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Yazid Benhadda

@yazidbenhadda.bsky.social

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 · 5mo ago

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...

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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Sofian Philip Naceur@sofiannaceur.bsky.social · 9mo ago

#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...

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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Yazid Benhadda@yazidbenhadda.bsky.social · last yr.

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...

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 · last yr.

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.

Brieg Powel@briegp.bsky.social · last yr.

Congratulations to @yazidbenhadda.bsky.social from @cais-exeter.bsky.social for passing his PhD viva yesterday. Yazid explored legacies of colonial policing & migration in Europe & N.Africa Thanks to examiners @fionaadamson.bsky.social & Martin Thomas, and lead supervisor @irenefmolina.bsky.social

Yazid Benhadda@yazidbenhadda.bsky.social · last yr.

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/...

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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