Carl A. Brasseaux

Carl Anthony Brasseaux (pseudonym: Antoine Bourque; born August 19, 1951) is an American historian and educator. He specialized in French Colonial North America, particularly of Louisiana and the Cajun people. He helped to pioneer the field of Cajun history, and his published works on this topic represent the first serious, in-depth examination of the history of the ethnic group.

He taught at University of Louisiana at Lafayette, from 1975 until 2010. and grew up in the town of Sunset, Louisiana.

He received both his Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette (then named the University of Southwestern Louisiana). He obtained his doctorate in North American studies at the Paris Diderot University.

Career Brasseaux served at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette from 1975 until 2010; The award was presented to him by then Lieutenant Governor Kathleen Blanco, on November 8, 2003, at a ceremony held at the 2nd annual Louisiana Book Festival in Baton Rouge.