FRH 436 N AFRICA, FRANCE, ARAB SPRING

North Africa, France, and the Arab Spring Revolution: From the Postcolonial to the Global  The course explores the Arab Spring revolutionary democratizing movements, including their causes and their aftermath, especially in North Africa but also in the Middle East, and their relation to Francophone, Arab, Imazighen (Native), and African identities. Topics of special interest include youth and women and their role in the Revolution and political and cultural change, secularism and religion, race, LGBTQ+ activism, and the evolving global North-South post-colonial relationship. Conducted in French.