📢 Virtual Workshop on French Economic History At 5:00 pm CET, @zhexunmo.bsky.social (Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality, CUNY) will present: “Soldiers versus Laborers: Legacies of Colonial Military Service and Forced Labor in Mali” Interested in joining? Email me for the Zoom link.

Amazing public good release by @rickhornbeck.bsky.social and his collaborators! No doubt this will generate even more (interesting) #econhist research about the United States.

📕 New CERGIC Book 📕 "L'Economie de la violence" by Mathieu Couttenier. 𝐸𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝐿𝑒́𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑠 Available now ! For more info : www.editions-leonides.fr/livres/lecon...

The department of Economic History at LSE is hiring! Assistant Prof. (all fields and period). Deadline for application 4 November 2025! @lseechist.bsky.social For more info ➡️ jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

Plus que quelques jours (10/09) pour envoyer vos propositions de communications pour le prochain congrès de l'AFHé ! Pour rappel, les thématiques retenues : 1. Campagnes et environnements 2. Guerres, reconstructions et industries 3. Mers et commerce 4. Economie(s) et monde(s) du livre

Hey #EAAE2025: Thursday is replication day. First, Anna Dreber's keynote on "Predicting Replication Outcomes" (11am) & our session👇(4pm) feat. ‪@robertfinger.bsky.social‬ @cedricchambru.bsky.social‬ @jensrommel.bsky.social‬ ‪@beta1hat.bsky.social‬ @mabuchner.bsky.social‬ ‪@i4replication.bsky.social‬

📢 New initiative: we are launching a monthly virtual seminar in French Economic History to share and discuss the latest research in the field! 🌍 Open to all interested in #econhist. 👉 Info & updates: sites.google.com/view/vwfhe/h...

L'AFHé attend vos propositions de communications pour son prochain congrès qui aura lieu à Caen ! Au programme : 5 sessions thématiques ouvertes à toutes les périodes historiques et à toutes les disciplines des sciences humaines et sociales. N'hésitez pas à me contacter pour toutes questions.

Congratulations to Michael Baltensperger who has successfully defended his PhD Thesis: "Essays in Public Economics and Economic History".

Second day of the 1st Lyon Summer School in Empirical Research Methods at @ensdelyon.bsky.social. Davide Cantoni's keynote on the use of historical natural experiments and related econometric challenges. @elisamougin.bsky.social @cedricchambru.bsky.social @sophiehatte.bsky.social

Opening of the 1st Lyon Summer School in Empirical Research Methods by a keynote of @pphcombes.bsky.social on historical maps, machine learning and patterns of urbanisation over time.

🧵1/4 🚨 We have finalized our DID textbook! You’ve run out of excuses for sketchy pre-trends and mysterious TWFE coefficients. 📘 Credible Answers to Hard Questions: Differences-in-Differences for Natural Experiments By Chaisemartin & D’Haultfœuille. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

On tomorrow, we're happy to welcome @essobecker.bsky.social (University of Warwick) for a seminar at @ensdelyon.bsky.social! More info 👉 economie.ens-lyon.fr/en/events/se...

Don't forget, on Monday May 26 and Tuesday May 27, the "Workshop in Gender Economics" will be held at @ensdelyon.bsky.social. Please find the updated program below 👇

On thursday, we are happy to welcome @ldousset.bsky.social (Paris School of Economics) at @ensdelyon.bsky.social to present her joint work with @georgiathebault.bsky.social entitled "The End of a Gender Quota in Elite Higher Education". More info 👉 economie.ens-lyon.fr/en/events/se...

New Broadstreet post! By Lukas Haffert, Cathrin Mohr, and Bastian Becker www.broadstreet.blog/p/the-future...

[Recrutement] Je recrute, sur l'ANR Exo-POPP (Extraction Optique des entités nommées manuscrites pour les actes de mariage de la population de Paris (1880-1940) (exopopp.hypotheses.org) un ou une ingénieur·e pour 12 mois (localisation : Paris, @progedo.bsky.social ).

Looking for a PhD candidate to study how first names provided information about parental values and beliefs in historical Europe (circa 1750-1950). More info on the position here: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

🌟 Congratulations to Sabine on receiving the Philip Scranton Best Article Prize! This prestigious award honors author(s) of an article published in Enterprise & Society judged to be the best among those that appeared in the vol prior to the year of the BHC annual meeting thebhc.org/scranton-prize

🚨 New CERGIC Working Paper 🚨 “Dear Brothers and Sisters: Pope's Speeches and the Dynamics of Conflict in Africa” By Mathieu Couttenier, @sophiehatte.bsky.social, Lucile Laugerette & Tommaso Sonno Explore more: hal.science/CERGIC-WP/ha...

A short reminder that there are only 12 days left to apply for PhD positions at @cergic.bsky.social at ENS de Lyon! Come and work with @sophiehatte.bsky.social, @elisamougin.bsky.social, @jadeponsard.bsky.social and many more! www.cergic-lyon.fr/joinus

Une excellente émission de @quentinlafay.bsky.social sur la jeunesse rurale à écouter et un chiffre frappant que je ne connaissais pas : aujourd'hui 1 jeune sur 3 vit en milieu rural, et pourtant ils sont totalement oubliés dans les politiques publiques. www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...

