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Conference: Meeting Olivier Le Jeune
Book for sale at the bookstore. Free activity. Conference: Meeting Olivier Le Jeune Who truly was Olivier Le Jeune? Known as the first resident of African origin in New France, who arrived in Quebec City in 1629 with the Kirke brothers, his story has long been approached through the prism of historiographical stereotypes. This conference proposes to visually and historically reimagine this historical figure in a factual and documented light. The presentation takes the form of a rigorous investigation articulated around four major axes: • His origins: Was he captured on the coast of Guinea or did he come from a noble lineage in Madagascar? • His status: Was he a labor slave or an interpreter intended for a strategic role in Madagascar? • His descendants: Did he leave a genetic legacy in Quebec, particularly through an Indigenous union? • The 1638 scandal: What facts did he denounce during his defamation trial against Nicolas Marsolet, a case that resulted in his condemnation to the stocks in the public square to force him into silence? Based on a methodical analysis of judicial and paleographic archives, as well as exchanges with historians in Madagascar, this conference deconstructs the official history to restore Olivier Le Jeune's trajectory. PubQuiz-type questions are included as well as images of Madagascar at human height. Speaker's Biography Jean-François Joubert is a researcher, independent author, and teacher. Holding a master's degree in linguistics, he dedicates his work to analyzing the meaning of words and their sociological anchoring. He is the author of several works on the history and linguistic culture of Quebec, including Curiosités du français québécois, Le Sacre du Québec, L’autodafé de l’Anti-Coton, and À la rencontre d’Olivier Le Jeune. For the writing of this last essay, he conducted field research for several years in Madagascar. This approach allowed him to confront Quebec archives and paleographic expertise with collaborations from local historians, including Mahery Andrianahaga, in order to reconstruct Olivier Le Jeune's journey. His methodology combines descriptive linguistics, sociology, and history to offer a new reading of the archives.
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