Charlie Mansfield

University of Plymouth

BA (Literature, OU), BEd (Technology, Trent) PGCert (French, Northumbria), M.Litt by Research (French Travel Writing, Newcastle)
Awarded High Commission Doctoral Scholarship for research on French Urban Space 2006 and 07.

Research Specialisms

Doctoral research: Urban Travel Literature & Tourism - Creation of the urban space in writing practices.

Heritage Management (e-Tourism) Christine de Pizan - The Making of the Queen's Manuscript AHRC-funded Research and Resource Enhancement Project in Middle French
at The University of Edinburgh, with the British Library and La Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF) (2005 to 2009).
Le Moyen Français ca.1365 to ca.1430.

Digitization of French language resources, especially for e-learning and l'écriture numérique.
Teaching exemplars at LLAS Subject Centre and French Urban Space

Masters Research: French Travel Writing, particularly contemporary writers on crossing Paris: Annie Ernaux, Jean Rolin, François Maspero.

Contemporary Montreal Urban Novelists : Proulx, Tremblay, Arcan, Dickner, Chassay.

Year-Abroad e-Portfolios: les nouveaux « cahiers de compétences en ligne » pour l'année à l'étranger.

Visiting Fellow April 2006 to April 2009: Une édition électronique du Mystère des Actes des Apôtres, de l'Agence Nationale pour la Recherche (ANR projet NT-NV-31), sous la direction de Darwin Smith au Laboratoire de médiévistique occidentale de Paris, CNRS, Université de Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne (UMR 8589), site eserve.org.uk/anr



Selected Research Publications

Mansfield, Charlie (2008) Traversing Paris: French Travel Writing Practices in the Late Twentieth Century - An analysis of the work of Annie Ernaux, François Maspero, Jean Rolin and Anaïk Frantz Saarbruck, VDM Verlag. ISBN 9783836465038 View

Mansfield, Charlie (2007) 'Paris Framed: Twentieth-Century French Writers Crossing the City' pp.175-186 in Bolton, Lucy, Kimber, Gerri, Lewis, Ann and Seabrook, Michael (eds) (2007) Framed - Essays in French Studies (Modern French Identities 61) Oxford & Bern, Peter Lang AG
ISBN 3039110438 ISBN 9783039110438 View

Mansfield, Charlie (2006) 'ABC.HTM - l'écriture numérique' in DalMolin, Eliane & Murphy, Carole (eds) Contemporary French and Francophone Studies: Sites, Volume 10 Issue 10.3 : Verbal, Visual, Virtual, London & New York, Routledge.
pp.267-274, ISSN 1740-9292   DOI 10.1080/174092906008837 12   View journal details at Routledge, Taylor and Francis. View hypertext version on-line from the University of Connecticut abc.htm

Mansfield, Charlie (2006) Europa - English Verse with Exercises, Answers and Parallel French Translations Paris, Thélès
ISBN 2847767606 ISBN-13:978-2847767605  : View publication on Amazon France here.

Laidlaw, James & Mansfield, Charlie (2006) 'Designing a Digital Version of British Library Harley MS 4431. The Making of the Queen's Manuscript' in Van Hemelryck, Tania & Van Hoorebeeck, Céline (eds) L'écrit et le manuscrit à la fin du Moyen Âge Turnhout, Brepols
ISBN 2503519911   View book details by clicking here.

Mansfield, Charlie (2005) Approaching French Language Literature in Canadian Studies, Edinburgh, Centre of Canadian Studies.
ISBN 0905244117   Direct Link to Book PDF in ERA http://hdl.handle.net/1842/844

Charlie Mansfield (Director), Carole Baker and John X Berger (Photography), Kevin E Anderson (Sound) (March 2005) Return to Paris / Paris aller-retour Film premiere: Society for French Studies Conference, Leeds, July 2005.
Duration 6 minutes 4 seconds. Colour DVD. Language: French. Play

Laidlaw, James & Mansfield, Charlie (2005) 'Designing a Digital Version of British Library Harley MS 4431', Louvain-la-Neuve, UCL. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/771

