Louisiana Studies Conference

Presentation proposals being accepted for 16th Annual Louisiana Studies Conference

NATCHITOCHES – The 16th Annual Louisiana Studies Conference will be held Sept. 14 at Northwestern State University.  The conference committee is now accepting presentation proposals for the upcoming conference. Presentation proposals on any aspect of the 2024 conference theme “Lyrical Louisiana,” as well as creative texts by, about, and/or for Louisiana and Louisianans, […]

Louisiana Studies Conference themed ‘Louisiana Works’

By Dr. Shane Rasmussen, director of the Louisiana Folklife Center

NATCHITOCHES – The 15th Annual Louisiana Studies Conference was held on Sept. 23 at NSU. This year’s conference theme was “Louisiana Works.” The Saturday morning keynote, “Defend Corner Stores: Preserving the Vanishing Culture of Vernacular Hand-Painted Signage in the Commercial Settings of the Post-Katrina Landscape of […]

NSU to host 15th Annual Louisiana Studies Conference Sept. 23

NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University will host the 15th Annual Louisiana Studies Conference on Saturday, Sept. 23 in the Creative and Performing Arts Complex. Presentation sessions will begin on Saturday morning at 9:30 a.m. and run until 4:45 p.m. Scholars from throughout Louisiana as well as Alabama and Texas will make presentations on aspects […]

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