Speranta Dumitru
@spe07.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Political Science
Research on Abolition of passports, Free Movement, Political theory, Migration studies
University Paris Cité @upcite.bsky.social
https://u-paris.academia.edu/SperantaDumitru
Research on Abolition of passports, Free Movement, Political theory, Migration studies
University Paris Cité @upcite.bsky.social
https://u-paris.academia.edu/SperantaDumitru
October 9, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Work permits are a moral anomaly: they should be abolished
- or so I argue in this v short paper
shs.cairn.info/revue-france...
- or so I argue in this v short paper
shs.cairn.info/revue-france...
September 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Work permits are a moral anomaly: they should be abolished
- or so I argue in this v short paper
shs.cairn.info/revue-france...
- or so I argue in this v short paper
shs.cairn.info/revue-france...
Almost half of Britons (47%) think there are more migrants staying in the UK illegally than legally
Estimates of illegal migrants range from 120,000 to 1.3 million, with Reform UK’s Zia Yusuf putting the figure at 1.2 million.
Foreign-born =10.7 million
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Estimates of illegal migrants range from 120,000 to 1.3 million, with Reform UK’s Zia Yusuf putting the figure at 1.2 million.
Foreign-born =10.7 million
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
August 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Almost half of Britons (47%) think there are more migrants staying in the UK illegally than legally
Estimates of illegal migrants range from 120,000 to 1.3 million, with Reform UK’s Zia Yusuf putting the figure at 1.2 million.
Foreign-born =10.7 million
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Estimates of illegal migrants range from 120,000 to 1.3 million, with Reform UK’s Zia Yusuf putting the figure at 1.2 million.
Foreign-born =10.7 million
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
"It was recognized that the right of #emigration, affirmed above, would not be effective without facilities for #immigration into and transit through other countries. The Working Group recommends that (...) members of the United Nations cooperate in providing such facilities"
1947 Comm Hum Rights
1947 Comm Hum Rights
July 22, 2025 at 9:53 PM
"It was recognized that the right of #emigration, affirmed above, would not be effective without facilities for #immigration into and transit through other countries. The Working Group recommends that (...) members of the United Nations cooperate in providing such facilities"
1947 Comm Hum Rights
1947 Comm Hum Rights
Gianfranco Berardi est à #Avignon avec #Hamlet take away, une pièce troublante de Gabriella Consolari sur le théâtre, l'amour et les doutes existentiels à l'époque des likes.
Si vous êtes au premier rang, vous pouvez faire un selfie avec l'artiste. 🎭
www.theatres-luna.fr/spectacle/ha...
Si vous êtes au premier rang, vous pouvez faire un selfie avec l'artiste. 🎭
www.theatres-luna.fr/spectacle/ha...
July 16, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Gianfranco Berardi est à #Avignon avec #Hamlet take away, une pièce troublante de Gabriella Consolari sur le théâtre, l'amour et les doutes existentiels à l'époque des likes.
Si vous êtes au premier rang, vous pouvez faire un selfie avec l'artiste. 🎭
www.theatres-luna.fr/spectacle/ha...
Si vous êtes au premier rang, vous pouvez faire un selfie avec l'artiste. 🎭
www.theatres-luna.fr/spectacle/ha...
"It is good for Subjects of any state to #travel; but for Artists, & certain Manufacturers, it should even be #ordered.
I do not believe it is possible to become an excellent Musician, Painter, Sculptor, Fabric Maker &c. without having seen France & Italy."
Bielfeld
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakob_F...
I do not believe it is possible to become an excellent Musician, Painter, Sculptor, Fabric Maker &c. without having seen France & Italy."
Bielfeld
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakob_F...
July 12, 2025 at 10:12 AM
"It is good for Subjects of any state to #travel; but for Artists, & certain Manufacturers, it should even be #ordered.
I do not believe it is possible to become an excellent Musician, Painter, Sculptor, Fabric Maker &c. without having seen France & Italy."
Bielfeld
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakob_F...
I do not believe it is possible to become an excellent Musician, Painter, Sculptor, Fabric Maker &c. without having seen France & Italy."
Bielfeld
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakob_F...
