April 2005 Newsletter
This issue of the newsletter
includes an updated program for this year’s annual meeting in Wolfville, the
call for papers for next year’s meeting in
At the request of one of our
members, the society’s webpage has also recently been updated to include an
online archive of past newsletter issues.
If you have any other suggestions, would like to be listed in the online
directory of society members, or would prefer to receive the newsletter
electronically, please e-mail me the appropriate information or check the box
on the membership form.
President’s Message
I am very
pleased to announce that Leslie Choquette has agreed to become editor of French
Colonial History for the next two years, beginning with volume 7.
Submissions of papers should be made to her at LeslieChoquette@msn.com. I’d
also like to thank
During the winter
months a large number of Society members and friends have been hard at work
preparing the annual meetings to be held this June and in the coming years. In
just a few weeks, many of us will be gathering on the beautiful campus of
Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, to deliver and hear papers
reporting on the impressive research in which we and our colleagues are
engaged, to see old friends once again and make new ones, and to enjoy the many
social and cultural events that our tireless organizers have planned. All the
relevant information can be found elsewhere in this Newsletter and on the
Society’s website, where the details of the program are regularly updated. If
you are presenting a paper, please remember to send a brief curriculum vitae
and a copy of your paper to the session président(e) and/or commentator to
allow her or him adequate time to prepare comments.
Planning
for the 2006 meeting, which will be held in
As reported
in the January Newsletter, I am trying to arrange group rates from North
American gateways. In that Newsletter, I outlined possible arrangements on
South African Airways, which has the only direct and non-stop flight between
At this
time (the end of March 2005) only SAA has quoted tentative airfares and
conditions, but research on the web shows advantages and disadvantages of using
each airline. South African Airways has a non-stop overnight flight in both
directions, involves by far the shortest flying time from New York, and has
favorable connections at JFK with gateways throughout North America; however,
SAA requires a commitment further in advance than the others (this May) by a group
of at least 10 people. Royal Air Maroc has by far the longest total travel time
(more than a day, due to a Casablanca layover from early morning to late at
night) and involves both arrival at and departure from Dakar in the early hours
of the morning (about 2 or 3 am); it appears, however, that RAM does not
require a commitment as far in advance as SAA (I have been unable to learn the
size of a group according to RAM nor have I been able to find out about gateway
fares and connections). Flying Air France (service from some gateways in the
States would be provided by Delta) involves a shorter layover than RAM but
still a considerably longer total travel time than SAA and a change of planes;
once again, it seems that decisions can be made closer to travel time next May
than is the case with SAA, and Air France defines a group as 9 or more people.
Because of
all these factors, I propose both to continue to explore all three of these
flight options and to arrange a group on SAA if a sufficient number
signs up by the deadline. At this time, however, fewer than 10 people have
indicated interest in a flight on SAA.
If,
therefore, you do want to be included in a group flight on SAA, you must
contact me no later than
If you are interested in a group flight on either Air France or
Royal Air Maroc, please contact me as well and I will update you on what I have
learned. With only a few exceptions, I can always be reached via email;
however, you will not be able to contact me by telephone between 1 June
and 18 August. I would appreciate having expressions of interest sooner rather
than later.
Arrangements
for the May 2007 meeting in
I look forward to seeing you in Wolfville/Grand Pré in just a few
weeks.
Alf Andrew Heggoy Book Prize, 2006
Each year the French Colonial Historical Society presents a book
in honor of one of its founding members, Alf Andrew Heggoy. Book prize recognition includes an award of
US $350 for the best book published during the previous year dealing with the
French colonial experience from the 16th to the 20th century. Books from any academic discipline will be
considered but they must approach the consideration of the French colonial
experience from an historical perspective.
