Teaches history at U of Oxford. Ex-SOAS & Princeton. Middle East, Africa, France, and academia mostly; theatre whenever possible. From Up North. Views his own.
Apr 24, 2023 • 17 tweets • 4 min read
Historian of North Africa here just pointing out yet again that no, the early modern corsair economy was nothing like plantation chattel slavery and no, neither the numbers nor the experience are in any way comparable to the Atlantic slave trade. 🧵of a few small examples:
Forced labour by European captives was not the norm: after the 16th cent., when fortification projects were complete & galleys lost prominence, there was little demand for it. Instead…
Aug 30, 2022 • 17 tweets • 6 min read
Puisque @ArthurAsseraf à été très gentil par rapport à mon livre je vous en ajoute qqs autres…
L’étude de l’histoire du Maghreb et surtout celle de l’Algérie a été énormément renouvelée depuis 20 ans en plusieurs langues par bcp de chercheurs qui ont suivi qq études pionnières par ex ucpress.edu/book/978052021…
Jun 17, 2020 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
Full text of Oxford professors' letter possibly appearing in today's @Telegraph, in case they present this as a manifesto for the destruction of Western civ or sth 🤷♂️: Our University’s Vice-Chancellor makes two unwarranted claims ...
("Nelson Mandela would have opposed Rhodes Must Fall Campaign", 11 June). First, Prof. Richardson draws on Nelson Mandela’s words, seven years after his death, to defend colonial-era statues.
