CURRICULUM VITAE JEAN-FRANCOIS BRIERE

1 CURRICULUM VITAE JEAN-FRANCOIS BRIERE Department of Languages, Literatures & Cultures French Studies Program University at Albany/SUNY, Albany NY 12222 Tel: (518) 442-4101 E-mail: jfbriere@albany.edu EARNED DEGREES -- Ph.D. in History, York University, 1980 -- M.A. in History, Université de Caen, 1972 -- Licence degree in History, Université de Paris-Sorbonne, 1970 ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT -- Professor of French Studies, University at Albany/SUNY, 2008-present -- Associate Professor of French Studies, University at Albany/SUNY, 1987-2008 -- Assistant Professor of French Studies, University at Albany/SUNY, 1981-1987 -- Visiting Assistant Professor of French Studies, University at Albany/SUNY, 1980-1981 -- Visiting Lecturer in French Studies, University at Albany/SUNY, 1979-1980 PUBLICATIONS BOOKS Haïti et la France 1804-1848, le rêve brisé (Haiti and France, 1804-1848. The Broken Dream). Paris: L Harmattan (in press.) -- Bravo!. Boston: Heinle & Heinle, 1 st to 5 th edition, 2005 (in collaboration with Judith Muyskens, Linda Harlow, Michèle Vialet), 488 p., intermediate French language and culture textbook. -- Les Français. (The French). Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, 2 nd edition, 1995 (in collaboration with Laurence Wylie) and 3 rd edition, 2001, 374 p., advanced textbook on contemporary France. -- On the Cultural Achievements of Negroes. Boston: University of Massachusetts Press, 1996, (in collaboration with Thomas Cassirer), annotated translation and introduction of Henri Grégoire's De la littérature des nègres (1808), 141 p. -- La pêche française en Amérique du Nord au XVIIIe siècle. (The French Fishing-Industry in North America in the 18 th century).montréal: Fides, 1990. 359 p.

2 ARTICLES IN SCHOLARLY JOURNALS AND CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS -- L emprunt de 1825 dans la dette de l indépendance haïtienne envers la France, Journal of Haitian Studies. (Accepted for publication) -- Du Sénégal aux Antilles: Gaspard-Théodore Mollien en Haïti, 1825-1831", French Colonial History, vol. 8 (2007): 71-79. -- La France et la reconnaissance de l indépendance haïtienne: le débat sur l ordonnance de 1825", French Colonial History, vol. 5 (2004): 125-138. -- Abbé Grégoire and Haitian Independence, Research in African Literatures, vol. 35, no 2 (Summer 2004): 34-43. -- L Abbé Grégoire et la Révolution haïtienne, The Journal of Haitian Studies, vol. 8, no 2 (Fall 2002): 44-51. -- "Henri Grégoire, the Friend of Men of All Colors", The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, no 17 (Autumn 1997): 128-129. -- "Popular Culture" at the end of the second millenium: an essential element for a redefinition of "culture" itself?", Sites, vol. 1, no 1 (Spring 1997): 349-350. --"The French Codfishing Industry in North America and the Crisis of the Pre-Revolutionary Years, 1783-1792", French Colonial Historical Society Proceedings, 1989. New York: University Press of America (1992): 201-210. -- "French Notarial Records as Sources for Maritime History", International Journal of Maritime History, vol. II, no 2 (December 1990): 147-162. -- "Saint-Malo and the Newfoundland Fisheries in the 18th Century", Acadiensis (Halifax) XVII (1988): 131-138. -- "Conquest by Words: French-Native Treaties in Africa during the 19th Century", North Dakota Quarterly, special issue on Colonization in Race, Class and Gender (1987): 124-143. -- "The Safety of Navigation in the French Codfishing Industry in North America during the 18th Century", Acadiensis (Halifax) XVI (1987): 85-94. -- "A Blind Writer Looks at America: Jacques Lusseyran's Douce, trop douce Amérique", Contemporary French Civilization, XI (1986): 82-91. -- "Le Commerce triangulaire entre les ports terre-neuviers français, les pêcheries d'amérique du Nord et Marseille au XVIIIe siècle: nouvelles perspectives", Revue d'histoire de l'amérique Française (Montréal) 40 (1986): 193-214.

