March 13 @ 12 NOON - Invitation: Professional Research and Development Series

[Liza Bedard]

On Wednesday, March 13, 2024 the Institute on Québec Studies will be
hosting a lunchtime presentation as part of our Professional Research &
Development Series. Dr. Yulia Bosworth, President of the American Council
for Québec Studies, Associate Professor of French and Linguistics and
Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Romance Languages at
Binghamton University will be offering a presentation titled, “Respecting
French, the Official and Common Language of Québec”: Discourse on Language
and Identity Surrounding Bill 96.



Dr. Bosworth is an Associate Professor of French 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, focusing on language
attitudes and ideologies in political and journalistic discourse related to
French in Québec and Canada. Her work has appeared in journals spanning the
fields of language and linguistics (*Discourse and Society, The French
Review, Language and Communication*), Québec Studies (*Québec Studies*),
and Canadian Studies (*American Review of Canadian Studies, Journal of
Eastern Townships Studies*), among others. She is a recipient of the Rufus
J. Smith Award for Best Article in the *American Review of Canadian Studies*
(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 *Understanding Modern Québe*c, a SUNY-wide summer program in
French language and Québec culture conducted in collaboration with École de
langues at Université Laval.

Dr. Bosworth’s presentation will be held at the Center for the Study of
Canada/Institute on Québec Studies, 133 Court Street, to commence at 12
noon.

NOTE: Lunch will be provided. Your kind RSVP, either by email to
lbeda001 at plattsburgh.edu or by calling 518-564-2383 by Thursday, March 7th
to help us confirm catering needs would be highly appreciated.

We thank you for your interest and response.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NeEEAJEmDo4M0eCmj8ggGnQ7SvLZU0C5/view?usp=sharing





LIZA BEDARD

Office Assistant II

SUNY Plattsburgh

Center for the Study of Canada & Institute on Quebec Studies

(o) 518-564-2383

lbeda001 at plattsburgh.edu
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