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Now hiring two Research Assistants interested in #history or #economics to support our scholars from Europe! These paid undergraduate roles begin asap and continue through Spring 2026.

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MALICK GHACHEM Bubble Colony: Saint-Domingue and the Debt of France

Please join us for the next session of the Joint Center for History & Economics seminar (in person and on Zoom) on Fri 21 Nov at 12pm EST. @malickghachem.bsky.social (MIT) will discuss 'Bubble Colony: Saint-Domingue & the Debt of France. Click for further information and Zoom link.

Please join us on Thurs 20 Nov for the next Core Seminar. 5:15pm in St John's Lightfoot Room. Nicolas Schroeder (Université libre de Bruxelles) will speak about 'Woodland & the Medieval Economic Expansion: a Comparative Perspective on North-West Europe'. Abstract: talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/2...

We look forward to welcoming you *today* Thurs 13 Nov for the Core Seminar in Economic and Social History, at 5:15 PM in St John's Lightfoot Room. Aashish Velkar (University of Manchester) will discuss: 'War and prices: austerity and the cost of living index in Britain (c. 1939-1950)'.

Visualizing Climate and Loss ARCHIVED TRACES by Salmaan Mirza

We are pleased to publish a new essay and film on our Visualizing Climate and Loss website by Salmaan Mirza reflecting on how the marginal presence of a finger in the corner of a digital image makes it possible to write new histories of late Ottoman Damascus.

Please join us *today* - Mon 10 Nov at 4.30-5.30pm in CGIS S-030 - at the Harvard Center where David Yang (Harvard Economics) will be giving an informal Tea Talk. Light refreshments will be provided.
Further information: histecon.fas.harvard.edu/tea_talks.html

Join us *today* (6 Nov) for the next Core Seminar at St John's College, Cambridge or MS Teams to hear Tim Guinnane (Yale University) speak about "Using a New Legal Form: the GmbH, 1892-1939."
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“Data is history.”
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Emma Rothschild @historyecon.bsky.social on Adam Smith, climate change, and the lost conversation between disciplines.

Our term card is out! 🌊

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The Cambridge Oceanic and Maritime History Workshop is back — MPhil and PhD students from all universities are welcome to apply!

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Join us *today* at St John's College, Cambridge or MS Teams to hear Jonathan Levy (Sciences Po) speak about "The Largest Air-Conditioned Room in the World": Houston and the History of Climate Change !

The next Core seminar is Thurs 30 Oct, 17:15-18:45, Lightfoot Room, St John's College, Cambridge or MS Teams.
Jonathan Levy (Sciences Po) "The Largest Air-Conditioned Room in the World: Houston & the History of Climate Change." Further info: www.histecon.magd.cam.ac.uk/seminar_hec....

Please join us *today* - Mon 27 Oct at 4.30-5.30pm in CGIS K-262 - at the Harvard Center where Linda Kinstler (Harvard / Society of Fellows) will be giving an informal Tea Talk. Light refreshments will be provided.
Further information: histecon.fas.harvard.edu/tea_talks.html

The City's Defense Cambridge Core - Economic Theory - The City's Defense

Our warmest congratulations to former Cambridge Centre Mellon visiting student @robert-yee.bsky.social on the publication of "The City's Defense: The Bank of England & the Remaking of Economic Governance, 1914-1939" by @universitypress.cambridge.org!!

We’re delighted to announce that The Burning Earth: An Environmental History of the Last 500 Years by Sunil Amrith has been awarded the 2025 British Academy Book Prize!

MALICK GHACHEM Bubble Colony: Saint-Domingue and the Debt of France

The Joint Center is pleased to announce its Online Seminar Series. On 21 Nov at 12 EST @malickghachem.bsky.social will be speaking at the Harvard Center on "Bubble Colony: Saint-Domingue and the Debt of France." Click for abstract, room details & Zoom link.

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We draw your attention to the next Core seminar.
Thursday 16 October 2025
Naomi Tadmor (University of Lancaster)
"The Settlement of the Poor in England c. 1660–1780: Law, Family, and Community"
17:15-18:45pm
Lightfoot Room - St John's College.

Panel Discussion: “Global History and Planetary Histories” Planetary Histories seminar- session 1

Global History and Planetary Histories

On 9 October, 17.30 GMT, join the 1st session of the @ihr.bsky.social Planetary Histories seminars, a panel discussion with Emma Rothschild 👉 loom.ly/30DV37s

Organised by our own Glenda Sluga and Giorgio Riello with Andrew Fitzmaurice and Thomas Simpson

We draw your attention to the first Core seminar of the term. Thursday 9 October at 5:15pm in St John's College Lightfoot Room.
Professor Eric Schneider (London School of Economics)
'Born in Smog: The Health Consequences of Historical Air Pollution’.

The Harvard Center is hosting a new series of Tea Talks - informal gatherings bringing together scholars working at the intersection of history, economics & politics.Speakers include Quinn Slobodian, Linda Kinstler, David Yang & Anne McCants. Please join us!
 histecon.fas.harvard.edu/tea_talks.html

LANDSCAPES OF METHANE Photographs from Southwestern Pennsylvania by JULIAN GIORDANO

Pairing satellite and aerial data with photography, Julian Giordano (@historyecon.bsky.social) has created an online exhibition which reveals the places where invisible methane emissions occur in the coal and gas fields of southwestern Pennsylvania.
histecon.fas.harvard.edu/landscapes-o...

Join us to hear from Lorraine Daston, exploring how the insurance industry confronts the uncertainty of catastrophic risks.

📆18 September, 5.30-6.30 pm
🌎Corpus Christi College, McCrum Lecture Theatre

Register for in-person attendance here: bit.ly/4md1gO5

1800 Histories NOVOTROITSK: THE ACHING BACKBONE OF RUSSIA by Mariia Koskina

There is a new essay on the 1800 Histories website: Mariia Koskina’s micro-history of Novotroitsk, a Soviet steel town in the Urals. A ‘monotown’ where fixation on heavy industry & outdated tech left the region polluted and residents facing uncertain futures.
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***Please Note***
The application submission deadline for the Prize Research Grants at the Cambridge Centre for History and Economics has been extended to Monday 15 September 2025, 23.59 UK time.

The Program of Prize Fellowships in Economics, History and Politics is pleased to announce the 2025 Prize Fellows, @hdernity.bsky.social, @deivyhoueix.bsky.social and Lina Skoglund. For more information about the Program see histecon.fas.harvard.edu/ehppf/index.....

THE CENTRE FOR HISTORY AND ECONOMICS Prize Research Grants

The Cambridge Centre will be awarding a number of Prize Research Grants for the academic year 2025-2026. Applications are now open. Submission deadline is 4 September 2025. Click below for further information, eligibility and how to apply.
www.histecon.magd.cam.ac.uk/prize.html

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The Cambridge Centre warmly congratulates @pramospinto.bsky.social (@camhistory.bsky.social‬ and @historyecon.bsky.social) and fellow editors on the publication of Global Histories of the Portuguese Revolution!