'The Algerian War as a Moment in the History of French State-Making'

The Department of History and Archaeology and the Center for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies cordially invite you to a lecture entitled "The Algerian War as a Moment in the History of French State-Making" by Professor Herrick Chapman. All are welcome.

About the Lecturer

Herrick Chapman received his PhD in History from the University of California, Berkeley. He is currently Associate Professor of History and French Studies at New York University. His research in European history, focusing principally on modern France, explores issues in political economy, state-making, and the politics of ethnic and racial differences. He is the author of "State Capitalism and Working-Class Radicalism in the French Aircraft Industry" (1991) and "European Society in Upheaval: Social History Since 1700" (1992). He is also the editor of "The Social Construction of Democracy, 1870-1990" (1995), "A Century of Organized Labor in France: A Union Movement for the Twenty-First Century?" (1998), and "Race in France: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Politics of Difference" (2004). He is currently writing a book on the social and economic reconstruction of France after World War II titled "Democracy Embattled in the Age of Expertise: The French Postwar Recovery, 1944-1962."