Conference Activity/Talks
Panels Organized
“Le Mali "post Accord d'Alger" : dynamiques, récits et pratiques du politique entre ruptures et continuités” with Denia Chabli, 8th European Conference on African Studies (ECAS), University of Edinburgh, June 12-14th, 2019.
"Regards croisés sur les mobilisations identitaires en contexte de « crise », Flux et frontières. Réponses politiques et identitaires " with Aurélie Campana, Congrès annuel de la Société Québécoise de science politique, May 18th 2017.
"Narratives on Violent Groups: Reconciling the Contentious Politics and Interactionist Paradigms?" with Marie-Christine Doran, Interpreting Political Violence, ECPR General Conference, September 7-10th, 2016.
"Politics, Law and Development Studies ", 19ème Colloque interdisciplinaire de la GSAÉD, February 12th, 2016.
Papers Presented
“Competition and Corporate Struggles among Tuareg Political Elites in Mali”, Rifle, Quill, and Rosary: Competing sources and corporate stuggles for political legitimacy in Mali, University of Münster, Germany, via zoom, February 4-5, 2021.
“Tuareg Women in the Northern Malian Conflict: Ambivalence and Layers of Symbolic Violence”, Baraza, Center for African Studies, University of Florida, via zoom, December 4th 2020.
“Tuareg Elites’ Narratives in Mali and Niger: Comparing (Symbolic) Politics”, 63rd Annual Meeting, African Studies Association, via zoom, November 19th 2020.
“Jihadist Fluidity and Resilience in the Sahel”, APSA Annual Meeting: Democracy, Difference and Destabilization, Panel : Terror Group Dynamics, via zoom, September 12th, 2020.
“Rhetoric Strategies in the Malian Conflict: Polyphonic Use of the Fight Against Terrorism”, Panel: SA45: Evolving Discourses of Terrorism, International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Conference, Toronto, March 30th 2019.
“Beyond the Crime-terror Nexus : The Crime-terror Assemblage in Sahel”, Panel: Crime and Punishment in Africa and Latin America, International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Conference, Toronto, March 29th 2019.
“Memories, Violence, Tuareg Rebellions and State Building in Mali and Niger”, Panel : The nature and cause of armed conflict in Africa, XIXth World Congress in Sociology, International Sociological Association (ISA), July 16th 2018.
“Tuareg rebellions in Mali : Resentment and memories or the challenge of reconciliation”, Mémoires de conflits et enjeux de sortie de crise, les enjeux et les voies de sortie de crise, Canadian Association of African Studies, June 1st 2017.
“Representations and conflictual narratives of the Tuareg elites in Mali: the renewal of a polyphonic rebellion”, Congrès annuel de la Société Québécoise de science politique, May 18th 2017.
“Issues and Challenges of an International Mediator in the multiform and polyphonic Malian crisis: the case study of the MISAHEL”, Challenges of International Mediations, World Mediation Forum, May 17th 2017.
“Iyad Ag Ghali or the Categorization of an Ambivalent Actor: An Obstacle for the Mediation and the Reconciliation?”, Conflict Resolution Towards “Terrorist” Challenge in West Africa, World Mediation Forum, May 17th 2017.
“The “Reflective tension” of the Racial Identification : Au Auto-Ethnographic Exploration », with Gino Vlavonou, Millenium conference, “Racialized Realities in World Politics”, London School of Economics (LSE), October 22-23th 2016.
“Time representations and practices: Interpreting the multiple temporalities of the Malian rebellions”, Narratives on Violent Groups: Reconciling the Contentious Politics and Interactionist Paradigms?, ECPR General Conference, Prague, 7-10 September 2016.
"Resilience and fragmentation of jihadist groups: a case study focusing on Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb", Politics, Law and Development Studies, 19ème Colloque interdisciplinaire de la GSAÉD, February 12th, 2016.
"Sherlock Holmes and the role of abduction in research and investigation in political studies: toward a resolution of the methodological clashes? ", Challenges, Disconnects and Clashes in Political Studies, 3rd Annual Graduate Student Conference, Political Science Department, Concordia University, April 25th, 2014.
Invited Talks
“Roundtable: “Fieldwork” across Disciplines”, with Dr. Brenda Chalfin and Dr. Alvaro Lima, Mixing Africa’s Disciplines, Workshop, Center for African Studies, University of Florida, October 6th, 2020.
“Par-delà la figure de victime ou de révoltée: les rôles des femmes touarègues dans le conflit nord-malien”, ROP, CÉRIUM, University of Montréal, March 4th, 2020.
“Diverging Political Trajectories in Mali and Niger: From Tuareg Rebellions to their Institutionalized Relations with the States”, Working Group : Institutions and the State in Africa, Center for African Studies, University of Florida, December 9th, 2019.
“Crime-terror nexus dans l’espace sahélo-saharien : mythes, réalités et consequences”, with Raouf Farrah, Chaire Raoul-Dandurand, UQÀM, Montréal, April 23rd, 2019.
“Le conflit au nord du Mali: ethnographie et regards de terrain”, with Denia Chebli, CERIUM, University of Montréal, October 17th, 2018.
“Security Issues in the Sahel-Sahara region: An illustration through the Malian conflict”, African Studies Center, Tokyo, May 11th, 2018.
“From Security Issues in the Sahel to the Dynamics of Armed Tuareg Groups in Mali”, Africa Study Group, Ottawa, January 11th, 2018.
“Memories and Tuareg rebellions in Mali”, Raoul-Dandurand Chair, UQÀM, Montréal, November 13th, 2017.
“The Insurgency in Northern Mali: The Difficulties of Identifying the Armed Groups”, Military Headquarter of Vanier, workshop for the Canadian military officers, February 27th, 2013.