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Happy to announce the IPERG Seminar Series at @ub.edu for this academic year!

A great lineup of seminars and events is coming up — don’t miss it.

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certo che i social media penetrano di piú, ed è chiaro che hanno contribuito a rendere le elezioni piú volatili. Ma il digitale da solo non spiega perchè sempre meno gente vota, e perchè è solo il discorso della destra che fa effetto. Queste sono questioni che la sinistra deve prendere di petto

certo, perchè la demagogia e il populismo mica c'erano giá ai tempi dei greci e dei romani...

ma la schlein è stata vista arrivare nel frattempo?

Congrats Carl! Tremendous achievement, well deserved!

🚨 Are you interested in Historical Political Economy? 🚨

At the Virtual Workshop in HPE (VWHPE)—organized jointly with @dkofanov.bsky.social & @tinepaulsen.bsky.social—we discuss state-of-the-art research on a regular basis.

‼️ We have just issued a new call for papers. ‼️

Link & info in post #2.

CARTA OBERTA ADREÇADA A LES AUTORITATS DE LA UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONA Barcelona, 3 de juliol de 2025 A l’atenció de: Rectorat de la Universitat de Barcelona Vicerectorat d’Igualtat i Gènere Facultat d’Economia i Empresa Departament de Sociologia Assumpte: Sol·licitud…

L'Assemblea Feminista vol agrair el vostre compromís amb aquesta causa. El gran nombre d'adhesions a la carta ha dut per fi a la UB a pronunciar-se sobre aquests fets:
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Thrilled to share the program for the III Yale-UB HPE Workshop — a joint initiative bringing together HPE researchers across continents and disciplines. Huge thanks to our sponsors, presenters, and discussants. Can’t wait for a great conference!
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📢 The application for the PhD in Economics at the Tuscan Universities is now open! Please share and RT! Economic History applications sought!
Deadline: June 9, 2025, at 2:00 PM (CEST)
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My pleasure! Looking forward to seeing the paper in print

Congrats! Fantastic paper

⏳NOW HIRING! Call for applications for two Assistant Professor positions:

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📢El #màster en Institucions i #Economia #Política té com a objectiu formar i preparar els estudiants amb les eines teòriques i empíriques per realitzar investigacions en els camps de les institucions polítiques i el canvi polític. 

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‼️Applications open for the Summer School 2025 "The Political Economy of Immigration – Economics, Attitudes, and Votes: Unpacking Immigration Dynamics"

☀️ 30 June-4 July, 2025

📅 Application deadline: June 15th | Scholarships available until April 30th.

From bits of history to bytes of data: AI and the study of the ancient Near East This Collection aims at examining the computational and digital study of “greater Western Asia” and its epistemological implications.

Call for papers: new Nature HSS collection! articles on computational analysis of #western-asia from when writing emerged c. 3500 BCE till 1500CE! #DANES @geophilologist.bsky.social @maltaweel.bsky.social

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🚨 Call for papers - LSE's Hayek Programme and the University of Bologna
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CfP: Economic History Workshop in Gothenburg, Sweden (deadline 15 marzo 2025) Department of Economy and Society, Unit for Economic History, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, 16-17 May 2025 Local organiser: Svante Prado; Bart van Holstejin; Giulia Martini; Raisa Rubio Keynote…

📣 Call for papers 📣

In May, we’ll host a wonderful workshop for young economic historians 🤓

A great opportunity to get feedback in a friendly and supporting environment.

I hope to see many in Gothenburg in May! Help us spread the word 🖖🏻

Migration, Politics, and the Economy: Unpacking the Global Impact of Immigration: learn more about the Summer School 2025 - UB School of Economics The Summer School 2025 at the UB School of Economics will explore the political economy of immigration, focusing on public attitudes, electoral consequences, and policy responses.   Andreas Steinmayr (University of Innsbruck) and Tanya Surovtseva (University of Barcelona) are experts in this field and will be the lecturers of our summer course, which will take place from June 30 to July 4, 2025, at the University of Barcelona.   We recently interviewed...

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America’s Oligarchs Are Trump’s Achilles’ Heel | by Gabriel Zucman - Project Syndicate Gabriel Zucman proposes that countries targeted by US tariffs retaliate with taxes on Elon Musk and his peers.

A modest proposal for how countries should respond to Trump's (threat of) trade wars—comments welcome!

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Open Positions Postdoc in Archeology of Bronze Age Mesopotamia

Sever post-doc possibilities for Mesopotamia archaeologists and with expertise in the region based in Bologna for a project I am involved with: www.origins-project.com/open-positions

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¿Quién no ha sufrido violencia burocrática en la carrera investigadora?
Quizá no le ponías nombre, pero todas hemos pasado por los terribles trámites burocráticos (1/2)
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fair enough!

Caro describes Moses as a fanatic and someone allergic to even the tiniest bit of scrutiny ever since his "idealistic" phase, so whether it is to reform government or build big things, Moses wanted power because power allowed him to remove obstacles. Then he gets high on his own supply, sure

I totally agree with this, but my point is that Caro style Moses as a wanna-be tyrant from the get-go, so it is not power that corrupts him, he was always morally corrupt, power just gave him the means to force his way upon everyone else. As per LBJ - I agree with your reading

Caro is very clear in suggesting that the "idealistic reformer" phase stems from RM imitating his mother´s interest towards "public service". My understanding is that this was too a weak preference that he left aside as soon as power allowed him to pursue his true interests

My feeling reading the PB was not that the accumulation of power corrupted RM, but rather that it allowed him to remove all the constraints that limited the expression of his will. So apparently the message is the same in both books

L’emergenza strisciante dell’università - Jacobin Italia Con il ritorno dell’austerità si torna a intervenire sui contratti e sul funzionamento degli atenei in generale. Precarizzazione e accentramento di potere sono forme di governo della scarsità di fondi

Per capre che cosa sta succedendo nell’Università italiana

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Pathogens don't respect politicians: US federal disruption poses a new threat to global public health We are facing a new threat to global health.

Clear, comprehensive and a serious call for action from all of us…👉 “Pathogens don't respect politicians: US federal disruption poses a new threat to global public health” www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...