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Erick Falc'her-Poyroux

CAREER

 

- Since 2022 - Professor at the University of Tours, member of the research laboratory ICD (Interactions Culturelles et Discursives).

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· 2005-2022 – Associate Professor (English), Graduate school of engineering, University of Nantes,  France, Head of the Language Department (team of 9 permanent teachers and 20 temporary teachers for 1200 students), Head of the International Office from 2009 to 2012.

Teaching: English for engineers (meetings, presentations, telephoning, job interviews, CV, etc.), international culture, grammar, audio & video comprehension, TOEIC, etc.

- First-aid worker certificate, since 2008.

- French “Habilitation to supervise research” (HDR): in progress.

 

· Jury member for the “Agrégation d’anglais” (highest French competition exams for teachers of English): 2014-2018 and for the “CAPES d’anglais” (2001-2004 + 2014). Coordinator for the Comprehension exam.

· Chairman of the Examination Board for the French Baccalauréat , Academy of Nantes, 1998, 2006, 2015.

· 1997-2005 : Senior Lecturer (English), Department of Applied Languages, University Rennes 2, France.

 

· 1993-1996 : PhD « Ireland’s Musical identity », university Rennes 2, France, under the supervision of Prof. Jean Brihault. With unanimous congratulations.

 

· 1988-1997 : Secondary school English teacher, France - Collège du Verger, Auray; Lycée de l’Europe, Dunkirk; Lycée Guy Moquet, Châteaubriant.

 

· 1985 - 1986 : French asssistant, Miltown Secondary School, Co. Kerry, Ireland.

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INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES

 

- Head of the International Office from 2009 to 2012, and notably:

  • - Joint Degree with Lebanon: in charge of the certification by the "Office Méditerranéen de la Jeunesse" (2012) ; Official visit to the University of Lebanon (one week, March 2011): implementation of the Joint Degree with the managers and teachers of the 3 sites of the Lebanese University in Beirut and Tripoli; presentations to the Lebanese students of the Joint Degree with Polytech Nantes.

  • - Joint Degree with Poland (one week, March 2011): Official signature of a Joint Degree agreement, interviews with the managers and teachers in Warsaw and Łodz.

  • - Ireland – numerous research contacts (Dublin & Galway), visiting our students during their placements (Dublin, Galway, Derry) and contacts with International Offices (Galway & Derry).

  • - International University of Rabat, Morocco:  two-month collaboration mission (December 2008- January 2009). Partnership between UIR – University of Nantes. on the establishment of the language department at UIR.

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  • - Technological and Pedagogical Mission for teachers at the University of Almaty, Kazakhstan (3 weeks, February-March 1998. TACIS European project - University Rennes 2. Complete autonomy with a budget of 72.000 euros.

  • - "Management of International Organisations", online course (MOOC Coursera, 2014), University of Geneva, 98,7% (verified certificate).

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UNIVERSITY ACTIVITIES

 

· ICD (Interactions Culturelles et Discursives, research laboratory), active member since 2022 

· French HDR (“Habilitation to supervise research”): completed in 2022.

· French Society for Irish Studies (SOFEIR), active member since 1996 - Board member 2002-2005.

· European Federation of Associations and Centres for Irish Studies, active member since 1997, Board member 2002-2005.

· CRINI (Center for Research on Nations, Identities and Interculturality), Nantes University, active member 2005-2022.

· Research: Ireland, history, identity, nationalism, culture and music.

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· Main articles published :

  • - "Irish Music, An Intangible Cultural Heritage", in Études irlandaises, 47-1, 2022, http://journals.openedition.org/etudesirlandaises/12588

  • - entry "Celtic Music" for the American encyclopedia Music Around the World: A Global Encyclopedia, Andrew R. Martin, Matthew Mihalka ABC-CLIO, LLC, 2020.

  • - “The Great Irish Famine in Songs”, in Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique, Presses de la Sorbonne Nouvelle, 2014 ;

  • - “The Great Irish Famine: a cultural and linguistic disruption", in La Grande Famine en Irlande 1845-1851, Presses Universitaires de Rennes, 2014 ;

  • - « L'interceltisme musical, genèse d'une naissance », revue Babel-Civilisation 2013

  • - "Irish music redefined", in the conference papers La musique en Irlande : esthétiques et enjeux, Université de Caen Basse-Normandie, PUC, 2013

  • - « Identités musicales individuelles et collectives en Irlande », CRINI, Nantes, 2009 ;

  • - « Langues et identités en musique irlandaise », Synergies 2008 ;

  • · Radio and TV programs on France-Musique, TV Breizh, TéléNantes…

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PRINCIPAL PUBLICATIONS (BOOKS AND MULTIMEDIA)

 

- Composer of Symphony 32 for orchestra and Irish instruments, played on 17 July 2022 in Limerick by the Irish Chamber Orchestra conducted by Robert Houlihan.

- Author: The Beatles Clichés, KDPublishing, 120 p., 2020.

- Author: Histoire Sociale de la Musique Irlandaise, 602 p., Peter Lang Oxford, 2018.

- Author: L'Irlande, coll. Idées Reçues, Cavalier Bleu, 120 p., 2009 (with Jean Guiffan).

- Author: La musique irlandaise, Coop Breizh, 120 p., 1995 (with Alain Monnier).

- Translator Les Irlandais (The Irish, by Seán O'Faolain), Coop Breizh, 1994.

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- Film-maker for  the video documentary Irish Music in France - Tocane, Ceol agus Dordogne, 2017 https://youtu.be/LdtkxlWG2iM

- Author: Irish Dancing and Migrations, in partnership with INA (French TV national archives), 2015 online multimedia panorama, 2015.

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TECHNOLOGIES

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- Development and management of Internet websites (personal and professional) since 1996. Ph.D. thesis, articles, book extracts, research work, are all accessible at : http://www.falcher-poyroux.fr/

- Producer-sound engineer for a CD of Irish music, Coop Breizh (Ref. CD439), March 1996 (awarded the "Diapason d’Or", by French magazine Diapason, May 1996).

- Experience and professional training as a sound engineer. Personal digital multi-track home-studio (ProTools, Logic Pro, Sonar). Part-time teacher: recording and mixing, for third-level students, 1994-1996, Lycée Léonard de Vinci, Montaigu (France).

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NON PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

 

- DEPUTY MAYOR in Treillières (France, 9000 inhabitants), in charge of School and Cultural Affairs, 2001-2008.

- MUSICIAN : guitars and drums (ca.150 concerts).

- RADIO : 1981, show host on Radio-Atlantique, Nantes – 1987-1994, co-founder, show host & technician on AlterNantes FM, Nantes – 2007-2008 and 2014, show host on EuradioNantes.

- SPORTS : jogging (semi marathon), football, ski. yachting (“Competent crew” RYA 2010). diving (French diving diploma, 1st degree, 2014)

- READING: scientific books (Artificial Intelligence, Engineering, etc. in French and English).

- COLLECTOR : The Beatles, since 1980.

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