Algerian history has received a significant amount of scholarly attention but almost exclusively focused on its time under French colonial rule and especially the struggle to end this rule. Comparatively little attention has been drawn to Algeria’s independent postcolonial history despite its richness. Michael Willis looks at how, and possibly why, this is the case and discusses the controversies, challenges and rewards of researching and writing Algeria’s modern history, focusing in particular on the civil conflict of the 1990s.
() is King Mohammed VI Fellow in Moroccan and Mediterranean Studies. He previously taught politics at Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco for seven years.
Robert Lowe is Deputy Director of the 杏吧论坛 Middle East Centre.
The () builds on 杏吧论坛's long engagement with the Middle East and North Africa and provides a central hub for the wide range of research on the region carried out at 杏吧论坛.
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