Call For Papers 📢 - Economic Shrinking in Development — causes, consequences & governance across the Global South. Submit a 1,500-word abstract by 1 Sept 2026 More information here: think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu... #EconTwitter #economichistory #CFP

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CFP 📢 Economic Shrinking in Development — causes, consequences & governance across the Global South. 🗓 Extended abstract deadline: 1 September 2026 More information here: think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu... #economichistory #CFP

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🚨🚨New article available online! 🚨🚨 "Land use and agricultural lease incomes in Argentina’s Pampas, 1895–1947: A quantitative approach" By Emiliano Salas Aron Read the full article here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🚨🚨New article available online! 🚨🚨 "Bonds or credits? Risk management and sovereign lending in the Euromarkets: Evidence from Mexico, 1973–1982" By Sebastian Alvarez and Marco Molteni Read the full article here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🚨🚨New article available online! 🚨🚨 "Weavers of connections: The business network in the textile industry of Antioquia in the early twentieth century" By Maria Isabel Restrepo-Estrada and José Julián Parra Montoya. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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🚨🚨New article available online! 🚨🚨 "Racial disparities in human capital: Numeracy in South Africa, 1850–1980" By Francisco J. Marco-Gracia, María Carmen Pérez-Artés & Amy Rommelspacher www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🚨 In case you missed it!🚨 "Colonial trade linkages: Trade policy and imports in South and Southeast Asia colonial markets (1874–1913)" By Alejandro Ayuso-Díaz and Antonio Tena-Junguito Read the full article here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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🚨🚨 In case you missed it! 🚨🚨 "Controlling company subsidiaries in the Global South: A comparative study of itineraries to and from mining sites in Chile & Congo" By Kristin Ranestad and Véronique Pouillard Read the full article here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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🚨🚨New article available online! 🚨🚨 "A nation fed unequally: Findings from the 1960 nutritional survey of the ICNND in Chile" By Mauricio Casanova Brito www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🚨🚨New article available online! 🚨🚨 "The Sonoran land grab: Native displacement and elite wealth extraction in the nineteenth century Mexico" By William Skoglund, Diego Castañeda Garza and Jonatan Anderson www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📊 Data update: Track measures of poverty beyond income: health, education, and living standards— The experience of poverty goes far beyond having no or low income.

⭐2 days until the return of the International Macro History Online Seminar Series! #IMHOS First session takes place on 11 February at 17:00 CET. Don't forget to register: cepr.org/events/event... #EconSky

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Thinking about joining a vibrant community of economic historians? Become an EHSSA member! ▪ Connect with a network of emerging & established scholars ▪ Enjoy online access to @historyregions.bsky.social Membership is free. 📄 DM your email adress to receive application form. #econhist #africa #hist

"Colonial Elites in The Eighteenth-Century Cape Colony" now available in early view at the @rhi-ihr.bsky.social By: Leoné Walters (University of Cape Town), @johanfourieza.bsky.social (Stellenbosch University), and Robert Ross (@unileiden.bsky.social) DOI: doi.org/10.1344/rhi-...

CfP: Renewing Economic History in East Africa Selected papers will be invited to submit to a special issue of @historyregions.bsky.social Deadline: 15 December 2025 #EconHist #EastAfrica

🚨🚀The 3rd issue of 2025 is now available online! #EconHist #Development #EconomicHistory www.tandfonline.com/toc/rehd20/4...

CfP: What Can History Teach Us About Building Resilient Economies in the 21st Century? Deadline: 27 November 2025 Conference: 29 - 30 January 2026, Stellenbosch, South Africa econrsa.org/events/what-... #EconHist

Curious about using census microdata in your research? 📊 Join us for a webinar on IPUMS International, the world’s leading repository of harmonized census data. 🗓️ 12 Nov 2025 | 🕒 15:15–16:30 UK | 💻 Zoom Register: forms.gle/oqTDNU4Zpn2s... Hosted by the LSE Historical Economic Demography Group.

🚨 Call for Papers 🚨 The Association of Historians and Archaeologists of Togo invites submissions for its upcoming conference on Colonialism, Resistance, and Legacy, to be held at the University of Lomé from 21 to 23 April 2026. Deadline for abstracts: 31 December 2025.

CfP: What Can History Teach Us About Building Resilient Economies in the 21st Century? Deadline: 27 November 2025 Conference: 29 - 30 January 2026, Stellenbosch, South Africa econrsa.org/events/what-... #EconHist

🚨🚨New article available online! 🚨🚨 "The impact of the 1901 Land Title Deed Act on Bangkok’s urban land market" by Jessica Vechbanyongratana www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

🚨🚨New article available online! 🚨🚨 "The history that moves us: Colonial duration, era of occupation, and migration" by Edward Kosack & Kristina Sargent www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

A detailed historic map of gold mines along South Africa's Rand has been digitised and made publicly available by l'Université Bordeaux Montaigne: 1886.u-bordeaux-montaigne.fr/s/1886/item/...

I'm very pleased to announce that the call for proposed Special Issues of the Historical Journal is now live, with a deadline of 12th December. Please do spread widely among your networks — @saracaputo.bsky.social and I look forward to reading your submissions! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

▶️▶️The 2nd issue of 2025 is now online, a special issue focusing on New Voices in Nigerian Economic History! ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ www.tandfonline.com/toc/rehd20/4...

EHDR journal is seeking applications for the position of Editor or Assistant Editor. Submit your application to [email protected] by 31 May 2025.

🛑📷New article available online! "Education and land inequality: Evidence on Colombia land tenure and human capital formation" by Germán Tabares-Pozos, Irina España-Eljaiek, & Juan Carlos Muñoz-Mora www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

🛑📷New article available online! "Unification of education, ethnic diversity, and literacy in the early Turkish Republic" by Alpay Filiztekin www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

📢 This week, @cephie.bsky.social launches a new episode of their podcast, featuring @ronanlyons.bsky.social, @barratree.bsky.social, @gaianarciso.bsky.social & @profjohnturner.bsky.social. They discuss what happened in 2024 & what to expect in 2025. 🗣️ 🎧 Listen here: tinyurl.com/yc52d5am #econsky

What is new in the second edition of Our Long Walk to Economic Freedom?

Please consider applying to a pre-doc position at UCSD. Projects at the intersection of development and culture in Africa with Eduardo Montero Nathan Nunn James Robinson & others. Possible fieldwork in DRC. French skills preferred. Thank you! employment.ucsd.edu/research-ass...

Until 1963, Companhia de Diamantes de Angola relied on forced labour in its diamond mines, making it arguably the last major employer in colonial Africa to uphold such practices. My IHR blog examines the economic forces that sustained this system and what finally brought about its end. #Angola

And it's off to the printers! A fully revised second edition, available in South Africa (and on Kindle) in January 2025!

This is finally out! Our paper on a new dataset of average years of schooling in Brazil, 1925-2015 is available at Economic History of Developing Regions. Again we thank the editorial leadership of Alfonso Herranz, whose advices and conduction really improved the paper: doi.org/10.1080/2078...