Staff

Get to know the team in French and Francophone Studies.

Many of us work on a hybrid basis - a mixture of on-campus and digitally.

Our working hours are Monday to Friday between 9am and 5pm (UK time).

Please email us in the first instance, and we’ll get back to you as soon as we can.

Undergraduate enquiries

Postgraduate enquiries

Head of French and Francophone Studies

The Head of French and Francophone Studies for the current academic year (2025 to 2026) is Dr Séverine Genieys-Kirk.

Dr Séverine Genieys-Kirk - profile

Academic staff

NameRole
Dr Norman AjariLecturer in Francophone Black Studies
Dr Fabien Arribert-NarceSenior Lecturer in French and Francophone Studies
Sylvain BlancheTeaching Fellow in French
Sacha BorieForeign Language Assistant in French
Dr Claire BoyleLecturer in French and Francophone Studies
Anne-Laure BrugnonTeaching Fellow in French and Francophone Studies
Sam CoombesSenior Lecturer
Audrey DebardTeaching Fellow
Florence DégeilhTutor in French and Francophone Studies
Nicola FrithSenior Lecturer
Séverine Genieys-KirkSenior Lecturer and Head of French and Francophone Studies
François GiraudLecturer in French
Pauline HamelotTutor in French and Francophone Studies
Matthis HervieuxTutor in French and Francophone Studies
Alexandra Jahan de LestangForeign Language Assistant in French
Emmanuelle Lacore-MartinSenior Lecturer in French and Francophone Studies, Deputy Head of the Department of European Languages and Cultures
Valerie Laplanche-FergusonTutor in French and Francophone Studies
Edouard NotteTeaching Fellow / Codirector of Le Centre de Recherches Francophones Belges
Katie PlemingLecturer in French and Francophone Studies
Marion SchmidProfessor of French Literature and Film
Fionnuala SinclairLecturer
Sarah Tribout-JosephSenior Lecturer
Julien VirlogeuxTeaching Fellow

Further tutors

Academic Year 2024 to 2025: Semester 2 

  • Ana Aldazabal
  • Madeleine Banatvla
  • Benni Campoleoni
  • Mariane Gallet
  • Benoit Loiret

Honorary and Emeritus staff

Philip E. BennettProfessor Emeritus
Peter DayanProfessor Emeritus
Véronique DesnainHonorary Fellow
Jean DuffyProfessor Emerita
Peter FranceHonorary Fellow
John RenwickProfessor Emeritus
Vaughan RogersHonorary Fellow
Caroline VerdierHonorary Fellow

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