Personal profile
Research overview
Post-war French colonial and foreign policies. Has published on the Algerian war of independence, and is currently working on French decolonisation in North Africa and its legacy.
Academic/Professional Qualification
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Decolonisation
Tyre, S. R., 2008, Historical Companion to Postcolonial Literatures in Continental Europe and its Empires. Jensen, L., Patke, R. & Poddar, P. (eds.). Edinburgh University PressResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Historiography
Tyre, S. R., 2008, Historical Companion to Postcolonial Literatures in Continental Europe and its Empires. Jensen, L., Patke, R. & Poddar, P. (eds.). Edinburgh University PressResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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The Memory of the French Military Defeat at Dien Bien Phu and the Defence of French Algeria
Tyre, S. R., 2008, Defeat and Memory: cultural histories of military defeat since 1915. Macleod, J. (ed.). Macmillan Publishers ( incl. Palgrave, Picador)Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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From Algerie francaise to France muslumane: Jacques Soustelle and the Myths and Realities of 'Integration', 1955-1962
Tyre, S. R., Sept 2006, In: French History. 20, 3, p. 276-296Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Projects
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French Imperial Futures 1944 - 1960: French Imperial Futures 1944 - 1960
Tyre, S. (PI)
15/07/09 → 12/09/09
Project: Standard
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BCG- 46190 21st Annual Conference: Twenty-first Annual Conference of the Society for the Study of French History
Tyre, S. (PI)
1/07/07 → 3/07/07
Project: Standard
Activities
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Between Utopia and Dystopia: the afterlives of empire. Society for Francophone Postcolonial Studies Conference.
Tyre, S. R. (Speaker)
20 Nov 2010Activity: Talk or presentation types › Presentation
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1960: the 'Year of Africa' and French Decolonisation Re-visited, University of Portsmouth
Tyre, S. R. (Speaker)
5 Sept 2010Activity: Talk or presentation types › Presentation
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Un Reve d'Eurafrique. Ends of Empire and French Imperial Futures
Tyre, S. R. (Invited speaker)
25 Oct 2009Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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St Andrews Centre for French History and Culture (Publisher)
Tyre, S. R. (Member of editorial board)
1 Sept 2009 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editor of research journal
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French Imperial Futures, 1944-1960
Tyre, S. R. (Invited speaker)
15 Mar 2009Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk