France & Louisiane

Georgetown University, Washington DC

Tuesday, November 18, 2003

9:00AM-5:00PM

To Celebrate

the 200th Anniversary of the Louisiana Purchase,

The French Department

presents

an Interdisciplinary Conference

Click on the Fiddler and listen to Cajun music & songs like "Jolie Blonde" or "J'ai ete au bal"

France et Louisiane

17-18 Novembre 2003

Program (October 2003)

Monday 17 November, Maison Française, French Embassy

6: 30 PM:

Annick Foucrier (Université de Paris XIII): "The Louisiana Purchase and its Consequences."

Tuesday 18 November, Espace McCarthy, Department of French, Georgetown University, ICC 425

8:30AM - 9:00AM

9:00AM - 9:15AM

9:15AM - 10:45AM






10:45AM - 11:00AM

11:00AM - 12:30PM





12:30PM - 2:00PM

2:00PM - 3:30PM





3:30PM - 3:45PM

3:45PM - 5:15PM




5:15PM

Coffee

Welcome Remarks by Carol Dover, Department of French

Session 1: "Les Bons Temps"

  • Camille DeGroef (Department of French): "Achat-Vente de la Louisiane: rappel historique"
  • Pascale Dewey (Department of French, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania): "Acadiens et Cajuns"
  • Carol Dover (Department of French): "Louisiana French Languages"

Coffee

Session 2: "Space and discovery"

  • Bonita Billman (Department of Art, Music & Theater): "Some French Artists working in Louisiana"
  • Louis Reith (Lauinger Library): "The First Bishop of Louisiana, Mgr Dubourg"
  • Jean-François Thibault (Department of Romance Languages, The George Washington University): "Topologie de la Louisiane"

Lunch (Levey Center) and/or Movies (Espace McCarthy)

Session 3: "Legacy of Plantations"

  • Jean-Max Guieu (Department of French): "L'Habitation St-Ybars, ou Maîtres et esclaves en Louisiane, roman social d'Alfred Mercier (1881)"
  • Adam Rothman (Department of History): "Louisiana's 1811 Slave Insurrection"
  • Marc David (Department of Anthropology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill): "A History of Cursing: Race, Temporality, and ‘Voudou’ in South Louisiana"

Refreshments

Session 4: "Literary Voyages"

  • Paul Young (Department of French): "Manon, Under the Sand: Hiding the Body in the New World."
  • Dorothy Betz (Department of French): "Chateaubriand's Visions of America"
  • Andrew Sobanet (Department of French): "Tocqueville in Louisiana"

Closing Reception

This Conference is Free and Open to the General Public

For more information, please contact:

Prof. Jean-Max Guieu, French Department, Georgetown University, Washington DC 20057-1047

Phone: 202 687 6160

E-mail: Guieuj@georgetown.edu