Fellow listers -- I am passing on the following information which was sent to me by someone who is not a subscriber to this list. It's about the third International Huguenot Conference which will be held in Sept 2002 in South Africa. I was surprised to learn from this info that the second such conference was held earlier this year in London. This is the first I'd heard of it. Does anyone on the list have info about the London conference? eg. what topics were discussed, are they available to share, etc? Please post to the list if you know anything about it. You can visit the website for the Huguenot Foundation of South Africa at: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/8140/index.html where you will find details of the Huguenot Society, the Huguenot Museum and the Huguenot Monument of SA. Hope this is of interest. Andrea (Scroll down to see attached message below) -----Original Message----- From: HCV <HCV@ADM.SUN.AC.ZA> To: HUGUENOTS-WALLOONS-EUROPE-L@rootsweb.com <HUGUENOTS-WALLOONS-EUROPE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: November 17, 2000 5:33 AM Subject: {not a subscriber} 3rd International Huguenot Conference INTERNATIONAL HUGUENOT CONFERENCE 2002 PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT Dear Friends It gives me great pleasure to inform you that the next International Huguenot Conference will take place at Stellenbosch and Franschhoek (the French Corner) in South Africa from 25-27 September 2002. This follows the first Conference in Charleston (1998) and the second in London earlier this year. The theme of the Conference will be: THE HUGUENOTS - ORIGINS, SETTLEMENT AND INFLUENCE. The theme is formulated in this way to give as wide a scope as possible for Huguenot & Walloon descendants and researchers to propose papers and posters. Proposals for papers and posters are invited to reach us before May, 31 2001. It will be appreciated if we can hear from you even before the end of May 2001. We would also like to invite members of Huguenot Societies in all countries and any other persons interested to attend the conference either as individuals or as organised groups. Accommodation is available in guesthouses and hotels. In a next circular we will let you have some more detailed information on accomodation/conference fees/pre and post conference tours etc. The conference will be hosted by the Huguenot Foundation of SA in collaboration with the University of Stellenbosch and will take place at Stellenbosch and Franschhoek. The headquarters of the South African Huguenot Foundation, the Huguenot Museum and the Huguenot Monument are situated at Franschhoek. During the conference a tour of the areas where the Huguenots settled will be undertaken. Wine cellars on original Huguenot farms will be visited. The conference will coincide with the Stellenbosch Music festival and it is anticipated that the Music Prize Competition of the Huguenot Foundation of SA will also then take place. We are trying to arrange translation facilities into and from French, English and German so that no one should feel excluded or at a disadvantage in communicating. We look forward to hear from you as soon as possible and to welcome you at the South African Conference. You can respond to the above e-mail address or to The International Huguenot Conference 2002, c/o Dept. of Ecclesiology, 171 Dorp Street, 7600 Stellenbosch, Republic of South Africa. Please take note that the conference will take place during springtime in South Africa. Please let us know of any other persons that you know of who should come on our e-mail or ordinary mailing list. You can also find information at: http://www.geocities.com/hugenoteblad/conference With kind regards PROF P COERTZEN CHAIRMAN: SA HUGUENOT FOUNDATION Replies to: pc@maties.sun.ac.za END