3 -- "Cultural Understanding through Cross-Cultural Analysis", The French Review 60 (1986): Reprinted in P. Heusinkveld Ed. Pathways to Culture: Readings on Teaching Culture in the Foreign Language Class (Intercultural Press, 1997): 561-568. -- "Le Triangle commercial Granville/Terre-Neuve/Marseille au XVIIIe siècle", French Colonial Historical Society Proceedings 1985. New York: University Press of America, 1987. 153-155. -- "Géographie historique de la pêche terre-neuvière française dans la première moitié du XVIIIe siècle", French Colonial Historical Society Proceedings 1984. New York: University Press of America, 1985. 95-112. -- "La Cession de Terre-Neuve à l'angleterre au traité d'utrecht: la France véritable bénéficiaire?", French Colonial Historical Society Proceedings 1982. New York: University Press of America, 1985. 194-200. -- "The Port of Granville and the North American Fisheries in the 18th Century", Acadiensis (Halifax) XIV (1985): 93-107. -- "Le Système de rémunération des équipages des terre-neuviers granvillais au XVIIIe siècle", Revue de l'avranchin et du Pays de Granville (Saint-Lô) LXI (1984): 211-218. -- "Clandestinité et système de rémunération sur les terre-neuviers malouins au XVIIIe siècle", Annales de Bretagne et des Pays de l'ouest (Rennes) 90 (1983): 563-568. -- "Pêche et politique à Terre-Neuve au XVIIIe siècle: La France véritable gagnante du traité d'utrecht?", Canadian Historical Review (Toronto) LXIV (1983): 168-187. -- "L'Etat et le commerce de la morue de Terre-Neuve en France au XVIIIe siècle", Revue d'histoire de l'amérique Française (Montréal) 36 (1982): 323-338. -- "Les Systèmes de rémunération des équipages des terre-neuviers français au XVIIIe siècle", Bulletin de la Société des Professeurs Français en Amérique (New York), 1981-1982: 83-113. Also published in: Chronique d'histoire Maritime (Commission Française d'histoire Maritime, Paris), no 10 (1984): 1-14. -- "Le Reflux des terre-neuviers malouins sur les côtes du Canada dans la première moitié du XVIIIe siècle: réponse à un changement du climat?", Histoire Sociale/Social History (Ottawa), XII (1979): 166-169. -- "Le Trafic terre-neuvier malouin dans la première moitié du XVIIIe siècle", Histoire Sociale/Social History (Ottawa), XI (1978): 356-374. ARTICLES IN EDITED BOOKS AND ANTHOLOGIES -- "The French Fishery in North America in the 18th Century", in How Deep is the Ocean? Essays on the History, Sociology, Archeology and Ecology of the Canadian East Coast Fishery. Sydney: University College of Cape Breton Press, 1997. 47-64. -- "The Ports of Saint-Malo and Granville and the North American Fisheries in the Eighteenth Century", Global Crossroads and the American Seas, Essays from the International Commission for Maritime History and the North American Society for Oceanic History. Missoula: Pictorial Histories Publishing Co.,

