New Francophonies and Colonial Languages in a Global World April 7-9, 2011 FINAL PROGRAM THURSDAY, April 7 CAS MillerCom Public lecture 7:30-9:00 pm Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum 600 South Gregory, Urbana Albert Valdman, Rudy Professor of French, Italian and Linguistics and Director of Creole Institute, Indiana University Title: Local cultures, global inequalities: is Haiti poor because of its language? Can inequalities in global development result from cultural isolation? Does Haiti's unique Creole language isolate the country in today's global world, while Spanish enables the Dominican Republic to enjoy greater connectedness and economic wealth? These questions elicited intense public interest in the immediate aftermath of the January 2010 earthquake, and will be addressed by Professor Valdman, specialist of Haitian Creole language. FRIDAY, April, 8 Illinois Memorial Union 7:30-8:20 am: Breakfast (room 215) 8:20-8:30 am: Welcome and opening 8:30-10:00 am: Session 1 Session 1A Theme: Performing francophonie Chair: Audrey Evrard Paper 1A1: Roxana Curto (Illinois State University) : La «Francophonie» d Henri Lopes : Un Universalisme Particulier Paper 1A2: Alison Rice (University of Notre Room 215 - A/V Session 1B Theme: Linguistic practices: North America Chair: Annie Tremblay Paper 1B1: Carole Salmon (UMass- Lowell): From Louisiana to New England: Being Francophone in the United States Paper 1B2: Jodi Lough & Cécile
Dame): Francopolyphonies : Foreign Accents in the French-Language Text Paper 1A3: Brian McLoughlin (George Mason University): L Étrangeté de la langue Vigouroux (Simon Fraser University): The Construction of a Virtual Francophone Community: Notes from Anglophone Canada Paper 1B3: Hélène Blondeau & Michael Friesner & James Welch (University of Florida & UQAM) : La nouvelle francophonie d un Montréal global 9:30 10:00: General discussion 9:30 10:00: General discussion 10-10:30 am: Coffee 10:30-12:20 am: Session 2 Room 215 - A/V Session 2A Session 2B Theme: Francophone African Identities Theme: Linguistic practices, linguistic Chair: Waïl Hassan hegemonies Chair: Anna Maria Escobar 10:30 10:50: 10:30 10:50: Paper 2A1: Yasser Elhariry (New York Paper 2B1: Abdoul Hamidy Bah University): Un nouveau seuil? Edmond (Université de Montpellier) : Analyse Jabès, Georges Henein and the Arabic des formes linguistiques de la variation Poetic Tradition du français parlé par les jeunes déscolarisés de Conakry (Guinée) 10:50 11:10: 10:50 11:10: Paper 2A2: Evelyne Leffondre-Mathews Paper 2B2: Raymond Siebetcheu (Michigan State University): Vers une (University of Sienna) : Cinquante ans nouvelle architecture spatiale et après l'indépendance des pays identitaire: L exemple de Yamina francophones d'afrique. Analyse d un Benguigui dans «Inch Allah Dimanche» héritage linguistique: le camfranglais 11:10 11:30: 11:10 11:30: Paper 2A3: Jeanne Garane (University of Paper 2B3: Nnenna Nwosu (University South Carolina): What is New About of Lagos, Nigeria): Pluricentric Amadou Hampâté Bâ? Languages and Linguistic Hegemony: the Case of Nigerian Urban Pidgin 11:30 11:50: 11:30 11:50: Paper 2A4: Awa Sarr (University of Paper 2B4: Amit Aviv (Tel Aviv Tennessee, Knoxville): Identité-monde en University): The Académie Française temps de crise as a Symbol of Maintaining Language Monocentricity in a Multicultural World 11:50 12:20: General discussion 11:50 12:20: General discussion
