Asseraf provides a wealth of new perspectives on information, engagement and resistance in colonial Algeria, and opens new lines of enquiry for scholars of news and media in North Africa and elsewhere.
Arthur Asseraf is a historian of North Africa, France, and the Mediterranean. Born and raised in Paris, he was Examination Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford, before joining the History Faculty at Cambridge. His research focuses on global histories of colonialism, race, and information.