ERICK FALC'HER-POYROUX
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Born January 13th 1964, in Nantes.
Nationality : French
2 children (1997, 1998).
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- since 2005 - Senior Lecturer (Maître de Conférences) in English, and Head of the Language Department Ecole Polytechnique de l'Université de Nantes, France (also Head of the International Office from 2009 to 2012).
- Since 2005 - Member of CRINI (Centre de Recherche sur les Identités Nationales et l’Interculturalité). Center for Reserarch on National identities and Interculturality
- Since 2014 - Jury member of the Agrégation interne (highest national teaching degree & title) .
- Jury member of the CAPES (national teaching degree) 2001-2004 + 2013-2014. Member & coordinator of the audio commission.
- Chairman of the Examination Board for the Baccalauréat, Academy of Nantes 2015.
- 1997 - 2005 : Senior Lecturer (Maître de Conférences) in English, Applied Languages Dpt (LEA) , University Rennes 2, France. Member and secretary of the Centre of Irish Studies. Coordinator for New Technologies.
- 1993 - 1996 : PhD Doctoral Thesis, “Ireland's Musical Identity”, University Rennes 2, France, "with Highest Honors and unanimous congratulations from the Jury ", PhD tutor: Jean Brihault.
- 1989-1997 : Secondary school teacher of English : Lycée de l’Europe, Dunkerque, Nord, France; Lycée Guy Moquet, Châteaubriant, Loire-Atlantique, France,
- 1988-1989 : Trainee Teacher of English, Collège du Verger, Auray, Morbihan, France
- 1985 - 1986 : Assistant Teacher of French, Miltown Secondary School, Co. Kerry, Ireland.
STUDIES
1992 - 1993 : Master's Degree second part (DEA) in Irish Studies, University Lille III : “Aspects et Valeurs de La Musique Traditionnelle en Irlande : Etude de Cas dans le Kerry ”, with Highest Honors and Congratulations from the Jury (tutors: Bernard Escarbelt & Catherine Maignant).
1991 - 1992 : Master's Degree first part (Maîtrise) in Irish Studies, University Lille III : “ Study and translation into French of "The Irish" by Seán O'Faolain”, with distinction and the jury's congratulations (tutor: Catherine Maignant).
1982 - 1989 : University Nantes - Degree (Licence) and Teaching Diploma (CAPES), English Department.
UNIVERSITY ACTIVITIES
- Consulting mission, Université Internationale de Rabat, Morocco (December 2008 - January 2009). Partnership UIR - University Nantes.
- Member of the board of SOFEIR (Société Française d'Etudes Irlandaises) (French Society for Irish Studies) 2002-2005
- Member of the board of EFACIS (European Federation of Associations and Centres for Irish Studies). 2002-2005
- Technological and Training mission for teachers, University Almaty, Kazakhstan (Feb.-Mar. 1998). TACIS European Project for University Rennes 2.
RESEARCH
- "The Irish Famine: a linguistic and cultural disruption" in La grande famine en Irlande, Yann Bévant (ed), Presses Universitaire de Rennes, November 2014.
- "The Irish Famine in Songs", Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique, La grande famine en Irlande 1845-1851. Volume 19.2, Anne-Catherine DE BOUVIER, Christophe GILLISEN (eds.), Presses de la Sorbonne Nouvelle, September 2014, pp. 157-172.
- Irish music “between tradition and modernity”, Scolaire Staire/History Scholar, Vol. 2, Issue 2, Jan. 2012, pp. 20-28.
- "Irish music re-defined", conference "la musique en Irlande : esthétiques et enjeux", University Caen Basse-Normandie, PUC, 2013.
- "L'Interceltisme musical - génèse d'une naissance", in Les Nations Celtiques et le Monde contemporain, revue Babel-Civilisations, Frédéric Armao (dir.), nov. 2013, pp. 133-152. (In French)
- "Identités musicales individuelles et collectives en Irlande", in Made in : identités culturelles et emblèmes nationaux dans un espace marchand international, Emmanuelle Bousquet and Gloria Paganini (eds.), CRINI, Nantes, 2009. (In French)
- "Langues et identités en musique irlandaise", Synergies N°1, April 2008. (In French)
- "Naissance d'une industrie musicale en Irlande", Conference Toulouse , Febr. 2002, Presses Universitaire du Mirail, March 2003. (In French)
- "Musique et identité en Irlande du Nord", Conference in Caen, Research Group in Irish Studies, September 2002. (In French)
- "La Ligue Gaélique : une épuration culturelle irlandaise ?", SOFEIR Conference, Reims, March 2002, Presses Universitaires de Reims. (In French)
- "L'essor d'une musique urbaine en Irlande aux XIXe et XXe siècles", Center for Irish Studies, University Rennes 2, January 2001. (In French)
- "Musique et consommation culturelle en Irlande", Rennes 2 Conference, PUR, January 2000. (In French)
- "Quelques clichés musicaux et celtiques", SOFEIR Conference, PUL, 1997. (In French)
PUBLICATIONS
- Author : "Irish Dancing", partnership with INA (French TV national archives), 2015 online multimedia panorama, 2015.
(in progress).
- Author : "Les Beatles", Idées Reçues, Cavalier Bleu, 2010.
- Author : "L'Irlande", Idées Reçues, Cavalier Bleu, 2009 (with Jean Guiffan).
- Author : "La musique irlandaise", Coop Breizh, 1995 (with Alain Monnier).
- Translator of "The Irish" by Seán O'Faolain, Coop Breizh,1994.
- Publications in ArMen (Breton journal of Cultural Studies) : "La danse en Irlande" (Feb. 2003), "Les Chieftains" (Nov. 2000), "Le festival du Fleadh Cheoil" (Sept. 1999).
- Article Les musiques celtiques in "Printemps celte", Terre de Brume, Rennes, 1996.
- Programme Director of the Conference "L’Imaginaire Irlandais / Université d’Eté / Festival Interceltique de Lorient", August 1996.
_ TECHNOLOGIES
- Producer-sound engineer of a CD of Irish music, Coop Breizh (Réf. CD439), March 1996 (awarded the "Diapason d’Or", By French magazine Diapason, April 1996).
- Development and management of websites (personal and professional) since 1996. PhD Thesis and research work available at http://www.falcher-poyroux.fr
- Experiences and training as a Sound Engineer. Digital multitrack Home-studio. Visiting Lecturer for students doing a two-year degree in sound engineering: sound recording, mixing, PA; Lycée Léonard de Vinci, Montaigu (85), France. 1994-1996.
NON PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
- DEPUTY MAYOR and City Councillor in Treillières (Loire-Atlantique, 8000 inhabitants), Culture and School Affairs, 2001-2008.
- MUSICIAN : guitars, drums and mandola. Ca. 150 concerts (drums).
- WORKPLACE FIRST-AID REPRESENTATIVE since 2008
- RADIO : 1981, Radio-Atlantique, Nantes ; 1987-1994, AlterNantes FM, Nantes (co-founder, host & technician); 2007-2008 & 2013-2014, EuradioNantes
- SPORTS : Football, Badminton, Ski...
- COLLECTOR : The Beatles.
