The Louisiana Endowment will honor UL Lafayette’s Center
for Louisiana Studies with its Chair’s Award for Institutional Support
during a ceremony March 31 at Houmas House Plantation in Darrow.
Each year, the LEH honors Louisianians who have made outstanding
contributions to the study and understanding of the humanities. In addition
to Humanist of the Year, awards are given for Lifetime Contribution to
the Humanities, Chair's Award for Institutional Support, Humanities Documentary
Film of the Year, Individual Achievement in the Humanities, Public Humanities
Programming, Humanities Book of the Year, and the Michael P. Smith Memorial
Award for Documentary Photography.
The Center for Louisiana Studies is being honored for its significant
contributions in research, publication, preservation, and outreach projects
that have expanded both an academic and popular understanding of Louisiana
culture and history.
Since its founding in 1973, the Center's stellar work includes
the archives of Cajun and Creole folklore and the University of Louisiana
at Lafayette Press, as well as collaborations with entities such as the
Bayou Teche Paddle Trail, the Atchafalaya Trace Commission, the Festivals
Acadiens et Creole, and the Festival International de Louisiane.
Among the significant UL Lafayette Press publications are the
2010 LEH Book of the Year, Bienville's Dilemma by Richard Campanella, and
this year's awardee, Congo Square: African Roots in New Orleans, by Freddi
Williams Evans. |
