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Nourredine Abdellah Bendjelloul: A Veteran’s Quest for Political Equality in Colonial Algeria

Nourredine Abdellah Bendjelloul: A Veteran’s Quest for Political Equality in Colonial Algeria

by Donal Hassett | Aug 26, 2024 | Veterans' Stories

Cultural representations and political evocations of veterans in former colonies often reproduce visions of ex-serviceman as the stooges of empire or the vanguard of anticolonial agitation. Colonial historians have long contested this binary, pointing to the variety,...
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  • Joint Project Presentation, Dr Nicola Camilleri and Prof Dónal Hassett, ‘Colonial Veterans and the ‘Tensions of Empire’ in the Interwar World’, European University Institute Florence, 10/06/2026.
  • Project Workshop- ‘Global Histories of Provision for Colonial Veterans’, West African Research Centre, Dakar, Senegal, 03/06/2026
  • Prof Dónal Hassett, ‘Grief, Loss, Betrayal and Resistance: Tracing the Emotional History of the Aftermath of the Great War in the Colonial Archive’, Universita di Roma Tre, Rome, 11/05/2026
  • COLVET Team Presentations, ‘Forgotten Veterans Symposium’, Returning Soldiers Network, Birmingham Newman University, 09/04/2026.
  • Presentations, Prof Dónal Hassett and Dr Nicola Camilleri, ‘Citizens Abroad and the International Order: Past and Present’, Maynooth University, 07/04/2026.

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