"Nothing polishes [people] more than #travel, so it is not wise to forbid Subjects to travel to foreign countries on the pretext that such journeys take too much money out of the country. However polished a country may be, it's impossible to have all Sciences, Arts, Trades
Bielfeld (1760) Instit pol
Bielfeld (1760) Instit pol
July 12, 2025 at 10:08 AM
"Nothing polishes [people] more than #travel, so it is not wise to forbid Subjects to travel to foreign countries on the pretext that such journeys take too much money out of the country. However polished a country may be, it's impossible to have all Sciences, Arts, Trades
Bielfeld (1760) Instit pol
Bielfeld (1760) Instit pol
"The Sovereign must oblige his people, even in spite of themselves, to give #strangers a warm welcome, to show #hospitality to travellers, and to be affable, honest and polite to everyone."
Bielfeld (1760) Institutions politiques
Bielfeld (1760) Institutions politiques
July 12, 2025 at 9:49 AM
"The Sovereign must oblige his people, even in spite of themselves, to give #strangers a warm welcome, to show #hospitality to travellers, and to be affable, honest and polite to everyone."
Bielfeld (1760) Institutions politiques
Bielfeld (1760) Institutions politiques
Decentring the ethics of migration: Freedom of movement (Part 2 Applications)
Wed July 2, 09:00–10:30, Session #72 panel | reflex studies Room: Online room 2
Chair @alexsager.bsky.social with @bboudou.bsky.social & Zoe Perko
Wed July 2, 09:00–10:30, Session #72 panel | reflex studies Room: Online room 2
Chair @alexsager.bsky.social with @bboudou.bsky.social & Zoe Perko
June 27, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Decentring the ethics of migration: Freedom of movement (Part 2 Applications)
Wed July 2, 09:00–10:30, Session #72 panel | reflex studies Room: Online room 2
Chair @alexsager.bsky.social with @bboudou.bsky.social & Zoe Perko
Wed July 2, 09:00–10:30, Session #72 panel | reflex studies Room: Online room 2
Chair @alexsager.bsky.social with @bboudou.bsky.social & Zoe Perko
#IMISCOE conference
Decentring the ethics of #migration:
#Freedom of movement (Part 1 Theory)
Tue July 1, 13:00–14:30, Session #12 panel | reflex studies Room: Salle 0.016, Bâtiment Recherche Sud
with @crookedfootball.bsky.social & Sylvie Loriaux
Decentring the ethics of #migration:
#Freedom of movement (Part 1 Theory)
Tue July 1, 13:00–14:30, Session #12 panel | reflex studies Room: Salle 0.016, Bâtiment Recherche Sud
with @crookedfootball.bsky.social & Sylvie Loriaux
June 27, 2025 at 3:26 PM
#IMISCOE conference
Decentring the ethics of #migration:
#Freedom of movement (Part 1 Theory)
Tue July 1, 13:00–14:30, Session #12 panel | reflex studies Room: Salle 0.016, Bâtiment Recherche Sud
with @crookedfootball.bsky.social & Sylvie Loriaux
Decentring the ethics of #migration:
#Freedom of movement (Part 1 Theory)
Tue July 1, 13:00–14:30, Session #12 panel | reflex studies Room: Salle 0.016, Bâtiment Recherche Sud
with @crookedfootball.bsky.social & Sylvie Loriaux
Today, #Rawls in the #philosophy Baccalaureate exam in France, with a passage on the value of political freedom, written before social media.
IMO, Subject 2 suggests an objection to Rawls' view (and Mill's).
IMO, Subject 2 suggests an objection to Rawls' view (and Mill's).
June 16, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Today, #Rawls in the #philosophy Baccalaureate exam in France, with a passage on the value of political freedom, written before social media.
IMO, Subject 2 suggests an objection to Rawls' view (and Mill's).
IMO, Subject 2 suggests an objection to Rawls' view (and Mill's).
HELP: Trying to find a more reliable #source for this exclamation attributed to the Ottoman Sultan Bayezid II that Ferdinand of Spain cannot be called wise if he expelled people.
Tried in Nomologia o discursos legales by Imanuel Aboab but can't read easily 😶
Does anyone know?
Tried in Nomologia o discursos legales by Imanuel Aboab but can't read easily 😶
Does anyone know?
June 13, 2025 at 11:45 AM
HELP: Trying to find a more reliable #source for this exclamation attributed to the Ottoman Sultan Bayezid II that Ferdinand of Spain cannot be called wise if he expelled people.
Tried in Nomologia o discursos legales by Imanuel Aboab but can't read easily 😶
Does anyone know?
