Reposted by Thomas MareiteMarie Turcan @turcanmarie.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Un monde parallèle où la préfecture de police parle de « violences » en montrant du serum phy, un foulard, des boules quiès et des paires de lunettes. Lundi dernier, un policier a fracturé la mâchoire d'un adolescent de 14 ans avec un tir de lance-grenade Cougar : www.mediapart.fr/journal/fran... 551503977
Reposted by Thomas MareiteERC Project Atlantic Exiles @atlanticexiles.bsky.social · 30/09/2026@pwgatrell.bsky.social @delphinediaz.bsky.social @btwhite.bsky.social 001
Reposted by Thomas MareiteERC Project Atlantic Exiles @atlanticexiles.bsky.social · 21/09/2026📣Fresh from the press! The special issue "Semantics of Refuge: The Shifting Labels of 'Exile', 'Asylum' and 'Refugee' during the 18th and 19th Century" is now out in Itinerario, edited by team members @thomasmareite.bsky.social and @nagonzalezq.bsky.social. See 🧵 for the individual contributionscambridge.orgItinerario: Volume 50 - Semantics of Refuge: The Shifting Labels of ‘Exile’, ‘Asylum’, and ‘Refugee’ during the 18th and 19th Century | Cambridge CoreCambridge Core - Itinerario - Volume 50 - Semantics of Refuge: The Shifting Labels of ‘Exile’, ‘Asylum’, and ‘Refugee’ during the 18th and 19th Century 165
Reposted by Thomas MareiteNicolás A. González Quintero @nagonzalezq.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I’m glad to see that our special issue, “Semantics of Refuge: The Shifting Labels of ‘Exile,’ ‘Asylum,’ and ‘Refugee’ during the 18th and 19th Centuries,” has finally been published in its entirety in the latest issue of Itinerario. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...cambridge.orgLatest issue | Itinerario | Cambridge CoreItinerario 166
Thomas Mareite @thomasmareite.bsky.social · 08/09/2026📩 Ami.e.s américanistes, il vous reste plus de deux semaines pour envoyer vos propositions pour le colloque « Réactions, recompositions, réinventions : la question de la « relance » des empires coloniaux français et espagnols (Amériques, 1763-1898) » ! Date limite : 25.09.2026 calenda.org/1416058calenda.orgRéactions, recompositions, réinventions : la question de la « relan...Ce colloque a pour but de faire dialoguer les historiographies sur les empires français et espagnol autour de la notion de relance impériale, en mobilisant la plasticité de cette catégorie pour int... 011
Reposted by Thomas MareiteNicolas Hervieu @nicolas.eurosky.social · 03/09/2026Un préfet « assume » de violer les lois de la République en bloquant le droit d’accès à son administration. Et donc « assume » de jeter des personnes dans l’irrégularité alors même que nos lois peuvent leur accorder un droit au séjour. Mais ce préfet n’est pas révoqué. Il est encensé & s’en vante.lefigaro.fr«J’assume avoir coupé le robinet» : accusé de bloquer le renouvellement des titres de séjour, le préfet des Hauts-de-Seine visé par une plainteUne association d’avocats proche de l’ultragauche impute à Alexandre Brugère les difficultés rencontrées par les étrangers du département pour renouveler leur titre de séjour. Chiffres à l’appui, le p... 661108787
Reposted by Thomas MareiteAlan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Today we’re seeing a variety of these tawdry attempts to blame only Cambridge for Arday’s death, by putting a target on his back. As if those who chose to aim at that target - to destroy a black autistic man so they could win an EDI argument - are blameless. www.thetimes.com/article/jaso...thetimes.comJason Arday, former Cambridge University professor, found deadAcademic at centre of plagiarism row was found unresponsive in Battersea. Police said his death was not believed to be suspicious 35817
Reposted by Thomas MareiteJeppe Mulich @jmulich.bsky.social · 14/08/2026If you are all so worried about plagiarism, spend some more time and energy covering this shit instead of hounding individual academics. Ghouls.arstechnica.comBooksellers suspect AI firms are buying and then destroying rare booksAI firms quietly bulk buying rare books face resistance from booksellers. 0138
