Papers by Megan Brown
From seedy bars to holy sites, Europeans journeyed to colonized spaces to encounter people and pl... more From seedy bars to holy sites, Europeans journeyed to colonized spaces to encounter people and places they would never see at home. This class examines how European peoples participated in the imperial project through their travels. It tackles a history of Europe and empire through different frameworks (Orientalism, gender studies…) and methods (mainly primary source analysis and Web-based tools). Students will examine how Europeans "experienced" empire through travel, including safaris, sex tourism, and mission work. This will include a brief study of European travel themes, such as the Grand Tour, transportation technology, and mass tourism, with our focus mainly on what happened when Europeans vacationed in "their" overseas holdings. As a class, we will also embark on an extended case study of Saharan travel, analyzing guidebooks on the subject and producing a Web site featuring original content and an interactive map.
French Politics, Culture & Society, 2020
The retired military officers who organized the Rallye Méditerranée-le-Cap, a biennial car race f... more The retired military officers who organized the Rallye Méditerranée-le-Cap, a biennial car race from Algiers to Cape Town, did so to promote Eurafrica. Eurafrica, an idealized geopolitical fusion of the continents, would be a site of European partnership, with the rally literally paving the way. When its wealthy participants first took to the road in 1951, France, Belgium, and Britain administered much of the course. This article argues that the organizers viewed tourism as the best method for upholding European sovereignty in Africa. However, they did not account for new ways of doing empire in the postwar era, most notably the strength of anti-imperial activism and the advent of technologies that did not require direct access to large swathes of land. By the time of the fifth and final rally in 1961, organizers contended with realities they preferred to ignore: newly independent African states and the ongoing Algerian War of Independence.
Modern and Contemporary France, peer-reviewed special issue (2017).
In France and Europe today, ... more Modern and Contemporary France, peer-reviewed special issue (2017).
In France and Europe today, claims arise defining so-called Muslim and European ‘worlds’ and labelling them irreconcilable. These claims ignore the intertwined history of France and North Africa. When the six founding members of the European Economic Community (EEC) signed the Treaty of Rome, French administrators still considered Algeria to be a constituent part of France, despite the ongoing war. The Algerian question was central to negotiations for the Treaty of Rome and during them, French officials attempted to inscribe Algeria within the founding documents of the European project through a policy of ‘Eurafrique’. Their partners, eager for France’s signature on the Treaty, accepted a vision of integrated Europe with borders crossing the Mediterranean. This decision raised thorny issues in the months and years to come, first in debates of how or even if the Treaty could be implemented overseas, then when independent Algeria attempted to define its relationship with the EEC. These episodes of negotiation and interaction reveal the centrality of the question of empire to the foundations of integrated Europe.
http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/9xW729zB3AJjbehncgVT/full
Perspectives on Europe Volume 45, No. 1 (Spring 2015): 82-85
Proceedings of the Western Society for French History, 2011
Talks by Megan Brown
Pour une histoire sociale de l'Algérie colonisée Seminar, Centre d’histoire sociale du XXème sièc... more Pour une histoire sociale de l'Algérie colonisée Seminar, Centre d’histoire sociale du XXème siècle (Paris I/CNRS), Paris, France, 15 June 2016
Institut de recherches et d'études sur le monde arabe et musulman, Maison Méditerranéenne des Sci... more Institut de recherches et d'études sur le monde arabe et musulman, Maison Méditerranéenne des Sciences de l'Homme, Aix Marseille Université/CNRS, Aix-en-Provence, 15 June 2015
Conference Presentations by Megan Brown
Re-Imagining Ends of Empire Study Day, University of Portsmouth, 2 March 2016
African Studies Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, 19-22 Nov. 2015
Book Reviews by Megan Brown
The Journal of North African Studies
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Papers by Megan Brown
In France and Europe today, claims arise defining so-called Muslim and European ‘worlds’ and labelling them irreconcilable. These claims ignore the intertwined history of France and North Africa. When the six founding members of the European Economic Community (EEC) signed the Treaty of Rome, French administrators still considered Algeria to be a constituent part of France, despite the ongoing war. The Algerian question was central to negotiations for the Treaty of Rome and during them, French officials attempted to inscribe Algeria within the founding documents of the European project through a policy of ‘Eurafrique’. Their partners, eager for France’s signature on the Treaty, accepted a vision of integrated Europe with borders crossing the Mediterranean. This decision raised thorny issues in the months and years to come, first in debates of how or even if the Treaty could be implemented overseas, then when independent Algeria attempted to define its relationship with the EEC. These episodes of negotiation and interaction reveal the centrality of the question of empire to the foundations of integrated Europe.
http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/9xW729zB3AJjbehncgVT/full
Talks by Megan Brown
Conference Presentations by Megan Brown
Book Reviews by Megan Brown
In France and Europe today, claims arise defining so-called Muslim and European ‘worlds’ and labelling them irreconcilable. These claims ignore the intertwined history of France and North Africa. When the six founding members of the European Economic Community (EEC) signed the Treaty of Rome, French administrators still considered Algeria to be a constituent part of France, despite the ongoing war. The Algerian question was central to negotiations for the Treaty of Rome and during them, French officials attempted to inscribe Algeria within the founding documents of the European project through a policy of ‘Eurafrique’. Their partners, eager for France’s signature on the Treaty, accepted a vision of integrated Europe with borders crossing the Mediterranean. This decision raised thorny issues in the months and years to come, first in debates of how or even if the Treaty could be implemented overseas, then when independent Algeria attempted to define its relationship with the EEC. These episodes of negotiation and interaction reveal the centrality of the question of empire to the foundations of integrated Europe.
http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/9xW729zB3AJjbehncgVT/full