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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style="word-wrap:break-word"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_Hlk159493786">On behalf of Dr. Christopher Kirkey, the Institute for </a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk159493786">Québec Studies at SUNY Plattsburgh invites you to the Distinguished Quebec Address featuring </span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk159493786"><span style="color:#202124">Dr. Yulia Bosworth, President, American Council of Québec Studies, </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk159493786"><span style="color:black">Associate Professor of French and Linguistics, and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at Binghamton University</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk159493786"><span style="color:#202124">.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk159493786"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk159493786">Presentation Title: </span></p><p style="margin:0in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk159493786"><b><span style="color:black">French as “the Common Language of the Québec Nation”: Legislating Language and Identity in Contemporary Québec</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk159493786"></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk159493786"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk159493786"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Presentation Date, Time and Location: </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk159493786"><b>Tuesday, March 12, 2024</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk159493786"><b>2:00 p.m.</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk159493786"><b>Krinovitz Recital Hall, Hawkins Hall, SUNY Plattsburgh </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk159493786"><b> </b></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk159493786">Overview: </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk159493786"><span style="color:black">The endurance of the French language in Québec, viewed by French-speaking Quebecers and its governing party, The Coalition for Québec’s Future (CAQ), as the core of its national identity and the cornerstone of its socio-cultural cohesion, is owed in large part to the Charter of the French Language, or Bill 101, adopted by the Parti Québécois in 1977. Stronger and more encompassing than any previous legislation of this kind, the Charter affirmed French as the official language of Québec and instituted it as the language of everyday life, the workplace, education, communication, and business. Almost half a century later, the highly popular government of Prime Minister François Legault, citing a decline of French in Québec, enacted what turned out to be a highly controversial language law - Bill 96, or “An Act respecting French, the official and common language of Québec”, which introduced a series of measures aimed at strengthening the provisions of the Charter with the overarching goal of preserving and re-affirming French as “the only official language of Québec” and “the common language of the Québec nation”.</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk159493786"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk159493786"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk159493786">Presenter's Short Bio: </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk159493786"><span style="color:black">Dr. Yulia Bosworth<b> </b>is Associate Professor of French and Literatures and Linguistics and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Romance Languages at Binghamton University. She specializes in the sociolinguistics of North American French with an emphasis on Québec French and its speaker communities. Her research is broadly aimed at examining the relationship between language and collective identity in Québec, </span>focusing on language attitudes and ideologies in political and journalistic discourse related to French in Québec and Canada. <span style="color:black">Her work has appeared in journals spanning the fields of language and linguistics (<i>Discourse and Society, The French Review, Language and Communication</i>), Qu</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk159493786"><span style="font-family:"Nirmala UI",sans-serif;color:black">é</span><span style="color:black">bec Studies (<i>Québec Studies</i>), and Canadian Studies (<i>American Review of Canadian Studies, Journal of Eastern Townships Studies</i>), among others. She is a recipient of the Rufus J. Smith Award for Best Article in the <i>American Review of Canadian Studies</i> (2017-2019). Dr. Bosworth is the current President of the American Council for Québec Studies and serves on the executive board of the Linguistic Association of the United States and Canada. She is also the Faculty Director of <i>Understanding Modern Québe</i>c, a SUNY-wide summer program in French language and Québec culture conducted in collaboration with École de langues at Université Laval. </span></span></p><p class="qowt-stl-normalweb" style="text-align:justify"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk159493786"><span class="qowt-font1-calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">NOTE: A reception will take place immediately after discussion concludes, your kind RSVP, either by email to </span></span></span><a href="mailto:lbeda001@plattsburgh.edu"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk159493786"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">lbeda001@plattsburgh.edu</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk159493786"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk159493786"><span class="qowt-font1-calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> or by calling 518-564-2383 by Thursday, March 7th to help us confirm catering needs would be highly appreciated.</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk159493786"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk159493786">We thank you for your interest and response. </span></p><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk159493786"></span><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sV9q1ADCF1p_mf6a53uy2vzbfD7Daq9_/view?usp=sharing">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sV9q1ADCF1p_mf6a53uy2vzbfD7Daq9_/view?usp=sharing</a></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#4472c4"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div></body></html>