Migrance is a printed biannual academic journal published by Génériques, a Paris-based organisation that promotes the history and the memory of immigration in France and in Europe. To mark the 50th anniversary of Algerian independence and the end of France’s colonial adventure, the editors of Migrance plan an issue on the theme “Immigration - Decolonisation”. The issue will consider how indigenous communities from Asia, Africa and the Maghreb based in France contributed to the anticolonial struggle and the liberation of their home countries between the 1920S and the 1970s.

The editors of Migrance welcome articles (3,000 to 3,500 words) in English or in French from scholars in the humanities and social sciences working in the area of decolonisation, nationalism, diaspora, social and/or political activism… To bring attention to the fact that migrant communities from the colonies were politically active in the anticolonial struggle in France well before the 1940s and after 1962, the editors encourage papers that focus on national and transnational organisations (trade unions, political parties, leagues…) in the interwar and postcolonial periods.

Interested authors should submit an abstract of approx. 250 words and their contact details to Louisa Zanoun at l.zanoun@generiques.org by 30 April 2012. Authors will be notified by 3 May whether their abstract has been accepted. The deadline for submitting the full-length article is 10 July. The publication is scheduled for early September.