.

#StopSB83

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Our view: A 'yes' vote on Issue 1 would drive dagger in Ohio's 'heart' dispatch.com/story/opinion/…

❌Bad for students.
❌Bad for higher education.
❌Bad for Ohio.

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Screen borders, From Calais to cinéma-monde by Michael Gott is publishing today 🎉

Michael Gott introduces his new book on the MUP blog 👇manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2023/04/1…

#tvstudies #mediastudies #filmstudies #cinema

He's literally a constitutional scholar

Commentary: Save the date, Ohio voters. Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023. Put it in your phone. Circle it on your calendar. Tell everyone you know. Nearly 175 years of our majority voter authority is on the line.

By Marilou Johanek

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They’re not locusts, they’re human beings. They’re not “swarming” the border, they’re crossing it. But “migrants cross border” doesn’t make for a news headline. So it has to be a “swarm.”

When you’ve gotten away with BS for so long, you really start to think people won’t check the most basic facts you’re lying about.

A case study: