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The Association for Documentary Editing (ADE) invites nominations for the 2009 Jo Ann Boydston Prize. This prize will be awarded for the best essay or review published during the two years from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2009, the primary focus of which is the editing of a volume of works or documents. To nominate an essay or review, please send the citation and a paper copy to the address below by 1 August 2009. The prize will be awarded at the ADE annual meeting in October.
Carol DeBoer-Langworthy
Nonfiction Writing Program
Box 1852, Department of English
Brown University
Providence, RI 02912 USA
Posted: 07 June 2009
The Francophone World and the Western Hemisphere is a two-day conference of some 200 professionals with interest in Francophone institutions of higher education. The conference will be held at Buffalo State College and le Bureau des Amériques de l'Agence universitaire de la Francophonie has graciously agreed to publicize our conference on its website. This event is partially funded by the Faculty Student Association (FSA) at Buffalo State College.
The primary purpose of the conference is to invigorate discussion and develop an agenda toward increasing cooperation among higher education institutions in the Francophone world of the Western hemisphere. The secondary purpose of the conference is to help bridge the rupture in Francophone-Anglophone relations in the multicultural Western hemisphere. The conference participants will develop action plans toward long-term collaborative agendas.
Full information: http://www.buffalostate.edu/isa/x718.xml
Posted: 07 June 2009