Speranta Dumitru

On #immigration, true #cosmopolitans should argue that states violating people’s right to #free movement should either be sentenced, or owe compensations to the people harmed, or that States deserve #amnesty Why has nobody ever considered these positions? academic.oup.com/migration/ar...

Depressed by the xenophobia around us? 🧚 Escape to the 17th century where theories compete to answer the question HOW TO ATTRACT IMMIGRANTS ? - my new article in International #Migration & Integration (2026). doi.org/10.1007/s121...

On 12 April 1948, Eleanor Roosevelt wanted to add #freedom of movement – ‘without red tape of any kind’ – to her husband’s Four Freedoms. Yet, a few months later, Art 13 of the Universal Declaration, which she was chairing the drafting of, guaranteed only the right to leave a country. #HumanRights

On 12 April 1948, Eleanor Roosevelt wanted to add #freedom of movement – ‘without red tape of any kind’ – to her husband’s Four Freedoms. Yet, a few months later, Art 13 of the Universal Declaration, which she was chairing the drafting of, guaranteed only the right to leave a country. #HumanRights

Yes. It is a bedrock foundation of the entire idea of Liberty.

In historical perspective, the worldwide trend toward restricting immigration and freedom of movement is an aberration. Augustine, for example, thought that denying “innocent passage” violated one of the most basic laws of humanity. (Passage is from here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...)

Why was it unjust, for centuries, to deny foreigners the right to travel and stay? My article is out in the October issue of JIPT journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #Migration #FreedomOfMovement

Why was it unjust, for centuries, to deny foreigners the right to travel and stay? My article is out in the October issue of JIPT journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #Migration #FreedomOfMovement

🥁 #Histoire de la liberté de circulation #Freedom of movement in the long run ✅ journals.openedition.org/chrhc/27766 - new from @cahiers-histoire.bsky.social ✨ w key international authors Gagliardi 🇮🇹 Salamanca 🇨🇴 Scholz @lscholz.bsky.social 🇬🇧 Simoncini🇫🇷 Bertram @crookedfootball.bsky.social 🇪🇺

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"L'individualisme méthodologique et l'individualisme tout court entretiennent le même rapport que le chien constellation célèste et le chien animal aboyant, c'est-à-dire aucun rapport" (R. Boudon et F. Bourricaud)

Given the harms caused by the principle of national self-determination , particularly to minorities deemed not part of the nation, it is extraordinary how many people are willing to deploy it as an unquestionable premise in arguments.

These days, methodological nationalism is finally sparking a heated debate in philosophy. As some of them question the relevance of this critique, let me explain how to spot the cognitive bias in 3 steps 🌎🌞 crookedtimber.org/2026/09/30/i...

These days, methodological nationalism is finally sparking a heated debate in philosophy. As some of them question the relevance of this critique, let me explain how to spot the cognitive bias in 3 steps 🌎🌞 crookedtimber.org/2026/09/30/i...

Et puis, il y a eu Léon. 💚 Léon est né le vendredi 18 septembre 2026 à Lens. Et tout le monde va très bien ! (Je précise que lorsque nous avons choisi ce prénom il y a longtemps, on ne savait rien de la venue du pape en France ;)

New & #OpenAccess 🥁Don't normalize #immigration restrictions! For centuries, #freedom of movement has been the conventional view 🕊️ Denying innocent people their rights was not only unjust, but also an act of hostility justifying retaliation, including war🤺 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Aujourd'hui, débat à la Fête l'Huma au stand du @mrapofficiel.bsky.social avec les @cahiers-histoire.bsky.social journals.openedition.org/chrhc/27811

Pourquoi la #liberté de circulation n’a-t-elle jamais fait l’objet d’histoire longue ? Trois hypothèses – nouveauté du concept, précarité du droit, caractère élitiste – sont successivement réfutées. - mon intro au dernier @cahiers-histoire.bsky.social journals.openedition.org/chrhc/27811

RIP Emma Bonino www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...

The difference only makes sense because of mobility restrictions. In the past, refugees fleeing a country were also sought after by others. So a refugee could flee a country and choose another. UN should read my article about past policies to attract more foreigners link.springer.com/article/10.1...

The difference only makes sense because of mobility restrictions. In the past, refugees fleeing a country were also sought after by others. So a refugee could flee a country and choose another. UN should read my article about past policies to attract more foreigners link.springer.com/article/10.1...

