Wendy Ayres-Bennett - Curriculum Vitae#

Visiting Professorships (1 month each case):

Faculté des lettres et sciences humaines, Université de Limoges (1998); École Normale Supérieure de Lyon (2003); Université de Montpellier III (2006); Université de Paris VII (2008); Université de Poitiers (2011); École Normale Supérieure, Paris (2011); Pajus Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of California, Berkeley (2012); École Normale Supérieure, Paris (2104); Université de Picardie Jules Verne (2019)

Learned societies:

• President Society for French Studies (2000-2002); Vice-President (1999-2000, 2002-2003)
  
• President Philological Society (2013-2017), Vice-President (2017-)
  
• Founder-President of the Société Internationale de Diachronie du Français (SIDF, international association representing History of French scholars worldwide), 2009-2014
  
• Policy advisor University Council For Languages (2023-)

Research evaluation:

• European Studies panel for UK national research assessment exercise (RAE, 1996)
  
• French sub-panel, RAE 2008; specialist advisor European studies sub-panel
  
• Languages Advisory Group, British Academy (2017-2023), subsequently British Academy Advisory Committee for Languages (2023-)
  
• Peer Review College (PRC), UK Research and Innovation Future Leaders Fellowships (UKRI FLF) programme (2018-)
  
• Advisory board National Consortium for Languages Education (2024-)

Editorial roles:

• Director book series, Remarques et observations sur la langue française, Editions Classiques Garnier
  
• Co-Director book series, Histoire et évolution du français, Editions Classiques Garnier
  
• Advisory board book series, Historical Sociolinguistics, Peter Lang (2022-)
  
• Editorial Board book series Advances in Historical Sociolinguistics, John Benjamins (2013-)
  
• Editorial advisory board Legenda: Research Monographs in French Studies (MHRA/Maney) (2005-)
  
• Advisory board, Journal of French Language Studies (2026-)
  
• Editorial board of Histoire, épistémologie, langage (1991-)
  
• Editorial Board Language and History (2009-)
  
• Editorial Board Circula: Revue d’idéologies linguistiques (2015-)

Major grant:

Principal Investigator £4 million grant, Multilingualism: Empowering Individuals Transforming Societies (AHRC Open World Research Initiative)

Major conference organisation:

• ‘L’histoire du français: État des lieux et perspectives’. SIDF 1st international conference, Nancy, Sept 2011
  
• ‘L’histoire du français: Nouvelles approches, nouveaux terrains, nouveaux traitements’. 2nd SIDF international conference, Cambridge, Jan 2014
  
• Joint conference HTL, SHESL, SIFD, GEHLF: ‘Histoire des langues et histoire des représentations linguistiques’, Paris, Jan 2016
  
• ‘Distant and Neglected Voices: Women in the History of Linguistics’, British Academy, June 2016
  
• ‘Global Approaches to Multilingualism and Standardisation’, Cambridge, 16-18 April 2018.
  
• ‘Multilingualism and Identity: Interdisciplinary Perspectives’, Cambridge, Sept 2019
  
• ‘Building Collaborations between Academics and Policymakers’, School of Advanced Studies London, Oct 2023.