Histoire et Cité Festival: Robert-Houdin’s Mission in Algeria

{"title":"Histoire et Cit\u00e9 Festival: Robert-Houdin’s Mission in Algeria","description":"\u003Cp\u003EFran\u00e7ois Bost, specialist in simulated magic of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, researches conjuring, performance practices and historical archives related to illusion.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis lecture reexamines the 1856 mission of Jean\u2011Eug\u00e8ne Robert\u2011Houdin to Algeria, investigating its psychological and geopolitical aims to discredit marabouts. Bost uses previously unused archives and unpublished documents to propose new hypotheses and a revised interpretation of colonial tactics and public influence.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EIn French.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","start_date":"2026-03-27","end_date":"2026-03-27","date":"Friday 27 March, 17:00","timings":[{"timing_start_date":"20260327T170000Z","timing_end_date":"20260327T180000Z"}]}