Annual meetings usually take place during the third
weekend of October.
LOCATIONS:
2008 Lafayette, Louisiana
2009 Florissant, Missouri
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CENTER FOR
FRENCH COLONIAL STUDIES
Centre pour l’étude du pays des Illinois
2008 Annual
Meeting and Conference
Lafayette, Louisiana
October 24-25, 2008
Please
note: the reservation form with program fees will be posted in July.
PROGRAM
Friday, October 24. Bus trip.
9:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M. Depart from
hotel. Visit St. Martinville in the
heart of Cajun country. It is located on Bayou Teche, about 18 miles from Lafayette. Highlights: St. Martin de Tours, founded in 1765; la Maison Duchamp, built in 1876; Evangeline
Oak and her statue. She was made famous by Henry Longfellow’s poem, Evangeline. 11:00 A.M. Bus to Vermilionville for lunch
and guided tours in the afternoon.
Return to hotel by 5:00 P.M.
6:00 p.m. Reception at the hotel
Dinner on one’s own.
Saturday, October 25. Conference (At the University
of Louisiana/Lafayette)
8:00 a.m. - 8:40
a.m. Registration - Continental breakfast (Included in conference
registration).
8:40 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Welcome
9:00 a.m. - 9:50
a.m. "Joseph Medard Carriere and the Ethnogenesis of
French Identity." Ray Brassieur, U. of Louisiana-Lafayette.
10:00 a.m. - l0: 50 a.m. “Enlightenment
in the Shade: Education in French Colonial Louisiana.”
Emily Clark, Tulane
University.
11:00 a.m. - 11:50 a.m. "Power,
Sex, and Race in Colonial St. Louis."
Carl Ekberg, Emeritus, Illinois
State University.
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Lunch at the university
(Included in conference registration)
1:15 p.m. - 2:05
p.m. “The Natchez
and the French: A Failed Encounter.” Arnaud Balvay, Centre d’études
nord-américaines, Paris.
2:15 p.m. - 3:05
p.m. “French Colonial Architecture -- Some Trans-Atlantic
Connections.” Jay D. Edwards, Louisiana
State University,
Baton Rouge.
3:15 p.m. - 3:45
p.m. Panel of presenters for questions and answers
3:50 p.m.- 5:15 p.m. Annual
Meeting followed by short Board meeting.
7:00 p.m. -10:00 p.m. Cash bar and banquet at the University. Reservations
required
Accommodations:
Rooms have been reserved at the
Hilton Garden Inn/Cajundome, 2350
W. Congress Street, Lafayette, LA 70506. 337-291-1977. $99.00 per room plus 12% tax.
Deadline for CFCS reservations: 10/2/08. Mention the CFCS.
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