Thomas Mareite
@thomasmareite.bsky.social
Historian @ehess.fr École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales. Slavery & Emancipation / Revolutions & Refugees; Age of Revolutions (US, Greater Caribbean & Spanish America).
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Pour les nouveaux abonnés et comme j’ai changé de poste (Auf Wiedersehen Deutschland). Je suis historien des Caraïbes et de l’Amérique du Nord à la charnière des XVIIIᵉ et XIXᵉ siècles, postdoctorant à l'@ehess.fr – UMR @mondesamericains.ehess.fr – via une bourse européenne Marie S. Curie.
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François Héran impeccable. On vit vraiment une époque formidable.
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Palestine au Collège de France : la protestation de François Héran
Titulaire de la chaire « Migrations et sociétés » au Collège de France, François Héran rend publique la lettre qu’il a adressée à son administrateur, Thomas Römer, à propos de l’annulation du colloqu…
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November 10, 2025 at 7:46 PM
François Héran impeccable. On vit vraiment une époque formidable.
blogs.mediapart.fr/francois-her...
blogs.mediapart.fr/francois-her...
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Décision catastrophique du Collège de France qui ne défend même plus l’histoire et les SHS 😢
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Le Collège de France annule un colloque controversé sur la Palestine
Qualifié de "foire antisioniste" par la Licra, cet événement de deux jours devait rassembler des chercheurs en histoire et en sciences sociales. Son annulation a été saluée par le ministre de l'Enseig...
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November 9, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Décision catastrophique du Collège de France qui ne défend même plus l’histoire et les SHS 😢
www.franceinfo.fr/monde/palest...
www.franceinfo.fr/monde/palest...
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PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!!
The University of Texas-Austin is beginning a process to eliminate the Black Studies, Latino Studies, and Gender Studies departments in the College of Liberal Arts. This is a grave threat to the educational liberty of students, faculty, staff, and the people of Texas. 1/
The University of Texas-Austin is beginning a process to eliminate the Black Studies, Latino Studies, and Gender Studies departments in the College of Liberal Arts. This is a grave threat to the educational liberty of students, faculty, staff, and the people of Texas. 1/
October 13, 2025 at 4:37 PM
PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!!
The University of Texas-Austin is beginning a process to eliminate the Black Studies, Latino Studies, and Gender Studies departments in the College of Liberal Arts. This is a grave threat to the educational liberty of students, faculty, staff, and the people of Texas. 1/
The University of Texas-Austin is beginning a process to eliminate the Black Studies, Latino Studies, and Gender Studies departments in the College of Liberal Arts. This is a grave threat to the educational liberty of students, faculty, staff, and the people of Texas. 1/
Pour les nouveaux abonnés et comme j’ai changé de poste (Auf Wiedersehen Deutschland). Je suis historien des Caraïbes et de l’Amérique du Nord à la charnière des XVIIIᵉ et XIXᵉ siècles, postdoctorant à l'@ehess.fr – UMR @mondesamericains.ehess.fr – via une bourse européenne Marie S. Curie.
October 14, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Pour les nouveaux abonnés et comme j’ai changé de poste (Auf Wiedersehen Deutschland). Je suis historien des Caraïbes et de l’Amérique du Nord à la charnière des XVIIIᵉ et XIXᵉ siècles, postdoctorant à l'@ehess.fr – UMR @mondesamericains.ehess.fr – via une bourse européenne Marie S. Curie.
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Avis aux américanistes! La revue @nuevomundo.ehess.fr est en quête d'articles pour sa section "Guide de la recherche américaniste", en particulier concernant le Pérou:
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Et la Caraïbe:
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@nuevomundo.ehess.fr
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Et la Caraïbe:
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@nuevomundo.ehess.fr
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September 15, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Avis aux américanistes! La revue @nuevomundo.ehess.fr est en quête d'articles pour sa section "Guide de la recherche américaniste", en particulier concernant le Pérou:
journals.openedition.org/nuevomundo/1...
Et la Caraïbe:
journals.openedition.org/nuevomundo/1...
@nuevomundo.ehess.fr
journals.openedition.org/nuevomundo/1...
Et la Caraïbe:
journals.openedition.org/nuevomundo/1...
@nuevomundo.ehess.fr
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New #book #review!
@thomasmareite.bsky.social reviewed *A Southern #Underground #Railroad: Black Georgians and the Promise of Spanish Florida and Indian Country,* by Paul M. Pressly:
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@thomasmareite.bsky.social reviewed *A Southern #Underground #Railroad: Black Georgians and the Promise of Spanish Florida and Indian Country,* by Paul M. Pressly:
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July 1, 2025 at 1:49 PM
New #book #review!
@thomasmareite.bsky.social reviewed *A Southern #Underground #Railroad: Black Georgians and the Promise of Spanish Florida and Indian Country,* by Paul M. Pressly:
brill.com/view/journal...
