CALL FOR PAPERS - FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT

 

Indiana University is organizing on its Bloomington campus a Colloquium on French in the United States.  The goals of the Colloquium are to assess the state of the research on French as a vernacular language in the United States and to promote more vigorous research and development initiatives in this field.

 

Date:  April 22-24, 2003

 

The Colloquium will be followed by the 33rd meeting of the Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages (LSRL). 

 

Keynote speaker (April 22): Henriette Walter

École pratique des Hautes Études, Paris

U. de Haute-Bretagne, Rennes

 

LSRL Opening session speaker (April 24): Shana Poplack, U. of Ottawa

 

Organizers:  Albert Valdman & Julie Auger

 

In addition to presentations by invited speakers, the Colloquium will include a selection of competitively evaluated papers.  Proposals are invited on the following topics as well as any others that complement the program (see program listing on reverse side):

 

   The description of the speech of endangered enclave communities: Frenchtown, US Virgin Islands; Frenchville, PA; Old Mines, MO; etc.

   The documentation of past French presence in the United States

   New francophone communities, for example, Québécois communities in Florida

   Language maintenance and revitalization initiatives, including use of media, bilingual education, etc.

 

Papers will be allotted 20 minutes plus 10 minutes for discussion.  Abstracts of no more than 500 words should be submitted either by post (six [6] copies) or by e-mail attachment to:

 

French in the U.S.

Creole Institute, BH 604

1020 E. Kirkwood Avenue

Bloomington, IN 47405-7103

creole@indiana.edu

 

Deadline for the submission of proposals:  November 1, 2002

 

Please include on a separate sheet of paper or in your email the title of the paper, name of author(s), affiliation(s), address, phone number, and e-mail address.

 

Acceptances will be announced by December 20, 2002.

 

Publication:  A volume will be published containing a selection of invited presentations and papers complemented by commissioned articles.

 

Program

 

   General theoretical and methodological perspectives

          Michel Francard, Université catholique de Louvain

          Pierre Rézeau, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

          Albert Valdman, Indiana University

 

  The linguistic and sociolinguistic situation in New England (Franco-American)

        Gilbert Albert, University of Maine-Fort Kent

        Cynthia Fox, University at Albany

        Jane Smith, University of Maine

 

  The linguistic and sociolinguistic situation  in Louisiana (Cadien and Creole)

          Barry Jean Ancelet, University of Louisiana-Lafayette

          Becky Brown, Purdue University

          Sylvie Dubois, Louisiana State University

          Tom Klingler, Tulane University

          Amanda LaFleur, Louisiana State University

          Michael D. Picone, University of Alabama

          Kevin Rottet, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

 

   Links to other French communities in North America

          Annette Boudreau, Université de Moncton

          Raymond Mougeon, York University (Toronto)

          Ingrid Neumann-Holzschuh, Universität Regensburg

          Claude Poirier, Université Laval

 

  The role of French and Creole in cultural identity in the Haitian diaspora

        F. Zéphir, University of Missouri

 

For more information, e-mail creole@indiana.edu