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 and Colonization in French Africa, but as always the planning committee welcomes proposals on any aspect of French activities overseas after 1500. The deadline for proposals is October 15, 2005. Complete proposals should include your name, individual affifliation, contact information, a brief c.v. and a 100-200 word abstract. Please send individual paper proposals or, preferably, panel session proposals to one of the following individuals:
For participants not living in Africa, please send pre-nineteenth century proposals to Philip Boucher at boucherp@uah.edu; for post eighteenth century propopsals contact Ken Orosz at korosz@maine.edu. 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 Society is organizing a group rate for a direct flight from New York City and a package including hotels and ground transportation. If interested, see the french colonial website, or contact Kwaku Gyasi of the French Department at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. gyasik@uah.edu
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