Publications and work in progress
We are in the early stages of our project, but we have already begun to work on a variety of different projects and publications.
Publications
Our first project publication is out!
- Emile Chabal, 'France's Identity Crisis' in Current History (Vol. 123, Issue 851, March 2024). This essay explores the development of identity politics in France. It discusses some of the difficulties of talking about identity in France, and it provides a historically grounded explanation for why manifestations of identity politics are so controversial in French public life. It also describes some of the ways that identity politics has nevertheless come to France in the form of progressive and conservative social movements, as well as specific public policies.
Working papers and conference presentations
Our French researcher, Rachida Brahim, has completed a literature review on identity politics and immigration in France.
- 'Migrants et descendants de migrants nord-africains en France : représentations et mobilisations: revue de littérature dans le cadre du projet "A new democratic disorder? Race, identity and political mobilisation in France and in the UK, c.1970-present"' (April 2024) [in French/en français]
Public engagement
- Our French researcher, Rachida Brahim, recently discussed her research on racist crimes in a 4-part radio documentary on France Culture focused on the 1983 "Marche pour l'égalité et contre le racisme".
Bibliography
We have been building an open-access Zotero bibliography of literature related to the history and sociology of identity politics, race, social movements and political culture in France and the UK. It will be regularly updated by members of the project team. You can access the bibliography here.