12:20-1:30 pm: Lunch 1:30-3:00 pm: Session 3 Session 3A Theme: Ecriture, féminité et créolité Chair: Évelyne Accad 1:30 1:50: Paper 3A1: Luc Fotsing Fondjo (University of British Columbia): Roman antillais au féminin et écriture de la déflagration identitaire et culturelle: Simone Schwarz- Bart, Maryse Condé et Marie-Céline Agnant 1:50 2:10: Paper 3A2: Véronique Maisier (Southern Illinois University) : Les sons du silence dans L'Espérance macadam de Gisèle Pineau 2:10 2:30: Paper 3A3: Gloria Nne Onyeoziri (University of British Columbia) : Simone Schwarz-Bart et Marie-Céline Agnant : interprètes de l oraliture caribéenne Room 215 A/V Session 3B Theme: Migrant spaces, migrant identities Chair: Leïla En-naili 1:30 1:50: Paper 3B1: Servanne Woodward (University of Western Ontario) : Identités francophones entre littérature "Monde" et "migrante" 1:50 2:10: Paper 3B2: Robert Miller (University of British Columbia) : Les voyages diasporiques de Maryse Condé et de J.- M. G. Le Clézio : Histoire de la femme cannibale et Révolutions 2:10 2:30: Paper 3B3: Chong J. Wojtkowski (City University of New York): Beyond the Mic: The mise en scène of the Marseille Rapper 2:30 3:00: General discussion 2:30 3:00: General discussion 3:00-3:30 pm: Coffee 3:30 4:30 pm: Keynote address and discussion Room 314A, Illini Union Sylvie Dubois, Gabriel Muir Professor and Director of the Center for French and Francophone Studies, Louisiana State University Title: Distinctive Paths of Linguistic and Cultural Resistance: the case of local vernaculars in Louisiana 4:30 7:00 pm: Invited panel presentations and general discussion Room 314A, Illini Union Main Title: Ex-colonial Languages in a Global World Moderator: Zsuzsanna Fagyal (UIUC, French) Respondent: Albert Valdman (IU, Creole Institute) Presenters: Anna Maria Escobar UIUC, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
Globalization and glocalization of Spanish: the case of the Americas Rakesh M. Bhatt UIUC, Linguistics Local Articulations of Post-colonial English: Indian English in Late-Modernity Clancy J. Clements IU, Department of Spanish and Portuguese Portuguese in the 2nd globalization Cécile Vigouroux SFU, Department of French La Francophonie: What Can South Africa Teach Us About the Future of French? 7:00 pm - Dinner (individual) SATURDAY, April 9 Illinois Memorial Union 7:45-8:30 am: Breakfast (room 407) 8:30-10:20 am: Session 4 Room 407 A/V Theme: Old Francophonies, New Frenches Chair: Karen Fresco Paper 4-1: John Nimis (University of Wisconsin): Myths and Realities of Language and Culture in Francophone Africa Paper 4-2: Dorothée Bouquet (Purdue University): French Scholars and Diplomats reinforcing areas of Francophonie in the United States, 1920-1939 Paper 4-3: Séverine Rebourcet (Southern Methodist University): Comment Catégoriser «World Frenches»? Une problématique linguistique et littéraire 9:30 9:50: Paper 4-4: Lia Brozgal (UCLA): Are we Post-Francophone Yet? (or is the Future of Francophonie Behind Us?) 9:50 10:20: General discussion
10:20-11:00 pm: Coffee 11:00 am 12 pm: Keynote address and general discussion Room 407, Illini Union Françoise Lionnet, Professor of French and Francophone Studies and Comparative Literature, University of California, Los Angeles Title: World Literature, Francophonies and Globalized Oceans 12:00-2:00 pm: Lunch 2:00-4:30 pm: Invited panel presentations and general discussion Room 407, Illini Union Title: The Empire Cedes: the postcolonial invention of francophone literatures and cultures Moderator: Adlai Murdoch (UIUC, Departments of French and African American Studies) Presenters: Dominique Combe École Normale Supérieure, Paris (France) Études francophones et théorie postcoloniale Siobhán Shilton University of Bristol (French) New Francophonies in Contemporary Art: Visualizing Transculturation between France and the Maghreb Thomas Hale Pennsylvania State University (Comparative Literature/ Francophone Studies) The Paradoxes of Francophonie James House University of Leeds, Department of French Migration, shanty-towns and the disruption of colonial order: Algiers and Casablanca in the late colonial period 6:30-9:00 pm: Cash Bar and Banquet (Colonial Room, Illini Union)