In the Presence of Enemies

A History of Domestic Threats in Modern Societies (XVIIIth-XXIth)

Campus des Grands Moulins, 75013 Paris.

Bâtiment Halle aux Farines – salle 510 B

Les jeudis de 14h à 16h

La séance du 13 février se déroulera de 16h30 à 18h30; celle du 3 avril de 15h à 17h en distanciel intégral

Séminaire en hybride 

01/23: “On ‘Enemization’ in Modern Societies” – Alexandre Rios-Bordes (Université Paris Cité, Echelles)

01/30: “The Masks of Radical Hostility: When the Neighbor Becomes the Enemy. Rwanda, 1994” – Hélène Dumas (CNRS, Cespra-EHESS)

02/6: “Dynamics of Violence in Colonial Context: the Algerian Case” – Sylvie Thénault (CNRS, CHS).

02/13 (4:30pm): “Cumbersome Applicants. When the Colonized are no Longer Enemies of State Control (Algeria, 1930s)” – Emmanuel Blanchard (Sciences Po Saint-Germain-en-Laye, CESDIP)

02/20: “Scrap between ‘Honest People’: National Belonging, Moral Communities and Political Change during the 2014 Burkinabè Uprising” Benoit Beucher(Université Paris Cité, CESSMA).

03/06: “Spain Facing the Crimes of Francoism: A Transnational Approach” – Sophie Baby (Université de Bourgogne, LIR3S).

03/20: “Surviving the “Wars of Religion” (1562-1598) » Jérémie Foa (Aix-Marseille Université, Telemme)

03/27: “Anti-Communism in Argentina: Laws, Political Practices and Culture (1955-1973)” – Marina Franco (Universidad Nacional de San Martín, CONICET) & Ernesto Bohoslavsky (Cnrs, Mondes Américains)

04/03 (3pm): “Dawn Rose on a Dead Body: Armed Violence and Poppy Culture in Mexico” – Adèle Blazquez (Cnrs, LAP)

Special Session (Date and time to be confirmed): “On The Revolutionary Temper. Paris, 1748-1789 (2024)” Robert Darnton (Harvard University)