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THE AMERICAN COUNCIL FOR QUÉBEC STUDIES
NEWSLETTER
Winter 2015
Letter from the President
Christine St-Pierre, Québec’s Minister of International Relations, and the presentation of two
First, my warmest wishes to all of you for a pro- ACQS prizes. Congratulations to this year’s
honorees: Patrick Coleman, who received the
ductive and enjoyable 2015! As many of you
know, the American Council for Québec Studies Prix du Québec for scholarly excellence in Québec Studies, and Sam Fisher, winner of the
follows a two-year cycle of activities, the highlight of which is the biennial conference. With- ACQS Distinguished Service Award! Last but
not least, the Saturday banquet, featuring enterout any risk of exaggeration, I can report that
tainment by artists from Montréal’s worldour 19th biennial conference, held in Montréal
last November, was a phenomenal success. Be- renowned cabarets and circuses, provided a
hind the scenes, Vice President Katharine Har- memorable and festive finale.
rington, with assistance from the Executive
Board, Section Chairs, and the organizers of the Of course, an event of this complexity cannot
Queer Québec Colloquium, compiled a program occur without cooperation and assistance from a
multitude of sources. The Québec Government,
that was without parallel in its size and scope.
At the reception desk, Joe Arsenault and his
team of volunteers handled memberships, regisTable of Contents
tration, and the tangle of logistical arrangements
with efficiency and good cheer.
1 Letter from Leslie Choquette, President
By our unofficial count, the conference brought
together more than 200 scholars from 28 American states and the District of Columbia, 7 Canadian provinces, 6 European nations, and Australia. A wide variety of interests and disciplines
were represented, spanning the arts and humanities, history and the social sciences; there was
literally something for everybody. And I have
not yet mentioned the two spectacular events
held in the Caf’ Conc’ of the Marriott Château
Champlain. The Québec Government reception
on Friday evening featured a speech by Mme
3
Letter from Katharine Harrington, Vice
President
3
Letter from Mark P. Richard, Secretary
4
Letter from Jane Moss, Editor of
Québec Studies
4
Letter from Amy Ransom, Book
Review Editor of QS
5
Announcements
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through its Ministère des Relations internationales et de la Francophonie (MRIF), provided
significant funding and logistical support for the
conference. The Association internationale des
études québécoises (AIÉQ) sponsored individual
elements of the program including a reading by
contemporary Québec poets in memory of
ACQS stalwart Émile Talbot. Other contributors and supporters include: the Association for
Canadian Studies in the United States (ACSUS),
the Canada Council for the Arts/Conseil des arts
du Canada, the Canadian-American Center of
the University of Maine, Concordia University,
Contemporary French Civilization, the Duke University Canadian Studies Endowment, the Editorial
Board of Québec Studies, the Franco-American
Center of the University of Maine, the International Council for Canadian Studies/Conseil international des études canadiennes, Liverpool
University Press, the Playwrights Guild of Canada, Plymouth State University, the Simone de
Beauvoir Institute, SUNY Plattsburgh’s Institute
on Québec Studies, Union College, the University of Illinois, the University of Maryland Baltimore County, the Université de Montréal, and
the University of South Alabama.
Now that the conference is over, the Executive
Board is turning its collective attention to new
tasks—including (yes!) preparations for our next
conference, in 2016. Please put it on your calendar now: November 3-6 at the Westin Harborview Hotel in Portland, Maine! Another task
confronting us is reviewing our finances with an
eye toward maintaining stability in a challenging
economic environment. We have already taken
two important steps to economize in 2014: outsourcing publication of our top-flight scholarly
journal, Québec Studies, to Liverpool University
Press, and deciding to put the ACQS secretariat
into dormancy during non-conference years. In
regard to the second point, I would like to convey my special thanks to Director Stephen
Hornsby and retired Associate Director Raymond Pelletier of the Canadian-American Cen-
ter of the University of Maine at Orono for generously hosting the ACQS secretariat from 2008
through 2014. Their willingness to do so was an
incredible boon to our organization. I would
also like to thank Danielle Beaupré for her many
years of service to the secretariat. With the decision to put the ACQS secretariat into dormancy,
Director Susan Pinette of the Franco-American
Center of the University of Maine has kindly
agreed to house our archives, which have been
expertly arranged by Joe Arsenault. Thank you,
Susan and Joe, for helping with this significant
transition.
So, you see, the flurry of conference-related activity may have subsided momentarily, but the
work of the ACQS proceeds, if less visibly than
before. But do not be fooled: before you know
it, we will be back together at yet another of our
congenial gatherings, this time in coastal Maine.
