Présentation

Cent ans après la Déclaration de Balfour, le Moyen-Orient   est toujours le théâtre de conflits de tous genres plongeant la région dans un chaos indescriptible. Cette situation accentue davantage l’hégémonie de l’Etat d’Israël et compromet toute solution favorable à la création d’un Etat Palestinien.

Avec la désintégration du tout puissant Empire Ottoman au début du XXème Siècle, la Grande-Bretagne et la France se sont alors évertuées à établir leurs influences sur les territoires sous tutelle de la « Sublime Porte ». Au même moment,  aidé par l’atmosphère de crise prévalant  dans toute l’Europe, une vague d’ « antisémitisme » va très vite toucher ce continent poussant ainsi beaucoup de juifs à s’installer en Palestine et ce bien avant les années trente du siècle dernier.

Date limite de la soumission des communications : 02 novembre 2017.

N.B : Les participants étrangers et les collègues de l’intérieur du pays seront pris en charge uniquement en matière hébergement à raison de trois (03) nuitées (hébergement et repas).

Presentation

As we approach the centenary of the ‘Balfour Declaration’ -November 02nd, 1917- and witness the chaos and tragedy in the Middle East, it can be said that the ‘Balfour Declaration’ offered no sense of relief for the Middle East and Palestine, in particular. The sixty-seven words letter issued by Britain’s Secretary of State James Arthur Balfour made the Middle East one of the most vulnerable and disturbed regions in the world. With the inevitable disintegration of the Ottoman Empire, new power relations were being established by Britain and France which accelerated their imperial motion to secure what the Ottomans left  behind.  This coincided with a widespread anti-Semitic spirit in Europe where many Jews had been trying to move to Palestine in waves before the 1920s and 1930s.

In order to address this notorious Declaration, we propose a debate on the historical, political and geostrategic circumstances that led to the Balfour Declaration, and how  practical  politics  influences the making of Britain’s foreign policy. The Balfour Declaration and its ramifications at the local and global levels could be tackled with reference to a myriad of theoretical frameworks such as the postcolonial/political theory, new historicism, ethnography, to name but a few.

This event will take place on 22nd/23rd November 2017 at the auditorium of the University of Algiers 2. The symposium offers -FLE- and other- students and teachers an opportunity to come together and engage in lively discussion on a variety of topics. We therefore welcome papers which examine the following themes:

Conference Topics 

Of „The Declaration‟:

• The Sykes-Picot Agreement and ‘The declaration’.
• The Balfour Declaration: Its Genesis, Objectives and Corollary.
• The Jewish ‘exodus’ to Palestine: from Conviction to Propaganda.

The Reaction of the West to „The Declaration ‟:

• The British Press, Parties and ‘The Declaration’.
• The French ‘Declaration’.
• France and the Zionist movement.
• The Balfour Declaration: from the Weimar Republic to the Third Reich.
• Nazi Germany and Zionism: the Havaara Agreement.
• Italy and ‘The Declaration’.
• The US reaction to ‘The Declaration’.
• The origins of US support to Zionism.

The Jews and „The Declaration :

• The Reaction of the German and Austrian Jews to ‘The Declaration’.
• The Italian Jews and Zionism.

The Arabs and „The Declaration:

• The Declaration’ and its Consequences on the Arab Public Opinion.
• The Arab Political and Popular Responses to 4the Declaration’.
• The Arab Intellectuals, the Balfour Declaration and the Arab Nationalist Consciousness.

Submission Guidelines

The Symposium will be held on 22nd and 23rd November 2017.

Languages of the Symposium: English, French and Arabic

Foreign Participants and colleagues who leave far away from Algiers will be offered only full board (Three nights)

Summaries of the communications (300 words) must be sent before

14th September 2017

Confirmations of acceptance will be sent by 21st September.

Deadline for submission of the Papers: 02nd November 2017.

A written paper is required from the participants, within a week, after confirmation of acceptance of their papers.

Scientific Commitee

• Pr. Brahim Mansouri
• Pr. Amokrane Saliha
• Pr. Abdoun Med Ismail
• Pr. Djemai Fouad
• Dr. Douifi Mohammed
• Pr. AmraneNadjia
• Pr. DjedidBenyoucef
• Pr. Bensemane M’Hamed
• Dr. Kheliouati Souad
• Pr. AbdelfettahAhcène
• Pr. Hami Nadjia
• Dr BechoulRafika
• Dr. El Bezzaz Bessam
• Pr. Cherefeddine Ahmed
• Dr. Remili Mustapha
• Hamlaoui Chaira
• Arab Hassan
• Dr. Benali Souad
• Ramdani Nordine
• Kadir Nabila

Organizing Committee

• Pr. Brahim Mansouri
• Arab Hassan
• Pr. Djemai Fouad
• Dr. Kaced Assia
• Rouabhia Mohamed
• Dahmane Leila
• Karrah Lamia
• Dr. Bejaoui Wafa
• Dr. Bestandji Nabila
• Boussafi Nawel
• Ouanteur Abdelhamid
• Nouni Mourad