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 and Boucher Prizes annually for outstanding books on French colonial history, and it presents the Eccles Prize to the best article by a graduate student or recent post-graduate published in French Colonial History.
Officers
President
Kelly Duke Bryant
Rowan Univ.
Email: president@frenchcolonial.org
Vice President
Michitake Aso
Univ. at Albany, SUNY
Email: vice-president@frenchcolonial.org
Past President
Matthew G. Stanard
Berry Coll.
Email: pastpresident@frenchcolonial.org
Treasurer
Kelly Brignac
Colby Coll.
Email: treasurer@frenchcolonial.org
Communications Chair
Jakob Burnham
Univ. of North Texas
Email: media@frenchcolonial.org
Technology Officer
Timothée Valentin
Michigan State Univ.
Email: techofficer@frenchcolonial.org
Editor, French Colonial History
Katie Edwards
Tulane Univ.
Email: FCH@frenchcolonial.org
Updated 8/20/26