States of
Emergency Book Launch

Léopold Lambert presents States of Emergency: A Spatial History of the French Colonial Continuum, now appearing in English for the first time. Meriam Soltan and Miriam Ticktin join him in conversation about the book's linking of the Algerian Revolution (1954–1962), the Kanak Insurrection (1984–1988), and France's banlieues uprisings (2005–2020). The discussion considers the counterrevolutionary legal framework traced across those geographies, possibilities for anticolonial solidarity through study in the United States, and how these histories can inform activism amid present political pressures. Library copies of The Funambulist, where Lambert is editor-in-chief, are available to browse, and select issues are available for purchase.