Yazid Benhadda
@yazidbenhadda.bsky.social
PhD candidate, University of Exeter | Migration, North Africa, Colonial History, EU Foreign Policy, Historical international studies
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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...
doi.org/10.1093/migr...
September 11, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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...
doi.org/10.1093/migr...
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...
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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August 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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...
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...
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.
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
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
June 24, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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.
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/...
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
academic.oup.com
June 19, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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/...
academic.oup.com/ips/article/...
Reposted by Yazid Benhadda
📣 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
January 29, 2025 at 8:30 AM
📣 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
Reposted by Yazid Benhadda
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
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Submission deadline: 11 February
Convened by @yazidbenhadda.bsky.social and myself
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Submission deadline: 11 February
January 27, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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
Convened by @yazidbenhadda.bsky.social and myself
👉 eisa-net.org/wp-content/u...
Submission deadline: 11 February
Been looking forward to this! Very excited to continue working on security, the colonial, and North Africa during my time in Marburg!
📣 We warmly welcome Yazid Benhadda as our newest Fellow
Yazid will begin his fellowship at the CRC on January 15 and will work in close cooperation with the subproject “Security and Empire” under the lead of Prof. Benedikt Stuchtey.
Welcome, Yazid! 🙌
Yazid will begin his fellowship at the CRC on January 15 and will work in close cooperation with the subproject “Security and Empire” under the lead of Prof. Benedikt Stuchtey.
Welcome, Yazid! 🙌
January 14, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Been looking forward to this! Very excited to continue working on security, the colonial, and North Africa during my time in Marburg!