The deadline for this year is March 1, 2006. The award will be announced at the annual
conference of the French Colonial Historical Society in
Applicants or their publishers
should send a copy of the books published in 2005 to each of the prize
committee members:
|
Prof. Heggoy Prize
Committee Chair peabody@vancouver.wsu.edu |
Prof. Peter Moogk Department of
History 1873 East Mall |
|
Prof. Eric Department of History |
|
Colleagues at Work
Shannon Dawdy is currently researching smuggling in
Reine-Claude Grondin a completé les
oeuvres suivantes: 1998 : La
construction historique des categories sociales. L'exemple des Petits Blancs des Hauts a File de la Reunion, DBA Lettres et sciences
sociales option Histoire, 120 p. dactyl; 1998 : « L'Abolition et le
reamenagement socio-ethnique a File de la Reunion. », Communication au Colloque
du 150e anniversaire de 1'Abolition de Fesclavage, Saint-Denis, 4-8 decembre
1998, parue dans Esclavage et abolition dansl'ocean Indien, 1723-1860, L'Har
William A. Hoisington Jr. published The
Assassination of Jacques Lemaigne Dubreuil:
A Frenchman Between France and North Africa (
A.J.B. (John) Johnston recently published “Courts, Crimes, Criminals, Victims and
Punishments: Louisbourg, 1713-1758,” Cahiers Aixois d’Histoire des droits de
l’Outre-Mer Français, No. 2 (Aix-en-Provence: Presses universitaires
d’Aix-Marseille, 2004); and soon will be publishing articles on “Evangeline”,
“Louisbourg”, and “Nova Scotia” in Bill
Notices
Arnold Reisman and P. K. Saha’s 2005
working paper entitled “French as lingua franca: An asset or liability in the
development of nations?” is Downloadable
from: http://ssrn.com/abstract=690221.
An exciting new resource for
scholars of
line:
“Nouvelle-France. Horizons nouveaux. Histoire d’une terre française en Amérique
du Nord 1604-1763” (http://www.archivescanadafrance.org). The site currently contains some 600,000 scanned
documentary images as well as a thousand maps, and the number is to grow to
about 2 million images later this year. By the end of April, all the notarial
documents in the Archives départementales de Charente-Maritime (La Rochelle)
concerning Canada will be on-line; other documents come from the Centre des
archives d’outre-mer (Aix-en-Provence), the Centre historique des archives
nationales (Paris), the departmental archives of Calvados, Gironde, Pyrénées-
Atlantiques, and Seine-Maritime, Bibliothèque and Archives Canada, and the
Archives
nationales du
Québec. The portal also gives an access to a very informative virtual
exposition focusing on twelve themes ranging from emigration and transatlantic
passage to colonial life in
Evolution Publishing is pleased to
announce the appearance of a new volume in the Annals of Colonial North America
Series. The volume, number 5 in the
series, was compiled and edited by Katherine Lawn and Claudio R. Salvucci and
is entitled Women in New France: Extracts from the Jesuit Relations,
1634-1790. For more information on
this volume and the ACNA series consult http://www.evolpub.com/ACNA/AnnalsNA.html.
The editors of the Encyclopedia
of the African Diapsora are seeking country entires for all African,
The
FRENCH
French architecture from colonization to
the birth of a nation
An Exciting New Publication
For further information
and to place an order, please contact French Heritage Society at 212-759-6846;
or visit our website www.frenchheritagesociety.org. Anyone interested
in writing formal reviews of this book for the newsletter should contact Sharon@frenchheritagesociety.org.
French America explores the rich architectural and
cultural heritage in the
Call
for Papers
Une nouvelle mission pour
l’Afrique? Le religieux africain et le
ré-enhantement du monde. Les 11-12
novembre 2005, la revue LFM: Missions & sciences sociales, qui fête ses dix
ans, organise, en collaboration avec la Société suisse d’études africaines et
l’Observatoire des Religions en Suisse, une conférenece internationale sur le
thème de la religion en Afrique et en Suisse.
La conférenece aura lieu à l’Universié de
Abstracts and manuscripts are being
solicited for a book on colonial architecture and urbanism in
2006 FCHS Conference
Call for Papers
The French Colonial Historical
Society will hold its 2006 annual meeting in Dakar, Senegal, May 17-20.The principal
theme of the meeting is Cultures et colonization en Afrique française” /
“Cultures and Colonization in French Africa.” However, as always, the
conference planning committee welcomes proposals on any aspect of French
activities overseas after 1500. The deadline for proposals is
For prospective participants from
North and South America, Europe, Asia, Australia, please send pre-nineteenth
century topics to Philip Boucher at boucherp@uah.edu or via regular mail at Department of History, University
of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL 35899 USA; for post-eighteenth century
topics, contact Ken Orosz at korosz@maine.edu or via
regular mail at Department of Social Sciences and Business, University of Maine
at Farmington, 270 Main St., Farmington, ME 04938, USA. For residents of
The FCHS hopes to assemble a group
eligible for group rates for the flight between
Appel de
communications
“Culture et
colonisation en Afrique française”
Société d’histoire
coloniale française
32e congrès
Dakar, Sénégal
17-20 mai 2005
La Société d’Histoire Coloniale Française sollicite des
propositions de communications individuelles, ou de panels pour son congrès
annuel qui aura lieu à l’Université Cheik Anta Diop de Dakar, au Sénégal, du 17
au 20 mai 2006. Le thème retenu pour cette rencontre est "Cultures et
colonisation en Afrique française”. Cependant, tous les sujets relatifs à
l’histoire coloniale française seront les bienvenus.
