The American Council for Québec Studies is a multi-disciplinary academic organization promoting the study of Québec.
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The Summer 2009 ACQS newsletter is now available.
Karen Gould, has been appointed President of Brooklyn College and will assume her new post August 15th. Karen is well known to the Canadian-Quebec Studies community. She served as editor of Québec Studies, President of ACSUS, and President of the International Council for Canadian Studies. For her work, she has been awarded both the Donner Medal and the Governor General's Prize. She taught at Bucknell, Virginia Polytech, and Bowling Green State before beginning her administrative career. She was a Dean at Bowling Green State, Old Dominion University, and the University of Cincinnati prior to becoming Provost at California State Long Beach in 2007. Members of ACQS will, of course, know Karen for her ground-breaking scholarship on Quebec women writers, including her book, Writing in the Feminine, and her many articles on Nicole Brossard, France Théoret, Madeleine Gagnon, and others.
Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ), de concert avec l'Association internationale des études québécoises (AIÉQ), est fière d'annoncer la mise en ligne de l'Instrument de recherche en littérature québécoise sur le portail de BAnQ ainsi que sur le site internet de l'AIÉQ.
Nominations for Secretary, Vice-President, and President are now being accepted. Please send nominations by mail with two signatures of seconding regular members to Kevin Christiano, Dept. of Sociology, U. of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, by July 27, 2009.
Click on Icebergs for some amazing pictures from the Canadian North.
Prof. Robert Whelan, University of Texas at Arlington was awared the Prix du Québec at the recent ACQS Biennial Conference. Prof. Whelan has done extensive research on urban governments in Québec and has provided extensive service to the ACQS as treasurer and president.
Click on Acadie, art et culture to read the conference presentation by Herménégilde Chiasson.
Prof. H. V. Nelles, McMaster University, presented a talk on Quebec City anniversary celebrations at the 2008 ACQS Conference. Click on the following for the text of the presentation published by Historica Foundation: Quebec's 400th Anniversary.
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Table of Contents for Québec Studies Volume 46 and 47 has been posted.
The Fund for ACQS has been announced. The Fund for ACQS will insure the financial stability of the organization and generate dividends that will allow ACQS to expand its mission and serve a greater number of researchers and institutions. Currently contributions are tax-deductible only in the US.
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