The Society for the Study
of French History was established in 1986 to encourage research and
interest in all aspects of the history of France and its possessions
from its beginnings to the present day. Its charitable status was
recognised in 1992. The Society acts as the principal subject body
within the UK and the Republic of Ireland for French history, and
in that capacity lobbies governments, funding bodies and universities.
Members of the Society are also very willing to speak in secondary
schools on subjects related to French history. Schools should contact
the Society via the Secretary to make a request for an appropriate
speaker.
Our principal publication is the internationally-acclaimed journal
FRENCH HISTORY, which is published four times a year on behalf of
the Society by Oxford University
Press. It contains articles and
book reviews authored by an international range of contributors.
Members can subscribe at the specially discounted rate of £45.00
per annum, including annual membership of the Society. There is a
concessionary rate of £28.00 per annum, again including annual
membership, for students and others.
The Society's main event is an annual conference normally
held at the beginning of July at a different UK university each year.
The
Society subsidises the cost of attendance from its general funds,
and postgraduates are able to attend the conference at a further
discounted rate. In its efforts to support and encourage the continuing study of French
history the Society makes a number of financial awards. There are
bursaries to postgraduates engaged in
the study of French history to assist them both in their research
and with conference attendance.
In addition, during 2006 the Society launched two prize
competitions.
There are now prizes for the best dissertation or extended essay
by an undergraduate in a UK university on a theme related in whole
or part to French history; and a prize for the best article published
each year in the journal FRENCH
HISTORY.
The Society holds its Annual General Meeting, open to all members,
at the annual conference, at which Society officers present their
annual reports; the accounts are presented; changes to the composition
of the committee are made; and changes to the constitution are made.
All members of the Society resident in the UK or the Republic of
Ireland are entitled to stand for election to the committee. The
committee meets twice a year: in January, and at the annual conference
in the summer.
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