WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 6-8 p.m.

A roundtable marking the 50-year anniversary of Algerian independence

Moderated by Madeleine Dobie, Associate Professor of French, Columbia

As Algeria celebrates its 50th year of independence from France, leading scholars discuss the writing of Algerian history. Panelists consider major currents and debates, new historiographic perspectives and the practice of writing history across geopolitical and linguistic borders.

Roundtable participants:

Daho Djerbal, Professor of Modern History, University of Algiers-Bouzareah, Algeria, and editor of Naqd, Revue d’études et de critique sociale

Patricia Lorcin,  Professor of History, University of Minnesota Todd Shepard,  Associate Professor of History and Co-Director, Program for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality, Johns Hopkins University

Emmanuelle Saada, Associate Professor of French and History, Columbia

Noureddine Amara, Alliance Doctoral Mobility Fellow, Université de Paris 1, Panthéon-Sorbonne

Co-sponsored by the Columbia Maison Française, Alliance Program and the Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies (MESAAS)