Les personnes intéressées sont invitées à réfléchir,
entre autres, sur les transferts culturels entre la France et ses colonies, les
réponses des Africains à la ‘politique culturelle’ coloniale, la nature des
rapports entre les colonies françaises en Afrique (ou ailleurs), leurs
populations et leurs voisins, les continuités et ruptures entre les périodes
précoloniale, coloniale et postcoloniale.
Les participants résidant en Amérique du Nord et du Sud,
en Asie, en Australie, et en Europe doivent envoyer leur résumés á :
Department of History
University of Alabama in Huntsville
Huntsville, AL 35899 USA
(Pour les communications individuelles et les panels
touchant à la période précédant le XIXe siècle)
Ken Orosz
Department of Social Sciences and Business
University of Maine at Farmington
270 Main St., Farmington, ME 04938
USA
(Pour les communications individuelles et les panels
touchant à la période après le XIXe siècle)
Tous les participants résidant en Afrique, sont priés
d’envoyer leurs propositions à:
Ibrahima Seck
Département d’Histoire
Université Cheikh Anta Diop
West African Research Center
PO Box 5456 Dakar-Fann,
Dakar, Senegal
Pour les communications individuelles, veuillez envoyer
par courriel aux personnes appropriées un résumé de 100 à 200 mots, incluant le
titre de votre communication, votre nom, celui de votre institution
d’affiliation, et votre contact (e-mail, téléphone, fax). Pour les panels,
veuillez envoyer un résumé de 100 à 200 mots, le titre du panel et des
différentes communications, le nom de chaque participant et de son institution
d’affiliation, et les nom et contact du modérateur du panel.
La date limite pour l’envoi des propositions est fixée au 15 octobre
2005.
Vous trouverez des informations additionnelles sur le
congrès et sur la Société d’Histoire Coloniale Française sur le site www.frenchcolonial.org. Toutes vos questions peuvent être adressées
aux membres du comité du programme, identifiés ci-haut.
Minutes of the Annual Meeting
French
Colonial Historical Society Business Meeting Minutes,
Present;
Boucher, Cheyne, Cormack, Del Testa, DuPlessis, Galloway, Ginio, Glavin,
Hartkopf-Schloss, Johnston, Mohan, Moody, Moogk, Moogk, Newbigging, Peabody,
Pritchard, Pritchard, Rich, Sene, Staum, Vann, Waslekov, Willens.
[The Minutes
from
1. Budget
Newbigging: Presented the
details of the Budget (distributed at die meeting) and announced that fee
increases would go into effect at the end of the Conference. The new fees were
announced as $50 CDN and $40 US for regular members and $25 CDN and $20 US for
student members. These would be included on the new membership form to
accompany the Autumn Newsletter.
P. Moogk: How many members do
we have?
Newbigging: It will change
when we calculate the number of new memberships purchased at the conference,
but before the conference there were roughly 300 on the mailing list and
roughly half in good standing.
2. Heggoy Prize.
3. Eccles Prize
3. Presentation on Annual Meeting at
Moody: The meeting will be held from 1 June to 5
June and will commemorate the 400th anniversary of the founding of
4. Presentation on
Sene: We have the support President of the
Universite Cheikh Anta Diop and the president of UCAD has pledged financial
support. There is a close affiliation with
DuPlessis:
There are concerns about
the cost of airfare to
Sene:
$1200 to $1500 US is a
typical
DuPlessis:
The executive will
discuss the possibility of arranging a
Gihio:
In support of this
proposal I would like to point out that a recent conference in
DuPlessis:
Our Society is interested in being international. This is natural for us as
we study international relations.
