1951-2001: Transatlantic Perspectives on The Colonial Situation
April 27 and 28, 2001 La Maison Française, NYU 16 Washington Mews (corner University Place)
Friday, April 27

9:30 a.m. Introduction

Georges Balandier (École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris)
La situation coloniale: ancien concept, nouvelle réalité

10:00 a.m. Keynote Address

Ann Laura Stoler (University of Michigan)
French Racial Politics and Colonial Aphasia: The Politics of Comparison

11:15 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Session I: Gendering Colonial Situations

Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch (Université Paris VII)
The Colonial Experience of Women in Subsaharan Africa

Julia Clancy-Smith (University of Arizona)
Reflections on Women/Gender in the History and Historiography of Colonial North Africa

Chair: Edward Berenson (New York University)
Discussant: Shiva Balaghi (New York University)

2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Session II: Situating Colonial Knowledge

Alice L. Conklin (University of Rochester)
The Musée de l'Homme and "la situation coloniale"

Benoît de l'Estoile (École Normale Supérieure, Paris)
Anthropology in Action: Colonial Situation and Scientific Revolution

Emmanuelle Sibeud (Université Paris-VIII)
L'ethnographie coloniale entre inauthenticité et empathie

Chair: Eric Fassin (École Normale Supérieure)
Discussant: Herman Lebovics (SUNY at Stony Brook)


Saturday, April 28

10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Session III: Codifying Violence in the Colonial Situation

Isabelle Merle (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Marseille)
Retour sur le "Code de l'Indigénat" : Réflexions autour des principes répressifs dans l'Empire Français

Mamadou Diouf (University of Michigan)
Assimilation Policy, Identity and Citizenship in the French Colonial Empire. A Case Study of the Senegalese "Quatre Communes"

Emmanuelle Saada (New York University)
The Empire of Law: Dignity, Prestige and Domination in the Colonial Situation

Chair: Herrick Chapman (New York University)
Discussant: Mahmood Mamdani (Columbia University)

2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Session IV: (Post)colonial historiographies

Edward Berenson (New York University)
Was There a Holocaust in the Congo of King Leopold II?

François Pouillon (École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris)
La situation post-coloniale : enseignements d'une enquête sur la peinture algérienne

Frederick Cooper (University of Michigan)
Decolonizing Situations: The Rise, Fall and Rise of Colonial Studies (1951-2001)

Chair: Emmanuelle Saada (New York University)
Discussant: Mohamed Mbodj (Manhattanville College)


This conference is organized by Emmanuelle Saada and coordinated by Jasmine El-Yabouri.

This event was made possible thanks to the support of the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, the Hagop Kevorkian Center and the Departments of History, Sociology and Anthropology of New York University.
For more information: (212) 998-8754