This event is jointly organised by the LSE Middle East Centre and the Society for Algerian Studies.

It was during the nationalist period that disputes regarding the colonial order, autonomy versus independence, and the definition of Algerian identity emerged. Marisa Fois provides an overview of Algerian nationalism – including both Arab and Berber nationalisms – from the 1920s to the 1950s, identifying parties, leaders and currents of thought.

Speaker: Marisa Fois, University of Geneva

About the speaker:

Marisa Fois is Lecturer at the University of Geneva. She holds a PhD in African History and International Relations from the University of Cagliari. She is also Visiting Fellow at the Graduate Institute of Geneva and researcher at the University of Cagliari and at the Centre d’Etudes des Mondes Africains of Aix-en-Provence. She is currently working on a project about Algerian decolonization and Switzerland.