NORTH AFRICA AND EUROPE
Schedule of Topics
I. Introduction (Weeks 1-2)
- An Introduction to North Africa and to the History of
Colonialism
- "The Battle of Algiers" and the Violent End of this Colonial
History
II. 1830 - 1870's. The French Conquest of Algeria (Weeks 3-7)
- 1830 and the French Conquest of Algiers
- Historical Memory, Fiction, and the Power of Writing
- What is History Anyway?
- French Travelers to North Africa in the Romantic Age
- The Politics of Representation
- The Maghreb Looks at Europe
- History, Colonialism and Representation
III. 1880 - 1931. The High Tide of Colonialism (Weeks 8-10)
- The Culture of Colonialism - Travelers and Settlers in
Colonial North Africa
- Algerian and French Intellectuals in the Age of Imperialism
- European Dreams of North Africa
IV. 1930's - 1962. Colonialism in Retreat (Weeks 11-13)
- "French North Africa" Between the Two Wars
- Miscommunications
- Decolonization and the Critics of Colonialism
V. After Independence (Weeks 14 & 15)
- France after Algerian Independence
- Morocco in the 1980's - One Vision of Modernity
- North Africa in the 1980's and 1990's