French Travelers
“French Travelers to the Americas”
Friday, June 22, 2001    2:00pm-4:00pm
Nelson Hall, Room 102

Presenter Affiliation Country Presentation Title
Linda Ledford-MIller, Chair
Linda Ledfor-Miller Univ. of Scranton USA “Questions of Race in Nineteenth Century French Travels in Guatemala.”
Alain-Philippe Durand Univ. of Rhode Island USA “Highbrows and Headless Bodies: Ilustrated French Travel Accounts.”
Reinhard Krüger Institut für Romanische Literaturen Germany “French Voyagers to the New World in the 16th Century: Gonneville, Parmentier, Cartier, Thévet, and Léry.”
Valerie Budig-Markin California State Univ.- Humboldt USA "Monoculture Meets Multiculture: Edouard Glissant and the Problem with Travel Literature."