Book Presentation 'Dad, what did you do in Algeria? An investigation into a family silence'
Papa, qu’as-tu fait en Algérie ? Enquête sur un silence familial / Dad, what did you do in Algeria? An investigation into a family silence (La Découverte, 2020) by Raphaelle Branche

From 1954 to 1962, more than 1.5 million young French people left to do their military service in Algeria. Since then, veterans are said to have failed to share their experiences with their families. Silence would continue to haunt these men and their loved ones. As a historian, Raphaëlle Branche put this vision to the test of the decades that have passed since the conflict.

Thanks to this investigation, it is the place of the Algerian war in French society that is clarified: if silences are true, their causes are less personal than familial, social and, ultimately, intertwined with historical frameworks of memory. Over time, these silences have changed, and new narratives have become possible.
Date: 11 June 2021, 17:00 (Friday, 7th week, Trinity 2021)
Venue: Venue to be announced
Speakers: Raphaelle Branche (Paris Nanterre), James McDougall (Trinity College, Oxford), Robert Gildea (University of Oxford), Andrea Brazzoduro (Ca' Foscari Venice)
Organising department: Maison Française d'Oxford
Booking required?: Required
Booking url: https://mfo.web.ox.ac.uk/event/papa-quas-tu-fait-en-algerie-enquete-sur-un-silence-familial#/
Audience: Public
Editor: Anne-Sophie Gabillas