Former director of CERI (1994-2000); co-founder and former editor-in-chief (1980-1982) of Politique africaine; founder and former editor (1998-2003) of Critique internationale.
Member of the editorial board of African Affairs (since 1981); founder (1998) and head of the Recherches internationales book series published by Karthala. Permanent consultant for the Policy Planning Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (CAP, 1990-2005) and member of the Board of the European Cultural Foundation in Amsterdam (2002-2006). President of the Fonds d’Analyse des Sociétés Politiques (FASOPO) founded in 2003.
Specializes in comparative politics and works on the historical sociology of the State, with a focus on sub-Saharan Africa, Turkey and Iran. Participates in the CERI Transversal Project “Historical Trajectories of the State.”
Research interests
- Republican Islam: comparative historical sociology of politics in Iran, Turkey and Senegal (publication forthcoming in 2008 or 2009)
- Biography and situation or the subjectivization without subject: a young Frenchman under globalization (publication forthcoming in 2009)
- Hegemonies of Empire: combinations and transactions in imperial hegemonies (edited volume forthcoming in 2009; in collaboration with Romain Bertrand)
International relations and political sociology of globalization
Turkey
Iran
Sub-Saharan Africa