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Midwest French Hertiages Tuesday, October 18 From Beaulieu, Minnesota, to Bottineau County, North Dakota, the Upper Midwest boasts a strong French heritage that goes back hundreds of years. Professor Benoit will demonstrate where to find them and how they can be studied in and outside of the classroom. He will discuss engaging strategies developed by the group “Initiatives in French Midwest to Better Understand Global Diversity” that mentor Midwest French heritages into becoming more active in our schools, cities, villages and rural communities. Virgil Benoit is professor of French and Founding director of Initiatives in French Midwest at the University of North Dakota. He teaches 17th century French drama. He researched and taught about the relationship of culture to society in the francophonie of the Americas. Professor Benoit’s writings on French-Canadian communities in the Midwest have been published by the Minnesota Historical Society, Laval University Press, Septentrion (Quebec), Concordia, and in numerous reviews and magazines. |
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