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Yazid Benhadda

@yazidbenhadda.bsky.social
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Fellow at the Merian Centre for Advanced Studies in the Maghreb | PhD, University of Exeter | Migration, North Africa, Colonial History, EU Foreign Policy, Historical international studies

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Past and Present @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
We are pleased to be supporting the "Mexico in Algiers, Rabat in Bahia: Rethinking Interactions Between the Iberian Atlantic and the Magreb" workshop Taking place 22 May 2026 @cemskcl.bsky.social For programme and registration see: pastandpresent.org.uk/registration...
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Registration and Programme for the "Mexico in Algiers, Rabat in Bahia: Rethinking Interactions between the Iberian Atlantic and the Maghrib" Workshop - Past and Present
received from Dr. Ana Struillou (King College London) and Dr. Kaja Cook (Royal Holloway, University of London) Date and Times: 22 May 2026 (09:00 – 18:00) Format: his will be a hybrid workshop. The on...
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Benjamin Badier-Hodayé @benjaminhodaye.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Les premiers exemplaires de l'Atlas du Maghreb sont arrivés, et ils sont bien sûr magnifiques ! Disponible le 4 février dans toutes les bonnes librairies !
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Sofian Philip Naceur @sofiannaceur.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
#EU-rope-funded border regimes: Linchpin (and Achilles’ heel) of a neocolonial order How “border management” has turned into a dogma, providing its advocates with a powerful leitmotif to rally political and corporate support in sustaining this order 1/ turningpointmag.org/2025/12/17/e...
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EU-ropean Funded Border Regimes: Linchpin (and Achilles’ heel) of the Neocolonial Order - Turning Point
We are not witnessing a “migration crisis” in Europe, but a decades-old migration and emigration crisis in the underdeveloped and indebted South.
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Migration Studies @migrationjrnl.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Is irregular migration really a recent phenomenon? Drawing on colonial archives, Y. Benhadda traces #lhrig, a Maghrebi term for irregular border crossing, back to colonial Morocco, challenging dominant narratives of crisis and unprecedentedness in today’s migration debates. doi.org/10.1093/migr...
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Yazid Benhadda @yazidbenhadda.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
New publication 🚨 This paper explores how Moroccan colonial migrants challenged the passport regime imposed by the French colonial administration - similarly to how many Moroccans and North Africans continue to do so today. academic.oup.com/migration/ar...
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Rooting lhrig: Burning borders in colonial Morocco (1919–1955)
Abstract. Lhrig is a Maghrebi term for the act of migrating and crossing international borders ‘illegally’ using various strategies. This is largely believ
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Yazid Benhadda @yazidbenhadda.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Really happy to share that I have successfully defended my PhD yesterday! Thanks to my supervisors @irenefmolina.bsky.social and @briegp.bsky.social for their support throughout the journey and to examiners Martin Thomas and @fionaadamson.bsky.social for their generous and constructive feedback.
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Yazid Benhadda @yazidbenhadda.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Happy to share that my first publication is out on IPS! 🥳 In this paper, I offer a new approach to securitization which aims to anchor contemporary securitization processes targeting postcolonial populations in colonial history. Check it out: academic.oup.com/ips/article/...
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Constructing the “North African Problem” in France (1920–1956): A Colonial Genealogy of Migration Security Practices
Abstract. Despite its sophistication, most of the literature on the securitization of migration remains presentist in the sense that it has not yet truly i
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European International Studies Association (EISA) @europeanisa.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
📣 EWIS 2025 WORKSHOPS 📣 ✅ (WS U) The Maghreb in World Politics and IR: From Scholarly Liminality to Centring the In-Between
(WS U) The Maghreb in World Politics and IR: From Scholarly Liminality to Centring the In-Between. Yazid Benhadda. Irene Fernandez-Molina.
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Irene Fernández-Molina @irenefmolina.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Call for abstracts for our @europeanisa.bsky.social #EWIS25 workshop on 'The Maghreb in World Politics and IR: From Scholarly Liminality to Centring the In-Between' (Krakow, 2-4 July) Convened by @yazidbenhadda.bsky.social and myself 👉 eisa-net.org/wp-content/u... Submission deadline: 11 February
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Yazid Benhadda @yazidbenhadda.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Been looking forward to this! Very excited to continue working on security, the colonial, and North Africa during my time in Marburg!
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