Canadian Association for American Studies Eighth Annual Conference

Tentative programme: CANADIAN ASSOCIATION FOR AMERICAN STUDIES EIGHTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE University of Toronto October 26-28, 1972 Registration Wednesday, October 25 Thursday, October 26 5-6 pm 9-9:45 am THEME: The Immigrant Experience in North America Wednesday, October 25 Opening address (major speaker) tentative Thursday, October 26 Problems of Definition 1st session 10 am-12 noon two papers and commentator 2nd session 2-4 pm two papers and commentator On pluralism, assimilation, ethnicity, the 0 mosaic" and the "melting pot", etc. Dinner 6-7 :30 pm at a restaurant representing one of Toronto's immigrant groups - e.g., French, Italian, Spanish, Portugese, German, Chinese, Japanese, Indian, Polish, Jewish, Hungarian to be decided. 3rd session 8-9 :30 pm Cartoons as Illustrative Material for Teaching and Writing Immigration and Ethnic History Friday,October 27 Border without Barriers 4th session 9 :30-11 :30 am Confederate Exiles in Southern Ontario A demographic study of immigration from Canada to the U.S. before 1930 (in French with English translation) 11 :45 am-1 :45 pm Business meeting and lunch Comparative Case Studies - Immigrant Groups and Immigrant Institutions in North America 5th session 2-5 pm The public school as an agent of assimilation and immigration Lithuanian Immigrants in the U.S. (Catholicism and Nationalism) Ethnic Folk Festivals in North America Commentator 5 :30-6 :30 pm Cocktails 131 Dinner 7pm Speaker: to be announced Saturday, October 28 Officialand UnofficialEncouragement of Immigration 6th session 9 :30-11 :30 pm Attitudes toward non-white Immigrants in Canada and the U.S. Intermediaries in Italian Immigration to North America Canadian Encouragement of American Immigration to the Prairies Lunch 11 :45 am-1 pm The Immigrant and the Arts 7th session 2-4 pm Images of the Immigrant in American Literature The Impact of Urban Art Forms (especially film) on Immigrants Note: Places will be designated later. There are two or three other internationally-known specialists we are corresponding with. Also being considered are an art show of the work of immigrant artists in Canada, a film, and a tour through "new Canadian" neighbourhoods. Registration fee: $4.00. Address inquiries to: PROFESSOR ROBERT ADOLPH, Programme Chairman, C.A.A.s., Division of Humanities, Winters College, York University, Downsview 463, Ontario, Canada. PARTICIPANTS ARUNAS ALISAUSKAS, History, Johns Hopkins University GRACE ANDERSON, Sociology, Waterloo Lutheran University JOHNAPPEL, American Studies, Michigan State University DONALD BAKER, Political Science, Long Island University JOHN BRIGGS, History, University of Rochester ERNEST GRIFFIN, English, York University ROBERT HARNEY, History, University of Toronto BARRIE HAYNE, English, University of Toronto JOHN HIGHAM, History, University of Michigan SEV ISAJIW,Sociology, University of Toronto CORNELIUS JAENEN, History, University of Ottawa GARTH JOWETT, Journalism, Carleton University ROBERT KLYMASZ, Centre for Canadian Folk Culture Studies, Ottawa YOLANDE LAVOIE, Demographie, Universite de Montreal HOWARD PALMER, Consultant, Secretary of State Department, Ottawa HAROLD TROPER, History, University of Toronto RUDOLPH VECOLI, Director, Center for Immigration Studies, University of Minnesota 132 ...