Tried in Nomologia o discursos legales by Imanuel Aboab but can't read easily 😶
Does anyone know?
climate; the ease with which foreigners are admitted to the exercise of arts & trades, rewards if introduce new ones ; the ease they are admitted to government employment & office
Rome as the glorious homeland of all nations.
Donato (1767) L'homme d'Etat (FR transl of Uomo di governo 1753)
Rome as the glorious homeland of all nations.
Donato (1767) L'homme d'Etat (FR transl of Uomo di governo 1753)
June 9, 2025 at 3:32 PM
climate; the ease with which foreigners are admitted to the exercise of arts & trades, rewards if introduce new ones ; the ease they are admitted to government employment & office
Rome as the glorious homeland of all nations.
Donato (1767) L'homme d'Etat (FR transl of Uomo di governo 1753)
Rome as the glorious homeland of all nations.
Donato (1767) L'homme d'Etat (FR transl of Uomo di governo 1753)
In 18th century #polsci Q: How to attract foreigners to a country
🇮🇹 Donato (1767) Homme d'Etat
"Powerful lures" are
"excellent academies and universities; freedom of life; the affability and politeness of the people; accuracy and promptness in the administration of justice; good policing 1/2
🇮🇹 Donato (1767) Homme d'Etat
"Powerful lures" are
"excellent academies and universities; freedom of life; the affability and politeness of the people; accuracy and promptness in the administration of justice; good policing 1/2
June 9, 2025 at 3:32 PM
In 18th century #polsci Q: How to attract foreigners to a country
🇮🇹 Donato (1767) Homme d'Etat
"Powerful lures" are
"excellent academies and universities; freedom of life; the affability and politeness of the people; accuracy and promptness in the administration of justice; good policing 1/2
🇮🇹 Donato (1767) Homme d'Etat
"Powerful lures" are
"excellent academies and universities; freedom of life; the affability and politeness of the people; accuracy and promptness in the administration of justice; good policing 1/2
"WHILE intolerance deprives a state of useful subjects, it also prevents it from taking advantage of favorable opportunities to attract foreigners."
Malesherbes (1721-1794)
Pensées et maximes (recueillies pas E.L)
Malesherbes (1721-1794)
Pensées et maximes (recueillies pas E.L)
June 7, 2025 at 3:56 PM
"WHILE intolerance deprives a state of useful subjects, it also prevents it from taking advantage of favorable opportunities to attract foreigners."
Malesherbes (1721-1794)
Pensées et maximes (recueillies pas E.L)
Malesherbes (1721-1794)
Pensées et maximes (recueillies pas E.L)
"Isn't it strange that enlightened men have convinced themselves & others that those who have taken their property & restricted their liberties are their friends &associates? And that innocent, peaceful people, who, at the other end of world, never disturbed them are their enemies?"
Baudeau (1771)
Baudeau (1771)
June 1, 2025 at 4:49 PM
"Isn't it strange that enlightened men have convinced themselves & others that those who have taken their property & restricted their liberties are their friends &associates? And that innocent, peaceful people, who, at the other end of world, never disturbed them are their enemies?"
Baudeau (1771)
Baudeau (1771)
I mentioned Walzer because he was the first. I hesitated to add D. Miller.
For D. Miler, I once counted the number of his citations in articles on ethics of immigration in 10 journals
academic.oup.com/migration/ar...
For D. Miler, I once counted the number of his citations in articles on ethics of immigration in 10 journals
academic.oup.com/migration/ar...
April 27, 2025 at 8:20 AM
I mentioned Walzer because he was the first. I hesitated to add D. Miller.
For D. Miler, I once counted the number of his citations in articles on ethics of immigration in 10 journals
academic.oup.com/migration/ar...
For D. Miler, I once counted the number of his citations in articles on ethics of immigration in 10 journals
academic.oup.com/migration/ar...
I've written a little tribute to #Francis and the Christian ethics of #immigration
Philosophers have neither voters to attract like politicians, nor believers to bring to church like Popes: Why are Popes far more progressive than philosophers on migration?
crookedtimber.org/2025/04/26/p...
Philosophers have neither voters to attract like politicians, nor believers to bring to church like Popes: Why are Popes far more progressive than philosophers on migration?
crookedtimber.org/2025/04/26/p...
