Alexander Engel
@aengel.bsky.social
Economic and global historian at LMU Munich and University of Göttingen.
History of markets, exchange, capitalism, colonialism, economic knowledge
History of markets, exchange, capitalism, colonialism, economic knowledge
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A new postdoc position is now available at the Center for European Studies at Harvard for 2026 2027, The Guido Goldman postdoctoral fellowship, named after our center's founder
A great opportunity to work at Harvard for the year. Here is more information:
ces.fas.harvard.edu/opportunitie...
A great opportunity to work at Harvard for the year. Here is more information:
ces.fas.harvard.edu/opportunitie...
Guido Goldman Fellowship
Guido Goldman, co-founding director of the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies The Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES) is…
ces.fas.harvard.edu
October 30, 2025 at 12:54 PM
A new postdoc position is now available at the Center for European Studies at Harvard for 2026 2027, The Guido Goldman postdoctoral fellowship, named after our center's founder
A great opportunity to work at Harvard for the year. Here is more information:
ces.fas.harvard.edu/opportunitie...
A great opportunity to work at Harvard for the year. Here is more information:
ces.fas.harvard.edu/opportunitie...
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October 22, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Very happy about our Summer School on "Nature, Capitalism, and Empire" - and a bit sad that it's over already. Thanks so much to our colleagues at @ghilondon.bsky.social!
That's a wrap on our 2025 Summer School! ✅
Thank you to our co-organisers from @lmumuenchen.bsky.social and @globaldiscnct.bsky.social, our two distinguished tutors, Samita Sen (Cambridge) and Tirthankar Roy (LSE), and, of course, our brilliant students,
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Thank you to our co-organisers from @lmumuenchen.bsky.social and @globaldiscnct.bsky.social, our two distinguished tutors, Samita Sen (Cambridge) and Tirthankar Roy (LSE), and, of course, our brilliant students,
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August 1, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Very happy about our Summer School on "Nature, Capitalism, and Empire" - and a bit sad that it's over already. Thanks so much to our colleagues at @ghilondon.bsky.social!
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That's a wrap on our 2025 Summer School! ✅
Thank you to our co-organisers from @lmumuenchen.bsky.social and @globaldiscnct.bsky.social, our two distinguished tutors, Samita Sen (Cambridge) and Tirthankar Roy (LSE), and, of course, our brilliant students,
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Thank you to our co-organisers from @lmumuenchen.bsky.social and @globaldiscnct.bsky.social, our two distinguished tutors, Samita Sen (Cambridge) and Tirthankar Roy (LSE), and, of course, our brilliant students,
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August 1, 2025 at 4:00 PM
That's a wrap on our 2025 Summer School! ✅
Thank you to our co-organisers from @lmumuenchen.bsky.social and @globaldiscnct.bsky.social, our two distinguished tutors, Samita Sen (Cambridge) and Tirthankar Roy (LSE), and, of course, our brilliant students,
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Thank you to our co-organisers from @lmumuenchen.bsky.social and @globaldiscnct.bsky.social, our two distinguished tutors, Samita Sen (Cambridge) and Tirthankar Roy (LSE), and, of course, our brilliant students,
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Congrats and thanks to the editors for putting together such a stimulating volume!
Happy that I could contribute a piece on metaphors and historical concepts of capital circulation and capital flows
Happy that I could contribute a piece on metaphors and historical concepts of capital circulation and capital flows
July 23, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Congrats and thanks to the editors for putting together such a stimulating volume!
Happy that I could contribute a piece on metaphors and historical concepts of capital circulation and capital flows
Happy that I could contribute a piece on metaphors and historical concepts of capital circulation and capital flows
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July 19, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Heute nicht am Bodensee: @achland.bsky.social ist zu Gast in einer gemeinsamen Sitzung unseres globalgeschichtlichen und des frühneuzeitlichen Kolloquiums von @brendecke.bsky.social.
Er diskutiert mit uns "Poröse Grundlagen. Leerstellen und die Konstitution der Neuzeit". Wir erwarten Durchbrüche!
