This course will explore Europe's tumultuous relationship with North Africa,
focusing on French colonialism and its aftermath in the nineteenth and twentieth
centuries. Topics to be covered include Napoleon's Egyptian Campaign, Anglo-
French rivalry over the Canal and the Suez crisis of 1956, the Algerian Revolution and the anti-Islamic coup in 1991-2, and the migration of North Africans to
Europe in the post 1945 period. Racial tensions, battles over headscarves, and
Jewish-Muslim relations in contemporary France, are among the topics to be explored with an eye to examining how Europe is coming to terms with its new
multicultural identity.
Format: discussion. Evaluation will be based on class participation, a few short
papers, and a final exam.
No prerequisites. Enrollment limit: 25 (expected 20). Open to all.
Groups B and C