4 1988. -- "A Blind Writer Looks at America: Jacques Lusseyran's Douce, trop douce Amérique", A View from Outside. Writers' Encounters with Other Cultures. Monterey: Monterey Institute of International Studies, 1986. 119-131. -- "Cultural Understanding through Cross-Cultural Analysis", Teaching Languages in College: Communicative Proficiency and Cross-Cultural Issues, Center for Languages, Literacy and Cultures Education, SUNY/Albany, vol. 1 (Spring 1985). 81-87. BOOK REVIEWS -- Goldstein Sepinwall, Alyssa. The Abbé Grégoire and the French Revolution. The Making of Modern Universalism. Berkeley, Los Angeles, London: University of California Press, 2005 in Nineteenth-Century French Studies, vol. 35.2 (2007): 465-467. -- Charon, Annie, Thierry Claer, François Moureau. Le livre maritime au siècle des Lumières. Paris: Presses de l Université Paris-Sorbonne, 2005 in International Journal of Maritime History, vol. XVII, no 1 (June 2005): 379-380 -- Pritchard, J. In Search of Empire. The French in the Americas, 1670-1730. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2004 in International Journal of Maritime History, vol. XVI, no 2 (December 2004): 335-337 -- Marzagalli, S. Les boulevards de la fraude. Le négoce maritime et le Blocus continental, 1806-1813. Lille: Presses universitaires du Septentrion, 1999) in International Journal of Maritime History (Roundtable), vol. XIII, no 1 (June 2001): 151-153 -- Cabantous, A. Les Côtes barbares. Pilleurs d'épaves et sociétés littorales en France, 1680-1830. Paris: Fayard, 1993 in International Journal of Maritime History, vol. VI no 2 (December 1994): 279-281 -- Lapouge, G. Les Pirates: Forbans, flibustiers, boucaniers et autres gueux de mer. Paris: Phébus, 1987 in The Eighteenth Century. A Current Bibliography, n. s. 13 for 1988. New York: AMS Press, 1994, II: 86-87 -- Bosher J.F. The Canada Merchants 1713-1783. New York: Oxford University Press, 1988 in Argonauta, VI (1989), 1, : 8-9 -- Jenson L.B. Fishermen of Nova Scotia. Halifax: Petheric Press, 1984 in Argonauta, III (1986): 9. -- Charlton D.G. Ed. The French Romantics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1984 in The French Review, 59 (1986): 510-511. -- Vincent G. D'Ambition à Zizanie. Lexique illustré de la France contemporaine. Paris: Presses de la Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques, 1983 in The French Review, 58 (1985): 477-478. -- David-Beauregard H. de. Alexandre-Aimable, gentilhomme des pays d'oc (1721-1806). Toulon: Pages

Nouvelles, 1982 in The Eighteenth Century. A Current Bibliography, n.s. for 1982. New York: AMS Press, 1986 : 337. -- Clark J.G. La Rochelle and the Atlantic Economy during the Eighteenth Century. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1981 in The Journal of Economic History (1984): 860-862. 5 -- Todd E. & H. Le Bras. L'Invention de la France. Paris: Librairie Générale Française, 1981 in The French Review, 56 (1983): 495-496. -- Thorpe F.J. Remparts lointains: la politique française des travaux publics à Terre-Neuve et à l'ile Royale 1695-1758. Ottawa: Editions de l'université d'ottawa, 1980 in The Eighteenth Century. A Current Bibliography, n.s. 7 for 1981. New York: AMS Press, 1985. 132-133. -- Todd E. Le fou et le prolétaire. Paris: Laffont, 1979 in The French Review, 56 (1982): 360-362. -- Lalanne-Berdouticq Ph. Appel aux Francophones pour le français langue de l'europe. Paris: La Pensée Universelle, 1979 and J. THIBAU, La France colonisée. Paris: Flammarion, 1980 in The French Review, 55 (1982): 451-452. -- Stein R. The French Slave Trade in the 18th Century. An Old Regime Business. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1979 in The French Review, 54 (1981):750-751. -- Crubellier M. L'Enfance et la jeunesse dans la société française 1800-1950. Paris: Colin, 1979 in The French Review, 54 (1981): 485-486. -- Piem & Tomiche. La France et les Français. Paris: La Documentation Française, 1979 in The French Review, 54 (1980): 210-211. SCHOLARLY PAPERS PRESENTED AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES -- Le baron Portal et l indépendance d Haïti, 1818-1821", Annual Conference of the French Colonial Historical Society, La Rochelle, France, June 2007. -- Du Sénégal aux Antilles: Gaspard-Théodore Mollien en Haïti, 1825-1831", Annual Conference of the French Colonial Historical Society, Dakar, Senegal, May 2006. -- La France et la reconnaissance de l indépendance haïtienne: le débat sur l ordonnance de 1825", Annual Conference of the French Colonial Historical Society, Toulouse, France, May 2003. -- Une indépendance chèrement payée: Haïti et l indemnité de Saint-Domingue, Annual Conference of the Conseil International d Etudes Francophones, Abidjan, Ivory Coast, May 2002. -- Les écrits esclavagistes en France dans la première moitié du XIXe siècle, Annual Conference of the Conseil International d Etudes Francophones, Sousse, Tunisia, May 2000. -- "L'abbé Grégoire et Haïti", Annual Conference of the Haitian Studies Association, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, October 1998.

