08/27/2026
More information about the Center for French Colonial Studies conference at USM Lewiston this October! We hope you will join us.
You won't want to miss this!
Registration is now open for the annual conference of the Center for French Colonial Studies. This will be the first time the CFCS comes to the Northeast. It will be held in Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, October 2-4.
This year’s conference is being held in association with the Archives, the Franco-American Collection at the University of Southern Maine, and the Maine State Museum.
Conference speakers include:
- Brett Walker, master shoemaker, "Head Over Heels: Exploring Fashion Choices in New France and Her Borderlands"
- Terrence J. Martin, Ph.D., Curator Emeritus of Anthropology, Illinois State Museum, "Use of Animals at French Heritage Archaeological Sites in the Pays d’en Haut and the Illinois Country"
- Denis Ledoux, author and historian, "Here to Stay: Lives in 17-Century Canada"
- Patrick Lacroix, Ph.D., Director of the Acadian Archives, "The Making of Acadie in Maine and the Maritimes"
- Leslie P. Choquette, Ph.D., Professor of History, Côté Professor of French Studies, and Director of the French Institute at Assumption University, "After New France: French-Canadian Immigration to the United States in the 19th and 20th Centuries"
Please go to the Center's website for additional information on the conference and to register:
https://www.frenchcolonialstudies.org/conference-2026
