Megan Brown

Megan Brown is an Associate Professor of History at Swarthmore College, where her research and teaching focus on twentieth-century France and the French empire, European integration, and the legacies of colonialism in contemporary Europe.

Education: While specific degrees are not detailed in the provided text, her advanced scholarship in modern European history indicates graduate training in History, likely including a PhD in French and European Studies.

Research Interests:

• Twentieth-century France and the French empire
• European integration and its colonial dimensions
• Empire, borders, and post-imperial nationhood
• Relations between the European Union and former colonial territories, especially Algeria

Her work interrogates how imperial pasts shape present-day European politics, migration debates, and identity discourses, with a particular emphasis on Franco-Algerian entanglements.

Publication Trajectory: Across sixteen pieces from 2016 to 2024, Brown has produced book reviews, scholarly articles, and pedagogical resources that collectively trace the evolution of French policy toward Algeria during decolonization and European integration. Recurring themes include settler colonial memory, the Eurafrican project, and the lived experiences of post-colonial migrants such as Harkis.

Scientific Awards: None are mentioned in the provided materials.

Teaching & Advising: Brown has designed and taught courses such as Holidays in the Empire (HIST 32), integrating original digital resources. No specific lists of current graduate or undergraduate advisees are supplied.

Labs & Teams: No research laboratory or formal research group is described.