Dr Victoria Bateman

Love letters in old books Reading in November, and other good things

My latest post, featuring Jane Austen, Virginia Woolf and Amy Levy, with critics' Books of the Year (including Economica by @vnbateman.bsky.social), new words in dictionaries and old letters in secondhand books (see @sarahjlonsdale.bsky.social)

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A Drink with the Idler | Victoria Bateman on Women, Wealth and Power | Idler Join "A Drink with the Idler" as we chat to economic historian Dr Victoria Bateman about the history of women in economics

Delighted that #Economica is The Idler Magazine’s #BookOfTheWeek this week and looking forward to joining Tom Hodgkinson online this Thursday. Tickets here: www.idler.co.uk/product/a-dr... #womenwealthpower

Best books of 2025: Economics Martin Wolf selects his must-read titles

Very good to see @vnbateman.bsky.social's Economica: A Global History of Women, Wealth and Power on Martin wolf's best economics books of 2025 list @financialtimes.com

Best books of 2025: Economics Martin Wolf selects his must-read titles

"[Bateman] puts the story right, from the Stone Age to today."

ECONOMICA, by Victoria Bateman (@vnbateman.bsky.social), is a @financialtimes.com 2025 Best Book in Economics!

Read more: bit.ly/4p25kSE 

Best books of 2025: Economics Martin Wolf selects his must-read titles

#Economica is a Financial Times #BestBook of 2025 🎉🎉🎉 Huge thanks to Martin Wolf for his selection. If you’d like to read a new economic history of the world from the Stone Age to today, get your copy now. www.ft.com/content/c44a... #womenwealthpower

I agree. Thank you Kris - much appreciated.

Thank you Kris. So pleased you liked it. I would happily write a 20-volume version, but the question is how many people would realistically have time to read it (and so who would want to publish it)? 😊

Another really interesting article in the @resmedia.bsky.social Newsletter is the article by @vnbateman.bsky.social about her new book 'Economica'. We have to admit, we've put this on our Christmas list, so we hope we've been good this year! 🎅🤶

A huge thank you to @blackwelloxford.bsky.social‬⁩ and everyone who came along to hear me introduce #Economica: A Global History of Women, Wealth & Power. We spanned 12,000 years of economic history in just one hour, all through the eyes of women. If you missed it, see: m.youtube.com/watch?v=kZcd...

Huge thanks to Dr Ruth Larsen, Liz Fothergill, Sian Hoyle and the team for the warm welcome at Derby Book Festival. Alongside its fabulous literary scene, Derbyshire is home to numerous attractions relating to the #IndustrialRevolution and the spectacular #peakdistrictnationalpark. I’m a big fan.

If you’re in Oxford TODAY, it will be lovely to see you @blackwelloxford.bsky.social at 5.30pm 📗 #Economica #womenwealthpower

Victoria Bateman: Economica: A global history of women, wealth and power Sunday 16 November, 3:15pm, QUAD DE1 3AS This event will be filmed and made available as a digital recording after the Festival. Available for purchase here . The untold story of how women made th...

Can’t wait to be in #Derby on Sunday - do come and join me. #Economica #womenwealthpower www.derbybookfestival.co.uk/events/victo...

Victoria Bateman ECONOMICA Economica rewrites our understanding of women's role in the economy, and tells a more accurate economic history of us all.

I’ll be back in #Oxford on Monday to talk about my new book - #Economica: A Global History of Women, Wealth & Power - at Blackwells bookshop. If you’re free at 5.30pm, it would be lovely to see you there. Tickets are still available: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/victoria-b... #EconHist #womenwealthpower

A privilege to be in Scotland signing copies of #Economica: A Global History of Women, Wealth & Power 📗 (one of the FT’s best books of the week 🎉) @headlinebooks.bsky.social & #SealPress. If you’d like to read a new global economic history - with women put back in - grab your copy now. #EconHist

It was such a pleasure to meet you @fizzandnonsense.bsky.social and @alistaircoleman.bsky.social at Blackwells Edinburgh. #Economica #womenwealthpower

I just finished reading it!

