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New publication : Les récits d’origine, Pierre Bonte
Last publication of our late colleague, Pierre Bonte Bonte Pierre, 2016, Les récits d’origine. Contribution à la connaissance du passé ouest-saharien (Mauritanie, Maroc, Sahara Occidental, Algérie et Mali), Paris, Karthala En s’inspirant de l’analyse structurale des...
2nd GIS Congress “Moyen-Orient et Mondes Musulmans”
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="1898"][vc_column_text] The objectives of the Congress : Encourage young researchers, doctoral students and post-doctoral fellows To make known the research centers and associations (Diwan, Halqa, Samah, AGIS) working on the...
Call for papers for the book ”L’Algérie au présent” (IRMC)
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="1891"][vc_column_text]Call for papers for the book "L'Algérie au présent" edited by Karima Dirèche (Director of the Institute for Research on Contemporary Maghreb (IRMC)). Proposals for contributions (a title and a half-page...
New publication : “Sahara Occidental, 40 años después”
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="1913"][vc_column_text]Spain retired from Western Sahara in 1976 without having fulfilled the obligation to completely decolonize the territory. Forty years later, the question remains. Morocco continues to occupy the...
New publication : “The European Union Approach Towards Western Sahara”
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="1930"][vc_column_text]In the framework of the so-called Barcelona process, the European Union concluded several bilateral agreements with Morocco aimed to deepen their economic integration. The 2000 Association agreement...
New publication : Culture et politique dans l’Ouest Saharien
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="2562"][vc_column_text]The western Saharan region is often described as a "endemic" space of political instability: the secession of Northern Mali in 2012 and the overthrow of Amadou Toumani Touré, renewed tensions in Western...
Sovereignty in Exile A Saharan Liberation Movement Governs
New publication on Western Sahara Sovereignty in Exile explores sovereignty and state power through the case of a liberation movement that set out to make itself into a state. The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) was founded by the Polisario Front in the wake...
Global, Regional and Local Dimensions of Western Sahara’s Protracted Decolonization : When a Conflict Gets Old
New international publication, edited by our colleagues Raquel Ojeda Garcia, Irene Fernández-Molina, Victoria Veguilla: Global, Regional and Local Dimensions of Western Sahara’s Protracted Decolonization : When a Conflict Gets Old This book explores the traces of the...
Call for panels and papers WOCMES, Spain, july 2018
Fifth World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies (WOCMES-5) Three Cultures Foundation of the Mediterranean, Seville, Spain, 16-20 July 2018 The World Congress seeks to address questions, exchange and explore information on the Middle East in the broadest sense. The...
Cahiers d’EMAM, “Sahara occidental: mémoires, culture, histoires”, Free access
Les Cahiers d'EMAM, 24-25, 2015 "Sahara occidental: mémoires, culture, histoires" "Sahara occidental: memorias, cultura, historias" Sous la direction de Francesco Correale et Juan Carlos Gimeno Martìn https://emam.revues.org/739 Le présent numéro des Cahiers d’EMAM...
XX meeting of the Fimam in Casa Arabe Madrid – 23 and 24 November 2017
The Forum of Research on the Arab and Muslim World (FIMAM) celebrates its twentieth meeting on 23 and 24 November 2017 in Casa Árabe, Madrid. With the purpose of commemorating this anniversary, which coincides, in turn, with the celebration of the ten years of the...
Round-table “Géopolitique du Sahara” – International Festival of Geography 2022
Round-table with Meriem Naïli, André Bourgeot and Virginie Collombier, hosted by Julien Brachet“Géopolitique du Sahara” – 01.10.2022 Link to the report : https://www.clionautes.org/geopolitique-du-sahara.html A neverending Western Sahara conflict, the stalemate...
International Festival of Geography 2022 in video
Meriem Naïli and Sébastien Boulay's intervention at the International Festival of Geography (FIG)"Un désert très convoité : le Sahara Occidental" (1h20) - 01.10.2022 Link to the video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_gd6fDTZM0 « Western Sahara and the...
Webinar about non-violent activist action (15th February 2022)
Webinar between OUISO and Non-Violence XXI replayed on YouTubeNon-violent action in the context of renewed war in Western Sahara (1h13) - 15.02.2022 Link to the replay : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kF3vr8hpvgM&ab_channel=Non-violenceXXI • "A webinar to...
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Radio show “Quel rôle peuvent encore jouer les Nations unies au Sahara Occidental ?” – France Culture (19 January 2022)
Podcast “Les enjeux internationaux” hosted by Julie Gacon on France Culture“Quel rôle peuvent encore jouer les Nations unies au Sahara Occidental” (0h13) – 19.01.2022 Listen :...
Debate in the National Assembly in France (6th January 2022)
Debate in the National Assembly in France on Jean-Paul Lecoq's initiativeAssessment of France’s actions to ensure respect of international law : the case of Western Sahara (2h00) - 06.01.2022 Entirety of the debate available here :...
Radio Show “Sahara Occidental : le mirage de l’État nation” – France Culture (7th December 2021)
Series "Autodétermination" of the "Cultures Monde" Podcast hosted by Florian Delorme on France CultureEpisode 2 : "Sahara Occidental : le mirage de l’État nation" (0h58) - 07.12.2021 Listen :...