- Centre d'études et de recherches internationales (CERI)
56 rue Jacob
75006 Paris
France
Romain Bertrand
Sciences Po, Paris, Center for History at Sciences Po, Faculty Member
- Southeast Asian Studies, Early Modern History, Early modern Spain, Colonial Philippines, Indonesian Studies, Javanese studies, and 23 moreIndonesian History, Spanish Empire, Colonial Latin America, Dutch History, Dutch East India Company, 17th Century Dutch Republic, Indian Ocean World, 17th Century Mexico, 17th-Century Studies, History, Microhistory, Connected History, Philippine Studies, Tribunales del Santo Oficio de la Inquisicion en las americas, The Spanish Inquisition, Inquisition, History of the Portuguese Empire, Centro de História de Além-Mar (FCSH-UNL), Nobleza, Philippine History, Manila, The History of Manila, Southeast Asian history, and Malukuedit
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Une tubulure arquée jaillie de la boue de l'estran. Une tubulure arquée jaillissant de la boue de l'estran – moins appelée par une tierce force que mue, propulsée par sa propre détente, par de souterraines réserves de puissance. Une série... more
Une tubulure arquée jaillie de la boue de l'estran. Une tubulure arquée jaillissant de la boue de l'estran – moins appelée par une tierce force que mue, propulsée par sa propre détente, par de souterraines réserves de puissance. Une série d'arceaux étoilés autour d'un mât grisâtre : non pas tous reliés au tronc mais certains disposés autour, et presque posés là. Dire qu'il s'agit des racines de l'arbuste, c'est aller trop vite en besogne – c'est introduire dans le cours des choses, dans le lit de leur apparition, un gué qui ne lui appartient pas ; c'est croire sur parole la pensée plutôt que le monde.
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Woe to thee, o land, when thy king is a child and thy princes feast in the morning. Ecclesiastes 10:16 As it developed in its English-speaking version over the course of the last three decades, global history has mostly been the story of... more
Woe to thee, o land, when thy king is a child and thy princes feast in the morning. Ecclesiastes 10:16 As it developed in its English-speaking version over the course of the last three decades, global history has mostly been the story of a world peopled by large-scale and relatively resilient entities (such as cultures, civilizations, religions). One specific entity, namely 'imperial polities', has been granted a prominent place in the grand narrative of how the world became more and more densely interconnected. 1 Whether one was tracking down diasporic trading networks operating across oceans, religious institutions deploying themselves on a pluri-continental stage, or vagrant individuals defying borders and ascribed identities, empires always loomed large in the picture, as if they were the sturdy contextual bedrock of all individual and institutional histories. Though not easily stored in the same category, huge polities like Ming China and Philip II's kingdom were actually recognized by professional travellers whether they be pilgrims, scholars, merchants or ambassadors-as both constraining structures and fields of opportunity. 2 The aura of might and prestige that imperial elites crafted and projected was often willingly endorsed by those that had to deal with the legal and moral norms dictated by these empires. 3 But the fact that empires really mattered does not mean that one has to surrender submissively to their mythologies and propaganda. By all