Staff Profile

Background

Dr Dauncey graduated in European Studies and Economics, before doing an MA in French Linguistics. He undertook a PhD on the politics of the French space programme. Before coming to Newcastle he worked in Bordeaux at the ESCAE, at the University of Bath, at the Université Paris 7 (Jussieu), and occasionally at the Ecole Nationale d'Administration and the Assemblée Nationale in Paris.

Qualifications

BA European Studies (University of Bradford, First Class Honours)
MA European Languages (University of East Anglia, with Distinction)
PhD 'The Making of French Space Policy 1979-1994' (University of Bath)

Honours and Awards

Dr Dauncey was appointed Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques (2003) by the French Education Ministry, for 'services to French culture'.

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Research Interests

French/Francophone popular culture past and (especially) present: public policy and popular culture (especially television, sport, music, video games).

Current Work

Ongoing research and writing on French and Francophone video games in transnational perspective.

Ongoing research and writing for a monograph on the social and cultural history of sites of sport in Paris.

Ongoing research and writing for a monograph on the material culture of French sport

Various other collaborative studies of French public policy relating to music and sport.

Research Roles

I am a chercheur associé of the IDHES, Université Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris.

• Dauncey H, Ervine J. Obscene or Exemplary? Robert Marchand’s Cycling World Hour Record: Sport, Aging and Neoliberalism in Contemporary France. French Politics, Culture & Society 2021, 39(3), 46-72.
• Dauncey H, Ervine J. French and Francophone Videogames in Transnational Perspective. In: Forsdick C; Launchbury C, ed. Transnational French Studies. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2023. In Press.
• Dauncey H. New Wembley, the Stade de France and the Politics of Sporting Social Space: a Tale of Two Stadia. In: Alpan B; Ranc D; Sonntag A, ed. Stadiums as Social Space: New Perspectives from the FREE Project. Routledge, 2023. In Press.
• Dauncey H. Cycling Sociability and Sport in Belle Époque France: the Véloce-club bordelais (1878–92). STADION Internationale Zeitschrift für Geschichte des Sports 2020, 44(2), 231-254.
• Dauncey H, Cooke R. « Entre journalisme et littérature sur 7 500 signes » : Lance Armstrong and Suiveur Reporting in Libération, 1999-2013. French Cultural Studies 2020, 31(3), 185-198.
• Dauncey H, McCaffrey E. Zazie@60: consécration culturelle in the Anglophone and Francophone worlds. Modern and Contemporary France 2019, 27(4), 409-423.
• Dauncey H, Ervine J, Tinker C. The Valency of the 10th Art: the place of Videogames in French and Francophone Studies. Contemporary French Civilization 2019, 44(1), 1-19.
• Dauncey H. Brief entries on: 'Saint-Denis'; 'La Villette'; 'Les Quais'; 'Disneyland Paris and Parc Astérix'. In: John Flower, ed. 30-Second Paris: The 50 key elements that shaped the city, each explained in half a minute. Brighton: Ivy Press, 2018.
• Birchall D, Dauncey H. Der Anfield Bicycle Club (1879-heute) und der Véloce-club bordelais (1876-91): Vorreiter des Radsports in Liverpool und Bordeaux. SportZeiten. Sport in Geschichte, Kultur und Gesellschaft 2018, 18(2), 9-30.
• Dauncey H, Hare G. The International Herald Tribune 1887-1918: the symbiotic development of modern sport and an international press. Cengage Learning, 2017. Available at: https://www.gale.com/binaries/content/assets/gale-us-en/primary-sources/intl-gps/intl-gps-essays/full-ghn-contextual-essays/ghn_essay_ihtha_dauncey_hare1_website.pdf.
• Benneworth P, Dauncey H. Cultural policy, creative clusters and the complexity of higher education: notes from the case of Enjmin in Angouleme, France. International Journal of Cultural Policy 2016, 22(1), 80-99.
• Dauncey H. 'La Dépêche de Toulouse et le sport (1870-1913) : la progressive sportivisation d'un journal politique'. In: Tétart,Ph, ed. La presse régionale et le sport. Naissance de l’information sportive (années 1870-1914). Presses Universitaires de Rennes, 2015, pp.125-141.
• Dauncey H, Tinker C. Media, Memory and Nostalgia in Contemporary France: Between Commemoration, Memorialisation, Reflection and Restoration. Modern & Contemporary France 2015, 23(2), 135-145.
