The Path to a New Acadia: A Symposium on the Acadians' Arrival in Louisiana

9:00-9:30

Welcome and Introductions, Barry Ancelet, Pat Mould, Michael Martin

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

11:30-1:00

Lunch

1:00-1:30

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

1:45-2:30The Acadians in Louisiana

"The Initial Acadian Settlement: A New Look at its Location in the Attakapas"
Donald J. Arceneaux, 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

3:30-4:00

Book Signings with the Presenters