JÉRÔME CORNETTE (d. April 2008), originally from Paris, was Assistant Professor of French and Film Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University, having taught previously at Reed College and the University of Utah, USA GARIN DOWD teaches in the Faculty of the Arts, Thames Valley University, UK CHRISTOPHER M. DROHAN is Assistant Director, European Graduate School of Media and Communication, Saas-Fee, SwitzerlandPATRICK FFRENCH is Professor of French, King's College London, UKSTEVEN FOSTER is a photographer living and working in Canandaigua, New York, USAERIKA FÜLÖP recently completed her PhD at the French Department in the University of Aberdeen, UKJOE HUGHES teaches English at the University of Minnesota, USA JENNIFER M. JEFFERS is Professor of English at Cleveland State University, USACLARK LUNBERRY is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at the University of North Florida, in Jacksonville, Florida, USAFRANZ MICHAEL MAIER is Privatdozent of Musicology at the Free University of Berlin, GermanyPHILIPPE MENGUE, a retired Professor, was Agrégé and Doctor in Philosophy at the Collège international de Philosophie, Paris, France CAROL MURPHY is Professor of French, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, University of Florida and Director of the France-Florida Research Institute, USAIAN PACE pursues parallel careers as a pianist, specialising in contemporary work, and a musicologist concerned especiallywith issues of music and societyJAMES REID is a Professor of French, Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at Illinois State University, USAANTHONY UHLMANN is Associate Professor, School of Humanities and Languages, University of Western Sydney, AustraliaADAM WATT is Lecturer in French, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK