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Glasgow's French program provides extensive expertise and guidance spanning from medieval times to the modern era, covering poetry, novels, theater and performance studies, linguistics, cultural studies, critical theory, and visual arts including emblems, fine arts, and film.
The French department at Glasgow operates within a dynamic School of Modern Languages and Cultures, featuring an active research atmosphere and vibrant postgraduate community. Faculty members conduct internationally renowned research both within specialized areas of French and Francophone Studies, through cross-cultural collaborations with colleagues from other language departments, and in broader interdisciplinary partnerships across the College of Arts (including English Literature, History, Art History, Film Studies, Digital Humanities, Philosophy, and Theology) and College of Social Sciences (encompassing Politics, Education, Sociology, and Economic History).
Numerous French research faculty at Glasgow occupy leadership positions in academic associations, national and international networks, and serve as editors or board members for prominent field journals like French Cultural Studies, Paragraph, European Comic Art, and Forum for Modern Language Studies. Our College of Arts Graduate School fosters a collaborative, interdisciplinary setting for all research students, offering various services, courses, and skill development opportunities. The College maintains a thriving, diverse student body engaged in both taught master's and research programs within an intellectually stimulating environment. Every school and discipline within the college conducts groundbreaking, influential research that shapes academic discourse.