The Path to a New Acadia: A Symposium

The Path to a New Acadia: A Symposium on the 250th Anniversary of the Arrival of the Acadians in Louisiana

Vermilionville Performance Center, 300 Fischer Road, Lafayette, LA
October 8, 2015, 9 am – 4 pm

9-9:30  Welcome and Introductions

9:30-10:15  A Great and Noble Scheme: The Tragic Story of the Expulsion of the French Acadians from Their American Homeland
John Mack Faragher, Howard R. Lamar Professor of History and American Studies, Yale University

10:30-11:15  The Acadian Refugees in France
Jean-François Mouhot, director, Centre Les Courmettes, France

11:30-1  Lunch

1-1:30  The Environmental Context: A Brief History of Bayou Teche
Shane Bernard, author and historian, New Iberia, Louisiana

1:45-2:30  The Acadians in Louisiana
"The Initial Acadian Settlement: A New Look at its Location in the Attakapas"
Donald J. Arceneaux, independent researcher, Moscow, Idaho/Lafayette, Louisiana

"The New Acadia Project"
Mark Rees, Mr. & Mrs. Pat Nalley BORSF Professor of Social Science, University of Louisiana at Lafayette

2:45-3:30  Indians, Settlers, and Slaves on a Colonial Frontier: The Acadians among Other Peoples
Daniel H. Usner Jr., Holland N. McTyeire Professor of History, Vanderbilt University

3:30-4  Book Signings with the Presenters

Sponsored by: Center for Louisiana Studies, University of Louisiana at Lafayette; Festivals Acadiens et Créoles; Atchafalaya National Heritage Area