6 -- "Un livre anti-raciste: De la littérature des nègres de l'abbé Grégoire", Annual Conference of the Conseil International d'etudes Francophones, Gosier, Guadeloupe, May 1997. -- "L'abbé Grégoire et la Révolution haïtienne", Annual Conference of the French Colonial Historical Society, University of Poitiers, France, June 1996. -- "The Remuneration of French Fishermen in the 18th Century: The Case of Saint-Malo and Granville", Annual Conference of the Canadian Historical Association, Queen's University, Ontario, June 1991. -- "Le trafic de la morue de Terre-Neuve à Marseille au XVIIIe siècle", International Congress of Historical Sciences, Madrid, Spain, August 1990. -- "The French Codfishing Industry in North America and the Crisis of the Pre-Revolutionary Years, 1783-1792", International Conference on the French Revolution and the Colonies, Fort-de-France, Martinique/Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, May 1989. -- "The Safety of Navigation in the French Codfishing Industry at Newfoundland in the 18th Century", Annual Conference of the Canadian Nautical Research Society, Vancouver, July 1986. -- "Un Autre Commerce triangulaire au XVIIIe siècle: le circuit Granville/Terre- Neuve/Marseille/Granville", Annual Conference of the French Colonial Historical Society, Université Laval, Québec, May 1985. -- "North American Cod and the French Duty System in the 18th Century", Annual Conference of the Canadian Historical Association, Trent University (Ontario), June 1984. -- "Granville and the Newfoundland Fisheries in the 18th Century", Annual Conference of the Canadian Historical Association, University of British Columbia/Vancouver, June 1983. -- "The Remuneration of French Fishing Crews at Newfoundland in the 18th Century", Annual Conference of the Canadian Historical Association, University of Western Ontario, June 1978. OTHER SCHOLARLY PAPERS PRESENTED -- L emprunt de 1825 dans la dette de l indépendance haïtienne envers la France, 17 th Annual Conference of the Haitian Studies Association, University of Massachusetts, Boston, October 13-15, 2005. -- L indemnité de Saint-Domingue et l indépendance haïtienne, 1825-1883", 7 th International Colloquium, SPFFA, Fordham University, New York City, October 2004. -- La reconnaissance par la France de l indépendance haïtienne: hésitations et espoirs, 1814-1825", Fondation Mémoire Conference Haiti, 1804-2004: From Slavery to Globalization, CUNY, New York City, April 2004.

7 -- Haitian Independence: 1789-1825", Fonkoze Lecture Series, University at Albany/SUNY, February 2004. -- "France in the European Union", University of Connecticut at Storrs, April 1996 (invited). -- "Safety of Navigation and Sea Power: the Case of the French Codfishing Industry at Newfoundland during the 18th Century", Annual Conference of the Society for French Historical Studies, University of South Carolina/Columbia, March 1988. -- "The Ports of Saint-Malo and Granville and the North American Fisheries in the 18th Century", Annual Conference of the International Commission for Maritime History, Charleston, S.C., Sept. 1987. -- "Saint-Malo and the Newfoundland Fisheries in the 18th Century", Annual Conference of the Society for French Historical Studies, University of Minnesota/Minneapolis, March 1987. - "Conquest by Words: French-Native Treaties in Africa during the 19th Century", Sixth Monterey Institute of International Studies Symposium (The Colonial Mind), Monterey, Calif., Nov. 1986. -- "Marseilles and the Codfishing Trade in the 18th Century", Annual Conference of the American Historical Association, New York City, Dec. 1985. -- "A Blind French Writer Looks at America: Jacques Lusseyran's Douce, trop douce Amérique", Fifth Monterey Institute of International Studies Symposium (Comparative Literature and International Studies), Monterey, Calif., Nov. 1985. -- "Cultural Understanding through Cross-Cultural Analysis", Conference on Teaching Languages for Communicative Proficiency and Cross-Cultural Understanding, State University of New York/Albany, Oct. 1984. -- "Géographie historique de la pêche terre-neuvière française dans la première moitié du XVIIIe siècle", Annual Conference of the French Colonial Historical Society, University of Alabama/Huntsville, April 1984. -- "La Pêche française à Terre-Neuve au XVIIIe siècle", Annual Conference of the Société des Professeurs Français en Amérique, New York City, April 1983. -- "The French Fishing-Industry at Newfoundland: Taylorism and Fordism in the 18th Century?", Annual Conference of the American Historical Association, Washington D.C., Dec. 1982. -- "La Cession de Terre-Neuve à l'angleterre au traité d'utrecht: La France vraie gagnante?", Annual Conference of the French Colonial Historical Society, Northwestern University, April 1982. -- "The Comparative Approach: Innovations in Teaching Civilization in Foreign Language Departments",

