Andrew White: "Inequality in the Digital Economy: The Case for a Universal Basic Income." We discuss why trickle-down economics and existing welfare models don't address current inequalities and the case for universal basic income newbooksnetwork.com/inequality-in-the-digital-economy #Economics#ubi

I'm ruddily chuffed to have been accepted to present at IHC's "Fascism to Neo Fascism" conference with “From National History to National Destiny: Fascistising Narratives of the Nation in Salazarist Portugal,” focusing on the uses of history in Salazarism. #history #fascism @ihchistory.bsky.social

#SaveTheDate: The #STEXEU project, funded by the @erc.europa.eu, will be publicly launched on 16 January at the National Library of Portugal! Everyone's welcome to join the conference and debate. ℹ️ ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/en/events/st... #EU_Funded #ERC_StG

The latest edition of Ler História, N.86 "Poderes e Contrapoderes" — featuring my article "Censorship and Sacralisation of Politics in the Portuguese Press — is now fully live: journals.openedition.org/lerhistoria/... @ucoimbra.bsky.social #history #EstadoNovo #censorship #Salazarism #media

My latest episode for the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social, with historian Anne Irfan on her recent "A Short History of the Gaza Strip", from @simon.schuster.press: newbooksnetwork.com/a-short-hist... #Gaza #history #newbooks @refugeestudies.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk

Here's a good use case for not reducing all AI to commercial Gen AI and writing off its value. www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...

I think I've crafted the most satsifying sentence of my thesis thus far: "In this rendition, the revolution was less a preordained manifestation of Portugal’s omnitemporal national destiny than a happy accident presided over by a reluctant assortment of uninspired bumblers." #history #EstadoNovo

"Palestinians experience the displacement of the 2020s genocide not as a singular event, but as part of a repeated cycle." Anne Irfan on the importance of writing Gaza's history.

I spoke to Hamid Dabashi about his book "After Savagery," on the moral crisis the destruction of Gaza symbolises and how liberated art and philosophy in the wake of this destruction may provide paths forward towards universal humanism. newbooksnetwork.com/after-savagery #Gaza #Palestine

My latest publication "Censorship and Sacralisation of Politics in the Portuguese Press during the Spanish Civil War," is now available in the "First View of issue 87 of Ler História: Enjoy! #history #censorship #EstadoNovo #Salazarism journals.openedition.org/lerhistoria/...

I'm delighted to announce that my article "Censorship and Sacralisation of Politics in the Portuguese Press during the Spanish Civil War," has been accepted for publication by Ler História (QI). I'm less pleased to announce that my freezer has stopped working. #History #Censorship #EstadoNovo

Have a lot of character flaws—in your scanned documents, that is? CDH Senior Thesis Prize winner James Zhang ’25 can help! Read our Q&A with James on the limitations of #OCR, using #LVLMs to analyze visual elements, and building his open-source tool #MetaScribe. 🏆

Liliana Corobca and I gave an interview to @joewilliamshistory.bsky.social at Trafika Europe Radio on The Censor's Notebook (@sevenstories.bsky.social/@sevenstoriesuk.bsky.social), with a reading starting at 5:10. Always love introducing this ingenious book to new readers! bit.ly/censors-note...

Here's a write-up of my keynote from #DH2025, since academic publishing is slow and this was written for right now. roopikarisam.com/talks-cat/dh...

Our conference has kicked off! We were welcomed by History Lab's Chair @thomascryer.bsky.social, Director of @ihr.bsky.social @clairelanghamer.bsky.social, and Professor Neil Forbes from Coventry University who is delivering his keynote speech 👨‍🏫 Don't forget that you can join us online! 💻

Here's my first academic article published in the Revista Portuguesa da História, examining the uses of history in Salazarist Portugal: www.academia.edu/142935704/_Year_X_of_the_National_Revolution_Salazarist_palingenetic_myth_in_the_Di%C3%A1rio_da_Manh%C3%A3 @ucoimbra.bsky.social #portuguesehistory

I can't quite put my finger on it, but something doesn't seem quite right here... #OCR #digitalhumanities #DH2025 #textualanalysis