Scientific event

He is a retired Professor of Higher Education and an Associate Research Director at CRASC (Oran). He has authored and coordinated numerous publications and notably served as the French Editor of the Africa Review of Books and as a member of the Executive Committee of CODESRIA (Dakar). He is currently dedicated to directing the development of a second edition of the 'Dictionary of Algeria's Past, from Origins to 1962'. In 2023, he was awarded the Ibn Khaldun Prize for the Mediterranean.

pecialism
Political philosophy
Area of interest
Social sciences
Academic rank
Research Director
Institutional research projects (PE)
• Charity and social action in colonial Algeria. A socio-historical study of the Oran region (1900–1950). BASAC
2023–2026 • Project leader
• Local business elites and relations with the authorities: a study of the cities of Oran and Constantine
2018–2023 • Project leader
• Elected women and political representation in Algeria
2013–2016 • Project leader
• Algeria between history and memory: people, events and places: Critical dictionary of the past and its representations ‘DICRAH’
2011–2013 • Member
• The university and social and cultural change in Algeria
2011–2013 • Member