BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:Arwa Labidi, “Gens Suspects: Surveillance and Detention in Colonial Tunisia (1911-28)" PRODID:-//Harvard events data//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event_1622841_0 SUMMARY:Arwa Labidi, “Gens Suspects: Surveillance and Detention in Colonial Tunisia (1911-28)" DESCRIPTION:

The Tunisia Office, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University Presents:

 

“Gens Suspects: Surveillance and Detention in Colonial Tunisia (1911-28)"

A Lecture by Arwa Labidi, Assistant Professor, University of Jendouba, Tunisia, Hazem Ben-Gacem Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University

Arwa Labidi is a historian of Contemporary Tunisia. She received her PhD in History from the University of Paris Nanterre in 2019. Since 2022, she has been an Assistant Professor at the University of Jendouba. She is the author of two series of historical investigations for the Tunisian media platform Inkyfada : “Gens suspects” (Suspicious People) and “Le Dessous des dates” (“Beyond the Dates”). Her current research focuses on the forms of colonial repression in Tunisia in the early 20th century. She spent the 2024–25 academic year at CMES, Harvard University, as a Hazem Ben Gacem Postdoctoral Fellow.

 This event will be held in person.

Admission Free

Questions: cmes_tunisia@fas.harvard.edu.

 

 

LOCATION:Tunisia Office, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTART:20250701T020000Z DTEND:20250701T160000Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR