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International Early Engines Conference (IEEC) @earlyengines.bsky.social · 9d

Now on BlueSky, The International Earl Engine Conference (IEEC) can update on progress for our March 2026 Conference in Bristol (IEEC4). The proposed papers have been updated, but the call continues until the end of Oct 2025! #HistSci #Newcomen #IEEC4

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IEEC4 – Fourth International Early Engines Conference

Location The Fourth International Early Engines Conference (IEEC4), will take place 20th-22nd March 2026, in and around Bristol, United Kingdom. The format will be similar to previous IEECs, including...

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Brad DeLong @delong.social · 20d

DRAFT: A Small, Intensive, Data-Sciencey Seminar in Long-Run Economic History
I have decided on my teaching next semester: two things that are half-courses (half of grad student intro to economic history, and the economic-history outside-speakers seminar)…
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DRAFT: A Small, Intensive, Data-Sciencey Seminar in Long-Run Economic History

I have decided on my teaching next semester: two things that are half-courses (half of grad student intro to economic history, and the economic-history outside-speakers seminar), and this 25...

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Alka Raman @alkaraman.bsky.social · Aug 20

Cannot recommend this highly enough for PhD students, having benefitted from the residential training course myself several years ago!

Judy Stephenson @judyzara.bsky.social · Aug 19

The @echistsoc.bsky.social ‘s PhD residential training course literally changes careers for the better… apply here ehs.org.uk/society/stud...

Residential Training Course for Postgraduate Students - Economic History Society

University of Warwick Radcliffe Conference Centre 3 – 6 December 2025 The Economic History Society offers 12 part-funded places on an intensive residential course designed to raise the quality and ana...

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Judy Stephenson @judyzara.bsky.social · Aug 19

The @echistsoc.bsky.social ‘s PhD residential training course literally changes careers for the better… apply here ehs.org.uk/society/stud...

Residential Training Course for Postgraduate Students - Economic History Society

University of Warwick Radcliffe Conference Centre 3 – 6 December 2025 The Economic History Society offers 12 part-funded places on an intensive residential course designed to raise the quality and ana...

ehs.org.uk

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Judy Stephenson @judyzara.bsky.social · Aug 10

Should the introduction mention that? Footnote to refer to the 550 words on it in chapter 4?

(Totally distracted by the Saxon coin thing by the way! )

Judy Stephenson @judyzara.bsky.social · Aug 9

…redrafted for consistency, style, and to explain what you meant by the reference to the 1745 Jacobite rising in the bit about the silk weavers…. (to yourself)

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Economic History Society @echistsoc.bsky.social · Jul 2

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Investigating U.S. Imperialism in Haiti through its Railways, 1909-1934 - Economic History Society

In this post, Georgia Davison of the University of Cambridge writes about how the Economic History Society’s Research Fund for Graduate Students helped her fund trips to the archives for her MPhil dis...

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Economic History Society @echistsoc.bsky.social · Jul 2

Now on the Long Run Blog:
'Investigating U.S. Imperialism in Haiti through its Railways, 1909-1934'.
Georgia Davison of the University of Cambridge writes about how the Economic History Society’s Research Fund for Graduate Students helped her fund trips to the archives for her MPhil dissertation.

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Economic History Society @echistsoc.bsky.social · Jul 4

Employing village-level data from the Ottoman tax registers of 1468/1604, this article finds that settlements with lower income per household were more likely to convert. It hypothesizes the poll tax stimulated the poorer Bosnians to adopt Islam upon the Ottoman conquest of their region.

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Economic History Society @echistsoc.bsky.social · Jul 4

Now on Early View: 'Peasants into Muslims: Poverty and conversions to Islam in Ottoman Bosnia'.
By Leonard Kukić & Yasin Arslantas.
@yasinarslantas.bsky.social‬ ‪@univie.ac.at‬
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<em>The Economic History Review</em> | EHS Journal | Wiley Online Library

Whilst economic historians have invested substantial effort into understanding the economic consequences of religion, they have invested less effort into understanding the determinants of religious a...

