This prearranged panel for the MEHAT conference aims to assess how relevant « immediate history » is in explaining the present events causing the Arab turmoil. The main epistemological requirement of ‘immediate’ history approach is that the historian directly experiences the event, thus not being removed from it by time. Therefore, this method imposes the classical historical expectation in terms of collecting and criticizing documents, plus the constraints of the current change. The panellist may consider the event for itself and not as a teleological consequence of expectations. Moreover, the presentations may depart from common theoretical frameworks that predict what the event may signify. We are looking for papers which draw chronological approaches and sequences on the current events, mostly in North Africa and the Middle East.
The Panel Chair is Henry Laurens (Professor at College de France).
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Chargé de diffusion scientifique (29 janvier 2014). Appel à communications : Panel “Immediate history of the Arab revolutions”, MEHAT Conference, Chicago, 02-03/05/2014 — LIMITE : 15/02/2014. IISMM. Consulté le 14 octobre 2024 à l’adresse https://doi.org/10.58079/pxpn