Have power dynamics in the Middle East shifted for good? - Monocle As Syria’s leader heads to the White House for a landmark meeting and Iraqis prepare to go to the polls,...

Latest Daily on Monocle Radio. @erinmbohalloran.bsky.social and Sir William Patey on President Ahmed al-Sharaa's White House visit and the day's other stuff, and @vnbateman.bsky.social introduces her new book "Economica" to @anitariotta.bsky.social. monocle.com/radio/shows/...

In conversation with Harriet MacMillan about my new book #Economica: A Global History of Women, Wealth & Power (@headlinebooks.bsky.social) 📗 at Glasgow’s #AyeWrite Literary Festival today, answering the question: What can women do in response to the current backlash?

What we still get wrong about women’s role in global economics From the Enlightenment to today’s ‘tradwives’, three books look at the tension between production and reproduction

‘A central theme [of @vnbateman.bsky.social’s book] is that the trajectory of gender equality more closely resembles a roller-coaster than a straight line. There are places (Egypt, Iran, India) where women have fewer freedoms than they did many centuries ago.’
Great set of reviews
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Delighted that the FT have reviewed my new book, #Economica: A Global History of Women, Wealth & Power. The reviewer writes “Economica is an epic…[&] important retelling of global economic history that puts women at the centre”. Out now @headlinebooks.bsky.social @hachetteuk.bsky.social #EconHist

YouTube video by Gresham College How Women Made the Global Economy - Victoria Bateman

An absolute pleasure to speak @greshamcollege.bsky.social today. Full lecture available to watch now. #Economica #womenwealthpower m.youtube.com/watch?v=kZcd...

Was lovely to see Dr Bateman @vnbateman.bsky.social lecturing at Gresham College today on How Women Made the Global Economy. Based on lessons from her new book, Economica, Dr Bateman explained the central role women have played as entrepreneurs, industrialists, and leaders across time and societies

Look forward to speaking @greshamcollege.bsky.social London tomorrow at 1pm. Free to attend but only a few tickets remaining, so please book now if you’d like to attend (in person or online): www.gresham.ac.uk/whats-on/wom... #EconHist

An honour to be interviewed by ⁦‪Julia Wheeler‬⁩ on stage ⁦at Stratford Literary Festival‬⁩ today. A huge thank you to Julia, to the organisers, to the volunteers - and to the wonderful audience for a sold out event. #StratLitFest #Economica #womenwealthpower

At Stratford Literary Festival today - for a SOLD OUT discussion with Julia Wheeler about my new book #Economica: A Global History of Women, Wealth & Power. You can find out more about the women of Economica - along with the book’s core message - at women-wealth-power.com/explore #womenwealthpower

5 Books I'm Looking Forward to About Women + Science + History Recent and forthcoming reads that pique my interest.

October's book recommendations over at Beyond Curie. Including picks from Rosa Espinoza, Rae Wynn-Grant, Sarah Ruden, @vnbateman.bsky.social and @christinewebb.bsky.social

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Speaking to the legendary Dr Martin Latham @waterstones.bsky.social Canterbury about my new book #Economica: A Global History of Women, Wealth & Power #womenwealthpower @headlinebooks.bsky.social

The real history behind The Forsytes The Forsytes, a new drama adaptation of John Galsworthy's novels, has landed on British screens, giving viewers a sumptuous look at late Victorian London – a world of dazzling excess and great divide....

My latest for @historyextra.bsky.social‬⁩: “The Real History Behind The Forsytes: How Much Of The Drama Is True?” | HistoryExtra #EconHist #LateVictorian #PeriodDrama #TheForsytes www.historyextra.com/period/victo...

It will be a huge honour to deliver the 2026 #HajnalLecture at the University of Manchester. It will also be something of a homecoming: Manchester was not only the place I grew up, it shaped my love of Economic History. #Manchester #EconHist @manchester.ac.uk #ArthurLewisLab @nunopgpalma.bsky.social

From Bath to Canterbury in one day - the #Economica book tour is underway. Looking forward to Stratford-upon-Avon this Friday followed by Brighton, Oxford, London & Glasgow next week.