Considering a History MA in English for next year? Come to Amsterdam and study with us the history of social movements and protest! www.instagram.com/p/DUtMjOlDW2r/

Thanks to Fiona Lane for this generous review of “Rent Strikes: A History of Tenant Actions across the World” (co-edited with @hannesrolf.bsky.social and edited by @uclpress.bsky.social). The book can be downloaded open access here: uclpress.co.uk/book/rent-st... (more than 2.1k downloads already🤯)

Thanks to Fiona Lane for this generous review of “Rent Strikes: A History of Tenant Actions across the World” (co-edited with @hannesrolf.bsky.social and edited by @uclpress.bsky.social). The book can be downloaded open access here: uclpress.co.uk/book/rent-st... (more than 2.1k downloads already🤯)

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Just published in the International Review of Social History @irsh-iisg.bsky.social ! Our article examines the “peripheral inter-nationalism” of Argentine socialism and its relationship with the Internationals between 1889 and the Second World War. In open access: doi.org/10.1017/S002...

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Zo kan het niet langer. Het is niet onze taak als docenten om studenten te vervolgen of te discussiëren over procedures bij de Raad van State (!) We moeten erkennen dat het thuis schrijven van essays niet meer voldoet als bewijs van vaardigheid Ik schreef hierover: www.historici.nl/de-tijd-van-...

-10° C real feel here in Amsterdam and treacherously slippery, but managed to make the weekly 10 km in a beautifully snowy Vondelpark

The latest issue of Revista Latinoamericana de Trabajo y Trabajadores is out! It includes a special issue on how coloniality has shaped labour relations in the Andean world from the 17th century to the present. All articles in open access, as usual! revista.redlatt.org/issue/view/1...

This is an extraordinary book. Don't miss it.

New book by UCL Press 📚 Rent Strikes: A history of collective tenant actions across the world edited by: Lucas Poy and Hannes Rolf Free download: bit.ly/4pkQ5VQ #anthropology #bookpublication #openaccess

Starting the winter break reading season.

This is fast turning into one of my favorite historical journals to peruse.

I think this post nails the actual problem, for researchers at least—AI hallucinations would simply not be a problem in academic work if we’d not normalized citation-as-signaling rather than actual engagement—you can only cite a fake paper if you’re not in the habit of reading the papers you cite

This is very good and reminded me of this brilliant article by Lara Putnam: www.jstor.org/stable/43955... and this brilliant book by Ian Milligan: www.cambridge.org/core/books/t...

The latest issue of Revista Latinoamericana de Trabajo y Trabajadores is out! It includes a special issue on how coloniality has shaped labour relations in the Andean world from the 17th century to the present. All articles in open access, as usual! revista.redlatt.org/issue/view/1...

Finally read this piece, and it seem like the problem would be solved if people made sure to read — or at least track down a real citation, abstract, and full-text file or link for — the articles they cite? Pretty fundamental stuff! www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

I'll be presenting Rent Strikes: A history of collective tenant actions across the world in Stockholm on January 13th, together with my co-editor @hannesrolf.bsky.social. The book is open access - free to download: uclpress.co.uk/book/rent-st... 🧵1/3

Free to download as pdf: Rent Strikes: A History of Collective Tenant Actions across the World, edited by @lucaspoy.bsky.social and @hannesrolf.bsky.social and published by @uclpress.bsky.social: uclpress.co.uk/book/rent-st...

"Decennialang functioneerde het essay als een indicator voor een reeks cognitieve vaardigheden die we willen bijbrengen: kritische analyse, synthese van bronmateriaal en heldere argumentatie. [...] Die aanname kan de prullenbak in." Volledig eens met @lucaspoy.bsky.social.

Blij dat Historici.nl geïnteresseerd was in mijn (oorspronkelijk in het Engels) reflecties over AI en het onderwijs in geschiedenis. Er is nu een Nederlandse versie beschikbaar. (Met een dringende oproep om morgen mee te doen aan de staking op de Dam!🟥) www.historici.nl/de-tijd-van-...

Our book Rent Strikes has been downloaded more than a thousand times in only one week! @uclpress.bsky.social @iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social @hannesrolf.bsky.social

Our book Rent Strikes has been downloaded more than a thousand times in only one week! @uclpress.bsky.social @iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social @hannesrolf.bsky.social

📢 NEW BOOK ALERT! The housing crisis is global, but so is the resistance. A thread to introduce “Rent Strikes”, edited together with @hannesrolf.bsky.social, and published open access by @uclpress.bsky.social and @iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social uclpress.co.uk/book/rent-st... 🧵(1/10)

Nieuw boek van o.a. IISG-fellow @lucaspoy.bsky.social over huurdersverzet tegen inhalige huisbazen. Open access, dus gratis te downloaden en te lezen!

