In 1957, the French Army divided the Casbah of Algiers along a grid, marking buildings with letters and numbers. Some of these painted numbers are still visible today. Algiers, 2015.
News
In April 2025, my NEH Faculty Award was illegally terminated by DOGE.
In February 2025, I appeared on the French History Podcast. Listen here.
In February 2025, I was interviewed about my book for Afrique XXI. Read the interview in French here, or in English here.
In January 2025, I was awarded a 12-month National Endowment for the Humanities Faculty Award. See details here.
In October 2024, my book was reviewed positively in Jacobin.
In September 2024, I appeared on the Modern Scholar podcast. Listen here.
In August 2024, I appeared on the New Books Network Podcast with Geoff Gordon. Listen here.
In August 2024, I also appeared on the podcast Radio War Nerd. You can hear an excerpt here (or listen if you subscribe).
In mid-June 2024, I appeared on Nick Shepley’s great podcast, Explaining History. Check out the episode here.
Upcoming events and Presentation
Book talk at Harvard University’s Minda de Gunzberg Center for European Studies, April 7, 2025. Info Here.
In the News
“FIU faculty, students protest university partnership with federal immigration authorities,” WLRN (NPR), April 15, 2025
“States scramble after Trump's 'devastating' cuts to humanities grants,” USA TODAY, April 5, 2025.
“Israel occupying Palestine echoes France colonising Algeria: Analysts,” Aljazeera, June 9, 2024.
“80 years later: Remembering the heroes of World War II,” FIU News, June 5, 2024.
“The Unsettling Warning in France’s Election,” New York Times, April 27, 2022.
“La reclassification des archives de la guerre est un effet du régime sécuritaire qui règne en France (Enquete),” interview with the Algerian newspaper La Sentinelle, first published on Radio M. January 17, 2021 and September 21, 2020, respectively.
“Scholars Sound Alarms on Trump’s Border Crackdown. But Academic Nuance Doesn’t Always Break Through,” The Chronicle of Higher Education, June 22, 2018.
“Yes, you can call the border centers ‘concentration camps,’ but apply the history with care,” Washington Post, 20 June 2018.
“Echoes of Colonial Conflict in Algeria Reverberate in French Politics,” New York Times, 2 May 2017.
“A Small French Town Infused with Us-vs.-Them Politics,” New York Times, 20 April 2017.
“France’s Burkini Bans Are About More than Religion or Clothing,” New York Times, 18 August 2016.
“Brexit, Explained: 7 Questions About What It Means and Why It Matters,” New York Times, June 20, 2016.