Second call for papers: French in the United States (topics include language maintenance & revitalization) - DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS 1 NOVEMBER

[McGinnis, Scott]

FRENCH IN THE UNITED STATES

Call for papers - second 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 at 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 at indiana.edu 
or visit our web page:
www.indiana.edu/~creole/french_in_the_united_states.htm