📢 NEW BOOK ALERT! The housing crisis is global, but so is the resistance. A thread to introduce “Rent Strikes”, edited together with @hannesrolf.bsky.social, and published open access by @uclpress.bsky.social and @iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social uclpress.co.uk/book/rent-st... 🧵(1/10)

Just published! Rent Strikes: A history of collective tenant actions across the world, the book I edited with @hannesrolf.bsky.social, is out now from @uclpress.bsky.social It's OPEN ACCESS, part of the "Work Around the World" series by @iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social uclpress.co.uk/book/rent-st...

I am delighted to finally see this volume that I, @lucaspoy.bsky.social , and fourteen other authors have been working on for a few years (without any external funding, it should be added), as a printed book. This is likely the first international anthology on the history of tenant organising.

Opmerkelijk dat de VVD Argentinië als voorbeeld neemt. Het “kettingzaag”-beleid van Milei leidde tot massale sluitingen van bedrijven, verlies van banen en dalende koopkracht. Niet echt wat je noemt een economie waar “werken loont”. (draadje🧵)

Did you ever wonder anything about the history of tenant organising and rent strikes? This volume, edited by me and @lucaspoy.bsky.social , might have some answers. Freshly published today and available with open access. uclpress.co.uk/book/rent-st...

7/9 Following this, @lucaspoy.bsky.social (@vuamsterdam.bsky.social) investigates "The Influence of Enrico Ferri in Late-Nineteenth Century Argentine Socialism" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Looking forward to presenting my work at @weatherheadcenter.bsky.social in Harvard next spring! wigh.wcfia.harvard.edu/event/global...

A thoughtful essay worth your time. I’ve been wrestling with the same questions and have much still to learn.

I wrote about the take-home essay and whether it has a future in the age of AI. What are we actually testing when we assign them? What alternatives do we have? You can read my thoughts here: lucaspoy.substack.com/p/the-last-d...

Ever wondered how tenants organized across different continents and periods? 𝑅𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑆𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑘𝑒𝑠: 𝐴 ℎ𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑, edited with @hannesrolf.bsky.social, is coming November 2025! Preview the table of contents and contributor details: uclpress.co.uk/book/rent-st...

I wrote a post in my Substack about experimenting with generative AI for historical research with digitised newspapers. It looks at how it works with structured sources, where it helps, and where it falls short. lucaspoy.substack.com/p/using-note...

New post on Substack: how I’ve been testing NotebookLM with digitised newspapers. In short: great for discovery (much better than keyword searching), but weak and risky for analysis. lucaspoy.substack.com/p/using-note...

New post on Substack: how I’ve been testing NotebookLM with digitised newspapers. In short: great for discovery (much better than keyword searching), but weak and risky for analysis. lucaspoy.substack.com/p/using-note...

These guiding principles of the AHA seem written a year ago, and by people who don't really use nor know much about AI tools. I wrote about it here substack.com/home/post/p-... and here substack.com/home/post/p-...

De American Historical Association bakt er blijkbaar niets van als het gaat om AI. De reacties uit de Anglofone historische wereld die hier voorbij komen zijn voorspelbaar opgewonden en polemisch: 'AI is de duivel'. Ik wijs dus nog maar eens op de inzichtelijke blogs van @lucaspoy.bsky.social.

These guiding principles of the AHA seem written a year ago, and by people who don't really use nor know much about AI tools. I wrote about it here substack.com/home/post/p-... and here substack.com/home/post/p-...

Are we framing the AI discussion wrong in history departments? I think we're too focused on student “cheating” while missing the bigger picture. I've been thinking about this for a while and decided to write it down. lucaspoy.substack.com/p/historians...

Proofs!

Some more thoughts about generative AI and our work as historians (in particular about using NotebookLM for secondary sources) lucaspoy.substack.com/p/notebooklm...

First piece I’ve read where I see *possible* academic value coming from an “AI” tool. Not saying I’m a convert by any means, but definitely going to give NotebookLM a try.

Some more thoughts about generative AI and our work as historians (in particular about using NotebookLM for secondary sources) lucaspoy.substack.com/p/notebooklm...

Interesting post about AI tools, and useful reminder that a Large Language Model (LLM) "...is not designed to be accurate but to be plausible. It has no concept of truth or falsehood, only of linguistic patterns"

Are we framing the AI discussion wrong in history departments? I think we're too focused on student “cheating” while missing the bigger picture. I've been thinking about this for a while and decided to write it down. lucaspoy.substack.com/p/historians...

Mijn bijdrage aan dit artikel in het AD over koopkrachtverschillen tussen Nederland en Argentinië, met wat broodnodige nuance en een kleine herinnering dat publieke universiteiten in Argentinië nog altijd gratis zijn. www.ad.nl/buitenland/m...