MAISON FRANÇAISE EAST GALLERY, BUELL HALL
Department of History; Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies; Middle East Institute; Institute of African Studies; Institute for Religion, Culture, and Public Life; Institute for Comparative Literature and Society; Institute for Research on Women, Gender, and Sexuality; and Institute for the Study of Social Difference.
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Over the past two centuries, North Africa has been transformed by momentous economic and political change as well as mass migration. This one-day conference will address how these developments have shaped conceptions of population and territory and, in turn, personal and collective identities.
Participants: Madeleine Dobie, Columbia University; Sarah Ghabrial, Columbia University; Rashid Khalidi, Columbia University; M’hamed Oualdi, Princeton University; Emmanuelle Saada, Columbia University; Joshua Schreier, Vassar College; Jennifer Sessions, University of Iowa; Todd Shepard, Johns Hopkins University; Judith Surkis, Rutgers University; Sylvie Thénault, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique; and Jonathan Wyrtzen, Yale University.
