Developing Post-Colonial Algeria: Policies Between Theory and Practice

30. Mai 2016, 18:00 Uhr

Saal G, Ihnestraße 22, 14195 Berlin (U - Bhf. Thielplatz)

The Center for Middle Eastern and North African Politics cordially invites you to the talk by Prof. Dr. Daho Djerbal on developing post-colonial Algeria. This talk will shed light on the post-colonial trajectories of development in past and present Algeria. Djerbal will argue that there are three fundamental issues for understanding theories and practices of Algeria's post-colonial development: state, industrialization and rent economy. He will not only highlight the economic challenges inherited from colonialism and dominant paradigms, but also the pernicious effects of oil revenues on the practices of state and society.

Prof. Dr. Daho Djerbal is Professor of Modern History at the University of Algiers-Bouzareah. He is the editor of Naqd, Revue d'études et de critique sociale.

This public event is hosted in cooperation with AfricAvenir International e.V. an.d Yedd deutsch-algerische KULTUR e.V. in the framework of the DAAD Dialogue project "Dialogue and Asymmetries - Debating Development, Memory and Migration" and will be chaired by Prof. Dr. Cilja Harders, Director of the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Politics, FU Berlin.