French Colonial Historical Society (FCHS)

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Established: 1974. Membership: 150. Annual dues: US $40 regular/$50 Canadian; US $20 student/$25 Canadian.

Website: http://www.frenchcolonial.org

Statement of Purpose: The French Colonial Historical Society encourages interest in the scholarly study of all French colonizing activity and in the history of all French colonies. It provides its members with various channels, including newsletters, annual meetings, a web site, and French Colonial History, a refereed journal published by Michigan State University Press. The Society awards the Heggoy Prize annually for an outstanding book on French colonial history, and it presents the Eccles Prize to the best paper by a graduate student delivered at an FCHS conference and subsequently submitted for publication by the Society.  The French Colonial Historical Society is registered as a non-profit corporation in the State of Indiana (no. 197505-436).

Officers and Staff

President:
Mike Vann
Department of History
California State University Sacramento
6000 J St
Sacramento, CA 95819-6059
E mail: mikevann@csus.edu

Vice President:
Ruth Ginio
Department of History
Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Beer Sheva 84105
ISRAEL
Email: rginio@bgu.ac.il

Past President:
Sue Peabody
Department of History
Washington State University
14204 Salmon Creek Dr.
Vancouver, WA 98686-9623
Email: peabody@vancouver.wsu.edu

Treasurer:
Elizabeth Foster
Department of History
Bates College
4 Andrews Road
Lewiston, ME 04240
Phone: 207-753-6938
Email: efoster2@bates.edu

Web Administrator and Editor, Newsletter:
Kenneth J. Orosz
Department of Social Sciences and Business
University of Maine at Farmington
270 Main Street
Farmington, ME 04938-1720
(207) 778-7414
Fax: (207) 778-7418
Email: korosz@maine.edu
Primary Contact

Annual Meeting Date: May

Publications: French Colonial History, quarterly journal; Papers from the French Colonial Historical Society; FCHS Newsletter, triennially

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Text revisions by:
Elisabeth Grant 06/30/08

Text proofing and layout:
Miriam Hauss02/20/03

Version ©2003, American Historical Association

Last Updated: June 30, 2008 4:00 PM