Reposted by Thomas MareiteBen Johnson @benjaminhjohns1.bsky.social · 07/08/2026the contempt for the dead, the living, the land, our history (spectacular and horrific) upon it. Just a gut punch. @refusing2forget.bsky.social www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...texasmonthly.comTrump’s Border-Wall Construction Is Set to Bulldoze the Porvenir Massacre SiteIt is considered sacred ground for the descendants of those killed in a mass execution. The border wall threatens to erase it from history. 65837
Reposted by Thomas MareiteSimon Grivet @simongrivet.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Dear American Friends, for an upcoming paper in the French press, I’m looking for testimonies about this year 4th of July celebrations (250) I’d love to receive your account at simon.grivet [a] univ-lille.fr Thank you so much for your help! 248
Reposted by Thomas MareitePast and Present @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Our 2026 Supplement (#18) "Medicine, Race, and Slavery in the Transatlantic World, 1600–1850" Edited by @hsmurphy.bsky.social (@kingshistory.bsky.social @cemskcl.bsky.social) Has now been published by @academic.oup.com academic.oup.com/past/issue/2... 215391
Thomas Mareite @thomasmareite.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Sénégal has been the best Africain team over the last few years, I would be genuinely surprised not to see them in quarter finals. Very serious contender but not yet a big name so surprising for a lot of people. Emphasis on « not yet ». 000
Thomas Mareite @thomasmareite.bsky.social · 12/06/2026😂 Lyon supporters, myself included, absolutely love him. Great player, fun personality, and he's had a fantastic season here. 010
Reposted by Thomas MareiteAnne E @anita5446.bsky.social · 03/06/2026WILD shot in the electronic dark: does anyone know the population of Fort-de-France and Saint-Pierre (Martinique) in 1860? Preferably urban vs. whole municipality? 🗃️ I WILL THANK YOU FORMALLY! 297
Thomas Mareite @thomasmareite.bsky.social · 27/05/2026@jkeindorf.bsky.social examine comment ces mêmes exilés de Saint-Domingue furent traités en Jamaïque dans les années 1790. Il montre notamment comment ces exilés cherchaient à être enregistrés sous la catégorie ("réfugiés", "prisonniers de guerre") la plus avantageuse selon les circonstances. 3/3cambridge.org“Considering Him Not as a Prisoner, but as a Refugee”: The Categorisation of French Refugees in Jamaica during the Time of the Haitian Revolution and the Revolutionary Wars | Itinerario | Cambridge Co...“Considering Him Not as a Prisoner, but as a Refugee”: The Categorisation of French Refugees in Jamaica during the Time of the Haitian Revolution and the Revolutionary Wars 041
Thomas Mareite @thomasmareite.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Sibylle analyse la gestion des secours aux réfugiés des colonies en France métropolitaine pendant la période révolutionnaire. Elle montre que la catégorie admin. de "colons de Saint-Domingue réfugiés en France", en constante redéfinition, fut de + en + restreinte aux propriétaires blancs de SD 2/3cambridge.orgThe Nation and the Deserving Refugees: Granting Relief to the Saint-Dominguans in France, 1793-1802 | Itinerario | Cambridge CoreThe Nation and the Deserving Refugees: Granting Relief to the Saint-Dominguans in France, 1793-1802 131
Thomas Mareite @thomasmareite.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Le numéro spécial dans la revue Itinerario que j'ai eu le bonheur de co-éditer avec @nagonzalezq.bsky.social est désormais entièrement disponible en "first view". Les deux derniers articles publiés sont signés Sibylle Fourcaud et @jkeindorf.bsky.social 1/3 162