A new special issue on the history of freedom of movement, edited by @spe07.bsky.social, including my article on why we should expand the history freedom of movement beyond established frames: journals.openedition.org/chrhc/27766

Pourquoi la #liberté de circulation n’a-t-elle jamais fait l’objet d’histoire longue ? Trois hypothèses – nouveauté du concept, précarité du droit, caractère élitiste – sont successivement réfutées. - mon intro au dernier @cahiers-histoire.bsky.social journals.openedition.org/chrhc/27811

Why has #freedom of movement, reclaimed as a fundamental right for so long, never been subject of a long-term history? My introduction to the new special issue from @cahiers-histoire.bsky.social journals.openedition.org/chrhc/27811

🥁 #Histoire de la liberté de circulation #Freedom of movement in the long run ✅ journals.openedition.org/chrhc/27766 - new from @cahiers-histoire.bsky.social ✨ w key international authors Gagliardi 🇮🇹 Salamanca 🇨🇴 Scholz @lscholz.bsky.social 🇬🇧 Simoncini🇫🇷 Bertram @crookedfootball.bsky.social 🇪🇺

The new H-1B tax will be announced tomorrow. The original $100K tax was ruled illegal in court. The White House has cooked up its successor: a $103K tax on *all* private sector H-1Bs. Much more drastic than the original: NO EXCEPTION for people already in the US (like grads of US universities)—>

Here is the full suspension letter from UGent that was sent to Nathan Cofnas, it shows ample reason for his suspension and potential termination. Including breach of contract, using the University of Ghent’s name and legitimacy to promote his racial supremacist views and causing reputational damage.

If universities were meritocratic, there would be no "race realists" in post.

A Fictional #Ceuta Summit What #Vitoria would tell #Sánchez about #migration - my summer blog post #humanrights #history #fiction #immigration #16th crookedtimber.org/2026/08/18/c...

A Fictional #Ceuta Summit What #Vitoria would tell #Sánchez about #migration - my summer blog post #humanrights #history #fiction #immigration #16th crookedtimber.org/2026/08/18/c...

Remembering a now-dead colleague who used to tell outrageous untrue stories about himself, claimed to have represented his uni at cricket and, if late for lunch, would claim to have had eg Habermas on the phone. His fabulism was treated affectionately, as a quirk, not as something for investigation

Undocumented migration does not raise crime rates, huge study finds www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Français contraint de rentrer après un mois de détention par l'ICE – franceinfo share.google/Fs2dIpJl8AJ2...

The British Foreign Office say that Sweden has an inexplicably hardline approach, meanwhile the British Home Office ..... Terrible for individual human beings when states act like this and nobody deserves it to happen to them, whatever their nationality.

As @polphilpod.bsky.social says www.liberalcurrents.com/we-need-to-g...

Surprising, but not new: Migrant women are more highly educated than migrant men (and sometimes, than native women) The trend was already present in 2017

The A in AI actually stands for ‘Approximate.’

One third of all PhD STEM workers in the US are immigrants who studied at a US university. Today the US Administration extended its efforts to slash high-skill immigration, undermining foreign students' trust that they can complete their degrees & work afterwards. My new piece at @brookings.edu —>

Blue passports, however. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Jugement Le Pen : les preuves d’une clémence judiciaire www.mediapart.fr/journal/fran...

Yet, communist leaders have never printed their portraits on passports or banknotes #July4 #Independence of whom

Looks fantastic! Can’t wait to read this!

New & #OpenAccess 🥁Don't normalize #immigration restrictions! For centuries, #freedom of movement has been the conventional view 🕊️ Denying innocent people their rights was not only unjust, but also an act of hostility justifying retaliation, including war🤺 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

How to attract immigrants? - incredible question and numerous policies recommended by 17-18th c. economists read my new article How to Attract Immigrants? Pull Factors in Past Theories link.springer.com/article/10.1...

The U.K. Is Still Counting the Cost of #Brexit, yet nobody is willing to explain why more sovereignty makes countries poorer. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/23/b...

We have histories of free speech and of property. But where is the long #history of #free #movement? 🥁 coming soon Free movement from Roman antiquity to Brexit -- via Spanish Empire, Holy Roman Empire & Italy w Gagliardi, Salamanca, Simoncini @lscholz.bsky.social @crookedfootball.bsky.social

Brexit has made Britain poorer - why do voters not care? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

1️⃣Should migrants have equal rights w natives or be privileged over them? 2️⃣What attracts them: political freedoms, economic incentives or social recognition? 3️⃣Should there be numerical limits to immigration? My new article tells how 17–18th pol economists replied link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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