In the meantime, please enjoy this Newsletter and
the journal, and feel free to contact us on the
Executive Board with your comments and concerns.
Leslie Choquette
President
Contacting the ACQS
The ACQS secretariat is located in the FrancoAmerican Center at the University of Maine. To
contact the ACQS, please send your e-mail to
[email protected].
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Letter from the Vice President
ACQS Membership
It was wonderful to see so many of you in Montreal in October! I think it goes without saying
that the 2014 ACQS Biennial Conference was a
truly memorable one. As the 2014 Conference
Chair, I would like to say thank you to everyone
who contributed to the success of the conference, including the members of the ACQS Executive Board, the Section Chairs who helped
review submissions and organize our panels, and
all of our presenters who came from near and
far to share their work and inspire thoughtful
discussion and exchange.
I would like to give an extra special thanks to
Charles Batson and Denis Provencher whose
work in recruiting and organizing our Queer
Québec panels succeeded in adding a wonderful
new dynamic to our Biennial Conference. I don’t
think any of us will soon forget the Saturday
evening circus performance! Merci beaucoup!
All ACQS memberships now run for two years. If
you haven’t yet paid your dues for 2015-2016,
please renew now. The ACQS membership form is
available online. Go to www.acqs.org, click on
Organization, and then click on Membership
Form. Use Paypal to make a secure payment.
Should you prefer to pay by mail, please send your
check to the ACQS treasurer, Sam Fisher, at the
Dept. of Political Science & Criminal Justice, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama 36688.
Subscriptions to Québec Studies and to the online
ACQS Newsletter are included with the payment
of dues.
ACQS Brochure
The ACQS has an informational brochure. Members are invited to request a copy by e-mail. Bundles can also be mailed to members who are planning to attend a conference or who would like to
distribute them to colleagues.
Thank you also to everyone who filled out a post
-conference survey. The ACQS Executive Board
members truly appreciate your feedback as we
begin planning ahead for the 2016 conference in
Portland, Maine. As always, we welcome your
input on all ACQS matters moving forward.
Please do not hesitate to contact us with your
ideas, questions, and concerns.
Letter from the Secretary
If you have news that you would like to share
with ACQS members in the next issue of the
electronic newsletter, please contact me via email ([email protected]) or regular
mail (Department of History, Champlain Valley
Hall, SUNY Plattsburgh, 101 Broad Street,
Plattsburgh, NY 12901-2681.)
Katharine N. Harrington
Mark P. Richard
Vice President
Secretary
Save the dates!
Marquez vos calendriers!
Please join us in 2016
for the
Twentieth Biennial Conference /
Vingtième congrès bisannuel
at the
Westin Portland Harborview
Portland, Maine
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Letter from the Québec Studies Editor
The ACQS Executive Board would like to thank
Patrice Proulx (University of Nebraska at
Omaha) for her years of service as the Québec
Studies Book Review Editor. Patrice is a widely
published scholar, specializing in the literature of
immigration in both France and Québec, and a
sterling editor, so we are pleased to announce
that she has agreed to become the journal’s Associate Editor for the Humanities.
And it is with equal pride and pleasure that we
announce that Amy J. Ransom (Central Michigan University) has agreed to replace Professor
Proulx as the Book Review Editor. In addition
to her reviews and articles in academic journals,
Amy has published Science Fiction from Quebec: A
Postcolonial Study (McFarland, 2009) and Hockey
P.Q.: Canada’s Game in Quebec Popular Culture (University of Toronto Press, 2014). She will
be reaching out to ACQS members to invite
them to review books and she asks that ACQS
authors have their publishers contact her to arrange reviews. She can be reached
at [email protected].
The Fund for the ACQS
The Fund for the ACQS will insure the financial stability of the organization and generate dividends that
will allow the ACQS to expand its mission and serve
a greater number of researchers and institutions. Currently contributions are tax-deductible only in the
United States. See our website for more information.
Letter from the Book Review Editor
As the new book review editor of Québec Studies,
I would like to introduce myself briefly. I am an
associate professor of French at Central Michigan University and have been a member of the
ACQS since 2010. My training is in literary studies, but I use a very interdisciplinary approach in
my research, as can be seen in my most recent
book, Hockey PQ: Canada’s Game in Quebec’s Popular Culture (U of Toronto P, 2014).
I am looking forward to reading your reviews of
historical, political science, cultural studies and
all the array of disciplines we unite in this organization. I also bring to the table some experience
in this area as associate book review editor for
Jane Moss the Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts. I very much
Editor-in-Chief look forward to building on the network of contacts provided by Jane Moss and Patrice Proulx
and I encourage any members interested in contributing book reviews to contact me at the folAmendments to the Constitution
lowing email address: [email protected].
