@youssefbens.bsky.social
history, law, and middle east studies at Amherst College.
@annales.ehess.frReposted by @youssefbens.bsky.socialDans le dernier numéro des #Annales et en #openaccess
'Ce que #protéger veut dire. La #juridiction consulaire à l’âge des protectorats (fin xixe-début xxe siècle)'
par @youssefbens.bsky.social (Amherst College)
@sarayasin.bsky.socialReposted by @youssefbens.bsky.socialAlso in today’s edition of The Key: Rashid Khalidi’s introduction to Ghassan Kanafani’s “Palestinian Resistance Literature Under Occupation, 1948-1968” www.thekeymagazine.com/p/ghassan-ka...
@hammerandhope.bsky.socialReposted by @youssefbens.bsky.socialHis friend Elaine Mokhtefi reflects on the militant organizer’s adventures in Algeria and beyond.
hammerandhope.org/article/don-...
@youssefbens.bsky.social"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!)
@adamshatz.bsky.socialReposted by @youssefbens.bsky.socialIf 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.
@lrb.co.ukReposted by @youssefbens.bsky.social‘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.
@adamshatz.bsky.socialReposted by @youssefbens.bsky.socialA 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...
@asheeshks.orgReposted by @youssefbens.bsky.socialAcademia: 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.
@will-smiley.bsky.socialReposted by @youssefbens.bsky.socialJust 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.
@annales.ehess.frReposted by @youssefbens.bsky.social🎉 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...
@youssefbens.bsky.socialDelighted 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.
@quinnslobodian.comReposted by @youssefbens.bsky.socialhighest possible recommendation for this great new book from my brilliant colleague Aimee Gennell