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Economic History Society @echistsoc.bsky.social · Jul 7

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Early Modern Capitalism: Trade, Risk and Profit - Economic History Society

In this blog post, Professor Maxine Berg of the University of Warwick sets out the themes of a one-day workshop of the History of Capitalism Project held at Brasenose College, Oxford, in April 2024 on...

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Judy Stephenson @judyzara.bsky.social · Jul 8

The District Line IS www.savewimbledonpark.org this morning. Godspeed.

Home | Save Wimbledon Park

Learn about Save Wimbledon Park - a campaign to save this Grade II Heritage, Capability Brown Designed, Metropolitan Open Land from over development by the AELTC Wimbledon Park Project.

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Judy Stephenson @judyzara.bsky.social · Jun 19

I’ve had this sort of problem many times. I think I wasn’t paying it enough.

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Mauricio Drelichman @mdrelichman.bsky.social · Jun 13

Thousands of other similarly ill-thought out decisions, concerning everything from vaccinations to infection control, fly under the radar. We are well past peak health, and on our way to becoming a sicker society.

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Judy Stephenson @judyzara.bsky.social · Jun 16

Hoorah !

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Meredith M. Paker @mmpaker.bsky.social · Jun 16

Our working paper is out!

Judy Stephenson @judyzara.bsky.social · Jun 16

Historians always bristle at deterministic economic models (regressions) for predicting historical data… so … ta dah… @mmpaker.bsky.social and @patrickwallis.bsky.social and I took the biggest data set and predicted it by machine learning instead www.lse.ac.uk/Economic-His... !

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Economic History Society @echistsoc.bsky.social · Jun 16

Now on Early View: 'Shades of empire: Evidence from Swedish and Polish–Lithuanian partitions in the Baltics'.
By Theocharis N. Grigoriadis & Alise Vitola.
‪@theocharisgr.bsky.social‬ ‪@osteuropainstitut.bsky.social‬ @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social‬
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<em>The Economic History Review</em> | EHS Journal | Wiley Online Library

In this study, we explore the long-run effects of Swedish and Polish–Lithuanian imperial legacies in the Baltic region. Using a robust regression discontinuity design, we identify persistent differen...

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Judy Stephenson @judyzara.bsky.social · Jun 16

Now on here 🥳! The 99 1/2 year old best economic history Society in the world ;)

Economic History Society @echistsoc.bsky.social · Jun 8

Welcome to the Economic History Society's Bluesky account. Stay tuned for updates from the Economic History Review and the society's Long Run blog, as well as for information about our annual conference, fellowships and grants!

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Judy Stephenson @judyzara.bsky.social · Jun 16

We find some new stuff about the Black Death and the Industrial Revolution! #econhis

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Rachel Moss @menysnoweballes.bsky.social · Jun 16

There's so much in here that historians can tear apart, but I'd like to point to just one bit of specious comparison: a brief reference to indexing.

David Veevers @davidveevers.bsky.social · Jun 16

This is some bleak shit. Historians literally outsourcing the creative and research process to a thieving algorithm ripping off the IP of their own fellow-historians.

Says everything that they’re doing it from a Google office.

Hacks. They should be ashamed.

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A.I. Is Poised to Rewrite History. Literally.

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Judy Stephenson @judyzara.bsky.social · Jun 16

Historians always bristle at deterministic economic models (regressions) for predicting historical data… so … ta dah… @mmpaker.bsky.social and @patrickwallis.bsky.social and I took the biggest data set and predicted it by machine learning instead www.lse.ac.uk/Economic-His... !

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Judy Stephenson @judyzara.bsky.social · Jun 10

A reminder of this evening’s Aaron Graham lecture from Professor Pat Hudson. Supported by the Economic History Society and UCL History. @patrickwallis.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social

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