Charles-André Julien

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Charles-André Julien (born September 2, 1891 in Caen ; died July 19, 1991 in Paris ) was a French historian, journalist, orientalist and university professor. He was particularly interested in the Maghreb (North Africa) and the French colonial empire . His best-known work is Histoire de l'Afrique du Nord: Des origines à 1830 ( History of North Africa: from the origins to 1830 ). The series Colonies et empires: Collection internationale de documentation coloniale (later under the title Pays d'outre-mer: Colonies, empires, pays autonomes, Collection internationale de documentation publiée sous la direction ) was published under his direction.

Charles-André Julien was born in Caen, northern France, the son of French Huguenots , and at the age of fifteen he emigrated with his family to Algeria (then under French occupation), where he became interested in the history of the region. Julien's history of North Africa served as the standard work on this subject for decades. His political commitment and his expertise in North Africa contributed to his place in the Haut Comité méditerranéen et de l'Afrique du Nord of the Popular Front from 1936 to 1939 and the election to the Council of the French Union from 1946–1958.

Charles-André Julien wrote various works on the history of Africa, especially North Africa, which are in well-known French series such as the Bibliothèque historique (Payot) and Que sais-je? published.

He taught at the Mohammed V University in Rabat (Morocco) and at the Sorbonne in Paris . He was also a regular columnist for the French daily Le Monde .

The book Les techniciens de la colonization (XIXe-XXe siècles) published by him, provided with his foreword and an introduction - which forms the first volume of the Colonies et empires series (later Pays d'outre-mer ) - is a collection of short biographies the most important representatives of the largest colonial powers.

The anti-colonial writings of Charles-André Julien were combined in an anthology by Magali Morsy.

"There are two things in the world that one cannot get rid of, that is Islam and tobacco!"

- CHARLES-ANDRÉ JULIEN

Publications (selection)

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  • "Le Maroc face aux imperialismes. 1415–1956"
  • Histoire de l'Afrique du Nord: Des origines à 1830 , Payot (1931)
  • L'Afrique du Nord en marche , Omnibus, ISBN 2-258-05863-5
  • Les voyages de découverte et les premiers établissements (XVe-XVIe siècles) , Paris, PUF, 1948.
  • Et la Tunisie devint indépendante, 1951–1957 , édition Jaguar / Jeune Afrique, ISBN 2-85258-372-0
  • Histoire de l'Afrique blanche , Paris, PUF, 1966.
  • Une pensée anticoloniale , Sindbad, ISBN 2-7274-0036-5
  • Techniciens de la Colonization , Pays d'Outre-Mer, ISBN 2-13-040839-7
  • Histoire de l'Algérie contemporaine - tome 1 seul: la conquête et les débuts de la colonization 1827–1871

See also

References and footnotes

  1. ↑ With the sub-series (also later changed in the titles) 1. Études coloniales, 2. Les classiques de la colonization, 3. Histoire de l'expansion et de la colonization françaises, 4. Géographie des colonies et de l'Union françaises, 5. Art et Literature 6. Peuples et civilizations outre-mer
  2. ^ Paris, Presses Universitaires de France , 1947, VIII, 321 p., Colonies et empires
  3. ^ Germany : C. Peters ( M. Baumont ); Belgium : E. Banning ( J. Bruhat ); France : Bugeaud (Ch.-A. Julien), Faidherbe ( R. Delavignette ), Gallieni ( P. Gourou ), Pavie ( P. Blanchard de la Brosse ), Lyautey ( J. Dresch ); Great Britain : Selkirk ( M. Giraud ), Wakefield ( A. Siegfried ), Durham ( M. Giraud ), G. Gray ( M. Leenhardt ), C. Rhodes ( M. Crouzet ); Italy : Balbo (G. Bourgin); Netherlands : Van den Bosch ( E. Chassigneux ); Portugal : Serpa Pinto ( G. Le Gentil ). - Another volume in this series was entitled Les politiques d'expansion impérialiste (Introduction par Pierre Renouvin ): France : Jules Ferry (Ch.-A. Julien); Belgium : Léopold II (J. Bruhat); Italy : Francesco Crispi (G. Bourgin); Great Britain : Joseph Chamberlain (M. Crouzet); United States : Théodore Roosevelt (P. Renouvin).
  4. ↑ cf. Une pensée anticoloniale: positions, 1914-1979 (Les Grands documents de Sindbad) (book trade link)
  5. ↑ Charles-Andre Julien (obituary in the mirror)

literature

  • Philipp Zessin: The Voice of the Disenfranchised: History of Indigenous Journalism in Colonial Algeria. (Campus Historical Studies). 2012 ( partial online view )

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personal data
SURNAME Julien, Charles-André
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French historian, journalist, orientalist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH September 2, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH Caen
DATE OF DEATH July 19, 1991
Place of death Paris