Del
Testa: I would like to go
on the record as supporting
DuPlessis:
2007 is to be
DuPlessis:
We have considered a
"parachute conference" but it seems problematic. This is what has
long prevented us from considering seriously Cornelius Jaenen's frequently
expressed desire to hold our annual meeting in
Newbigging:
On the other hand North
American graduate students might be better able to afford a trip to
5.
Publicity for the FCHS
Vann:
I bombarded the H-Net Lists with the call for papers and got an
overwhelming response. I suggest that we write a conference report and describe
the highlights of the conference. We will publish this on H-France. We should
establish an H-Net list for H-French Colonial.
Moban:
What is the Society doing
to hit other lists?
Vann:
We had some difficulty
this year with a number of members refusing to come to
Sene:
Our email list on the
website is out of date.
DuPlessis;
Individual members are
encouraged to email Ken Orosz with their contact information so that he can
keep the webpage up to date.
Pritchard:
I suggest that we
publicize our activities on H-Caribbean, H- Slavery, and H-Atlantic. All are
useful.
Sene:
I think we can do this
now at this meeting. I think
Rich:
It is not a difficult
task. I am happy to volunteer to do this.
DuPlessis:
Thank you! This is
excellent news for our Society. I would also like to mention the circulation of
French Colonial History. I implore members to go to their librarians and
order French Colonial History, Remind them of Project Muse and remind
them of how inexpensive this is.
Motion to Adjourn. So moved. Unanimous.
French Colonial Historical Society
Société d'Histoire Coloniale Française
Annual Meeting
Attendees of the 2005 FCHS conference in
Wolfville should know that most sessions will take place in the K.C. Irving
Centre on the campus. This is where to register on Wednesday evening and all
day Thursday, Friday and Saturday. It is also where the Wednesday evening
reception will be held. The lunches which are included in the conference fee
will be at Wheelock Hall. For more
information on how to get to Wolfville, where to stay, etc, consult the FCHS
web site.
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
Wednesday, June 1st / Mercredi le
1 juin
Arrivée des conférenciers
Réception qui sera offerte par
Acadia University
8 :30 – 10 :00
Cérémonie d’ouverture avec
conférencier invité présenté par Robert Duplessis, président de la Société d’histoire
coloniale française
- Luca
Codignola, directeur du Centro di Ricerca in Studi Canadesi e Colombiani de
l’Université de Gênes et président de l’Association internationale des études
acadiennes
o Foundings and Ruptures in the French Colonial
Church, 1759-93
Pause
10 :30 – 12 :00
1. Nouvelle historiographie acadienne
Président et commentaires : Anne
Marie
Communications :
§ Greg Kennedy,
Acadians and Oaths of Allegiance:
exploring the cultural and pragmatic factors in colonial decision-making,
1690-1755
§ Elsa Guerry, Université de Poitiers
« (…) Je croy qu'il est fort inutile de
faire aucune dépense pour secourir le Port-Royal (…) » : les relations de
l'administration du Canada et de la colonie de l'Acadie sous le régime de Louis
XIV.
2. Decolonization and Emancipation in
Chair and Comment
Papers:
§ Edwige Garnier, Université Joseph Fournier
La décolonisation ·une colonie de peuplement:
l’exemple de l’Algérie et de
"l’exode" de sa population française
§ Ryme Seferdjeli,
"One Year Ago I was Still
Veiled": The Peculiar Political Careers of Three "Emancipated"
Muslin Women During the Algerian War
§ Stéphanie Tabois, Université de Poitiers
Français en Algérie et "Pied
Noirs" en France: Continuité et/ou rupture identitaire dans les contextes
de colonisation, décolonisation et postcolonisation
3. French
Imperialism in the
Chair and Comment: William Shorrock, Cleveland State
University
Papers:
§ Jamie Whidden, Acadia University
Jacques Berque and the Academy: Imperialism and Nationalism, Islam and the
West
§ Jacques Binoche, Université de Polynésie
12 :00 – 13 :45
Déjeuner / Lunch
14 :00 – 15 :30
4. Aux
limites de l’Empire : nouveaux regards sur l’archéologie des forts
français de la Louisiane et du Pays des Illinois
Chair and Comment: Ken Donovan, Parks
Papers:
§ Greg Waselkov