Er diskutiert mit uns "Poröse Grundlagen. Leerstellen und die Konstitution der Neuzeit". Wir erwarten Durchbrüche!
July 7, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Heute nicht am Bodensee: @achland.bsky.social ist zu Gast in einer gemeinsamen Sitzung unseres globalgeschichtlichen und des frühneuzeitlichen Kolloquiums von @brendecke.bsky.social.
Er diskutiert mit uns "Poröse Grundlagen. Leerstellen und die Konstitution der Neuzeit". Wir erwarten Durchbrüche!
Er diskutiert mit uns "Poröse Grundlagen. Leerstellen und die Konstitution der Neuzeit". Wir erwarten Durchbrüche!
Now! In our LMU Lecture Series Global History, Corey Ross speaks about "The Political Ecology of Urban Waterworks in the Colonial World". Fantastic talk!
June 30, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Now! In our LMU Lecture Series Global History, Corey Ross speaks about "The Political Ecology of Urban Waterworks in the Colonial World". Fantastic talk!
Heute haben wir ein besonders tagesrelevantes Thema in unserem globalgeschichtlichen Oberseminar: @martinlutz.bsky.social analysiert die Geschichte des deutschen Bezugs von sowjetischem/russischem Erdgas. Das wird spannend!
Neues Semester, neues Oberseminar: Wieder haben wir hier an der LMU eine Reihe schöner Vorträge zur Neueren Geschichte und Globalgeschichte im Programm!
June 2, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Heute haben wir ein besonders tagesrelevantes Thema in unserem globalgeschichtlichen Oberseminar: @martinlutz.bsky.social analysiert die Geschichte des deutschen Bezugs von sowjetischem/russischem Erdgas. Das wird spannend!
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JOB: We are looking for a new colleague for our working group on early modern global history at @unituebingen.bsky.social - PhD position, 3+1 years. Please spread the word (also beyond Germany!) and do not hesitate to get in touch! Deadline: 20 June. @duerrbortolotti.bsky.social
Job: 0,65 Wiss. Mitarb. (m/w/d) „Globalgeschichte der Frühen Neuzeit (1400–1800)“ (Univ. Tübingen)
https://www.hsozkult.de/job/id/job-155042
Tübingen, , Universität Tübingen, Bewerbungsschluss: 20.06.2025
https://www.hsozkult.de/job/id/job-155042
Tübingen, , Universität Tübingen, Bewerbungsschluss: 20.06.2025
www.hsozkult.de
May 22, 2025 at 12:09 PM
JOB: We are looking for a new colleague for our working group on early modern global history at @unituebingen.bsky.social - PhD position, 3+1 years. Please spread the word (also beyond Germany!) and do not hesitate to get in touch! Deadline: 20 June. @duerrbortolotti.bsky.social
Today in our LMU global history seminar: a joint event with the early modern historians, at which @edjonesc.bsky.social will talk about faith, debt, and moral bankruptcy in Latin America. This should be very interesting!
Neues Semester, neues Oberseminar: Wieder haben wir hier an der LMU eine Reihe schöner Vorträge zur Neueren Geschichte und Globalgeschichte im Programm!
May 19, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Today in our LMU global history seminar: a joint event with the early modern historians, at which @edjonesc.bsky.social will talk about faith, debt, and moral bankruptcy in Latin America. This should be very interesting!
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80 Jahre nach Kriegsende droht der europäische Schwur "Nie wieder Faschismus!" zu verstummen. Der neue Faschismus steht in vielen europäischen Staaten vor den Toren der Macht. Erinnerung allein wird nicht mehr genügen. "Nie wieder!" ist ein Auftrag zum Handeln. Für jeden einzelnen. An jedem Tag.
May 8, 2025 at 11:34 AM
80 Jahre nach Kriegsende droht der europäische Schwur "Nie wieder Faschismus!" zu verstummen. Der neue Faschismus steht in vielen europäischen Staaten vor den Toren der Macht. Erinnerung allein wird nicht mehr genügen. "Nie wieder!" ist ein Auftrag zum Handeln. Für jeden einzelnen. An jedem Tag.
