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From: "HCV" <>
Subject: [HWE] Re: 3rd International Huguenot conference
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2002 20:26:45 +0200
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Dear Andrea
Most of the papers presented at the 3rd International Huguenot Conference were published in "Bulletin No 39", which is the annual magazine of the Huguenot Society of South Africa. A copy was made available to all who registered as delegates to the conference. It is quite a sizable publication of 294 pages. A small number of spare copies are still available from the Huguenot Society of South Africa at or I suggest anyone interested should preferably contact the secretary of the conference, Wilma Riekert, at for price and postage details.
I scanned the list of papers which appears in the above publication (which also served as official conference proceedings) and reproduce it below.
For me the conference was a wonderful personal experience - sharing a common history and heritage with descendants of Huguenots from all the corners of the world - North America, Europe, Africa, and even one delegate attending from South Korea (where the Protestant Reformed religion is very much influenced by Calvinism). The visit to Franschhoek ("French corner"), steeped in Huguenot tradition, was the highlight for many delegates.
And incidentally, I cannot recommend a better Christmas gift for anyone than the special CD "Music Commemorating the Huguenots" which was released during the conference (details of which are to be found at the bottom of the page at http://www.geocities.com/hugenoteblad/conference/ )
Kind regards
Christo Viljoen

LIST OF PAPERS IN "BULLETIN 39":
Papers delivered at the 3rd International Huguenot Conference, South Africa
September 25-27, 2002
Keynote paper: Prof. Pieter Coertzen (University of Stellenbosch): The Huguenots: origins, settlement and influence – the story of a refugee people

Prof. Johannes C Adonis (Stellenbosch University): The French Huguenots and the slaves (at the Cape of Good Hope) (Abstract)

Prof. JC ( Kay) de Villiers (Emeritus University of Cape Town): Huguenot surgeons (at the Cape of Good Hope)

Ms Gill Sutton et al. (Bride House School, Franschhoek): The role played by the Huguenot Monument and Museum in educating the Franschhoek Valley Community. Whose history?

Ms Nathalie Heyndenckx (Stellenbosch University): The Heritage of the Huguenots in a French literature curriculum

Prof. PH Kapp (Emeritus, Stellenbosch University): How important are the Huguenots to History?

Prof. VE d'Assonville (Sr.) (South Africa): Three generations of Huguenot Bible Translators

Ms Catherine du Toit (Stellenbosch University): The image of Protestantism in francophone literature as portrayed in works of Julien Green, Joseph Provost and Jean-Pierre Monnier

Prof. DFS Fourie (Emeritus, Strategic Studies, UNISA): The origins arid meaning of a Huguenot surname: Fourie

Pastor Andreas Flick (President of the Deutsche Hugenotten Gesellschaft and Pastor of the Evangelical Reformed Church in Celle, Germany): Huguenots settlements in Northern Germany - an unknown chapter

Reverend Francine Jeanne Lovell (Omaha, Arkansas, USA): Awaking the Spirit of Revival that was upon the Huguenots

Drs ES Patty (Moluccan Evangelical Church, Netherlands): Di tanah perasingan: in exile- the story of a refugee people

Dr Pieta van Beek (Stellenbosch University): `Ma trés chère soeur': Marie du Moulin (1625-1699) and Marie Jeanne des Pres (1675-17ír3), two Forgotten Huguenot Women Writers

Dr Barbara Dolemeyer (Max-Planck-Institut): Huguenots and their legal conditions in the European countries of refuge

Dr Janet Glenn Gray (Mukhanyo Theological College, kwaMhlanga, SA): Experience the Huguenot Church of Copenhagen

Dr Jane McKee (Univ. Ulster): Importance of Reputation, contacts and patronage in making a successful life abroad: the case of the Drelincourt family

Mr Gert-Jan Buitink (Belgium): The importance of the Huguenot Psalter

Reverend Piet Grobler (South Africa): The work of the Joint Commission for Evangelising France

Mr Franck Rolland (Strasbourg, Fr.): Palissy and the Garden of the Castle of Troissereux

Dr Jane McKee (Unit of Ulster): The life and times of a Paris Clergyman: the correspondence of Charles Drelincourt

Mr Michel A Rateau (Mauzac & Grand Castang, Fr.): Influence of Huguenot patronymics and toponymics on South African toponymic heritage

Mr Kenneth v d B Joubert (Nanaimo. BC Canada): Researching Kings is easy; Huguenot Peasants is tough

Mr Randolph Vigne (Past-President, Huguenot Society of Great Britain and Ireland.): A monument to the piety of their ancestors: origin arid early history of the French Hospital, London, 1708-1740

Mr Kazimierz Bem (Warsaw Theological Academy): Huguenots in 18th Century Poland. Refuge in a Catholic country of limited tolerance

Ms Judith Becker (Curator, Evangelische Kirche von Westfalen in Siegen-Weidenau): Consistory, Church Order and Congregation in the French Church of London, 1560-1600 - A history of Interaction

Dr VE d'Assonvile (jnr) (South Africa): The Angle of Incidence of Paul Roux's Catechism - A Study of the Theology of Huguenots at the Cape

Rev. Johan Bloemhof (Director: Child Evangelism Fellowship, Paris, France): South African Missionaries in France

Prof. Monique C Cormier (University of Montréal) and Dr Aline Francoeurs (University of Quebec): The Huguenot Contribution to the Rise of Bilingual (French-English) Lexiccography in Europe

Dr S Amanda Eurich (Western Washington Univ): The tears of Jacques Pineton Chambrun: Self-justification and integration in the Huguenot Diaspora

Mr Stephen Massif (Huguenot Library, University College, London): "Les Bibliothèques Parlantes": Huguenot Refugee Librarians in Britain and Ireland and their decendants.


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From: Andrea Vogel
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Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2002 8:13 PM
Subject: [HWE] Internation Huguenot Conferences


Hello, all --

A very belated thank-you to Christo <> for
keeping us updated about the latest (ie. 3rd) International
Huguenot Conference held last month in South Africa. Christo
sent that post to the list on 4 Oct.

This is to let everyone know that I have now changed the info on
our website so that it reflects this latest update from Christo. As
before, it's accessible in the Beyond the Basics section but is
now under a slightly changed heading: ie. International
Huguenot Conferences (Update) at:
http://www.island.net/~andreav/beyond.htm.
I will also continue to add updates, as I receive them, about the
next Conference to be held in Germany in 2005 (I know, I know, this
sounds very far away in the future but don't such things always arrive
faster than you think?)

Christo, you mentioned the 40 papers which were
presented at the Conference. I am wondering what happens
to these papers and also to the ones presented at the previous
two conferences. Is there a list of titles available anywhere? I
am sure many of us would be interested to know what topics
were presented. Also, are texts of these papers deposited
anywhere for access by Huguenot researchers?
If the answer to these questions is no, it seems a shame to
me that such knowledge would be presented just one time to
a specific group but then be lost to many others who might
also benefit from it.

And lastly -- Christo, I'm sure the Conference was
wonderfully interesting. If you have time to tell us some of
your experiences, I hope you will do so. I'm sure many of
us would like to hear about it and it might even inspire some
of us to attend the next Conference! (I extend the same
invitiation to any of our list members who attended the 1st
and 2nd Huguenot Conferences -- ?the first held in England
and the second in the US, I believe?
Thanks again, Christo. Andrea


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