North Africa and the Making of Europe

Muriam Haleh Davis is Assistant Professor of History at the University of California, Santa Cruz, USA.Thomas Serres is Lecturer in Politics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, USA.

Because North Africa and the Making of Europe is so interdisciplinary, even the most seasoned Maghrebi or European specialists will find themselves pleasantly surprised by the wide range of synergies and syncretisms explored in this text, all of which have become inherently accepted as part of European identity. Most importantly, the text’s continuous efforts to reflect a Europe that is not other from North Africa, but is by necessity defined by its proximity and history with the region, is a needed voice in today’s environment of growing authoritarianism and nationalism on both sides of the Mediterranean.

• Introduction: Europe and North Africa beyond the 'Boomerang Effect', Muriam Haleh Davis and Thomas Serres (both of University of California, Santa Cruz, USA)Part I - Colonialism and Institutions1. The Role of Algeria in Debates over Post-War Europe within the French Resistance, Luc-Andre Brunet (The Open University, UK)2. North Africa and the Common Agricultural Policy: From Colonial Pact to European Integration, Muriam Haleh Davis (University of California, Santa Cruz, USA)3. (Post)Colonial Migrations between States and Companies: Moroccan Workers in Europe, Anton Perdocin (PSC Research University, France)4. North African Decolonization and the Shifting Nexus of Christian Power and Social Thought in Europe and North Africa, Darcie Fontaine (University of South Florida, USA)Part II – Europe Defined: Imaginaries and Practices5. Europe and North Africa in Jacque Berque's Historical Sociology, Timothy Scott Johnston (Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, USA)6. 'Foreigners in Our Own Land': Importing North African Experiences of Nativism, Gendered Islamophobia and Muslim Activism to Europe, Aitana Guia (California State University, Fullerton, USA)7. Hope and Disillusion: The Representations of Europe in Algerian and Tunisian Cultural Production about Undocumented Migration, Farida Souiah (Sciences Po, France), Monika Salzbrunn (University of Lausanne, Switzerland), and Simon Mastrangelo (University of Lausanne, Switzerland)8. Practices of Imperial Identity: Patterns and Paradoxes in EU Trade and Energy Policies toward the Maghreb Region, Simone Tholens (Cardiff University, UK)Part III - States of Crisis and Exception9. A European Delegation in Algeria: Human Rights and Democracy in the Midst of Civil War, Thomas Serres (University of California, Santa Cruz, USA)10. Conflict and Peace in the Mediterranean Space: Europe's Response to the Libyan Crisis, Irene Costantini (University of Naples “L’Orientale”, Italy)11. EU Support for Transitional Justice in the Aftermath of the Arab Spring: What Has Become of the Promises of the Fourth Wave of Transitional Justice? Elise Ketelaars (Ulster University, UK)Conclusion: #Eurostop: Toward a Feminist Decolonial Critical Theory of Europe, Lilith Mahmud (University of California, Irvine, USA)Index