18 november: Marie Beauchamps

 Wednesday 

17h 

18 November 

Marie Beauchamps 

Affective Identities 

Denaturalization and the Politics of Nationality in France 

In this lecture, Marie Beauchamps will talk about denaturalization (i.e. the deprivation of citizenship) in the context of the politics of citizenship and nationality in France. Combining research insights from history, legal studies, security studies, and narratology, she demonstrates that the language of denaturalization shapes national identity as a form of formal legal attachment but also, and more counter-intuitively, as a mode of emotional belonging. As such, denaturalization operates as an instrumental frame to maintain and secure the national community. 

Drawing on case studies from both World Wars, periods during which governments deployed denaturalization as a weapon against “threatening” subjects, she exposes how the language of denaturalization interweaves concerns about immigration and national security. It is this historical backdrop that helps us understand the political impact of denaturalization in contemporary counterterrorism politics, and what is at stake when borders and identities become political weapons. 

Marie Beauchamps teaches at the Politics, Psychology, Law and Economics program at the University of Amsterdam as well as in the Literary Studies program. She recently defended a dissertation on denaturalization processes in France. 

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