Atlantic Exiles: Refugees and Revolution in the Atlantic World, 1770s-1820s.
Jan C. Jansen is professor of modern history at the University of Tübingen. Jansen’s main research interests concern the comparative history of the European colonial empires and decolonization with a particular focus on North Africa, the Mediterranean, and the Atlantic World. His current research concerns the history of refugee movements during the age of revolutions (1780s–1820s) and their broader impact on the transformation of the Atlantic world.
At the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES), Jansen will explore the large-scale refugee movements set off by the revolutions in North and South America, Europe, and the Caribbean. Based on case studies from the Caribbean and the American continent, the project shows that refugees were at the core of several key transformations during these decades including shifting concepts of belonging; “humanitarian” politics; freedom and unfreedom; and the emergence of exile politics.
Jansen holds a Ph.D. in history from University of Konstanz and an M.A. from University of Freiburg.
This information is accurate for the time period that the visiting scholar is affiliated with CES.
Atlantic Exiles: Refugees and Revolution in the Atlantic World, 1770s-1820s.
Jan C. J. "'A Sanctuary to Crime'? Enslaved Fugitives, Antislavery, and the Law in the Caribbean, 1819–1833," Comparative Studies in Society and History, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1017/S00104...
Jan C. J. and Kirsten M. (eds.). Mobility and Coercion in an Age of Wars and Revolutions: Global History, c. 1750–1830, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1017/978100...
Jan C. J. "Aliens in a Revolutionary World: Refugees, Migration Control and Subjecthood in the British Atlantic, 1790s-1820s," Past & Present, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1093/pastj/...