We are happy to host Michele Rosenberg (University of Essex) at @ensdelyon.bsky.social for tomorrow's seminar! More info 👉 economie.ens-lyon.fr/en/events/se...

For the first time in its history, the #ESSHC is heading to France. The 2027 session of the European Social Science Conference will be held in Lyon in spring 2027 (thank you Philippe Rygiel!) See you in 2027!!

🚨 NEW WP ALERT "Religion and Economic Development: Past, Present, and Future" ✍️ @essobecker.bsky.social @ammapanin.bsky.social Steven Pfaff & @jaredcrubin.com ⏳What role does religion play in economic development? 🔎 www.cesifo.org/en/publicati... 📚 www.cesifo.org/en/publicati...

@jadeponsard.bsky.social and myself are organising a workshop in applied #econhist at @cergic.bsky.social at the end of the month! Great line-up on wide range of topics! If you are in or around Lyon, feel free to contact me for attending ;)

[Prix de thèse] Appel à candidatures pour le prix de thèse AFHé-BnP Paribas 2025 qui récompensera deux thèses en sciences humaines et sociales (toutes périodes: antique, médiévale, moderne ou contemporaine) dans le champ de l’histoire économique. Date limite : 9 mai 2025 afhe.hypotheses.org/24027

🚨 New Working Paper 🚨 Can social media boost female political representation? With @sophiehatte.bsky.social and @ttaylor-econ.bsky.social, we study the impact of Facebook’s Free Basics on women’s electoral success in almost 9,000 parliamentary races across 17 sub-Saharan African countries. Thread 🧵

❕New WP from Alban de Gmeline❕ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐑𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐃𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐕𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 (𝟏𝟖𝟕𝟎-𝟏𝟗𝟒𝟎) ⬇️

❕New WP from @alexislitvine.bsky.social and Stan Hinton❕ 𝐁𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬. 𝐀 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡

📣 CALL FOR PAPERS 📣 NICEP Conference What: Interdisciplinary research in Econ & Politics 📆 May 12-13 -- Submit before March 3rd 📍 Nottingham, UK Confirmed: Diego Gambetta, Maria Petrova, Sandra Sequeira & Stéphane Wolton sway.cloud.microsoft/IKXaLZCiPkJh... #EconSky

Last day to apply for the "Lyon Summer School in Empirical Research Methods" at @ensdelyon.bsky.social! If interested, please send your CV and research proposal to: [email protected] bsky.app/profile/cerg...

🎺 🎺 We are relaunching our Cambridge Working Paper Series in Economic and Social History! You have a paper and want feedback with a very quick turnaround or want to read the latest in the field? Follow us at @cwpeconhist.bsky.social and find us on www.econsoc.hist.cam.ac.uk/working_pape...

Don't forget, there are only a few days left to apply for the "Lyon Summer School in Empirical Research Methods" at @ensdelyon.bsky.social! Deadline: 28 February 2025. bsky.app/profile/cerg...

If you want to do a PhD in Economics at @cergic.bsky.social at ENS de Lyon, apply! Come and work with me, @elisamougin.bsky.social, @jadeponsard.bsky.social and many more. Deadline for application: May 5, 2025 For more information, see ⬇️ or PM me.

Si vous connaissez des articles / chapitres coécrit par des historiens et des économistes publiés au cours de 10 dernières années, je suis preneur !

And for historical demography, it's here : @sdh-demohisto.bsky.social !

To every #econhist, do not forget to follow the @afhe-eco.bsky.social Conferences and workshops, CfP, Scientific news... Everything you need to know about #econhist in France should be there 😉

Please attend!!! Great opportunity to learn more about ongoing work in various databases covering the 18th century 😀 As for HiSCoD, @pmaneuvre.bsky.social and I will be discussing about our current work regarding France, Sweden and Russia!

There is just one more week until the deadline to apply for the Postdoc position in Economic History! #EconSky

We are delighted to announce that @cergic.bsky.social will be hosting a 3-day Summer School in Empirical Research Methods The event will take place in Lyon from 1-3 July 2025 Program and additional information at www.cergic-lyon.fr/summer-school

Fantastic opportunity to work with @hornungerik.bsky.social on #EconHist. Apply!!!

We’re hiring a predoctoral fellow for our Stanford Conflict and Polarization lab! We do field experiments, lab experiments and also love to go hunting in the archives for novel data to help shed new light on solving these important problems. Please apply if interested & share with any who might be!

State-building efforts that initially appear costly can yield substantial economic benefits, but only after decades of institutional development, say researchers at ENS de Lyon, Sciences Po, and Boston University. #econsky www.aeaweb.org/research/sta...

⚠️CALL FOR PAPERS⚠️ NICEP Conference What: Interdisciplinary research in Econ & Politics When: May 13-14 Submit before March 25 Where: Nottingham UK Confirmed: Oriana Bandiera, Ernesto Dal Bò, Garance Génicot & Mathias Thoenig sway.cloud.microsoft/jISSEa24z948... #EconSky