UMaine Franco American Studies Lecture Series Set

Jan. 6, 2003 Media contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571

The University of Maine Franco American Studies program will present a lecture series on campus, beginning on Friday, Jan. 9. The lectures, which are funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, will feature discussion of various issues related to Franco culture and history. The lectures will be held at 1 p.m. at the Franco American Centre in Crossland Hall at UMaine. A discussion will follow each lecture. For more information, contact the Franco American Studies Department at 581-3791.

Friday January 9, 2004: “‘La Survivance’ in New England: A Clerico-conservative French-Canadian Construct of ‘race’ or a Franco-American Concept of Working-Class Solidarity?” Jacques Ferland

Saturday January 10, 2004: “The Importance of Cultural Identity in Jack Kerouac’s Satori in Paris”Susan Pinette

Saturday January 17, 2004: “Where Have the Francophones Gone? Subtractive Bilingualism Revisited” Barney Bérubé and “Haut en bas: French from the Top Down” Jane Smith

Saturday January 31, 2004: “Franco American Family Storytelling in Maine” Kristin Langellier & Eric Peterson

Saturday February 14, 2004: “Voicing the Unvoiced: Publishing the Writing of Franco-American Women” Rhea Côté Robbins and “How We Got Here and How We Stay” Yvon Labbé

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