Reposted by Thomas MareiteNicolás A. González Quintero @nagonzalezq.bsky.social · 26/05/2026@jkeindorf.bsky.social 's article is finally out! He shows how refugees in Jamaica used unclear categorisations to gain access to relief funds in the late XVIII century. Now, our special issue is entirely on First View. Check it out! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...cambridge.org“Considering Him Not as a Prisoner, but as a Refugee”: The Categorisation of French Refugees in Jamaica during the Time of the Haitian Revolution and the Revolutionary Wars | Itinerario | Cambridge Co...“Considering Him Not as a Prisoner, but as a Refugee”: The Categorisation of French Refugees in Jamaica during the Time of the Haitian Revolution and the Revolutionary Wars 144
Thomas Mareite @thomasmareite.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Avec Bordeaux comme point d'ancrage, nous retracerons les expériences de familles exilées entre France et colonies, pour interroger les dispositifs d’accueil et de contrôle des exilés et les recompositions impériales qui se nouèrent à cette période. 000
Thomas Mareite @thomasmareite.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Organisée dans le cadre du 25e anniversaire de la loi Taubira, cette rencontre propose une réflexion sur les dynamiques d’exil liées aux révolutions de la fin du XVIIIe/début XIXe s. dans l’espace atlantique, à partir des collections des AD de la Gironde que nous mobilisons dans nos recherches. 100
Thomas Mareite @thomasmareite.bsky.social · 15/05/202619 mai 2026 à 18h 🕕 Archives départementales de la Gironde 3️⃣ 3️⃣ D’un long dialogue avec ma collègue Sibylle Fourcaud (UBO) sur les exils dans les espaces caribéen et atlantique est née l’idée de la conférence grand public « Exils Atlantiques : Bordeaux, ville carrefour d’un empire en révolution ». 150
Reposted by Thomas MareiteERC Project Atlantic Exiles @atlanticexiles.bsky.social · 13/04/2026📢New Publication! Thrilled to announce that one key project publication is finally coming out: “Semantics of Refuge: The Shifting Labels of 'Exile', 'Asylum', and 'Refugee' during the 18th and 19th centuries” in Itinerario, edited by @thomasmareite.bsky.social and @nagonzalezq.bsky.social. See 🧵👇cambridge.orgItinerario | Cambridge CoreItinerario - Catia Antunes, Isaac M. Scarborough 172
Reposted by Thomas MareiteMegan Maruschke @meganmaruschke.bsky.social · 01/04/2026First view of my article in an issue edited by @thomasmareite.bsky.social and @nagonzalezq.bsky.social on Labelling and Looking for Refuge during the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries doi.org/10.1017/S016...doi.orgA “Distressed Class of People”: French Refugees and Mobility Control in Philadelphia, 1790s–1810 | Itinerario | Cambridge CoreA “Distressed Class of People”: French Refugees and Mobility Control in Philadelphia, 1790s–1810 096
Reposted by Thomas MareiteNicolás A. González Quintero @nagonzalezq.bsky.social · 30/03/2026As mentioned in the previous message, this wonderful article by @thomasmareite.bsky.social is part of our special issue in Itinerario. In it, Thomas shows how French refugees from the Haitian Revolutions negotiated their status to receive aid from Cuban authorities... 141
Reposted by Thomas MareiteNicolás A. González Quintero @nagonzalezq.bsky.social · 30/03/2026I am glad to see that the introduction to our special issue has been published. In it, @thomasmareite.bsky.social and I seek to further historicize the category of “refugee.” Early historiography on this topic focused primarily on its modern definition as established by...cambridge.orgLabelling and Looking for Refuge during the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries: An Introduction | Itinerario | Cambridge CoreLabelling and Looking for Refuge during the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries: An Introduction 272
Thomas Mareite @thomasmareite.bsky.social · 30/03/2026... underscoring the malleable nature of Spanish subject status, strategically claimed by some French exiles. The article brings together the social history of exile, the history of imperial governance, and a reflection on the political construction of belonging and rights in the Atlantic world. 120