Charlie Mansfield (2004) 'Lire L'Empire des signes de Barthes comme écriture de voyage' in Yoichi Kaniike, Shunsuke Kadowaki, Yasuo Kobayashi (eds) Bulletin: BARTHES - Résonances des sens Tokyo, University of Tokyo Centre for Philosophy.
Library shelfmark: P85.B33 Bar. Direct Link to Article in ERA http://hdl.handle.net/1842/651

Charlie Mansfield (2001) 'Identity and Narration in Chris Marker's La Jetée and the Appearance of the Internet as a Symptom of Cold-War Anxiety' in Time, Narrative and the Fixed Image / Temps, Narration et Image Fixé Mireille Ribiere & Jan Baetens (eds) Editions Rodopi, Amsterdam ISBN 9042013664
Library Shelfmark: Pamph. PN56.V54 Man. Direct Link to Book Chapter in ERA http://hdl.handle.net/1842/659

Charlie Mansfield (2000) What is the virtual - the writings of Pierre Lévy in The Web Journal of French Media Studies Volume 3, Number 1, October 2000 [http://wjfms.ncl.ac.uk/] ISSN 1460-6550. levy.htm

Charlie Mansfield, Jan Baetens (1999) L'intégration des outils télématiques stimulant l'éducation interculturelle et la recherche sur les arts au sein d'un groupe d'universités européennes in Pascal Marquet (ed) Internet-Based Teaching and Learning (IN-TELE-98) Frankfurt.
Direct Link to Article in ERA http://hdl.handle.net/1842/825

Jones, S.J. and Mansfield, C. (1998) 'Convergence of Telematics and Automatic Data Capture Technologies' in Proceedings, 2nd Annual Conference on Computer Assisted Assessment Loughborough, UK.

Charlie Mansfield, Tony McNeill (1997) 'The Design & Integration of Web-Based Resources in the Modern Languages Curriculum' in ed. Keith Cameron Multimedia CALL: Theory and Practice Exeter, Elm Bank Publications, pp. 119-125 ISBN 0950259594
Direct Link to Article in ERA http://hdl.handle.net/1842/800

Charlie Mansfield, Tony McNeill (1997) 'Baudelaire for Net Surfers: French Studies and the Internet' in French Studies Bulletin Number 63, Summer 1997, pp.10-12. ISSN 0262-2750. University of Hull.
Direct Link to Article in ERA http://hdl.handle.net/1842/699

Chris Bowerman, Charlie Mansfield, Keith Sewell (1997) Using JavaScript to simulate formative assessment questioning in web-based open learning materials in The European Journal of Open & Distance Learning Norway. ISSN 1027-5207
Direct Link to Article in ERA http://hdl.handle.net/1842/701

Charlie Mansfield, Anthony McNeill, Simon Stobart (1996) Knowledge Pathways (Les Chemins du Savoir), in Proceedings of the 5th European Distance Education Network Conference Ed. Judy Frankl, Beryl O'Reilly, EDEN England. pp. 178-179 ISBN 0749273615 EDEN Conference Proceedings

Charlie Mansfield (1996) Designing Outcome-driven Independent Learning Materials for the Worldwide Web in Online Educa Berlin - International Conference on Technology Supported Learning eds. Jaeger, Marks & Stahl, ICEF GmbH, Bonn, pp. 133-136. ISBN 3925144099

Charlie Mansfield (1995) The POETICA Project, Computers & Texts, The CTI Newsletter Oxford, December 1995, Number 10, pp. 6-7. ISSN 0963-1763 Shelfmark Main Library Store 1 (SERIALS) Per.41 Com. Direct Link to Article in Edinburgh Research Archive online http://hdl.handle.net/1842/700

Mansfield, Charles (1993) 'On Bonnefoy' in Foreword Literature Newsletter December 1993, p.4, Leicester, East Midlands Arts.
Direct Link to Article in ERA http://hdl.handle.net/1842/873

Mansfield, Charles (1992) 'Setaside' in Claire Piggott (ed) Poetry Nottingham, Vol 64, 3, p.20, Nottingham, Poetry Society ISSN 0143-3199
Direct Link to Article in ERA http://hdl.handle.net/1842/847

Mansfield, Charlie (1989) 'Poetics Today' in Language and Literature (formerly PARLANCE), Volume 2, Issue 1, pp.111-114, London, Sage.
Direct Link to Article in ERA http://hdl.handle.net/1842/796


Recent Awards and Grants

Dec 2008 - EU Grundtvig travel grant to prepare materials for Masters in French Travel Writing and establish contacts in Brittany.

