Economic and Social History Utrecht University

Welcoming the new, updated website for rural history diaries! A unique resource - 243 diaries of rural life, more than 1/3 written by women. The first began in 1789. More added every month. ruraldiaries.uoguelph.ca

Happy to share that our paper: "Husbands and Wives: Power, Peril and Female Participation in a Ugandan Coffee Cooperative" with @EshipRules & Canelas was published, showing the benefits of female coop participation & perils when their husband joins. 🇺🇬🌱 doi.org/10.1108/JSBED-…

The recording of Dr. Auke Rijpma's (@ESH_UU) talk on "GDP and well-being in the world economy since 1820" is now available on our Youtube Channel 👇 youtu.be/0w-RSi7gpfw

Guido Alfani (Bocconi) presenting his exciting new book on western elites in historical perspective. @GuidoAlfani @ESH_UU

PhD position available on child care norms and the relationship with parental working patterns! uu.nl/en/organisatio… supervised by myself, Robert Vonk and Tanja van der Lippe @SCOOP_Program

📢 Lunch meeting #66. Tue 18 Jun. 12:00-13:00 📢 Dr. Auke Rijpma (@ESH_UU) will visit our #ccss living room to give a talk on "GDP and well-being in the world economy since 1820". Please sign up below to join us and receive a free gourmet lunch 🥪 uu.nl/en/events/ccss…

Jobs! IISG is searching for 3 PhD researchers for the research project Voices of Resistance: A Global Micro-Historical Approach to Enslavement across the Atlantic and Indian Ocean. Responses can be submitted until 2 June. More info: iisg.amsterdam/en/blog/3-phd-…

Join us at @StellenboschUni for a PhD in Economics! Topic: The use of and abuse of economic history.

Nog 6,5 uur om je stem uit te brengen voor de studentengeledingen van de Universiteitsraad en de faculteitsraden @UniUtrecht Om 17 uur had 16,1 procent gestemd, meer dan vorig jaar maar nog niet zoveel als het record van 2018 dat op 26,8 procent staat. #medezeggenschap

Collega’s, hebben jullie enthousiaste studenten die zich in zouden willen zetten voor @JongeHistorici? Spread the word.

Congratulations @MaanikNath!

@richardcalis look it’s out already!

aup.nl/en/book/978904… book can be purchased here featuring full colour pictures of cat suffragette posters in wonderful piece by @LaScNo, a rapstract on gender and intersectionality in agriculture and much more

Both @claudiahacke and @CarmichaelSG are on the editorial board of this exciting yearbook. The launch featured a lecture by @wildpast on importance of cultures amongst groups of animals. Fascinating material, and demonstrating the fruits of interdisciplinary approaches

Looking forward to this event! @nwp_esh @_tseg @LeidenHum @NIDI_KNAW @IISG_Amsterdam

New episode now live. Prof. Leandro de la Escosura @LdelaEscosura discusses his extensive efforts to construct alternative complements to GDP. How has access to education, healthcare and liberty been distributed over the last 100+ years? Enjoy- it could be a 2-parter!

Maika de Keyzer (KU Leuven) presenting her research on industriousness and the peasant economy at the @ESH_UU seminar. Also, if you're interested in presenting at our seminar series next academic year, please send me a DM🤗 @EconHistAssoc @EcHistSoc @The_EHES

Who will join me and my Stellenbosch University students in reading 60 #econhist papers this semester? Topics include the Neolithic Revolution, slavery, the Industrial Revolution, colonialism, innovation and technology, the state's role in growth, human capital, trade and globalisation, and contemporary issues such as gender, health, mobility and migration, segregation, war, culture, and religion. Have any suggestions? Add them in the comment section! ourlongwalk.com/p/lets-read-60…

The @EcHistSoc is looking for PG students with an interest in econ/social history to serve as Student Ambassadors. This is a great opportunity to represent the EHS & be involved in an international student community. More info: ehs.org.uk/society/studen…

Today is the first edition of the internal economic and social history conference with @JP_Tang, Eva van der Heijden and Catherine Simpson presenting. Many thanks to @FelixMzS1 and @MaanikNath for organizing