Conference Program

Students, universities and the production of knowledge in the Maghrib

Annual conference of the American Institute for Maghrib Studies (AIMS)

Organised by the Centre d’Etudes Maghrébines en Algérie

30 June-1 July 2018

Room Oran 3, Sheraton Hotel Oran, Algeria

Saturday 30 June 2018

08.30-9.00: Opening remarks

9.00-9.45: Keynote

Prof Clement MOORE HENRY, Emeritus Professor, The University of Texas at Austin (USA)

“Students as founders of civil society in the Maghrib” (in French)

            Chair: Dr Robert P. Parks, CEMA (USA/Algeria)

9.45-11.15: The university in history, history at the university

Prof Kmar BENDANA, University of La Manouba (Tunisia)

“Thoughts on an article about the entry into history of the Tunisian National Movement in academia” (in French)

Prof Hassan REMAOUN, CRASC (Algeria)

“The construction and the teaching of a national history in Algeria” (in French)

Prof Madjid BOUDJELLA, University of Tlemcen (Algeria)

“The Algerian student movement and its evolution, 1954-1962” (in Arabic)

            Chair: Dr Fadma Ait Mous, University Hassan II, Casablanca (Morocco)

11.15-11.30: Break

11.30-13.30: Academic training and mobility

Dr Charlotte COURREYE, INALCO (France)

“Ulemas and Muslim intellectuals in the post-colonial Maghrib: the role of university training in the renewal of religious elites” (in French)

Dr Abdelkader LATRECHE, Expert, Ministry of Developmental Planning and Statistics (Qatar)

“The migration of Maghribi students in France: transformations and continuities” (in French)

Dr Yael WARSHEL, Penn State University (USA)

“Mobile literacy and global citizenship”

Dr Souley Mahamadou LOUALI, University of Moulay Ismaïl, Meknes (Morocco)

“Sub-Saharan students’ migration towards Morocco: what specificities?”

            Chair: Dr Natalya Vince, University of Portsmouth (GB)

13.30-14.30: Lunch

14.30-15.45: Roundtable/eyewitnesses: Students, universities and the rural world in the 1960s and 1970s

Prof Aida BAMIA, University of Florida (USA)

“Collecting popular literature in Eastern Algeria in the 1970s” (in Arabic)

Prof Farouk Mohamed BRAHIM, Doctor, Oran (Algeria): “A sociological study into access to healthcare in the 1960s”

Prof Abdelkrim ELAIDI, University of Oran (Algeria) “The student volunteering programme (volontariat) and the agrarian revolution”

            Moderators: Dr Malika Rahal. IHTP-CNRS (France) and Dr Natalya Vince, University of Portsmouth (GB)

15.45-16.00 : Break

16.00-18.00: Universities and their societies

Dr Amy KALLANDER, Syracuse University (USA)

“Demography, Development, and Population Control: National Contributions to a Global Movement”(in French)

Dr Fadma AIT MOUS, University Hassan II of Casablanca (Morocco)

“Women’s voices in Moroccan academia” (in French)

Prof Driss KSIKES, HEM Rabat (Morocco)

“Towards a socially connected university” (in French)

Prof Abdelkader LAKJAA, University of Oran (Algérie)

“When the university becomes a space of religious socialisation and contestation” (in French)

            Chair: Dr Malika Rahal, IHTP-CNRS (France)

Sunday 1 July 2018

09.15-11.00 : Programmes, langues, identités

Prof Nafissa DOUIDA, ENS Bouzareah (Algeria)

“Linguistic challenges in the Algerian university: a sociological historical approach” (in Arabic)

Ms Imene MEDFOUNI, University of Portsmouth (UK)

“English as a Medium of Instruction in the Context of Algeria: the Internationalisation of Higher Education” (in Arabic)

Dr Nabila BEKHECHI, University Paris 8 (France)

“Academic policy, Islamic sciences and religious reform in Algeria” (in French)

            Chair : Dr Karim Ouaras, CEMA & University of Mostaghanem (Algeria)

11.00-11.15 : Break

11.15-12.45 : Universities and states

Mr Antoine PERRIER, University of the Sorbonne / Sciences Po (France)

“The University, mother of the State. The relationship between the Great Mosque and Dawla in the Tunisian and Moroccan monarchies under the French Protectorate” (in French)

Mr Yassine TEMLALI, Aix-en-Provence/ Marseille University (France)

“The University of Tizi Ouzou : Some Unexpected Effects of National Integration Policies in Algeria after independence” (in French)

Dr Mohamed El Haji DRISSI, Université Cadi Ayaad, Marrakesh (Morocco)

“Moroccan students between ties to the state and the desire to emigrate” (in Arabic)

            Chair: Prof Kmar Bendana, University of La Manouba (Tunisia)

12.45-13.45 : Lunch

13.45-15.15 : Recent and future developments in higher education policy

Dr Jean-Baptiste MEYER, IRD/CEPED (France), paper prepared with Dr Mina KLEICHE-DRAY, IRD/CEPED (France) & Ms Chloé PELLEGRINI, Diotime/Aix-Marseille University (France)

“Higher education in Algeria and Morocco: a comparative history and recent developments, 1995-2007” (in French)

Dr Wassila BOUHAYA, University of Khemis Miliana (Algeria)

“Policies and strategies for cooperation to reform and develop higher education in the Maghreb countries”
(in Arabic)

Ms Fouiza HIDER & Mr Rabah NOUI, University of Béjaïa (Algeria)

“University and the world of work in Algeria: what lessons learned from the establishment of the degree-masters-PhD (LMD) system?” (in French)

            Chair: Prof Madjid BOUDJELLA, University of Tlemcen (Algeria)

15.15-15.30: Pause

15.30-17.00: Student movements

Dr Fayçal IZEDAREN, University of Chlef (Algeria)

“The student movement in Algeria: state of play and perspectives” (in French)

Mr Mohand MECHAOUR, CRASC (Algérie)

“The University as a space of commitment and activist socialisation” (in French)

Mr Azzedine EL FARAA, Université Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, Fez (Maroc)

“The intersection between knowledge and politics in Moroccan universities : a sample of Moroccan students as a case study” (in Arabic)

            Chair: Mr Yassine Temlali, Aix-en-Provence/ Marseille Université (France)