Call for paper Workshop, Friday, December 15, 2023 Sciences Po - Cevipof - CSO Working

Languages: English and French

Deadline : June 01-2023

Organization : ▪ Sarah Gensburger, CNRS-Centre de Sociologie des Organisations (Sciences Po) : sarah.gensburger@sciencespo.fr ▪ Paul Max Morin, Cevipof (Sciences Po) - Université Nice Côte - d’Azur : paul.morin@sciencespo.fr

Background:

The French colonization of Algeria (1830-1962), the Algerian War of Independence (1954-1962), and the exiles and migrations they engendered, have profoundly influenced the formation of contemporary France. Republican institutions, political families, French capitalism, the country's demographics, culture and even language were partly forged in these historical experiences. The year 2022 marked the sixtieth anniversary of the end of the Algerian War of Independence and the colonization of Algeria. Parts of French society participated in the commemoration of the end of the conflict. In doing so, these actors produced a certain number of speeches, gestures, or public policies about the past. This time of memory was coupled with a political time that included this anniversary in an election year and ensured a strong presence of colonization and the Algerian War in the media...Read more (Pdf, 361Ko)