8 Conference on Approaches & Resources in Foreign Area Studies Programs, George Mason University, Nov. 1981. PANELS CHAIRED AT SCHOLARLY MEETINGS -- Ecritures francophones antillaises, 7 th International Colloquium, Société des Professeurs Français et Francophones d Amérique (SPFFA), Fordham University, New York City, October 2004. -- Slavery and Colonization, Annual Meeting of the Conseil International d Etudes Francophones, Abidjan, Ivory Coast., May 2002. -- Slavery and Colonization, Annual Meeting of the Conseil International d Etudes Francophones, Portland, Maine, June 2001. -- French Cinema in the United States, Annual Meeting of the American Association of Teachers of French, Paris, France, July 2000. -- Slavery and Abolitionism, Annual Meeting of the Conseil International d Etudes Francophones, Sousse, Tunisia, May 2000. -- "Propaganda", Nineteenth-Century French Studies Colloquium, The Pennsylvania State University, College Park, Pennsylvania., Oct. 1998. -- Slavery and Abolitionism, Annual Meeting of the Conseil International d'etudes Francophones, Gosier, Guadeloupe, May 1997. HONORS & AWARDS -- SUNY Faculty Research Award, 2006 -- NYS/UUP Faculty Development Award, 2005-2006 -- NYS/UUP Faculty Development Award, 2004-2005 -- SUNY Faculty Research Award, 2001 -- NYS/UUP Faculty Development Award, 1998 -- CIBER/French Cultural Services Grant to attend Business French seminar in France, 1996 -- SUNY Faculty Research Award, 1994 -- NYS/UUP Faculty Development Award, 1993 -- NYS/UUP Faculty Development Award, 1991 -- Keith Matthews Prize Honorable Mention (2 nd place) for book La pêche française en Amérique du Nord au XVIIIe siècle, 1991 -- Book Publication Grant, Canadian Federation for the Humanities, 1990 -- SUNY Faculy Research Award, 1990 -- National Endowment for the Humanities Travel to Collections Grant, 1988 -- SUNY Faculy Research Award, 1988

9 -- SUNY Faculy Research Award, 1986 -- SUNY Faculy Research Award, 1984 -- SUNY Faculty Grant for the Improvement of Undergraduate Instruction, 1983 -- Arthur Cole Grant-in-Aid, Economic History Association, 1982 -- Travel Grants for research in France, York University, 1976-1977 -- Doctoral fellowship from the Canadian Department of External Affairs, 1976-1978 COURSES TAUGHT Undergraduate: -- Introduction to French Studies -- Contemporary French Society and Culture -- Contemporary France (in English) -- French Business and Economics -- Social and Cultural History of France -- French Speech Styles -- French Cinema & Society -- France and the French-Speaking World: Cultural and Economic Diversity Graduate: -- Introduction to Research -- Approaches to French Culture -- The French Revolution -- France since 1914 -- The French and the Americans -- Life in 18th Century France -- Face to Face with Gérard Vincent, Distinguished Visitor -- Women in French Society -- Immigrants in France 1945-2005 DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS Directed: Brucher, Markus D. Regards et engagements helvétiques dans la colonisation de l Algérie: la compagnie genevoise de Sétif (1853-1871), 2004. Committee member: Degroult, Nathalie. Portraits maternels dans le cinéma du Nord contemporain, 2004 De Poortere, Machteld. Les idées philosophiques et littéraires de Madame de Stael et de Madame de Genlis, 2003. ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