Approved
Please send me both your email and “snail mail”
addresses and list your areas of interest. I would
At the General Meeting of the ACQS, which took
also be pleased to hear from you with suggesplace at the end of the 2014 biennial conference in
tions of books to review; just note that Québec
Montreal, the Executive Board proposed amendments to the ACQS Constitution to streamline the
Studies does not review creative works. I look
election process. The amendments, which were ap- forward to collaborating with you!
proved unanimously by the ACQS members present,
will permit future elections to be handled electronically, rather than solely by paper ballot, and to be
conducted within a timeframe of one month, rather
than two months.
Amy J. Ransom
Book Review Editor
The ACQS Constitution can be found on the ACQS
website at the following link:
http://www.acqs.org/organization/
constitution.html.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Individual abstracts of 250-300 words (not proposals for multiple-paper sessions) should be
submitted in English or French by March 15,
L’Association internationale des études québé2015 to Dr. Denis M. Provencher
coises (AIEQ) annonce l’ouverture du concours ([email protected]).
pour la Bourse d’excellence Gaston-Miron, edition 2015, qui permettra à un ou une jeune cherCFP: Anne Hébert, le centenaire :
cheur ou chercheuse en littérature et culture quécolloque international
bécoises provenant de l’extérieur du Québec et
du Canada de venir parfaire ses connaissances au Organisé par le Centre Anne-Hébert, en
Québec (pour un stage d’au moins 2 mois). Cette partenariat avec l’Association internationale des
bourse est d'un montant de 5000 dollars canadi- études québécoises (AIÉQ), Bibliothèque et Arens. Le comité de sélection donnera priorité,
chives nationales du Québec (BAnQ) et le Censans toutefois exclure les autres, aux demandes tre de recherche interuniversitaire sur la littéraprovenant de jeunes chercheurs en doctorat,
ture et la culture québécoises (CRILCQ), le colpostdoctorat ou ayant un maximum de 6 ans
loque se tiendra dans les locaux de la Faculté des
d’expérience. Les dossiers de candidature
lettres et sciences humaines de l’Université de
doivent être envoyés par courriel avant le 3
Sherbrooke et une exposition des archives et
février 2015. Cf : http://aieq.qc.ca/
d’autres activités culturelles auront lieu aussi à
bulletins/2014/10/Bourse-GM-2015.pdf.
l’Université les 28, 29 et 30 juillet 2016.
Bourse d’excellence Gaston-Miron
Appel de textes
Un numéro spécial de La Revue canadienne des
études sur l'incapacité vise à interroger les rapports
entre les personnes en situation de handicap et
leur entourage culturel francophone. Les propositions d’articles (250-300 mots) sont à envoyer
au plus tard le 15 mars 2015 aux adresses
suivantes : Jay Dolmage : dolmage
@uwaterloo.ca et Maria Fernanda Arentsen :
[email protected]. Les collègues qui ne
peuvent pas soumettre les articles en français
peuvent proposer une version en anglais.
Rédigés en français, le titre et un résumé de 300
mots avec une notice biographique de 100 mots
devront parvenir par courriel au [email protected] avant le 30 mars 2015.
Les résultats de la sélection seront communiqués
en juin 2015.
CFP: 40 Years of Contemporary
French Civilization
Vacancy: Instructor - Teaching French as a
Second or Foreign Language
As Contemporary French Civilization (published by
Liverpool University Press) turns 40, it joins
with French Cultural Studies (published by Sage) to
organize an interdisciplinary and international
conference that will take place at the Inner Harbor, in Baltimore, Maryland, September 3-5,
2015.
The Department of French at Carlton University
in Ottawa invites applications for a preliminary
appointment in teaching French as a second or
foreign language at the rank of Instructor I beginning July 1, 2015. The deadline for applications is February 15, 2015.
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For further information, consult the link: http://
carleton.ca/facultyrecruitment/2014/
department-of-french-french-as-a-secondlanguage.
Les candidatures doivent être envoyées à Claire
Trépanier, Directrice du BAFF,avant le 6 mars
2015. Pour plus d’informations, voir à l’adresse
suivante:
http://www.sfu.ca/baff-offa/media/uploads/
Vacancy: Assistant or Associate Professor BAFFFoE_Poste_de_directeur_adjoint_ou_dire
Critical Curriculum Theories and Francoctrice_adjointe_2015.pdf
phone Linguistic Minorities
The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
(OISE) of the University of Toronto invites applications for a tenure-stream appointment at the
rank of Assistant or Associate Professor beginning July 1, 2015 in critical curriculum theories
and Francophone linguistic minorities. OISE is
home to the Centre de recherches en éducation
franco-ontarienne (CREFO) and is especially
interested in candidates who can contribute to
the diversity and excellence of its scholarly community through research, teaching and service.