April 26, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I've written a little tribute to #Francis and the Christian ethics of #immigration
Philosophers have neither voters to attract like politicians, nor believers to bring to church like Popes: Why are Popes far more progressive than philosophers on migration?
crookedtimber.org/2025/04/26/p...
Philosophers have neither voters to attract like politicians, nor believers to bring to church like Popes: Why are Popes far more progressive than philosophers on migration?
crookedtimber.org/2025/04/26/p...
Francisco de Vitoria (1539)
It was permissible from the beginning of the world for anyone to set forth & #travel wheresoever one would. This wasn't taken away; for it was never the intention of peoples to destroy the #reciprocity & common user; in the days of Noah it would've been inhumane to do so
It was permissible from the beginning of the world for anyone to set forth & #travel wheresoever one would. This wasn't taken away; for it was never the intention of peoples to destroy the #reciprocity & common user; in the days of Noah it would've been inhumane to do so
April 12, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Francisco de Vitoria (1539)
It was permissible from the beginning of the world for anyone to set forth & #travel wheresoever one would. This wasn't taken away; for it was never the intention of peoples to destroy the #reciprocity & common user; in the days of Noah it would've been inhumane to do so
It was permissible from the beginning of the world for anyone to set forth & #travel wheresoever one would. This wasn't taken away; for it was never the intention of peoples to destroy the #reciprocity & common user; in the days of Noah it would've been inhumane to do so
Tucker (1753) knew that what can be "artfully called a #Tax upon Foreigners" is "in Reality it is a Tax upon ourselves of the very worst Sort"
April 6, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Tucker (1753) knew that what can be "artfully called a #Tax upon Foreigners" is "in Reality it is a Tax upon ourselves of the very worst Sort"
Come to our session on Crossing borders at the European Social Sciences History Conference #esshc !
My talk is on the ethics of abolishing #passports in the French interwar newspapers.
A new episode of the series I'm writing on this topic.
For latest episode journals.openedition.org/chrhc/22699
My talk is on the ethics of abolishing #passports in the French interwar newspapers.
A new episode of the series I'm writing on this topic.
For latest episode journals.openedition.org/chrhc/22699
March 27, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Come to our session on Crossing borders at the European Social Sciences History Conference #esshc !
My talk is on the ethics of abolishing #passports in the French interwar newspapers.
A new episode of the series I'm writing on this topic.
For latest episode journals.openedition.org/chrhc/22699
My talk is on the ethics of abolishing #passports in the French interwar newspapers.
A new episode of the series I'm writing on this topic.
For latest episode journals.openedition.org/chrhc/22699
#Europe 68 years ago, the Treaty of Rome adopted the free movement of workers, goods, services and capital as a founding principle of EEC.
Article 48 stated that #freedom of movement implies the #abolition of any #discrimination based on #nationality between workers.
Happy birthday, Europe! 🇪🇺🎵🌎
Article 48 stated that #freedom of movement implies the #abolition of any #discrimination based on #nationality between workers.
Happy birthday, Europe! 🇪🇺🎵🌎
March 25, 2025 at 7:28 AM
#Europe 68 years ago, the Treaty of Rome adopted the free movement of workers, goods, services and capital as a founding principle of EEC.
Article 48 stated that #freedom of movement implies the #abolition of any #discrimination based on #nationality between workers.
Happy birthday, Europe! 🇪🇺🎵🌎
Article 48 stated that #freedom of movement implies the #abolition of any #discrimination based on #nationality between workers.
Happy birthday, Europe! 🇪🇺🎵🌎
When British Foreign Ministers were saying that visas are "against nature". 🤔
Here Mr Bevin, Labour foreign minister, saying he refuses to build new passport offices
- quoted in Switzerland by Journal et feuille d’avis du Valais, 24 July 1946
Here Mr Bevin, Labour foreign minister, saying he refuses to build new passport offices
- quoted in Switzerland by Journal et feuille d’avis du Valais, 24 July 1946
March 19, 2025 at 8:14 AM
When British Foreign Ministers were saying that visas are "against nature". 🤔
Here Mr Bevin, Labour foreign minister, saying he refuses to build new passport offices
- quoted in Switzerland by Journal et feuille d’avis du Valais, 24 July 1946
Here Mr Bevin, Labour foreign minister, saying he refuses to build new passport offices
- quoted in Switzerland by Journal et feuille d’avis du Valais, 24 July 1946