CENTER FOR FRENCH COLONIAL STUDIES

      Centre pour l’étude du pays des Illinois

2008 Annual Meeting and Conference

Lafayette, Louisiana

                                                                          October 24-25, 2008

                                                                   PROGRAM

Friday, October 24.  Bus trip.

9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.  Depart from Hilton Garden Inn.  St. Martinville, 18 miles from Lafayette on Bayou Teche, in the heart of Cajun country. 11:00 a.m. Bus to Vermilionville for lunch and guided tours in the afternoon.  Return to hotel by 5:00 p.m.

 6:00-7:00 p.m.  Reception (Hilton Garden Inn – Evangeline Room)

 Dinner on one’s own.

 Saturday, October 25.  Conference (University of Louisiana/Lafayette – Evangeline Room)

8:00 - 8:40 a.m.             Registration - Continental breakfast (Included in conference registration),

8:40 - 9:00 a.m.             Welcome

9:00 - 9:50 a.m.             "Joseph Medard Carriere and the Ethnogenesis of French Identity." Ray Brassieur, U. of Louisiana-Lafayette.

 10:00 - l0: 50 a.m.          "Enlightenment in the Shade: Education in French Colonial Louisiana."  Emily Clark, Tulane University.

 11:00 - 11:50 a.m.          "Power, Sex, and Race in Colonial St. Louis." Carl Ekberg, Emeritus, Illinois State University.

 12:00 - 1:15 p.m.            Lunch – University’s Café de Lafayette (Included in conference registration)

 
1:15 - 2:05 p.m.             "The Natchez and the French: A Failed Encounter." Arnaud Balvay, independent historian, Paris. 

 2:15 - 3:05 p.m.             "French Colonial Architecture -- Some Trans-Atlantic Connections." Jay D. Edwards, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge.

 3:15 - 3:45 p.m.             Panel discussion.  Chair and commentator: Stamos Metzidakis, Washington University-Saint Louis.

 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.             Annual Meeting and elections followed by a short Board meeting.

 6:30 - 9:00 p.m.             Cash bar and banquet (Hilton Garden Inn – Evangeline Room) Reservations required

Accommodations:       35 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.

THE CENTER FOR FRENCH COLONIAL STUDIES

Centre pour l’étude du pays des Illinois

Annual Meeting and Conference

Lafayette, LA

October 24-25, 2008

ADVANCE REGISTRATION

____ Yes, I/We plan to attend the meeting

____ No, I/We will not be able to attend the meeting, but the 2008-09 dues are enclosed. 

Name(s): ______________________________________      Phone _________________

 Address:  _______________________________________________________________

 City, State, Zip ________________________   E-mail:  __________________________

Advance registration due by Mon, Oct 20.  All other registrations will be charged “on-site” rates.   

 
I/We will attend (Check all that apply)                                 Each                # persons        Total

                                                                                                (US$)

Friday bus tour of St Martinsville & Vermilionville                     $ 50                 ________        $______

            (includes entrance fees and lunch)

 Friday reception – Hilton Garden Inn (Evangeline Room)        N/C                ________             N/C       

 Full Conference (Sat morning & afternoon)                             $100                _­­­_______        $______

(University of Louisiana – Evangeline Room)             

(Continental breakfast, lunch, refreshments included)

Full conference – On site registration                             $110   

            Advanced Student Registration (with ID)                         $75 

            On-site Student registration (with ID)                               $85 

Saturday night banquet – Hilton Garden Inn (Evangeline Room)

 Cash bar – reservation cost includes appetizers, dinner & dessert)

            Advanced registration required                                         $40                ________        $______

2007-08 Dues (US$):                                                                                                             $______  

___Individual $25;  ___Patron $50;  ___Sustaining $100;  ___Friend $250,  ___Corporate $500           

(The Center qualifies as an exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the IRS Code of 1986.)

Please make checks payable to Center for French Colonial Studies.  Mail to: The Center for French Colonial Studies, History Department, CM 321, North Central College, 30 North Brainard, Naperville, IL  60540-4690. 

CFCS Lodging rates for Hilton Garden Inn are guaranteed only through Oct 2, 2008.  Call 1-877-782-9444.  For special rates ($99 plus tax) mention block of rooms reserved for group code CFCS.  For other lodging options see http://www.louisiana-hotels.org/cities/Lafayette/