The successful candidate will be nominated by
the University for a Tier 2 Canada Research
Chair (www.chairs.gc.ca) in the fields of curriculum studies, linguistic dynamics, and social issues
in education. Further information may be obtained at http://www.oise.utoronto.ca. The
closing date for applications is March 6, 2015.
Poste de directeur adjoint ou de directrice
adjointe du Bureau des affaires francophones et francophiles
Le Bureau des affaires francophones et francophiles (BAFF), conjointement avec la Faculté
d’éducation (FoE), de l’Université Simon Fraser
à Burnaby (Colombie-Britannique) sollicite des
candidatures pour un poste de directeur adjoint
ou de directrice adjointe pour un mandat de 2
ans, avec possibilité de renouvellement. Le/La
directeur(trice) adjoint(e) du BAFF travaillera de
près avec la directrice et aura la responsabilité
d’assurer le développement, la coordination et la
promotion des programmes (1er, 2e et 3e cycles)
offerts en langue française à la Faculté d’éducation de l’Université Simon Fraser, afin de répondre aux besoins postsecondaires des étudiants et
étudiantes francophones et francophiles.
Colloque : Les Pays d’en haut : lieux, cultures, langues, imaginaires.
Pour souligner le 400e anniversaire de la présence française en Ontario, le Centre de recherche
en civilisation canadienne-française (CRCCF) et
le projet GTRC Le français à la mesure d’un continent organisent un colloque intitulé Les Pays d’en
haut : lieux, cultures, langues, imaginaires.
Ce colloque interdisciplinaire, organisé en collaboration avec la Chaire Langue, identité et migration en Amérique française (France Martineau, Université d’Ottawa), la Chaire de recherche du Canada sur les migrations, les transferts
et les communautés francophones (Yves Frenette, Université de Saint-Boniface) ainsi que l’Institut d’études canadiennes et autochtones
(Nicole St-Onge, Université d¹Ottawa), se tiendra les 18, 19 et 20 mars prochain à l’Université
d¹Ottawa.
Vous pouvez consulter le programme
(préliminaire) ainsi que les résumés des communications et vous inscrire à l’adresse suivante :http://arts.uottawa.ca/crccf/.
Veuillez noter que l’inscription est gratuite mais
obligatoire et doit être confirmée avant le mercredi 11 mars 2015.
L’Ordre des francophones d’Amérique et le Prix
du 3-Juillet-1608
Le Conseil supérieur de la langue française
(CSLF) lance son appel à candidatures pour
l’Ordre des francophones d’Amérique et le Prix
du 3-Juillet-1608. L’Ordre des francophones
d’Amérique reconnaît le mérite d’hommes et de
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femmes, issus de différents milieux, qui se sont
consacrés ou qui se consacrent au maintien et à
l’épanouissement de la langue française en
Amérique, ou qui ont accordé leur soutien à l’essor de la vie française sur le continent américain.
Le Prix du 3-Juillet-1608 rend quant à lui hommage à une organisation œuvrant en Amérique
du Nord qui, avec persévérance, vitalité et dynamisme, a rendu ou rend des services exceptionnels à une collectivité de langue française et à
l’ensemble de la francophonie nord-américaine.
Pour toute question se rapportant au Prix du 3Juillet-1608 ou à l’Ordre des francophones
d’Amérique, consultez le site Web du CSLF au
www.cslf.gouv.qc.ca. Un dossier de candidature
est à envoyer au plus tard le 7 avril 2015.
About the ACQS
The American Council for Québec Studies sponsors a biennial conference and publishes Québec
Studies, a semi-annual bilingual journal.
The Council is administered by an executive board
whose officers are elected every two years. The
editors of Québec Studies, selected by the officers,
and the past president of the ACQS also make up
the executive board.
For further information about the ACQS, its membership, activities, conference, and publications,
please refer to the Council’s website, which is located at http://www.acqs.org.
The 2014-2015 Executive Board
President
Leslie Choquette
Assumption College
Vice President Katharine Harrington
Plymouth State University
Secretary
Mark Richard
SUNY Plattsburgh
Treasurer
Samuel Fisher
University of South Alabama
Past President
Amy Reid
New College of Florida
Québec Studies
Editor-in-Chief Jane Moss
Duke University
Associate Editor Kevin J. Christiano
(Social Sciences) University of Notre Dame
Associate Editor Patrice Proulx
(Humanities)
University of Nebraska, Omaha
Book Review
Editor
Amy Ransom
Central Michigan University
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