Thomas Mareite @thomasmareite.bsky.social · 30/03/2026It shows how such aid contributed to reconfiguring—and effectively reasserting—colonial regimes of difference within a socially heterogeneous exile population. The analysis highlights the close interplay between imperial belonging, political loyalty, and subjecthood, ... 120
Thomas Mareite @thomasmareite.bsky.social · 30/03/2026✍️ Happy to share the publication of this article. It examines the relief policies implemented in Cuba for Spanish subjects from Santo Domingo and former French colonists from Saint-Domingue who remained loyal to Spain, after Santo Domingo's cession to France (1795) www.cambridge.org/core/journal...cambridge.orgA Benevolent Empire? Exile, Politics of Relief, and Subjecthood in Havana (1790–1810) | Itinerario | Cambridge CoreA Benevolent Empire? Exile, Politics of Relief, and Subjecthood in Havana (1790–1810) 1155
Reposted by Thomas MareiteThomas Mareite @thomasmareite.bsky.social · 28/03/2026🗣️ New publication! In this introduction, @nagonzalezq.bsky.social and I revisit the historiography on refugees and explore how the category of “refugee” (or its historical equivalent) was constructed in Atlantic and Mediterranean societies (18th–19th c.) ... www.cambridge.org/core/journal...cambridge.orgLabelling and Looking for Refuge during the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries: An Introduction | Itinerario | Cambridge CoreLabelling and Looking for Refuge during the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries: An Introduction 1147
Thomas Mareite @thomasmareite.bsky.social · 28/03/2026 @bryanbanksphd.bsky.social @jkeindorf.bsky.social @salmahargal.bsky.social, Sibylle Fourcaud, Jan C. Jansen and ourselves. #RefugeeHistory #MigrationHistory #Exile #Asylum 030
Thomas Mareite @thomasmareite.bsky.social · 28/03/2026before its modern legal definition (Geneva convention), as both a tool of governance and as means to claim protection and differentiated rights. We are delighted to bring together in this special issue contributions by @meganmaruschke.bsky.social @annikabaerwald.bsky.social ... 130
Thomas Mareite @thomasmareite.bsky.social · 28/03/2026🗣️ New publication! In this introduction, @nagonzalezq.bsky.social and I revisit the historiography on refugees and explore how the category of “refugee” (or its historical equivalent) was constructed in Atlantic and Mediterranean societies (18th–19th c.) ... www.cambridge.org/core/journal...cambridge.orgLabelling and Looking for Refuge during the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries: An Introduction | Itinerario | Cambridge CoreLabelling and Looking for Refuge during the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries: An Introduction 1147
Reposted by Thomas MareiteThomas Mareite @thomasmareite.bsky.social · 10/03/2026🗣️ J'ai le plaisir de présenter à l'université de Grenade le 26 mars prochain, à 18h15, le fruit de mes recherches actuelles sur les projets de refonte des espaces impériaux français et espagnols dans les Caraïbes à l'âge des révolutions. Lien visio en description👇 #empires #révolutions #Caraïbes 043
Thomas Mareite @thomasmareite.bsky.social · 17/03/2026Oh no I just left on Friday, would have love to meet in person, have fun! 110
Thomas Mareite @thomasmareite.bsky.social · 15/03/2026« A ver, yo solo conocía la calle » Interaction ordinaire avec un madrilène autour de la statue du général Martínez Campos (vétéran des guerres espagnoles à Cuba et en Afrique au 19e s.) dans le parc du Retiro à Madrid 011
Thomas Mareite @thomasmareite.bsky.social · 10/03/2026🗣️ J'ai le plaisir de présenter à l'université de Grenade le 26 mars prochain, à 18h15, le fruit de mes recherches actuelles sur les projets de refonte des espaces impériaux français et espagnols dans les Caraïbes à l'âge des révolutions. Lien visio en description👇 #empires #révolutions #Caraïbes 043