• Dauncey H, Tinker C, ed. Souvenirs, Souvenirs. La Nostalgie dans les musiques populaires. Paris, France: Presses du réel, 2015.
• Dauncey H, Hare G. Cosmopolitanism united by electricity and sport: James Gordon Bennett Jnr and the Paris Herald as sites of internationalism and cultural mediation in belle époque France. French Cultural Studies 2014, 25(1), 38-53.
• Dauncey H, Tinker C. Nostalgia in Popular Music = la nostalgie dans les musiques populaires. Volume! La revue des musiques populaires 2014, 11(1), 8-17.
• Dauncey H, Hare G. Sport and media: representing and conceptualising identity and community. Movement & Sport Sciences – Science & Motricité 2014, 86(4), 5-14.
• Dauncey H, Ervine J, Kilcline C. Sport, Media and Identity in France and the Francophone World. French Cultural Studies 2014, 25(1), 3-9.
• Dauncey H, Ervine J, Kilcline C. Writing and Conceptualizing French Sport. Contemporary French Civilization 2014, 39(1), 1-10.
• Dauncey H. Claude François ou l'hyper-performance de la variété. In: Lebrun, B, ed. Corps de chanteurs : performance et présence du corps dans la chanson française et francophone. L'Harmattan, 2013, pp.85-96.
• Cremonini L, Westerheiden DF, Benneworth P, Dauncey H. In the Shadow of Celebrity? World-Class University Policies and Public Value in Higher Education. Higher Education Policy 2013, 27, 341-361.
• Cremonini L, Benneworth P, Westerheijden DF, Dauncey H. Reconciling Republican “Egalité” and Global Excellence Values in French Higher Education. In: Shin, J.C., Kehm, B.M, ed. Institutionalization of World-Class Universities in Global Competition. Berlin; New York: Springer, 2013, pp.99-123.
• Dauncey H. French Cycling: A Social and Cultural History. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2012.
• Dauncey H. French videogaming: What kind of culture and what support?. Convergence 2012, 18(4), 385-402.
• Dauncey H, Le Guern P. The French Recording Industry between Cultural Diversity and Anti-Piracy Interventionism. In: Marshall, L, ed. The International Recording Industries. Oxford, UK: Routledge, 2012, pp.133-152.
• Dauncey H, Tinker C. Media and Music in France. Contemporary French Civilization 2011, 36(1-2), 1-4.
• Dauncey H, Le Guern P, ed. Stereo: Comparative Perspectives on the Sociological Study of Popular Music in France and Britain. Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate, 2011.
• Dauncey H. The Failed bid for Lyon '68 and France's Winter Olympics from Grenoble '68 to Annecy '18: French Politics, Civil Society and Olympic Mega-events. In: Hayes, G., Karamichas, J, ed. Olympic Games, Mega-Events and Civil Societies: Globalization, Environment, Resistance. Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan, 2011, pp.87-105.
• Dauncey H. The Tour de France. In: Swayne, L. E.; Dodds, M, ed. Encyclopedia of Sports Management and Marketing. New York: Sage Publications, 2011, pp.1021-25.
• Dauncey H, Le Guern P. Top of the Pops, or Gilbert and Maritie Carpentier? Ways of doing and thinking popular music in Britain and France. In: Dauncey, H., Le Guern, P, ed. Stereo: Comparative perspectives on the Sociological Study of Popular Music in France and Britain. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2011, pp.1-10.
• Benneworth P, Dauncey H. International urban festivals as a catalyst for governance capacity building. Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy 2010, 28(6), 1083-1100.
• Dauncey H, Hare G. James Gordon Bennett, le Paris Herald et le sport (1887-1918) : influences américaines en France dans le sponsoring et l'internationalisation du sport. In: Attali, M, ed. Sports et Médias: Du XIXe siècle à nos jours. Biarritz: Atlantica, 2010, pp.239-258.
• Dauncey H. 'Le Vélo Pyrénéen et le Bulletin officiel du Véloce-Club béarnais : deux conceptions antagonistes du sport'. In: Tétart, P. and Villaret, S, ed. Les Voix du sport. La Presse sportive à la Belle époque. Musée national du sport/Editions Séguier-Atlantica, 2010, pp.167-185.
• Dauncey H. L'exception culturelle. In: Chafer, T; Godin, E, ed. The End of the French Exception? Decline and Revival of the 'French Model'. New York: Macmillan, 2010, pp.72-86.
• Dauncey H. Lyon 68: The Games that Weren't, or the Intermediate Event-zone of a Non-Olympics. In: Brewster, K, ed. Reflections on Mexico '68. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010, pp.63-77.
