Our Mission

At the AUPHF, our mission is to defend the specificity of French within the general advocacy for languages. We represent and nurture all areas of French studies, including French language, French and francophone literature, film, culture, history, politics and linguistics. By serving the interests of our subject constituency, monitoring its changing needs and encouraging the exchange of ideas, we strive to protect vulnerable areas within our discipline.

We also work with other groups to realise our goals. We liaise with Funding Councils, the British Academy, the AHRC and other research support bodies, and the British and French governments; key to our role is bringing together associations representing particular areas of our field and those responsible for the direction and organization of the subject.

Our Membership and Activities

Membership is open to all Professors of French and to Heads of French Departments or Sections in the UK and Ireland, or to those who have an equivalent leadership role in the discipline
We hold two/three executive committee meetings per year, usually in London
Our website offers information about recent events and workshops, responses to consultation exercises from governmental and other bodies that we have produced, plus useful information on current external examiner appointments and on professorial salaries in French

We have served our subject community for over 60 years and hope to do so even more effectively in the future with the support and membership of all of its leaders. For more information about the membership and how to join the AUPHF, please visit our Membership page.