Oct 2007 to Dec 2008 The Roberts Fund award for development of French glossary-making using XML technologies. Examination of the French travel writings of Jean Chardin (1643-1713) and his work in French on the description of Urban Space in 17th century Isfahan, capital of Shah Abbas II (1633-1666/7), Safavid King of Persia.

March 2007 to Jan 2008 Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies - a teaching resources development award: French Urban Space in the Literature of Paris.

Recent Conference Presentations and Invitations

16 & 17th Feb 2007 - The Canadian Metropolis, Conference organised by the London Conference for Canadian Studies, Le Groupe de recherche et d'études sur le Canada francophone (le GRECF), and the Urban Studies Group of the British Association for Canadian Studies. Charlie Mansfield (University of Newcastle / University of Edinburgh): Constructing Urban Space in French-language Literature: Montreal in the Twenty-First Century and the Writing of Monique Proulx. 0construct.doc Download paper in WORD format.

Mansfield, Charlie 'Donner vie aux fonctionnalités insérées dans le texte du ms en Moyen Francais' 6e COLLOQUE INTERNATIONAL SUR CHRISTINE DE PIZAN, Paris, samedi 22 juillet 2006

Projet ATHIS : Atelier 1, 23 - 25 mars 2006 De l'archive à l'open archive : l'historien et internet Ecole Française de Rome Olivier Collet, Charlie Mansfield, Darwin Smith 'Le texte théâtral en Moyen français'.
Laboratoire de médiévistique occidentale de Paris, CNRS-Université de Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (UMR 8589), Projet ANR EELMA. Direct Link to PDF of Article in Edinburgh Research Archive (ERA) http://hdl.handle.net/1842/1983

Esteem Indicators

June 2008 External Examiner for Double Masters research postgraduate, Ecole nationale des chartes, Paris
(Jury de soutenance M2)

July 2006 External Assessor: AHRC Small Grants in the Creative and Performing Arts Scheme.

Since 5 July 2006 Member of Board of Examiners (Internal) Canadian Studies, University of Edinburgh.

Organized Conference: October 2002 e-french colloquium Charlie Mansfield (organiser) Netskills Suite Newcastle University Old Herschel Building

Editor of Start magazine of literature and the arts
ISSN 0267-2502, archive collection held by New York Public Library Click to see library record, status and location

Teaching Record

Since January 2009 Travel Writing, French Travel Literature, Heritage and Architectural History in Travel, Tourism & Hospitality, University of Plymouth.
Jan 2006 to Dec 2008 French-language Literature in Canadian Studies, University of Edinburgh.
Sept 2005 to July 2006 LCME Literature and Culture in Medieval Europe, The Book in Middle French, University of Edinburgh.
Sept 2001 to June 2004 French Language, Phraseaday Language Teaching Consultants, Surrey.
Sept 1999 to December 2004 French language learning resources, British Airways and JISC Project.
March 1995 to Sept 1999 French Culture and Literature, Cyberculture, Postgraduate Certificate in HE, University of Sunderland.
Sept 1996 to June 1999 DESS Mediation des Savoirs et Multilinguisme, English Literature Department, University of Lille-3.
Sept 1992 to Feb 1995 Information Technology and Modern Languages, Nottinghamshire County Council Education Department.
Sept 1986 to June 1991 Visiting Lecturer in Writing Studies, West Notts College, Mansfield.
Aug 1983 to Sept 1990 Learning Materials Author, Icon Communications and MSC.

Mansfield in Chinese Characters

Email
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Charles Mansfield MLitt Newcastle Upon Tyne



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