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...

The one, the genius. RIP Brian Wilson, creator of Pet Sounds.

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...

In elk ander land: “Noodsituatie! Heb je hulp nodig?” In Nederland: “Heb je wel betaald?”

Recién publicado en el n. 26 de Archivos, mi ensayo sobre los libros de Nicolas Delalande, Jean-Numa Ducange y Bastien Cabot // Récemment publié dans le num 26 d'Archivos, mon essai sur les livres de Nicolas Delalande, Jean-Numa Ducange et Bastien Cabot. www.archivosrevista.com.ar/numeros/inde...

Unfortunately, the anti-immigrant discourse of Labour PM Keir Starmer is not a novelty. Literacy tests and restriction legislation were supported and promoted by segments of the white labour movement in the past. I wrote about it (with links for further reading) here: lawcha.org/2023/11/16/s...

Unfortunately, the anti-immigrant discourse of Labour PM Keir Starmer is not a novelty. Literacy tests and restriction legislation were supported and promoted by segments of the white labour movement in the past. I wrote about it (with links for further reading) here: lawcha.org/2023/11/16/s...

Our book has a cover! Coming next November with the @iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social series at @uclpress.bsky.social

My review of Daniel James and Mirta Lobato's book, Paisajes del pasado, has just been published in the Hispanic American Historical Review @hahr21.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/hahr/article...

I’m looking forward to joining a UNICEF symposium in Utrecht next week, where I’ll talk about historical struggles led by children standing up for their rights.

“Si tuviera que salvar del fuego una sola de las novelas que he escrito, salvaría ésta”. RIP Mario Vargas Llosa, gigante de la literatura, gracias por la belleza y la armonía.

We are on strike today at @vuamsterdam.bsky.social as part of the relay strike actions in Dutch universities against the budget cuts. Picket line at the entrance of the main building!

Tomorrow at the @esshc.bsky.social in Leiden, our panel about social democracy and internationalism before World War II! A great line up and very interesting papers, take a look here: event.esshc2025.exordo.com/session/193/...

On my way to Newcastle to participate in the conference “Counter-Hegemonic Internationalisms: Perspectives from the Past”, hosted by Northumbria University and brilliantly organised by Daniel Laqua and his colleagues. Looking forward to it! research.northumbria.ac.uk/glo/?p=1341

#Skystorians #AcademicSky #History We’re delighted to be supporting the AHRC-funded conference on ‘Counter-Hegemonic Internationalisms: Perspectives from the Past’, which is taking place at @northumbriauni.bsky.social this week. Programme here research.northumbria.ac.uk/glo/?p=1341

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Football and Beatles, Beatles and football.

Historians: hold my beer

Este viernes presento mi investigación en Buenos Aires / This Friday I'm presenting my current research project in Buenos Aires

Well, knock on wood, it looks like the anthology "Rent Strikes: A history of collective tenant actions across the world" might be published relatively soon. Edited by @lucaspoy.bsky.social and I.

The third issue of our "History at VU Amsterdam newsletter" is out, with updates on our department, publications, upcoming events, and details on the upcoming Bachelor's Day. Help us reach current and future historians by sharing! drive.google.com/file/d/1HRcH...

Geweldig! Honderdduizenden mensen op straat in Argentinië, na een oproep van LGBTQ+ organisaties, nadat Javier Milei (de grote vriend van Wilders, het "goede voorbeeld" van Yesilgöz) homo’s "pedofielen" noemde en feminisme, milieubewegingen "genderidentiteit" aanviel.

Volume 106 of International Labor and Working-Class History is out, including a special feature edited by Marcel van der Linden on “200 Years of Socialism: Revisiting the Old Dilemmas”. I'm glad to be part of it! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

There are only two genders: anti-fascist and fascist.