Summer Newsletter
September 2023
September 2023
Bonne et heureuse rentrée 2023!
Summer is sneaking out the door for those of you in the northeast, and your Executive Board is working hard to plan for next year's Biennial Conference in Québec City. We are delighted to (finally) be able to meet together in the venue we had selected for our 2020 colloquium--the Hôtel Le Concorde--with beautiful panoramic views of the city of Québec & the Plaines d'Abraham. Mark your calendars for October 3-6th, 2024. Our Call for Papers will be released soon!
As we prepare for our next meeting together, we have received and confirmed nominations for our Executive Board, who will begin their two years of service in January 2024 if approved and voted on by the Membership. The proposed slate of officers is as follows:
President Yulia Bosworth
Binghamton University
Vice President and Conference Chair Olivia Choplin
Elon University
Secretary Holly Collins
Baylor University
Treasurer Erin Edgington
University of Nevada - Reno
As stated in the ACQS constitution, Kate Harrington will remain on the Executive Board as Past President for two years. We would like to recognize and thank outgoing Past President Charles Batson and outgoing Treasurer Mark Richard for their outstanding service to the organization--and without whose dedication and good humor the weathering of the past three years would have been nearly impossible! We also wish to thank those who are willing to serve our organization in new roles.
All current members will receive an election ballot next week. We ask that you please vote to approve our new officers before November 16th, 2023.
In order to promote the study of Québec at conferences where Québec or Canadian Studies are not the primary focus (e.g. disciplinary conferences for history, political science, languages, linguistics, etc.) this grant offers up to $250 of support towards conference registration fees for ACQS members presenting on Québec or Francophone North America.
Applicants should submit their conference acceptance notice and abstract to be considered for this grant. If chosen for the grant, applicants must submit a receipt of their conference registration and reimbursement will be issued after the conference date.
Given that this is an outreach initiative we ask grant recipients to tag the #ACQS in a social media post related to their conference presentation and include the ACQS logo on your conference slides or submit a brief report about their presentation to be included in our newsletter.
To be considered for this grant, please send the following information to: knharrington@plymouth.edu
• Name of conference and sponsoring organization
• Date and location of conference
• Title of presentation
• Abstract
• Cost of registration
Applicants will be considered on a rolling basis and are limited to one grant per 12-month period. We look forward to learning how you represent the ACQS in other spaces!
In the absence of a special dossier, the present issue serendipitously offers three articles all related to media studies in Québec. Susan Pinette and Jacob Albert describe for us a significant, recently completed project that catalogues Franco-American newspapers published in New England. It includes instructions for using the database and an appendix listing the periodicals currently indexed. It is our hope that the database will inspire articles for a special dossier to appear in a future issue of the journal; see specifics at the article’s conclusion. Pierre-Olivier Bouchard then examines how the long-running American magazine of scientific vulgarization, National Geographic, depicts Québec in several articles from the 1930s. Finally, Miléna Santoro asks (and answers) a pertinent question in her consideration of “Does it Matter Who Directs the Story? Comparing Québec’s Immigrant Cinema and the Cinema of Immigration Through Case Studies of Karaman and Deraspe, Villeneuve and Bensaddek.” This issue also includes two analyses of contemporary literary works: Nadra Hebouche’s examination of a developing ecofeminist ethics in Louis Hamelin’s 2016 novel Autour d’Éva and Michèle A. Schaal’s application of the concept of “liquid modernity” to the first Québec-set novel of Claire Legendre, Bermudes (2020).
Dedicated readers will not fail to notice this issue’s brevity, which is due not to lack of content but rather the need to compensate for our jam packed 40th anniversary issue earlier this year. Already slated for 2024, we have two exciting dossiers, one on new perspectives on Québec studies from Europe and beyond and another on Emerson’s influence on la littérature québécoise, as well as other freestanding articles, including one on intersectionality in Québec feminist writing. We will also catch you up with book reviews of recent releases in the field.
