Dear Colleagues We are delighted to open registration for the 56th Annual French Studies Conference. The conference will be held this year at Cardiff University, 29 June – 1 July 2015. The conference programme and full registration details/forms can be found on the Society’s web page: http://www.sfs.ac.uk/conferences/ We are delighted to be welcoming the following plenary speakers at the conference: Eric Méchoulan, Université de Montréal Peter Dayan, University of Edinburgh Mireille Calle-Gruber, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris III Christie McDonald, Harvard University Please note that the deadline for early-bird reduced-rate registration is Friday 17 April 2015. Please also note that there are separate forms for postgraduate registration as well as travel bursaries to enable postgraduate attendance at the conference. Registration for the conference will continue after 17 April, but at the full conference rate. We look forward to welcoming you to Cardiff/Edrychwn ymlaen at eich croesawu i Gaerdydd. With best wishes, Kate Griffiths. SFS Publicity Officer Griffithsks@cardiff.ac.uk