@thomasmareite.bsky.social reviewed *A Southern #Underground #Railroad: Black Georgians and the Promise of Spanish Florida and Indian Country,* by Paul M. Pressly:
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"Ice detention isn’t just a bureaucratic nightmare. It’s a business. (...) Companies like CoreCivic and GEO Group receive government funding based on the number of people they detain, which is why they lobby for stricter immigration policies." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped
I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky
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March 22, 2025 at 6:57 AM
"Ice detention isn’t just a bureaucratic nightmare. It’s a business. (...) Companies like CoreCivic and GEO Group receive government funding based on the number of people they detain, which is why they lobby for stricter immigration policies." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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📢 New publication! Out now online and in print: "'Sterile in Spanish Hands': French Visions of Empire, Saint‐Domingue Refugees, and the Spanish Caribbean in the Age of the Haitian Revolution", by @thomasmareite.bsky.social, French Historical Studies 48, no. 1 (2025): 37-64. @sfhs.bsky.social
“Sterile in Spanish Hands”: French Visions of Empire, Saint‐Domingue Refugees, and the Spanish Caribbean in the Age of the Haitian Revolution
Abstract. This article examines schemes for reviving the French imperial presence in the Caribbean against the backdrop of the Haitian Revolution. It analyzes a series of memoranda sent to French mini...
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March 10, 2025 at 8:21 PM
📢 New publication! Out now online and in print: "'Sterile in Spanish Hands': French Visions of Empire, Saint‐Domingue Refugees, and the Spanish Caribbean in the Age of the Haitian Revolution", by @thomasmareite.bsky.social, French Historical Studies 48, no. 1 (2025): 37-64. @sfhs.bsky.social
This weekend I received from @sfhs.bsky.social a copy of my contribution to the latest issue of French Historical Studies. This article is based on the discovery of a memoir written in 1807 by Alexandre-Joseph Lambert, colonial sub-inspector in Guadeloupe, preserved (...)
February 24, 2025 at 9:41 AM
This weekend I received from @sfhs.bsky.social a copy of my contribution to the latest issue of French Historical Studies. This article is based on the discovery of a memoir written in 1807 by Alexandre-Joseph Lambert, colonial sub-inspector in Guadeloupe, preserved (...)
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Autour de l'histoire du lien national et du droit du sol aujourd'hui menacé @lemonde.fr www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...
Delphine Diaz, historienne : « Une vision biologique du lien national s’impose aujourd’hui en France, au-delà même de l’extrême droite »
TRIBUNE. La remise en cause du droit du sol met en péril un principe fondateur de la République, qui lui a permis de surmonter des défis démographiques et économiques majeurs tout en assurant la cohés...
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February 18, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Autour de l'histoire du lien national et du droit du sol aujourd'hui menacé @lemonde.fr www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...
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I had the joy of being a guest on Wendy Aris' impressive podcast project "Dis a fi mi History" on the history of the Caribbean recently. We are talking about refugees from the Haitian Revolution in Jamaica, and the relevance of this history for Jamaicans today. You can listen to my ramblings here 👇
February 9, 2025 at 12:07 PM
I had the joy of being a guest on Wendy Aris' impressive podcast project "Dis a fi mi History" on the history of the Caribbean recently. We are talking about refugees from the Haitian Revolution in Jamaica, and the relevance of this history for Jamaicans today. You can listen to my ramblings here 👇
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Recently, UNC Press authors have had their US visas revoked and talks canceled.
For over 100 years, we have stood for academic freedom and open discourse, and continue to do so. Read more on the UNC Press Blog ⬇️
For over 100 years, we have stood for academic freedom and open discourse, and continue to do so. Read more on the UNC Press Blog ⬇️
Academic Freedom and Open Discourse - UNC Press Blog
For over 100 years UNC Press has championed the principles of academic freedom, open discourse, and the free exchange of ideas—values essential to a democratic society and the pursuit of knowledge. R...
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January 31, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Recently, UNC Press authors have had their US visas revoked and talks canceled.
For over 100 years, we have stood for academic freedom and open discourse, and continue to do so. Read more on the UNC Press Blog ⬇️
For over 100 years, we have stood for academic freedom and open discourse, and continue to do so. Read more on the UNC Press Blog ⬇️
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Oh look what has arrived today! Thanks to @manchesterup.bsky.social and everyone involved in getting this out! Worlds of the ring is a rich cultural history that explores the circus from a transnational angle
January 30, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Oh look what has arrived today! Thanks to @manchesterup.bsky.social and everyone involved in getting this out! Worlds of the ring is a rich cultural history that explores the circus from a transnational angle
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Please share and maybe request for your library! Happy that my book “Worlds of the Ring: Nation and Empire in the British and German Circus” will be published with @manchesterup.bsky.social later this month manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526175090/
Manchester University Press - Worlds of the ring
Worlds of the ring - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of Worlds of the ring by Sabine Hanke
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January 16, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Please share and maybe request for your library! Happy that my book “Worlds of the Ring: Nation and Empire in the British and German Circus” will be published with @manchesterup.bsky.social later this month manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526175090/