Amy J. Ransom
Remember that our partner, the Association internationale des études québécoises, offers a variety of programs for scholars and students outside of Québec who are seeking to expand the reach of Québec studies elsewhere. Please check out their website for open opportunities. Additionally, they are co-hosting an information session about these opportunities. Read on to hear more:
Réunion informationnelle en ligne ouverte à tous les chercheurs et chercheuses émergent.es intéressé.es par les études québécoises ainsi qu'à tous les chercheurs et chercheuses (établis) motivé.es pour soutenir le travail de la relève dans le domaine des études québécoises. Organisé par Manuel Sousa Oliveira et Jody Danard, avec le soutien de l'AIEQ et le Réseau des chercheurs émergents du CIEC)Discussion des sujets suivants :
- Financement des recherches en études québécoises
- Tournée des auteurs/autrices/artistes québécois.es
- Communication au sujet des colloques, conférences, écoles d’été…
- …
le mardi 26 septembre à 16 heures UTC+1 (heure de Lisbonne). Vérifiez ici à quelle heure celle-ci se tiendra, où que vous soyez dans le monde : https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20230926T150000&p1=133&p2=213&p3=165&p4=37
Vous pouvez vous inscrire ici : https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYrcuuurz0uHNFB8C09yXpPELgBQdvIypkU
Dear Colleagues,
We are organizing an informal, international online meeting of emerging scholars working in the area of Quebec Studies. We are hoping to get know each other, to create a community and to think about ways in which we can collaborate and support each other's work in Quebec Studies. Discussion will focus on the following:
Funding for research in Quebec Studies
Visits by Quebec authors and artists
Communication concerning conferences, summer schools etc.
We are very happy to see so much interest from the emerging scholars' community and look forward to building an international network of Quebec Scholars (with the support of the AIEQ and the Emerging Scholars Network of ICCS)!
The meeting will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 26 at 16h UTC (+ one hour for Lisbon). Check with the world clock for the conversion
https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20230926T150000&p1=133&p2=213&p3=165&p4=37
Jody Danard has kindly accepted to lead the online meeting.
You may register here:
https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYrcuuurz0uHNFB8C09yXpPELgBQdvIypkU
The meeting is open to all emerging scholars interested in Quebec Studies and to all those striving to support the work of a new generation of Quebec scholars. Please participate!
We look forward to seeing you.
Manuel and Jody
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Additionally, the Executive Board continues to seek to expand ACQS Outreach across the U.S. beyond our new conference sponsorship program. If you are interested in hosting an Outreach Seminar for local teachers at your institution, please reach out to Katharine Harrington.
Please join many members at the 26th Biennial Conference of the Association for Canadian Studies in the United States in Washington, D.C. this November 16th-19th. You can find details about the conference and register to attend HERE. The ACQS will be present at the conference, so stop by and see us!
Please remember to share your news about publications, events, and calls for papers with Olivia Choplin ochoplin@elon.edu. We are happy to spread the good news, and I can update this page quickly as news arrives!
To have your information featured on the ACQS website, ACQS social media, as well as in the newsletter, please send your updates to Alexandre Turgeon, our social media and website coordinator: alexandre.turgeon.2@ulaval.ca
La revue Recherches sociographiques sollicite des propositions d'articles pour l'appel de textes suivant :
DESCRIPTION DE LA THÉMATIQUE
Dans la mouvance de l’adoption du projet de loi 96 (Loi 14) et des élections québécoises à l’automne 2022, les questions et les débats entourant le lien présumé entre l’immigration et le « déclin du français » au Québec, voire de la survie de la nation québécoise francophone, sont apparus sur un nombre sans cesse croissant de tribunes. Qu’il s’agisse de seuils d’immigration, de limites de la capacité d’accueil de la société québécoise, de pouvoirs et de gestion de l’immigration permanente et temporaire par le Québec, de politiques et de mesures de francisation, d’intégration et de régionalisation, pour ne mentionner que ceux- là, beaucoup a été dit sans pourtant toujours s’assurer d’offrir un portrait juste, nuancé et dénué de clichés sur ces enjeux.
