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Felix Meier zu Selhausen

@felixmzs.bsky.social

Assistant Professor in Economic History at Utrecht University, studying economic development, trade, religion, education, gender and demography.

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What Determines Women's Participation in Collective Action? Evidence from a Western Ugandan Coffee Cooperative Women smallholders face greater constraints than men in accessing capital and commodity markets in Sub-Saharan Africa. Collective action has been promoted to remedy those disadvantages. Using surve...

📌 Next in our article collection on #IAFFE2025 theme “Social Justice through Solidarity”: @felixmzs.bsky.social‬ explores the factors influencing women’s participation in cooperatives and demonstrates the embeddedness of collective action in gender relations.
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28.06.2025 00:11 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Season highlight at Opera Frankfurt: Händel's Alcina. After Rodelinda and Rinaldo some yesrs back another incredible Baroque performance here in Germany's finest opera house.

03.07.2025 12:21 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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New AEHN WP on "German Colonialism in Africa and the Pacific, 1884-1914" prepared for the forthcoming Routledge Handbook of the Economic History of Colonialism.

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09.04.2025 11:02 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Beginning 2nd day of the Workshop on the Handbook of the Economic History of Colonialism at @lseblogs.bsky.social edited by T. Roy & E. Frankema.

14.12.2024 10:26 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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CfA: “Business History and imperialism” Special Issue of “Business History” Link to the call: https://think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issues/business-history-and-imperialism/?_ga=2.208495575.416272279.1733386779-294438333.1733386778 Rationale and themes There is a rich his...

CfA: “Business History and imperialism” Special Issue of “Business History” (Post-)Colonial Business History.

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07.12.2024 14:56 — 👍 12    🔁 12    💬 1    📌 0
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Brace yourselves! "Comparative Development in Colonial Africa", edited by Katherine Frederick, Dacil Juif
and Felix Meier zu Selhausen is out! Vol. 33, no. 92 of @RHI_IHR is our first-ever open-access issue, packed with groundbreaking research. Don’t miss the spectacular leading article!

18.11.2024 08:44 — 👍 5    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 0
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We are proud to announce "The revival of African economic history in the 21st century: A bibliometric analysis" by Katharine Frederick, Dacil Juif & Felix Meier Zu Selhausen the leading article of "Comparative Development in Colonial Africa" Issue 92 of the @rhi_ihr: revistes.ub.edu/index.php/Hi...

18.11.2024 10:09 — 👍 10    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 1
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Is African Economic History Experiencing a Revival? A Bibliometric Analysis of the 21st century Economists and historians have long studied living standards in Massachusetts. An article by Luis Felipe Zegarra Basurco employs linear programming to estimate laborers’ welfare ratios in Bos…

Is African Economic History Experiencing a Revival? Katherine Frederick, Dácil Juif and @felixmzs.bsky.social give us their answer in our blog: ihrthegreatspurt.wordpress.com/2024/11/25/t...

28.11.2024 09:42 — 👍 15    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 2

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