Alexia Yates
@ayates.bsky.social
Historian of modern Europe, global urban history, history of economic life. Florence/Manchester/Paris/Toronto/St.John’s.
Terrific slide from Kathleen Thelen’s talk at the EUI today. Makes me wistful.
January 9, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Terrific slide from Kathleen Thelen’s talk at the EUI today. Makes me wistful.
This was a wild find for 1€ and dated AF but still bittersweet in our current zeitgeist.
December 25, 2025 at 9:49 PM
This was a wild find for 1€ and dated AF but still bittersweet in our current zeitgeist.
We know this tool does nothing and no one wants it but maybe lets just use it and whatever.
December 20, 2025 at 5:25 PM
We know this tool does nothing and no one wants it but maybe lets just use it and whatever.
At least they are being cut with eloquence and grace.
December 18, 2025 at 1:16 AM
At least they are being cut with eloquence and grace.
Wright’s “letter to his neighbours” after his partner’s death is something…
www.pbs.org/kenburns/fra...
www.pbs.org/kenburns/fra...
December 7, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Wright’s “letter to his neighbours” after his partner’s death is something…
www.pbs.org/kenburns/fra...
www.pbs.org/kenburns/fra...
As part of the Kerry James Marshall exhibition, today I learned this.
December 7, 2025 at 10:27 PM
As part of the Kerry James Marshall exhibition, today I learned this.
It’s also fine to decide that this is not where one wants to be.
December 5, 2025 at 11:11 AM
It’s also fine to decide that this is not where one wants to be.
Sunday mornings are always awful on here - UK news routinely drops something on HE and refugees. But for some reason I find it especially hard to take today. Maybe it’s the extra smattering of Epstein et. al.
Get outside folks.
Get outside folks.
November 16, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Sunday mornings are always awful on here - UK news routinely drops something on HE and refugees. But for some reason I find it especially hard to take today. Maybe it’s the extra smattering of Epstein et. al.
Get outside folks.
Get outside folks.
Saw this today, forever changed, no big deal.
I do have news for the guide, though. 150 000 francs in 1936/7 (what Picasso was paid) was not that much in today’s money - something around 75 000Euro, I think. (Still fine, I suppose…but we aren’t talking 1910s francs…)
I do have news for the guide, though. 150 000 francs in 1936/7 (what Picasso was paid) was not that much in today’s money - something around 75 000Euro, I think. (Still fine, I suppose…but we aren’t talking 1910s francs…)
November 3, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Saw this today, forever changed, no big deal.
I do have news for the guide, though. 150 000 francs in 1936/7 (what Picasso was paid) was not that much in today’s money - something around 75 000Euro, I think. (Still fine, I suppose…but we aren’t talking 1910s francs…)
I do have news for the guide, though. 150 000 francs in 1936/7 (what Picasso was paid) was not that much in today’s money - something around 75 000Euro, I think. (Still fine, I suppose…but we aren’t talking 1910s francs…)
The history department bulletin board crammed with no fewer than 12 PhD defenses in the next six weeks. 2 history PhDs a week out into the world! That’s a lot of great research.
October 29, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The history department bulletin board crammed with no fewer than 12 PhD defenses in the next six weeks. 2 history PhDs a week out into the world! That’s a lot of great research.
Please consider this news in light of statements like these from the ostensible heights of Canadian politics.
The Daily News is a lifesaver for news from the Left. Take a listen!
The Daily News is a lifesaver for news from the Left. Take a listen!
October 3, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Please consider this news in light of statements like these from the ostensible heights of Canadian politics.
The Daily News is a lifesaver for news from the Left. Take a listen!
The Daily News is a lifesaver for news from the Left. Take a listen!
There are some things I really admire about Italy, like these spontaneous demonstrations in piazze all over the country right now.
October 1, 2025 at 9:49 PM
There are some things I really admire about Italy, like these spontaneous demonstrations in piazze all over the country right now.
Sometimes good things still happen in the 3$ bin at the Salvation Army.
(Sadly libretto *not* enclosed.)
(Sadly libretto *not* enclosed.)
September 15, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Sometimes good things still happen in the 3$ bin at the Salvation Army.
(Sadly libretto *not* enclosed.)
(Sadly libretto *not* enclosed.)
Top comment on the money
September 4, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Top comment on the money
This is how trees grow where I’m from, how about you?
August 15, 2025 at 11:36 AM
This is how trees grow where I’m from, how about you?
When Air Canada stewards strike (full support!) and you’re stranded for the foreseeable, seek caloric comfort in the local delicacies.
August 14, 2025 at 9:17 PM
When Air Canada stewards strike (full support!) and you’re stranded for the foreseeable, seek caloric comfort in the local delicacies.
There’s a whole field out here barely holding the line and this is what our guild representatives spit out.
y.yarn.co/fcffc5a3-606...
y.yarn.co/fcffc5a3-606...
August 5, 2025 at 7:29 PM
There’s a whole field out here barely holding the line and this is what our guild representatives spit out.
y.yarn.co/fcffc5a3-606...
y.yarn.co/fcffc5a3-606...
Found the world’s most delightful museum and it’s Skissernas - a museum dedicated to sketches and preparatory works of public art. A little jewel that bowled me over.
A fascinating way to think about creative process as well as the relationship between art and the public in the 20th century.
A fascinating way to think about creative process as well as the relationship between art and the public in the 20th century.
July 31, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Found the world’s most delightful museum and it’s Skissernas - a museum dedicated to sketches and preparatory works of public art. A little jewel that bowled me over.
A fascinating way to think about creative process as well as the relationship between art and the public in the 20th century.
A fascinating way to think about creative process as well as the relationship between art and the public in the 20th century.
And there’s more - no wonder there is a packed house here this morning.
July 29, 2025 at 10:41 AM
And there’s more - no wonder there is a packed house here this morning.
If you’re going to talk about women and finance, take advantage of the gorgeous visuals! Wonderful morning double panel on women and financial history.
July 29, 2025 at 9:29 AM
If you’re going to talk about women and finance, take advantage of the gorgeous visuals! Wonderful morning double panel on women and financial history.
Perfect and delightful slide from Orsi Husz and David Larsson Heidenblad on turning wage earners (or are they taxpayers) into investors in modern Sweden.
July 28, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Perfect and delightful slide from Orsi Husz and David Larsson Heidenblad on turning wage earners (or are they taxpayers) into investors in modern Sweden.
This is a very good opening to the World Economic History Congress.
Elise van Nederveen Meerkerk Keynote on it intersectional political economy.
Elise van Nederveen Meerkerk Keynote on it intersectional political economy.
July 28, 2025 at 8:22 AM
This is a very good opening to the World Economic History Congress.
Elise van Nederveen Meerkerk Keynote on it intersectional political economy.
Elise van Nederveen Meerkerk Keynote on it intersectional political economy.
Look at these registers - which are already a database! Highly accessible! In person and online!
July 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Look at these registers - which are already a database! Highly accessible! In person and online!
I hardly dare click 😂
July 22, 2025 at 1:07 PM
I hardly dare click 😂