10 -- Director of Graduate Studies, French Studies Program, 2005-2007 -- Director, French Studies Program, 1997-1999 (in new consolidated Department of Languages, Literatures & Cultures) -- Chair, Department of French Studies, 1996-1997 ACADEMIC SERVICE Department of French Studies/Department of Languages, Literatures & Cultures, University at Albany/SUNY: -- Executive Committee: 1982-1983, 1983-1984, 1984-1985, 1985-1986, 1986-1987, Fall 1987, 1988-1989, 1989-1990, 1993-1994, 1999-2000, 2002-2003, 2003-2004 (Chair), 2005-2006, 2006-2007 -- Chair, Search Committee for new faculty, French Studies, 1997-1998 -- Undergraduate Studies Committee/Academic Committee: 1981-1982, 1982-1983, 1983-1984, Fall 1989 -- Graduate Studies Committee: Spring 1981 -- Advising Committee: 1979-1980, 1980-1981 College of Arts & Sciences (CAS), University at Albany/SUNY: -- CAS Council: 1983-1984, 1989-1990, 1990-1991, 1993-1994, Spring 1996, 2003-2005 CAS Council committees: -- Chair, Academic Planning Committee: 2003-2004, 2004-2005 -- Research Committee: 1983-1984, Fall 1987, 1988-1989, 1989-1990, 1990-1991, 1991-1992 -- Humanities Honors Committee: 1980-1981 -- Diversity Committee: 1989-1990, 1990-1991 -- Academic Support Committee: 1993-1994 University, University at Albany/SUNY: -- University Life Council, University Senate, 2006-2007 -- Educational Policy Council, University Senate, 2003-2004 -- Graduate Academic Council (Committee on Educational Policy & Procedures), 2002-2003 -- University Senator, 2000-2001 -- Pew Roundtable, Fall 1997 (invited by President Hitchcock) -- Council on Research: Fall 1987, 1989-1990 -- Selection Committee, Poitiers Program: 1989-1990, 1990-1991 -- Selection Committee, Grenoble Program: 1979-1980, 1980-1981, 1981-1982, 1982-1983, 1984-1985, Spring 1987, 1988-1989, 1989-1990 Service to the Profession, International:

11 -- Executive Board, Conseil International d Etudes Francophones, 2000-2003 -- Editorial Reviewer, Acadiensis, 2002 -- Editorial Board, International Journal of Maritime History, 1988-1990/1992-1999 -- Book Review Editor, International Journal of Maritime History, 1990-1992 -- Matthews Awards in Maritime History Selection Committee (Canada), 1987-1988 -- Book Review Editor, Mentalités/Mentalities, 1983-1989 Service to the Profession, National: -- Executive Board, Société des Professeurs Français et Francophones en Amérique, 1985-1995/1998- today -- Laurence Wylie Prize in French Cultural Studies Committee (reader), 2006-2008 -- Chair, Laurence Wylie Prize in French Cultural Studies Committee, 2000-2002, 2004-2006 -- AATF Committee on the Teaching of French Culture & Civilization, 2000-2001 -- President, Association for French Cultural Studies, 1997-2000 -- Assistant Editor for French Civilization, The French Review, 1995-2000 Intitated the creation of the Laurence Wylie Prize in French Cultural Studies, 1995 -- Treasurer, Association for French Cultural Studies, 1994-1997 Conferences, workshops, seminars organized: -- AFCS Journée d Etudes on Pedagogy of French Culture, Columbia University, New York City, May 6, 2000 -- AFCS Conference "Cinema & French Society in the 1990s", Baruch College (CUNY), New York City, April 16-17, 1999 -- Workshop/seminar on the use of new technologies to teach French culture, University at Albany, November 1997 -- Workshop/seminar on the teaching of French culture in high schools, University at Albany, October 1996 Study abroad program: -- Initiated new exchange program between SUNY and the University of Montpellier II, France (2000-2001) and taught course in SUNY Summer Study-Abroad program in Montpellier (2006) Referee for faculty promotion/tenure -- Tufts University (2000) MEMBERSHIP

12 -- Société des Professeurs Français et Francophones en Amérique -- Haitian Studies Association -- French Colonial Historical Society -- Society for French Historical Studies Société française d histoire d outre-mer