Middle East Research and Information Project

Critical Coverage of the Middle East Since 1971

Sign In Sign Up

Olivia C. Harrison

Olivia C. Harrison is associate professor of French and comparative literature at the University of Southern California.

France, a Settler Postcolony?
The official campaign posters of French presidential candidates Jean Lassalle of the Resistance party, Marine Le Pen of the far-right National Rally and Eric Zemmour of the far-right Reconquest party (with his slogan “So that France remains France”), March 28, 2022. Philippe Lopez/AFP/Getty Images
MER Article

France, a Settler Postcolony?

With the French presidential election currently underway, Olivia C. Harrison's timely intervention explains the central role that the history and memory of French Algeria continue to play in the country's politics, culture and society. She shows how the perverse calls by nativist and right-wing grou
Olivia C. Harrison • 12 min read
France, a Settler Postcolony?
The official campaign posters of French presidential candidates Jean Lassalle of the Resistance party, Marine Le Pen of the far-right National Rally and Eric Zemmour of the far-right Reconquest party (with his slogan “So that France remains France”), March 28, 2022. Philippe Lopez/AFP/Getty Images
Current Analysis

France, a Settler Postcolony?

With the French presidential election currently underway, Olivia C. Harrison's timely intervention explains the central role that the history and memory of French Algeria continue to play in the country's politics, culture and society. She shows how the perverse calls by nativist and right-wing grou
Olivia C. Harrison • 12 min read