• Dauncey H. 'Regulation of Television in France: Reality Programming and the Defense of French Values'. In: Baruh, L; Hoon Park, J, ed. Reel Politics: Reality Television as a Platform for Political Discourse. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2010, pp.302-20.
• Dauncey H. Londres 1908. In: C. Boli, ed. Les Jeux Olympiques. Fierté nationale et enjeu mondial. Paris: Musée national du sport/Editions Atlantica, 2008, pp.201-210.
• Dauncey H, Morrey D. Quiet contradictions of celebrity: Zinedine Zidane, image, sound, silence and fury. International Journal of Cultural Studies 2008, 11(3), 301-320.
• Dauncey H, Le Guern P, ed. Stéréo : sociologie comparée des musiques populaires France / G.-B. Paris: Editions Sétéun/Irma, 2008.
• Dauncey H, Le Guern P. Top of the Pops v. Maritie et Gilbert Carpentier? France - Angleterre, regards croisés sur les musiques populaires. In: H. Dauncey and Ph. Le Guern, ed. Stéréo : sociologie comparée des musiques populaires France / G.-B. Paris: Editions Sétéun/Irma, 2008, pp.9-24.
• Dauncey H, Le Guern P. 'De la difficulté d'émerger sur les scènes de musiques actuelles : les exemples de la France et de l'Angleterre'. In: Seca, J-M, ed. Musiques populaires underground et représentations du politique. Bruxelles: Cortil-Wodon, InterCommunications/EME, 2007, pp.56-83.
• Dauncey H. 'Entre presse et spectacle sportif, l'itinéraire pionnier de Pierre Giffard'. Le Temps des Médias 2007, 9(2), 35-46.
• Dauncey H. 'Cyberculture'. In: Marshall, B, ed. Encyclopedia of the French Atlantic. Oxford and Santa Barbara: Clio-ABC, 2005, pp.323-337.
• Dauncey H. 'Disneyland Paris'. In: Marshall, B, ed. Encyclopedia of the French Atlantic. Oxford and Santa Barbara: Clio-ABC, 2005, pp.323-337.
• Dauncey H. 'Giscard d'Estaing'; 'Pompidou'; 'NATO'; 'Aviation'; 'Computing technology'; 'Nuclear technology'; 'Space technology'; 'Concorde'. In: Marshall, B, ed. Encyclopedia of the French Atlantic. Oxford and Santa Barbara: ABC-Clio, 2005, pp.517-519; 940-941; 867-869; 106-108; 291-292; 891-893; 1082-1083; 292-294.
• Dauncey H. 'Television'. In: Marshall, B, ed. Encyclopedia of the French Atlantic. Oxford and Santa Barbara: Clio-ABC, 2005, pp.1115-1118.
• Dauncey H. Les Jeux Olympiques de Londres de 1948: “figure imposée” ou “vitrine”?. In: Milza, P., Jequier, F., Tétart, P, ed. Le Pouvoir des anneaux: les jeux olympiques à la lumière de la politique 1896-2004. Paris: Vuibert, 2004, pp.183-198.
• Dauncey H, Reader K. Consumer culture: food, drink and fashion. In: Hewitt, N, ed. The Cambridge Companion to Modern French Culture. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2003, pp.104-124.
• Dauncey H. French cycling heroes of the Tour: Winners and Losers. In: Dauncey, H., Hare, G, ed. The Tour de France, 1903-2003: A Century of Sporting Structures, Meanings and Values. London, UK: Frank Cass, 2003, pp.175-202.
• Dauncey H. French Popular Culture: an Introduction. London: Arnold, 2003.
• Dauncey H, Cannon S. 'French popular music, cultural exception and globalization'. In: Dauncey,H;Cannon,S, ed. Popular Music in France from Chanson to Techno: Culture, Identity and Society. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2003, pp.243-256.
• Dauncey H. Introducing French popular culture. In: French Popular Culture: An Introduction. London, UK: Arnold, 2003, pp.1-27.
• Dauncey H, Cannon S, ed. Popular Music in France from Chanson to Techno: Culture, Identity, Society. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2003.
• Dauncey H. Television. In: Hugh Dauncey, ed. French Popular Culture: an Introduction. London: Arnold, 2003, pp.51-74.
• Dauncey H. The French music industry: structures, challenges and responses. In: Dauncey, H., Cannon, S, ed. Popular Music in France from Chanson to Techno: Culture, Identity, Society. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2003, pp.41-56.
• Dauncey HD, Hare GE, ed. The Tour de France, 1903-2003: A Century of Sporting Structures, Meanings and Values. London: Frank Cass, 2003.
• Dauncey HD, Hare GE. The Tour de France: a pre-modern contest in a post-modern context. International Journal of the History of Sport 2003, 20(2), 1-29.
• Dauncey H, Hare G. The Tour de France: A Pre-Modern Contest in a Post-Modern Context. In: Dauncey, H., Hare, G, ed. The Tour de France, 1903-2003: A Century of Sporting Structures, Meanings and Values. London, UK: Frank Cass, 2003, pp.1-29.
• Dauncey H, Hare GE, ed. Les Français et la coupe du monde 1998. Paris: Editions du Nouveau Monde, 2002.
