The Society for French Studies, or SFS, is the oldest learned association for French Studies in the UK and Ireland

Ireland

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. It aims to promote teaching and research in French Studies within higher education.

The current president of the society is Professor Edward Hughes of Queen Mary, University of London

Queen Mary, University of London

Queen Mary, University of London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the federal University of London...

The society has a quarterly journal

Magazine

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 published on its behalf called French Studies

French Studies

French Studies is a United Kingdom-based journal published by Oxford University Press for the Society for French Studies.It was founded in 1947 and publishes articles on all periods of French and francophone literature and culture as well as book reviews. In addition to the printed copy, the...

(Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press

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), as well as a bulletin for shorter pieces and news called The French Studies Bulletin

The French Studies Bulletin

The French Studies Bulletin: A Quarterly Supplement is published for the Society for French Studies by Oxford University Press.It is the sister publication to the journal French Studies, and differs from it primarily in that the Bulletin is designed for shorter articles than French Studies...

. The society also produces Research Monographs in French Studies with Legenda (imprint)

Legenda (imprint)

Legenda is an imprint founded in 1995 by the European Humanities Research Centre at Oxford University. In 2004 it became an imprint of the Modern Humanities Research Association, in partnership with Maney Publishing. Under the guidance of Malcolm Bowie, late Master of Christ's College, Cambridge,...

 and Modern Humanities Research Association

Modern Humanities Research Association

The Modern Humanities Research Association is a British-based international organization that aims to encourage and promote advanced study and research of humanities. It is most notable for producing the MHRA Style Guide....

. There is also an annual conference

Academic conference

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.

Each year, the society awards the R. H. Gapper Book Prize

R. H. Gapper Book Prize

The R.H. Gapper Book Prize, offered by the Society for French Studies, is a monetary prize that has been offered annually since 2002 for the best book published in the field of French Studies by a scholar based at an institution of higher education in the UK or Ireland.-Table of winners:-External...

, the R.H. Gapper Postgraduate Essay Prize and the R.H. Gapper Undergraduate Essay Prize for the best scholarship produced by scholars at higher education institutions in the UK or Ireland. These prizes are presented to their winners at the annual conference.