#  CES: Governing Along Religious Lines: Jews, Muslims, and Christian Settlers in French Algeria, 1830-1870  

 



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 **December 1, 2015** 

 04:15PM - 06:00PM EST 

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 **Adolphus Busch Hall, Cabot Room**  



 

 



 

When French troops invaded the Ottoman Regency of Algiers in 1830 they initiated a bloody conquest that lasted for over half a century. French colonial rule in Algeria was predicated on a treaty that legally committed France to "tolerate" the religion of local populations. This talk explores religious toleration as an instrument of colonial control; an instrument that aimed to draw the boundaries of inclusion and differentiation in French Algeria along religious (and consistorial) lines. At the same time, this colonial policy also served as a critical platform of negotiation over questions of religion, rule, and rights between colonial officials and Algerian Jewish, Muslim, and Christian settler communities.  
  
[ Rachel Eva Schley](https://ces.fas.harvard.edu/ucla.academia.edu/RachelEvaSchley) Research Associate, Harvard UniversitySponsors: [Jews in Modern Europe Study Group](https://ces.fas.harvard.edu/studygroups/jews-in-modern-europe/); Harvard Center for Jewish Studies, William Landau Lecture and Publication FundContact: Phyllis Albert, <phyllisalbert@gmail.com>

 

 



 

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