• Dauncey HD, Hare G. Parler d'une absence: la réception médiatique de la participation au Tour de France par les coureurs britanniques. Web Journal of French Media Studies 2002, 5(1).
• Dauncey H. 6500 words of main-article entries. In: Kelly, M, ed. French Culture and Society: A Glossary. London, UK: Arnold, 2001, pp.320.
• Dauncey HD, Hare G. World Cup France ‘98: metaphors, meanings and values. International Review for the Sociology of Sport 2000, 35(3), 331-347.
• Dauncey H. "Picturing French Culture" in electoral broadcasts: 1993 and 1995. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Newcastle University, UK, 1999. Available at: http://wjfms.ncl.ac.uk/.
• Dauncey HD, Hare GE. France and the 1998 World Cup: The National Impact of a World Sporting Event. London, UK: Frank Cass, 1999.
• Dauncey H, Hare G. France: French football comes of age. In: Armstrong, G., Giuliannotti, R, ed. Football Cultures and Identities. London, New York: Macmillan, 1999, pp.41-51.
• Dauncey H, Hare G. French Talk Radio: License and Licensing. Media, Culture and Society 1999, 21(1), 93-108.
• Dauncey H. Modernising French Political Communication on French Television 1985-93. In: Perry, S., Moores, P, ed. Media Developments and Cultural Change. Newcastle upon Tyne: University of Northumbria, 1999, pp.21-33.
• Dauncey H, Hare G. "Dans la cour des grands"': France ‘98. Modern & Contemporary France 1998, 6(3), 339-350.
• Dauncey H, Hare G. 33 jours de fete: Diary of the World Cup. Culture, Sport, Society 1998, 1(2), 184-204.
• Dauncey H. Alcohol, cigarettes, drugs. In: Reader, K., Hughes, A, ed. Routledge Encyclopedia of Contemporary French Culture. London: Routledge, 1998, pp.10-12.
• Dauncey H. Building the Finals: Facilities and Infrastructure. Culture, Sport, Society 1998, 1(2), 98-120.
• Dauncey H. Encyclopedia entries on 'Foreign policy', 'European union', 'Defence and security', 'Civil rights' and biographical notes on Soustelle, Crozier, Fourastié. In: Reader, K., Hughes, A, ed. Routledge Encyclopedia of Contemporary French Culture. London, UK: Routledge, 1998.
• Dauncey H. 'Fashion'. In: Reader, K., Hughes, A, ed. Routledge Encyclopedia of Contemporary French Culture. London: Routledge, 1998, pp.200-204.
• Dauncey H, Hare G. France and the World Cup. Culture, Sport, Society 1998, 1(2), 1-14.
• Dauncey H, Hare G. La commercialisation du football. Sociétés et représentations 1998, 7, 265-280.
• Dauncey H, Hare G. Sport, Culture and Society in Modern France. Modern & Contemporary France 1998, 6(3), 285-287.
• Dauncey H. Témoin No. 1': Crime Shows on French Television. In: Fishman, M., Cavender, G, ed. Entertaining Crime: Television Reality Programs. Hawthorne, NY: Aldine de Gruyter, 1998, pp.193-210.
• Dauncey H, Hare G. The Impact of France 98. Culture, Sport, Society 1998, 1(2), 205-221.
• Dauncey H. A cultural battle: French minitel, the internet and the superhighway. Convergence 1997, 3(3), 72-89.
• Dauncey H. Choosing and Building the ''Grand stade de France'' - National Promotion through Sport and incompétence technocratique?. French Politics and Society 1997, 15(4), 32-40.
• Dauncey H. Les reality shows en France: citoyenneté télévisée ou simple mauvais gout?. In: Whyte, P., Lloyd, C, ed. La Culture populaire en France. Durham: Durham Modern Languages Series, 1997, pp.126-146.
• Dauncey H. France and the Information Superhighway : Making Haste Slowly Towards a New Role for the State?. Politics 1996, 16(2), 87-94.
• Dauncey H. French 'reality television': More than a matter of taste?. European Journal of Communication 1996, 11(1), 83-106.
• Dauncey H. Reality shows on French Television : Télé-vérité, Télé-service, Télé-civisme or Télé-flicaille?. French Cultural Studies 1994, 5(13), 85-98.
• Dauncey H. The Office parlementaire d'évaluation des choix scientifiques et technologiques and the 'evaluation' of public policy : the example of French space policy. Modern & Contemporary France 1994, 2(3), 279-289.
• Dauncey H. Hermès and the problems of the French and European space efforts thirty years on. Politics 1993, 13(1), 42-48.
• Dauncey H. 'The European Space program', 'The Eureka program', 'The Luchaire Affair'. In: Northcutt, W, ed. Dictionary of the French Fourth and Fifth Republics. Greenwood, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1993.
• Dauncey H. The French Space Program in 1987: 25 years of the French State and Space. French Politics and Society 1988, 6(1), 28-33.