About
Historian, professor at the University of Lausanne (Unil, Switzerland), director of ISSUL (Unil), researcher at the Center for International History and Political Studies of Globalization (Unil), and co-director of the Achac Research Group. He specializes in colonial history, postcolonial issues, and the history of the body.
Latest publication
A tribute to Western domination? The Anthropology Days at the 1904 St. Louis Olympics
- By Fabrice Delsahut
- and Nicolas Bancel
In Histoire, économie & société (2024/1 43rd year)
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The Foundation of Colonial Republicanism: Back on a Political Genealogy
- By Pascal Blanchard
- and Nicolas Bancel
In Mouvements (2005/2 No 38)
Itorero Policies in Rwanda
An Educational Program Inspired by the Warrior Tradition Put to the Test of National Reconstruction
In Revue Tiers Monde (2016/4 No 228)
What Can be Done with Postcolonial Studies?
Merits and Demerits of the Critical Reception of Postcolonial Studies in France
In Vingtième Siècle. Revue d’histoire (2012/3 No 115)
The Narrow Gauge: Selection of African Leaders in the Transition to Decolonization
In Mouvements (2002/3 No 21-22)
Colonial Fracture: Revisiting a Reaction
- By Nicolas Bancel
- and Pascal Blanchard
In Mouvements (2007/3 No 51)
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Articles
A tribute to Western domination? The Anthropology Days at the 1904 St. Louis Olympics
- By Fabrice Delsahut
- and Nicolas Bancel
In Histoire, économie & société (2024/1 43rd year)
From acculturation to emancipation? Indian educational sports policies at the beginning of the 20th century in the United States
- By Fabrice Delsahut
- and Nicolas Bancel
In Revue d’histoire moderne et contemporaine (2019/2 No 66-2)
Warlike art at the borders of the Great Lakes. Expressing one’s roots though dance within the Rwandan Patriotic Front
- By Thomas Riot,
- Nicolas Bancel
- and Paul Rutayisire
In Politique africaine (2017/3 No 147)
Post-colonialism à la française?
- By Nicolas Bancel
- and Pascal Blanchard
In Cités (2017/4 No 72)
Introduction to the topic
Behind sports and ludo-motor practices. Subjectivation and mobilization through the body in sub-Saharan Africa
- By Thomas Riot
- and Nicolas Bancel
In Politique africaine (2017/3 No 147)
Itorero Policies in Rwanda
An Educational Program Inspired by the Warrior Tradition Put to the Test of National Reconstruction
In Revue Tiers Monde (2016/4 No 228)
“Dance of Death”: Cultural Technology of Tutsi Slaughter in Rwanda
In Cultures & Conflits (2016/3 No 103-104)
What Can be Done with Postcolonial Studies?
Merits and Demerits of the Critical Reception of Postcolonial Studies in France
In Vingtième Siècle. Revue d’histoire (2012/3 No 115)
The Breach
Toward Radicalizing Public Speeches?
In Mouvements (2011/HS Special issue)
Genocide or “Tribal Warfare”: Controversy over Memories of the Rwandan Genocide
- By Nicolas Bancel
- and Thomas Riot
In Hermès, La Revue (2008/3 No 52)
Colonial Fracture: Revisiting a Reaction
- By Nicolas Bancel
- and Pascal Blanchard
In Mouvements (2007/3 No 51)
The Foundation of Colonial Republicanism: Back on a Political Genealogy
- By Pascal Blanchard
- and Nicolas Bancel
In Mouvements (2005/2 No 38)
The Narrow Gauge: Selection of African Leaders in the Transition to Decolonization
In Mouvements (2002/3 No 21-22)