Reposted by Thomas MareiteSimon Grivet @simongrivet.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Vous pensez que la société française est malade ? Vous avez malheureusement raison… (€) www.lemonde.fr/societe/arti...lemonde.frLes agences immobilières confrontées à un racisme devenu sans fard : « La gêne a changé de camp »En janvier, SOS Racisme a alerté une nouvelle fois sur les discriminations à l’œuvre lors de la recherche d’appartements ou de maisons. Les professionnels, au-delà des chiffres, racontent l’évolution ... 054
Thomas Mareite @thomasmareite.bsky.social · 03/03/2026Nouveau séjour d’archives à Séville et vraiment la ville est magnifique en toutes saisons 🌞 030
Reposted by Thomas MareiteAndré Loez & podcast Paroles d’histoire @andreloez.bsky.social · 21/02/2026L’opération actuelle de normalisation voire béatification de l’ultradroite violente est proprement écœurante. À dérouler. 512929
Thomas Mareite @thomasmareite.bsky.social · 12/02/2026Very happy to see this great article published! 🥳 030
Reposted by Thomas MareiteAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 09/02/2026I'm going to do a thread of all the references and context behind Bad Bunny's performance and what it means for Puerto Ricans to see this on the biggest stage. The opening title screen is a street mural in Puerto Rico that comes to life with footballs as coconuts. Follow along! 7137151314
Reposted by Thomas MareiteFondation pour la Mémoire de l'Esclavage @fondationme.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Un Superbowl Halftime Show anticolonialiste qui s'ouvre sur une image plongeant directement dans la mémoire de l'esclavage à Porto Rico : c'est ce que Bad Bunny a donné au monde dimanche soir. 1/15 6181109
Reposted by Thomas Mareitelucasmarin.bsky.social @lucasmarin.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Cher•e•s ami•e•s, j’ai le plaisir de vous partager l’appel du colloque « MARITIMITÉ(S) CARAÏBE » que je coorganise avec Jean-Sébastien Guibert et Boris Lesueur ! Nous attendons vos propositions pour le 1er avril ! 01412
Thomas Mareite @thomasmareite.bsky.social · 04/02/2026...showing how a range of local idioms—each carrying distinct legal, political, and sociocultural meanings—shaped inclusion and exclusion, with profound consequences for those caught within them. More contributions are forthcoming, stay tuned! 5/5 000
Thomas Mareite @thomasmareite.bsky.social · 04/02/2026... Co-edited by Nicolás and myself over the past three years, the issue will be published online in the coming weeks. Its contributions collectively seek to historicize the category of “refugee” in an age of revolutions and imperial crises.... 4/5 100
Thomas Mareite @thomasmareite.bsky.social · 04/02/2026... At stake are larger questions: when does exile truly end, and how are refugees able to reintegrate their communities of departure? This piece is part of a broader special issue on categories of exile and refuge—and their material effects on populations subjected to them (18th & 19th c.)... 3/5 100
Thomas Mareite @thomasmareite.bsky.social · 04/02/2026..and how those so designated sought either to embrace or to distance themselves from this label in their efforts to regain full citizenship in Colombia. At stake are larger questions: when does exile truly end, and how are refugees able to reintegrate their communities of departure ?... 2/5 100
Thomas Mareite @thomasmareite.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Nicolás’s article makes a major contribution to the study of political exile in newly independent Colombia during the 1820s. It asks who was labeled emigrados by republican authorities, with what concrete legal and political consequences.... 1/5 120
Reposted by Thomas MareiteEL PAÍS @elpais.com · 03/01/2026Pedro Sánchez afirma que España no reconoció al régimen de Maduro, “pero tampoco reconocerá una intervención que viola el derecho internacional” elpais.comSánchez asegura que España no reconocerá “una intervención que viola el derecho internacional”El Gobierno llama a la “desescalada” en Venezuela tras el ataque de EE UU y se ofrece a mediar; y Feijóo pone el foco en la “férrea dictadura” de Maduro 13526157