Events
The Weight of the Colonial Past on Immigration Policy in France
Tuesday, October 30, 2012 - 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Columbia University, Morningside Campus, East Gallery, Buell Hall
Alexis Spire
discusses how French immigration policies bear the marks of a colonial past
that has often been disguised or camouflaged by the French government.
Alexis Spire is a Research Fellow with the CNRS at the
University of Lille 2. He is a sociologist and a specialist of French
immigration and asylum policy. His
books on this topic include Etrangers à
la carte : L'administration de l'immigration en France (1945-1975) (2005) and Accueillir ou reconduire : Enquête sur les
guichets de l'immigration (2008).
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