Und heute geht es direkt los: @marcohelmbrecht.bsky.social spricht über "Eine Globalgeschichte der Hafenstreiks in den 1940er und frühen 1950er Jahren". Wir freuen uns schon!
Neues Semester, neues Oberseminar: Wieder haben wir hier an der LMU eine Reihe schöner Vorträge zur Neueren Geschichte und Globalgeschichte im Programm!
April 28, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Und heute geht es direkt los: @marcohelmbrecht.bsky.social spricht über "Eine Globalgeschichte der Hafenstreiks in den 1940er und frühen 1950er Jahren". Wir freuen uns schon!
Neues Semester, neues Oberseminar: Wieder haben wir hier an der LMU eine Reihe schöner Vorträge zur Neueren Geschichte und Globalgeschichte im Programm!
April 28, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Neues Semester, neues Oberseminar: Wieder haben wir hier an der LMU eine Reihe schöner Vorträge zur Neueren Geschichte und Globalgeschichte im Programm!
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The key chart right now:
Usually US economic pain is cushioned by falling bond yields and a strengthening dollar, which mean lower interest rates and more spending power for consumers.
This time we’re seeing the opposite, meaning the pain will be amplified.
Usually US economic pain is cushioned by falling bond yields and a strengthening dollar, which mean lower interest rates and more spending power for consumers.
This time we’re seeing the opposite, meaning the pain will be amplified.
April 22, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The key chart right now:
Usually US economic pain is cushioned by falling bond yields and a strengthening dollar, which mean lower interest rates and more spending power for consumers.
This time we’re seeing the opposite, meaning the pain will be amplified.
Usually US economic pain is cushioned by falling bond yields and a strengthening dollar, which mean lower interest rates and more spending power for consumers.
This time we’re seeing the opposite, meaning the pain will be amplified.
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Es ist soweit! Der VI. Kongress für Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte findet diese Woche in Berlin statt, zum hochaktuellen Rahmenthema "Kriege & Konflikte"
March 17, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Es ist soweit! Der VI. Kongress für Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte findet diese Woche in Berlin statt, zum hochaktuellen Rahmenthema "Kriege & Konflikte"
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The leader of the free world. Trump and Vance are there, too.
ZELENSKYY: Putin broke the ceasefire. What kind of diplomacy, JD, are you speaking about?
VANCE: I think it's disrespectful to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media
VANCE: I think it's disrespectful to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media
February 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The leader of the free world. Trump and Vance are there, too.
Sehr kundige, freundliche und faire Besprechung unseres Bandes bei H-Soz-Kult - Danke! Wer sich das frühneuzeitliche "Marktgeschehen" gern genauer betrachten möchte - der zum Schmökern bestens geeignete Band ist Open Access: www.campus.de/e-books/wiss...
February 18, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Sehr kundige, freundliche und faire Besprechung unseres Bandes bei H-Soz-Kult - Danke! Wer sich das frühneuzeitliche "Marktgeschehen" gern genauer betrachten möchte - der zum Schmökern bestens geeignete Band ist Open Access: www.campus.de/e-books/wiss...
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Calling all advanced BA or MA students of history or other related subjects at German universities: Are you interested in the history of the British Empire and the history of capitalism and/or environment?
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February 13, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Calling all advanced BA or MA students of history or other related subjects at German universities: Are you interested in the history of the British Empire and the history of capitalism and/or environment?
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Cartoon aus der FAZ Metropol
February 5, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Cartoon aus der FAZ Metropol
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Es war abzusehen, dass die AfD die CDU bei der nächsten Gelegenheit umklammern und nicht mehr loslassen wird, um die demokratische Mitte zu zerreißen. Nicht abzusehen war, dass die CDU-Führung ihr diese Möglichkeit so schnell und so großzügig einräumt.
January 29, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Es war abzusehen, dass die AfD die CDU bei der nächsten Gelegenheit umklammern und nicht mehr loslassen wird, um die demokratische Mitte zu zerreißen. Nicht abzusehen war, dass die CDU-Führung ihr diese Möglichkeit so schnell und so großzügig einräumt.
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Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
January 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.