THE CAROLINA SEMINAR ON TRANSNATIONAL AND GLOBAL MODERN HISTORY PRESENTS

Markets of Civilization: Islam and Racial Capitalism in Algeria

Muriam Haleh Davis is a scholar of race, development, and the social sciences in North Africa. Her recent book, Markets of Civilization: Islam and Racial Capitalism in Algeria, was published by Duke University Press in September 2022. She has also co-edited North Africa and the Making of Europe: Governance, Institutions, and Culture, which was published by Bloomsbury Press in 2018. Her academic writing has been published by the Journal of Modern Intellectual History, Middle East Critique, the Journal of Contemporary History, Lateral, and 20 et 21: Revue d’histore. She has also authored pieces for the Los Angeles Review of Books, Al Jazeera English, Public Books, and Truth Out. She is co-chair of the editorial board for MERIP (Middle East Research and Information Project) and works with the Maghreb Page for Jadaliyya.

Co-sponsored by UNC Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies and African Studies Center.