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HIS/POL 321 French Colonialism in the Middle East and North Africa
Liberal Arts & Business Program
Aix-en-Provence, France
Dates: late Jan 2026 - early May 2026
HIS/POL 321 French Colonialism in the Middle East and North Africa
OVERVIEW
CEA CAPA Partner Institution: IAU
Location: Aix-en-Provence, France
Primary Subject Area: History
Instruction in: English
Course Code: HIS/POL 321
Transcript Source: Partner Institution
Course Details: Level 300
Recommended Semester Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 45
Prerequisites: Successful completion of ENG 101 or equivalent, and 6 credit hours in history or political science or international relations; or instructor permission.
DESCRIPTION
This class will examine the region's contemporary political foundations, with a focus on how the recent colonial past has contributed shaping the political institutions that were recently toppled. This interdisciplinary course examines the colonial and postcolonial history of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) in the context of the region's close connections to Europe and sub-Saharan Africa, at the intersection of economic, political, and cultural phenomena. This course will cover Syria, Lebanon, Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia in the framework of their relationship to the history of French colonialism. While the period of sustained European imperial control over North Africa began as early as 1830 in Algeria and as late as 1911-12 in Libya and Morocco, decolonization was almost complete in the region by the early 1960s.