Symposium

As part of the quadricentennial of Samuel de Champlain’s exploration of Lake Champlain, Champlain College in Burlington, Vermont will host an international academic symposium on July 2-5, 2009. Scholars from the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences are invited to participate in this event.

The theme of the celebration, “When the French Were Here,” invites the broadest possible consideration of Samuel de Champlain’s achievements, his life, and of his world as a cultural, social and ideological context.

Photos from the Symposium are available online.

Description of Topics

Our conference is not divided along rigid lines. Instead, we prefer to encourage talks from many and varied perspectives that examine Samuel de Champlain and the lake named for him. Paper topics may include the following, while not limited to these few:

Symposium sponsored in part by the Lake Champlain Basin ProgramSymposium sponsored in part by the Lake Champlain Basin Program

Portrait of Samuel de Champlain
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    Battle Scene