Scientific event

Teaching Arabic in Algeria during the Era of Cooperation
Teaching Arabic in Algeria during the Era of Cooperation
(1962s-1990s)
Type
Conference
date
15/02/2026
heure
14:00
lieu
CRASC
Socio-anthropology of History and Memory Division
Theme :
Literary and Artistic Languages and Expressions
Keywords :
Algeria education languages teaching
Abstract
This conference presents an initial overview of an ongoing research project focusing on Arab teachers working in Algeria as part of Arabization policies. While technical and cultural cooperation during decolonization is well-documented, few studies have examined inter-Arab cooperation and cultural exchanges between the Maghreb and the Mashreq, which were nevertheless constitutive of a period conducive to Arab solidarity.
Drawing on published works, newspapers, ministerial journals, and official texts, as well as testimonies from former teachers, a social history of Arabic language teaching emerges from the 1960s to the 1990s. The material conditions of these teachers' settlement, their motivations, their teaching methods, and their activist commitments contribute to a collective portrait of this era.
Participants
Charlotte COURREYE
Charlotte COURREYE
conferencier
Biography
Lecturer and Associate Professor at the University of Lyon 3. Her research focuses on cultural exchanges between the Arab Near East and the Maghreb in the 20th century, the history of colonization and decolonization in the contemporary Maghreb (notably Algeria), the history of the Arabic language and education in the Maghreb, and the history of Islamic reformism and Islamism (19th–21st centuries). Her recent publications include:
L’Algérie des Oulémas. Une histoire de l’Algérie contemporaine (1931-1991) [The Algeria of the Ulema: A History of Contemporary Algeria], Paris, Éditions de la Sorbonne, 2020.
Le Maghreb par les textes, XVIIIe-XXIe s. [The Maghreb through Texts, 18th–21st c.], with Annick Lacroix and Augustin Jomier, Paris, Éditions Armand Colin, 2020."
Biography
A Research Director at the Center for Research in Social and Cultural Anthropology (CRASC) in Oran, Algeria, he specializes in religious philosophy. He also served as director of the same center from 2017 to 2021, and as director of the National Institute for Research in Education under the Ministry of National Education from 2016 to 2017. Additionally, he worked as a research expert for a knowledge transfer project with the Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities from 2014 to 2015. His research focuses primarily on religious discourse, education, and citizenship in Algeria. He has authored around thirty scientific articles published in international and Algerian journals, as well as in collective volumes, and has participated in over eighty national and international conferences and seminars. He is a member and consultant for several national and international bodies, including the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA, Dakar, Senegal), the Arab Council for the Social Sciences, and the International Network for the Study of Arab Societies (Beirut, Lebanon).
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Teaching Arabic in Algeria during the Era of Cooperation
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