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Professor of French John O'Neal wrote an article, "Two Uticas with one spririt of warmth" for the Utica Observer-Dispatch (Sept. 3, 2006). The piece resulted from O'Neal's trip to Utica, Tunisia, in July, when he traveled there to present a paper at the Fourth International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities. In the OD article he wrote that his experience in Tunisia "is a tale of international exchange and understanding." O'Neal recounted how he and his wife, Nancy, took a taxi one day to the Utica musueum, only to find it closed for renovations. "When we explained that we had traveled all the way from Utica, N.Y., to visit the museum, we were shown around personally by a guide who happened to be on the premises that day. After the visit to the museum, he escorted us to the actual archaeological site, where he showed us a number of historical treasures among the ruins," O'Neal wrote. He said the trip was a chance "to see international exchange at its best, especially in the land that gave our Utica its name."

Professor of French John O'Neal presented a paper in French at the 4th International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities at the University of Carthage in Tunis in July. O'Neal's paper was titled "La confusion de la societe dans la Lettre a d'Alembert sur les spectacles et la question de la modernite de Rousseau." While there O'Neal visited the ancient of Utica, for which the local city is named.

The American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies recently elected Professor of French John C. O'Neal vice president of the Society for Eighteenth-Century French Studies at its annual meeting in Montreal. The society is the French caucus of the national society. Established in 1969, the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies advances study and research in the history of a time that has profoundly influenced our world. O’Neal will assume presidency of the society in 2007.

Professor of French John O'Neal is scheduled to serve a second term as president of the Northeast American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (NEASECS). At the society's recent annual meeting, he was elected second vice president for 2005-06. He will become first vice president in 2006-07 and president in 2007-08. O'Neal served previously as president of the society in 1992-93 after six years on the executive board. In 1985 he organized the annual meeting of the society in Utica, which was co-sponsored by Hamilton College and Colgate University.

The American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies recently elected Professor of French John C. O'Neal vice president of the Society for Eighteenth-Century French Studies at its annual meeting in Montreal. The society is the French caucus of the national society. Established in 1969, the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies advances study and research in the history of a time that has profoundly influenced our world. O’Neal will assume presidency of the society in 2007.

The Utica Observer-Dispatch published Professor of French John C. O'Neal's essay "A revolutionary idea: the French as our friends" in its viewpoints section (Dec. 23). In this piece, O'Neal summarizes the recent speech of French President Nicolas Sarkozy before the joint sessions of Congress and sees "a veritable sea change in French-U.S. relations."