Le gouvernement québécois s’est engagé à tout mettre en œuvre pour freiner le recul du français au Québec, lequel serait attribuable, selon certains, au fait que les immigrants ne parlent pas ni n’utilisent suffisamment cette langue. Très souvent, une telle lecture de la réalité repose sur des indicateurs dont la portée est plutôt limitée et qui font l’économie d’analyses qui prennent en compte la complexité et la richesse des dynamiques associées à la diversité ethnoculturelle, au plurilinguisme et à la concomitance du français comme langue publique commune et de l’anglais comme lingua franca globale.
Mais que sait-on du rapport qu’entretiennent les immigrants avec la langue française et la notion de « français langue publique commune »? Quelles représentations se font les immigrants, récents et établis, de la présence et du statut relatif du français et de l’anglais au Québec, et à Montréal en particulier? Lors du recensement de la population de 2021, près de 60 % de la population de langue maternelle tierce déclarait parler plus d’une langue à la maison. Que nous révèle ce plurilinguisme au foyer en regard des pratiques et des comportements linguistiques au travail, dans le domaine de l’enseignement postsecondaire, dans l’espace public en général? À quels défis les nouveaux arrivants sont-ils confrontés lorsque leur langue première n’est pas le français? Quels sont les facteurs qui modulent positivement ou négativement leur apprentissage du français? Que sait-on des succès voire des limites de ces mesures qui visent à favoriser l’apprentissage et l’usage du français? Quels rôles joue ou ne joue pas la société d’accueil pour valoriser et promouvoir l’usage du français auprès de certaines communautés immigrantes?
Dans le contexte sociopolitique actuel au Québec et au Canada, et compte tenu du rôle de l’immigration comme premier moteur de croissance de la population, les défis, les enjeux et les questions entourant l’adhésion des immigrants à la francophonie québécoise et canadienne sont de plus en plus au premier plan des discussions et des débats sur l’évolution de la présence et de l’usage du français dans l’espace public.
Or, si tant est que l’on cherche des solutions à ces enjeux, il va de soi que les initiatives et les mesures visant à valoriser et promouvoir l’usage du français auprès des nouveaux arrivants, voire des immigrants établis depuis plusieurs années, doivent s’appuyer sur des données probantes, des faits et des analyses bien documentés.
Ce numéro de Recherches sociographiques (RS) vise donc à fournir un éclairage au débat public sur ces enjeux et à favoriser un meilleur arrimage entre la recherche et les données probantes d’une part, et le développement de programmes et de mesures susceptibles de favoriser un meilleur vivre-ensemble linguistique d’autre part.
Longueur des articles :
Suivant les normes de la revue, la longueur de l'article se situera entre 20 et 35 pages à double interligne, pour un maximum de 60 000 caractères excluant les espaces. On peut obtenir plus d’information sur les normes d’édition de RS en consultant le lien suivant : Normes d'édition Recherches sociographiques (ulaval.ca)
Vous êtes invités à soumettre votre article à : jean-pierre.corbeil.1@ulaval.ca Date limite pour soumettre un article : 15 novembre 2023
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 past president and the editor of Québec Studies (selected by the officers) 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 2021-2023 Executive Board
President
Katharine Harrington
Plymouth State University
Vice President
Yulia Bosworth
Binghamton University
Secretary
Olivia Choplin
Elon University
Treasurer
Mark Richard
SUNY Plattsburgh
Past President
Charles Batson
Union College
Website and Social Media Coordinator
Alexandre Turgeon
Université Laval
Québec Studies Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief
Amy Ransom
Central Michigan University
Associate Editor (Social Sciences)
Leslie Choquette
Assumption University
Book Review Editor
Juliette Rogers
Macalester College
Writing or updating your will? Please consider making a bequest to the ACQS Fund for the Future. This fund will help ensure the continuity of our organization. Please contact the ACQS treasurer Mark Richard for more information. richarmp@plattsburgh.edu .
Memberships run for two years and include subscriptions to Québec Studies and to this newsletter. The 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 or mail checks to the ACQS treasurer Mark Richard, Dept. of History, SUNY Plattsburgh, 101 Broad St., Plattsburgh, NY 12901.