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• 30 nov 2012

  Nanterre

  Conference, symposium - History

  The History of Colonial Algeria: Long Term and International Perspectives

  For a long time, historians have focused on the independence war, building a rich historiography. The long colonial period, however, had been less explored, so much so that Charles-André Julien and Charles-Robert Ageron’s two-volume Histoire de l’Algérie contemporaine, published in the 1960’s-1970’s, had remained the reference. However, the recently published Histoire de l'Algérie à la période coloniale (2012) shows that new ground has been broken. At this stage, it seems that it is time to pause and reflect on the historiography. Our aim is two-pronged: Can we have a better understanding of the colonization of Algeria in the longue durée, beyond the traditional focus on periods of conflict? Our second aim is to take the history of Algeria out of its own box to replace it in the larger picture of imperial history – be it in relation with France or with the other French colonies.

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