Presenting part of my second book manuscript - The Knowledge Trap, at the Comparative Politics Workshop at Northwestern University today. The project builds on my first book, Imperial Borderlands (Cambridge University Press, 2024). www.cambridge.org/core/books/i...

Grateful to have had the chance to present my second book project yesterday @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social Very lively and productive discussion.

Chapter two of my book journey takes me to Vancouver—excited to present at APSA 2025

Grateful for two new reviews on my book - Imperial Borderlands. - Perspectives on Politics by Christina Zuber (Konstanz): www.cambridge.org/core/journal... - EH.net by Stefan Nikolic (Loughborough: eh.net/book_reviews... Thank you both for the thoughtful engagement!

Big news: Imperial Borderlands is now out in paperback @universitypress.cambridge.org James Robinson (2024 Econ Nobel) calls it "pathbreaking." Empire + institutions + data science—same frontier, softer cover. www.amazon.com/Imperial-Bor...

Casually holding one of the documents that made Europe: the 1718 Treaty of Passarowitz. Borders redrawn, empires rebalanced, futures rewritten—on parchment. Archival research for my second book on imperial legacies, state formation, and the making of modern Europe.

#FirstView from @poppublicsphere.bsky.social - @bgpopescu.bsky.social's review of 'Bureaucracies at War. The Institutional Origins of Miscalculation' by Tyler Jost - cup.org/3Uejy5f Buy the book from @universitypress.cambridge.org here - cup.org/4lPLRTs

Thrilled to present my second book at the Inequality and Democracy in Central Eastern Europe workshop @UniKonstanz discussing authoritarian legacies and institutions, and development. Thank you @lotemhalevy.bsky.social and Laura Jakli for inviting

Thanks to @ricarthuguet.bsky.social for the thoughtful review of my book in @govjournal.bsky.social ! Grateful for the engagement with my work! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Excited to be presenting parts of my second book at the Association for the Study of Religion, Economics, and Culture in Washington DC

Brilliance isn't just in the mind—it's also in the wardrobe. Excited to celebrate my advisor, James Robinson, on his birthday and his Nobel Prize win in Chicago this weekend!

Had a fantastic book workshop with some of the sharpest minds in the field. Grateful for their insights—now back to [email protected] @izading.bsky.social @ahmetkuru.bsky.social @annagbusse.bsky.social @aspaglayan.bsky.social

Excited to present my second book - Islam, Sultans, and the Printing Press at the Research Seminar Series tomorrow at 12:30 at @UniLUISS! 📖 Thanks to Aline Mungiu Pippidi and Seth Jaffe for the invite—looking forward to the discussion! #PoliticalScience #History

Join us online on Feb 14, 2025 for a deep dive into my second book "Islam, Sultans, and the Printing Press" 📖🕌. Featuring an all-star lineup @timurkuran.bsky.social @izading.bsky.social @ahmetkuru.bsky.social @annagbusse.bsky.social @aspaglayan.bsky.social DM me if you'd like to join!