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Ulas Ince

@ulasince.bsky.social

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Associate Professor of political theory at SOAS; British Academy Senior Research Fellow; author of Colonial Capitalism and the Dilemmas of Liberalism (Oxford 2018; https://bit.ly/3a8F0mr); writes on colonialism, capitalism, race; www.ulasince.com

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Ulas Ince @ulasince.bsky.social · Nov 5

My critique of Acemoglu, Johnson, and Robinson's colonial history of development is out in the latest issue of International Relations.

Their dichotomy of inclusionary vs. extractive institutions do not survive the history of actually existing capitalism in slavery, imperialism, and settlerism.

Saving capitalism from empire: uses of colonial history in new institutional economics - Onur Ulas Ince, 2024

This article contributes to theorising colonialism and capitalism within the same analytic frame through a critical engagement with the uses of colonial history...

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Liesbeth Corens @onslies.bsky.social · 15d

AN #EARLYMODERN POST!! They still exist! And a lovely one at that, for five years and with the brilliant people at KCL who have turned that place in quite the hub of exciting early modern research.

Run, don’t walk.

Lecturer in the History of Early Modern Europe and the World at King's College London

Discover an exciting academic career path as a Lecturer in the History of Early Modern Europe and the World at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!

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Ulas Ince @ulasince.bsky.social · 22d

APSA 2025 impression: academic conference receptions are practically Hieronymous Bosch paintings.

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Geoffrey Hughes @geofffhughes.bsky.social · Aug 19

As an anthropologist, I'm inclined to try to understand stuff that looks like magical thinking rather than mock it, but proposing to build a God and then expecting him to tell you how to get rich is really testing all of my professional training...

Warren Terra @warrenterra.bsky.social · Jul 15

From the replies (bsky.app/profile/dasb...) here's Sam Altman doing what the quoted post described. He seems serious about it.

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Ulas Ince @ulasince.bsky.social · Jun 17

I have reviewed Inés Valdez's book, Democracy and Empire: Labor, Nature, and Social Reproduction of Capitalism, for Political Theory journal.

I highly recommend it on its integration of political economy into political theorizing. 👇

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Ulas Ince @ulasince.bsky.social · Jun 10

Here's your "fiscal headroom."

UK families ‘seize moment’ to buy exclusive London homes as non-doms retreat

Domestic buyers take advantage of tumbling prices as new non-dom tax regime cools interest from abroad

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Durba Mitra @durba.bsky.social · Jun 7

Excited to see the website is now live for my forthcoming book, The Future That Was: A History of Third World Feminism Against Authoritarianism (PUP, March 2026)
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The Future That Was

How Third World women seized the means of knowledge production to fight against rising authoritarianism and imagine a future freer than our present

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Ulas Ince @ulasince.bsky.social · Jun 6

My article on capitalist racialization and Chinese migration in British Asia received an Honorable Mention for the Outstanding Article Award from APSA's International History and Politics Section.

Open access👇

From “Chinese Colonist” to “Yellow Peril”: Capitalist Racialization in the British Empire | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core

From “Chinese Colonist” to “Yellow Peril”: Capitalist Racialization in the British Empire - Volume 118 Issue 4

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Britain and Ireland Association for Political Thought @biapt.bsky.social · Mar 11

Nominations are now open for BIAPT’s Early and Mid-career prizes. Please consider nominating someone’s whose contribution to our field you really value. Note that self-nominations *are* permitted. Deadline is May 23rd. Details 👇 www.associationforpoliticalthought.ac.uk?p=4842&previ...

BIAPT Prizes 2025: call for nominations - BIAPT

Britain and Ireland Association for Political Thought Prizes 2025 Nominations are invited for our two annual prizes: The BIAPT Early-Career Prize 2025 Open to political theorists within eight years of...

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Ulas Ince @ulasince.bsky.social · May 3

A useful overview of the state of the art on "racial capitalism."

www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

The Political Economy of Racial Capitalism in the United States | Annual Reviews

This article summarizes recent scholarship on racial capitalism with an eye toward highlighting the opportunities the lens poses for the field of American political economy. It reviews the origins and...

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Jack Saundrs @jacksaundrs.bsky.social · Apr 19

You get a lot of centrist YIMBY types going on about planning and "get government red tape out the way and just build build build!" but impossible to look at this graph and draw any conclusion other than "oh, shit, the shortfall is just state housing"

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Ulas Ince @ulasince.bsky.social · Apr 9

Join us on 11 April at SOAS for the workshop, "Globalizing Political Economy: Uneven Topographies of Capitalism."

Full program below.

Attendees need to register here:
www.eventbrite.com/e/globalizin...

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Ulas Ince @ulasince.bsky.social · Apr 7

"“We are living through the nightmare edition of ‘Great Men Make History’,” wrote the leftwing theorist Mike Davis shortly before his death in 2022. “... there are few safety switches between today’s maximum leaders and Armageddon."

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Corporate America won’t stop Trump’s tariffs. Here’s why | Alex Bronzini-Vender

Whether among executives, lobbyists or university trustees, an elite backlash to the Trump administration won’t. Only working people can resist Trump

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Ulas Ince @ulasince.bsky.social · Apr 6

"I'm an American prince with 10 million dollars that I need to get out of the country. I will give you one million dollar if you help me. Please send me your bank account information. God bless you."

Ulas Ince @ulasince.bsky.social · Apr 3

I've been insisting on this for over a decade, against the dismissals of "capitalism" as a "loaded and disturbingly sloppy" category of intellectual history.

My quick two cents on the matter are here:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Empire and its afterlives - Contemporary Political Theory

Contemporary Political Theory -

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Ulas Ince @ulasince.bsky.social · Apr 3

Last call -- happening tomorrow

"Empire and Emancipation"

Ulas Ince @ulasince.bsky.social · Mar 23

"Empire and Emancipation"
Panel organized by London Political Theory Network

4 April, 3pm.
SOAS, Senate House Rm 104.

Register at the link:👇

Empire and Emancipation Panel + Spring Social

The London Political Theory Network will host scholars to explore themes of colonialism, imperial legacy, and anticolonial resistance.

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Ulas Ince @ulasince.bsky.social · Apr 3

An excellent initiative.

"The Return of Political Economy to Intellectual History."

Call for Submissions, JHI Blog Forum: “The Return of Political Economy in Intellectual History”

Inspired by a panel at the 2025 American Historical Association annual conference, this JHI Blog Forum will collect and publish short reflections on the relationship between new work in intellectual h...

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · Apr 3

Bloody hell. What a point.

London Mum @londonmum.bsky.social · Apr 3

Can u imagine this amount of coverage about the economic costs of Brexit?
Sigh.

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Ingrid Harvold Kvangraven @ingridhk.bsky.social · Apr 1

Really looking forward to this, thanks @ulasince.bsky.social for organizing and bringing us all together!