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Youssef Ben Ismail @youssefbens.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"International Legal Histories of Precolonial Africa" (OUP, Feb 2027) is now available for pre-order: shorturl.at/syl82. The chapters center Africa's legal and political traditions in writing the history of African international law, (w/ a foreword by Judge A. Yusuf and an afterword by A. Anghie!)

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Adam Shatz @adamshatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

If you are in NYC on 10/29, please join us at the New School at 7 pm for "Beyond the Israel Lobby," a conversation (I will be moderating) featuring Robert Malley, Nadia Abu El-Haj, and Ian Lustick. Space is limited so reserve your seat as soon as possible. www.tickettailor.com/events/londo...

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Book tickets – The LRB Podcast, live: Beyond the Israel Lobby – The Bob and Sheila Hoerle Lecture Hall at the New School, 63 5th Ave

The LRB Podcast, live: Beyond the Israel Lobby – The Bob and Sheila Hoerle Lecture Hall at the New School, 63 5th Ave, Thu 29 Oct 2026 - Twenty years ago, the London Review of Books published a contro...

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 25/09/2026

‘The posture of neutrality is, in practice, highly selective: Sheeran had no problem being “political” when it came to fundraising for Ukraine.’ Lorna Finlayson on Ed Sheeran v. Macklemore, from the blog. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se...

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Lorna Finlayson | Public Positions

Given much of the coverage of the Ed Sheeran-Macklemore debacle, you could be forgiven for thinking that Sheeran had...

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Adam Shatz @adamshatz.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

A wonderful obituary of Elaine Klein Mokhtefi, friend of Fanon, liaison bt the Black Panthers and the Algerian gvt, activist, writer, painter— and author of a classic memoir of Third Wod revolution. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/w...

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Elaine Mokhtefi, American Witness to Algeria’s Revolution, Dies at 97

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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 20/09/2026

Academia: a system that requires years of training to be eligible for basic, entry-level positions yet lacks the capacity to provide those positions to over 90% of the people whom it trains.

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Will Smiley @will-smiley.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Just published: my thoughts on Mustafa Aksakal's new book "The War that Made the Middle East," about WW1 and the destruction of the Ottoman Empire. The book can be seen as a story about disillusionment with law--constitutional and international--and the rise of authoritarianism.

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War, Empire, and Authoritarianism in the Middle East - Legal History

Mustafa Aksakal, The War That Made the Middle East: World War I and the End of the Ottoman Empire (2026).William SmileyMustafa Aksakal’s new book, The War that Made the Middle East, offers a pointed a...

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Annales. Histoire, Sciences Sociales @annales.ehess.fr · 14/09/2026

🎉 Le dernier numéro des #Annales est en ligne ! Au programme, suppliques, captivité, protection, harems et sultans... Sur @universitypress.cambridge.org 👉 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Youssef Ben Ismail @youssefbens.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Delighted to announce that my new article, "Ce que protéger veut dire La juridiction consulaire à l’âge des protectorats," is out in @annales.ehess.fr! An English translation will come out soon. In the meantime, read the abstract or practice your French skills. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Ce que protéger veut dire | Annales. Histoire, Sciences Sociales | Cambridge Core

Ce que protéger veut dire - Volume 81 Issue 2

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Quinn Slobodian @quinnslobodian.com · 02/09/2026

highest possible recommendation for this great new book from my brilliant colleague Aimee Gennell cup.columbia.edu/book/empire-...

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sepoy @sepoy.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Delhi University removing the study of the Delhi Sultanate and Northwestern University shutting down the Program of African Studies are the same thing 8,000 miles apart.

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Will Smiley @will-smiley.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Delighted to announce that my new article, “Tipu and the Tabur: South Asian Influence on Ottoman Military Reform,” has just been published in CSSAAME! I argue that an embassy from Tipu Sultan of Mysore catalyzed the first steps toward the Ottoman Nizam-ı Cedid reforms.

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Tipu and the Tabur: South Asian Influence on Ottoman Military Reform

Abstract. This article examines connections and influences between Muslim polities across the Indian Ocean in the eighteenth century through the legacy of an embassy sent by Tipu Sultan of Mysore to t...

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Laleh Khalili @lalehkhalili.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

This MERIP issue on Art in the Middle East is amazing. www.merip.org/issue-319/

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Art at Work—People, Power and Cultural Production

Summer 2026

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Guillaume Calafat @gcalafat.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Carlo Ginzburg est mort cette nuit. Son intelligence, sa virtuosité historienne, son inventivité, son regard sur le monde, les mots et les anomalies vont beaucoup nous manquer. Des loups garous aux Caffres, de la microstoria à Piero Della Francesca, son œuvre est immense.

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Julien Le Mauff @julienlemauff.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Comment Marc Bloch envisage-t-il l'histoire de l'économie? En quoi la revue des Annales reflète ses conceptions et celles de Lucien Febvre? Historien et directeur des Annales, Guillaume Calafat nous éclaire! @gcalafat.bsky.social @ihmc.bsky.social @sorbonneparis1.bsky.social @annales.ehess.fr ⤵️

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André Loez & podcast Paroles d’histoire @andreloez.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Aujourd'hui dans Paroles d'histoire je reçois Emmanuelle Saada pour son ample synthèse sur l'histoire des colonisations publiée chez Gallimard. Bonne écoute ! parolesdhistoire.fr/index.php/20...

Couverture de l'épisode : statuettes de soldats indiens de l'armée britannique, XIXe s., musée de Copenhague

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André Loez & podcast Paroles d’histoire @andreloez.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Encore un excellent livre, encore une chouette discussion à venir la semaine prochaine 🎙️😋

Emmanuelle Saada, Histoire et colonisations, Gallimard

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 14/05/2026

‘That slavery persisted in Muslim societies well into the 20th century is undeniable. More questions need to be asked about the extent of its connection with the Atlantic trade and the forms of racialisation that underpinned it.’ Youssef Ben Ismail: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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Youssef Ben Ismail · His Favourite Camel: Slavery in the Islamic World

That slavery persisted in Muslim societies well into the 20th century is undeniable. More questions need to be asked...

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Dr. Rachel Schine @rachelschine.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Mentioned in the same sentence as my incredible colleague Kristina Richardson in the LRB? Excuse me while I plotz. 😁 www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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Youssef Ben Ismail · His Favourite Camel: Slavery in the Islamic World

That slavery persisted in Muslim societies well into the 20th century is undeniable. More questions need to be asked...

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