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Research projects

The department is in the front rank of research activity as measured by the award of substantial project grants from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and its forerunner, the AHRB, the Leverhume Trust, and other external funding bodies.

Recent projects

The Department of French has hosted a number of important externally-funded research projects in recent years. Foremost among the projects achieving international research excellence and prestigious awards are:

The Gide Project

Making works by Nobel-Prize-winning author André Gide(1869-1951) available in printed or electronic form.

The Froissart Project (external website)

Editions, exhibitions and online materials relating to the 14th-century chronicler Jean Froissart.

The Partonopeus Project (external website)

An electronic edition of all the manuscripts of the anonymous 12th-century romance Partonopeus de Blois.

Stars Project (external website)

An online database devoted to the stars of French cinema.

Channel

The practice and creation of contemporary art, involving British, French, Algerian and Québécois artists