The Champlain-St. Lawrence Seminar in Early American History and Culture is

about to get underway in September. We have scheduled five meetings for the

2004-2005 academic year, twice in Montreal and thrice in Valcour, New York

(several miles south of Plattsburgh). All sessions run from 3-5 pm, and the

papers are pre-circulated about a week before each session. Please contact

the co-coordinators for directions, to RSVP for a seminar or post-seminar

dinner, or to be added to the seminar's email list.

 

Monday, September 20: Lorena Walsh (Colonial Williamsburg), "Reassessing

the 'Golden Age' of Chesapeake Plantation Agriculture, 1730-1763." McCord

Museum, 690 Sherbrooke St. West, Montreal. Enter by the side entrance, at

2175 Victoria.

 

Friday, November 19: Carolyn Podruchny (York University), "Miraculous

Escapes in French-Canadian Voyageur Oral Tradition: Jean Cadieux's Song,

Story and Wood-Carved Lament." Valcour, NY.

 

Monday, February 21: Christophe Horguelin (University of Toronto),

"Dreaming Like a State: The Mood of the People in Late 18th-Century

Quebec." Valcour, NY.

 

Monday, March 14: Kevin Sweeney (Amherst), "Ownership, Possession and Use

of Firearms in Rural New England, 1640-1790". Valcour, NY.

 

Monday, April 29: John Murrin (Princeton University), "Crisis and Upheaval

in the English Atlantic World, 1674-1692." Montreal, Quebec.

 

Please let us know in advance if you plan to attend a seminar, and whether

you would like to join us for dinner afterwards. To confirm your

participation, make dinner reservations, or to obtain additional

directions, contact either Dr. Jim Rice (518-564-5221, or

ricejd@plattsburgh.edu), or Dr. Catherine Desbarats (514-398-4861, or

catherine.desbarats@mcgill.ca).