Banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO: MARCIO ANDRE DE LIMA FILHO

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STUDENT : MARCIO ANDRE DE LIMA FILHO
DATE: 08/09/2026
TIME: 14:00
LOCAL: Meet - Online
TITLE:

Between Scylla and Charybdis: Maritoriality, Prize Law and the Construction of Maritime Borders in the Revolutionary Atlantic (1793–1815)

KEY WORDS:

Maritime History, Prize Law, Maritime Law, Neutrality

 

PAGES: 73
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: História
SUMMARY:

Within the studies on the history of Atlantic empires and the formation of maritime sovereignty in the Modern era, this dissertation aims to analyze the construction of British jurisdiction and governance of the seas in the Atlantic space between the 18th and 19th centuries. To this end, we investigate how British maritoriality projected itself into the oceanic space through the articulation between maritime law, the regulation of fluid borders, and the repression of practices considered illegal, such as piracy and the transatlantic slave trade. This research analyzes the production of jurisdictions from three perspectives: legal regulation and the circulation of navigation documents, the definition of subjects operating on the margins of legality, and the dynamics of naval policing over Atlantic waters. Methodologically, the investigation is based on the documentary analysis of international treaties, maritime legislation, and judicial records of naval prizes, primarily from the UK National Archives, available through the Prize Papers Project. This work is based on Lauren Benton's (2010) theoretical reflections on spatiality and the production of law in the ocean, Michael Talbot's (2021) perspective on maritime networks and spaces and the discussions on jurisdiction and imperial governance developed by Anna Brinkman (2020) and David Wilson (2021).

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Interna - ***.738.524-** - ANA LUNARA DA SILVA MORAIS - UFRN
Interna - 1324248 - CARMEN MARGARIDA OLIVEIRA ALVEAL
Presidente - ***.412.534-** - THIAGO ALVES DIAS - UPE