Dakar, Senegal
May 17-20, 2006

The French Colonial Historical Society will hold its 2006 annual meeting in Dakar, Senegal, May 17-20.The principal theme of the meeting is “Cultures et colonization en Afrique française”/”Cultures and Colonization in French Africa.” However, as always, the conference planning committee welcomes proposals on any aspect of French activities overseas after 1500. The deadline for proposals is October 15, 2005. Please send individual paper proposals or, preferably, panel session proposals to one of the following individuals:

For prospective participants from North and South America, Europe, Asia, Australia, please send pre-nineteenth century topics to Philip Boucher at boucherp@uah.edu; for post-eighteenth century topics, contact Ken Orosz at the e-mail address provided below or via regular mail at the mailing address shown in the contact information at the end of this announcement. For residents of Africa, send proposals to Ibrahima Seck at the West African Research Center, PO Box 5456 Dakar-Fann, Dakar, Senegal. His email is birimaseck@hotmail.com

The FCHS hopes to assemble a group eligible for group rates for the flight between North America and Dakar. For details on group rates consult the January 2005 Newsletter or the FCHS website (web address follows).