Cléo Chassonnery-Zaïgouche

We are very happy to launch the *Cambridge Elements in History of Economics series* The 1st Element *The Mathematisation of Economics* by Marcel Boumans is freely available online until 18 September! www.cambridge.org/core/publica...

My latest for National Geographic looks at the 131 new Hittite cuneiform tablets unearthed at Šamuḫa (c. 1400 BCE) & what they tell us about everything from augury to an epidemic that killed Hittite children. Thx to @digkabri.bsky.social, Theo van den Hout, @knpazuzu.bsky.social & ISAC for aid. 🪏

📣Avec des collègues enseignant.e.s, des parents, et des spécialistes de l'éducation nous lançons une pétition sur le site de l'AN pour que les revendications de la jeunesse soient reprises par les parlementaires. Vous connaissez le chemin ✒️ petitions.assemblee-nationale.fr/initiatives/...

La Ligue des droits de l’Homme dénonce le déploiement de « l’armée contre la jeunesse » : elle demande à l’ONU une mission d’observation en France 🔴Suivez en direct les suites du 17 octobre ➡️ https://l.humanite.fr/z1H

🚨JOB 🚨 Assistant prof in economics at Utrecht, also opened to researchers "working on history, methodology, and/or philosophy of economics" + the role involve teaching Contemporary Economics in Historical Perspectives 📅 Application deadline November 15

📢 Applications are officially OPEN! We’re excited to launch our latest round of Fellowships, Prizes, and Bursaries ! Whether you're a early career scholar, or established historian, discover how our funding can support your research, travel, and publications. 🗓️ Apply: buff.ly/2aZE829

We are delighted to announce the joint winners of the WHN/WHAI book prize for 2025: Sarah Crook for Unhappy mothers @sarahcrook.bsky.social and Samuel Rutherford for Teaching Gender @echomikeromeo.bsky.social For full details on the winners, please see: womenshistorynetwork.org/womens-histo...

Ottoman History Podcast: Astrologers and Authority in the Ottoman Empire with A. Tunç Şen, hosted by Maryam Patton

🚨JOB 🚨 Assistant prof in economics at Utrecht, also opened to researchers "working on history, methodology, and/or philosophy of economics" + the role involve teaching Contemporary Economics in Historical Perspectives 📅 Application deadline November 15

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On the microeconomic foundations of macro stabilisation: The Hall-Woodford prize in historical perspective beatricecherrier.wordpress.com/2026/10/12/o...

A new issue of HOPE is now avaliable. This is a special issue on 'The Wealth of Nations at 250' read.dukeupress.edu/hope/issue/5...

Donc RV dans Entendez-vous-l'éco à 14h00 pour discuter de ce prix Nobel à Hall et Woodford (et un peu Rotemberg aussi?) pour avoir poser les fondations microéconomiques des politiques de stabilisation macro, aka les interventions des banques centrales www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...

Honoured to be speaking at the world’s largest history festival @rdvhistoire.bsky.social next month in France at the Royal Palace in #Blois. Look forward to being surrounded by fellow historians, history lovers and books 📚 #Economica will be out in French later this month. #RVH2026 #womenwealthpower

i was fortunate enough to profile Margaret Hamilton in 2019. A really kind and curious person. This was my favorite story she told me:

We're launching a new network: HELP — the History of Economics London Partnership — aims to provide a space for people working in the history of economics, the history of economic thought, and related fields to meet, discuss, disagree, and, yes, help each other 😅 Join our mailing list ⬇️

1/ Workshop CFP Resilient Societies: Shocks, Adaptation and the Persistence of Inequality in Historical Perspective. How have societies responded to historical shocks, and why have some individuals or societies proved more resilient than others? LSE, 20–21 May 2027

In universities across the country this week, Lionel Robbins' definition will be rolled out for the start of introductory economics courses. Joan Robinson's observation about its timing will probably receive less attention. www.jstor.org/stable/18215...

Un nouveau séminaire d'histoire des idées et pratiques des économistes et de leur place dans la société: Aurélien Saïdi et moi organisons le WEED (Workshop on the Evolution of Economic iDeas), séminaire mensuel qui aura lieu le mardi de 10h00 à 12h00 Programme:

One of Russia's most dynamic and beloved small non-fiction publishers has announced it's closing down after several years of pressure on its founders and employees. Yet there is no better snapshot of the zeitgeist than its most recent releases. Saving it here for posterity.

HES crowd and session at the HETSA-JSHET conference in Kyoto :)

Indeed! A reminder that a starter pack on the History of Economic Thought exists: bsky.app/starter-pack... Created by @hugocerqueira.bsky.social

@cleocz.bsky.social arguing that the 1946 UK Royal Commission delayed introduction of Equal Pay between men and women in the civil service #hetsajshet2026 @shoet.bsky.social

Fantastic from @jeffsharlet.bsky.social .. This resonates completely with my experience teaching undergraduates.. "They used AI because it was there, because their classmates use it, because they fear if they don’t use it they’ll fall behind." www.chronicle.com/article/my-s...

In the session on 'Price level fluctuations and their real effects,' James Forder mentioned it might be his last paper on the Phillips Curve 😱 #scoop #hetsajshet2026

Excellent session at #hetsajshet2026 on French-language contributions w/ in-depth analyses of Petty and Cantillon on value by Soh Kaneko with interesting gendered metaphor + a fascinating paper on G.H. Bousquet (a French Paretian economist, long career in Algiers, never heard of!) by Michael McLure

New book: Keynes, Keynesianism, and International Organisations, by Guilherme Martins Rodrigues Sampaio (open access) www.cambridge.org/core/element...

It was a pleasure to meet colleagues and students at the National Tsing Hua University in Hsinschu, Taiwan. We talk about equal pay in the civil services … and I received a delicious pomelo as a gift! Many thanks to Hsiang-Ke Chao & Chung-Tang Cheng for their hospitality (and the bubble tea 🧋)

Scott Berthelette adds historical context to discourse around the 'renaming' of Lake Ontario by exploring seventeenth-century history and maps. Cross-posted with @nichecanada.bsky.social for their series exploring environmental history and the current US administration

New book: The Mathematisation of Economics: A Twentieth-Century History, y Marcel Boumans (the pdf is free online until September 18) www.cambridge.org/core/element...

Article: Cambridge 1938: The Crisis of the Economics Tripos?, by Nahid Aslanbeigui & Guy Oakes doi.org/10.1215/0018...

On the femicide of Hélène Rytmann-Legotien: how Louis #Althusser killed his wife and ‘invented’ #masculinism article by @francesca-b.bsky.social with #PulsEurope voxeurop.eu/en/femicide-...

"The University of Chicago’s undergrad social-sciences division will go “analog” this fall, implementing a blanket policy banning technology in class and AI assistance on coursework across the division’s core courses." www.chronicle.com/article/u-of...

OUT NOW! Our brand new episode on the life and ideas of Henry George. The man who inspired a whole movement after his name & a famous board game. His book 'Progress and Poverty' was so big, only the Bible out-sold it in his time. Learn more here... #EconSky #EduSky podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...

Les mégas feux de cet été risquent de ne pas se traduire par une "prise de conscience" et un "changement de comportement," nous apprend le travail de l'anthropologue E. Boutié Ma (petite) chronique dans le Monde www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...

Article: Polytechnics, Pluralism, and the Institutional Making of Economics Education in the UK (1960s–1990s), by Danielle Guizzo doi.org/10.1215/0018...

Out of context école d’été de l’ESHET : « Let’s suppose that Bernard Arnault is the French person that pollutes the most »