Amílcar E. Challú
@amilcarchallu.bsky.social
Historian: #econhist #envhist . Mexico, the midwest and North America in general, 18th to 21st centuries. Department of History at Bowling Green State University. https://orcid.org/0009-0000-2784-6506
Having a blast in this talk by Remington Schneider, Alliance for Tribal Clean Energy, about traditional ecological and economic knowledge. Part of our programming centered on Braiding Sweetgras at BGSU. www.bgsu.edu/the-arts/in-...
November 2, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Having a blast in this talk by Remington Schneider, Alliance for Tribal Clean Energy, about traditional ecological and economic knowledge. Part of our programming centered on Braiding Sweetgras at BGSU. www.bgsu.edu/the-arts/in-...
Día de Muertos is coming and we have a beautiful tradition on campus to make altars in different buildings. Here’s Theater’s. We’ll make ours in history on Thursday.
October 28, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Día de Muertos is coming and we have a beautiful tradition on campus to make altars in different buildings. Here’s Theater’s. We’ll make ours in history on Thursday.
We have some fantastic programming leading to Robin Kimmerer’s visit to campus in spring. My colleagues in the water center are leading the next seminar. Some #envhist coming down the road too.
October 15, 2025 at 2:16 PM
We have some fantastic programming leading to Robin Kimmerer’s visit to campus in spring. My colleagues in the water center are leading the next seminar. Some #envhist coming down the road too.
Question for #envhist and humanities peeps: I’m working on an outreach plan supporting a wetland restoration project. Does anybody have recommendations of authors or projects using history to increase public awareness on restoration projects?
October 13, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Question for #envhist and humanities peeps: I’m working on an outreach plan supporting a wetland restoration project. Does anybody have recommendations of authors or projects using history to increase public awareness on restoration projects?
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Next Monday (Oct 6) the two-days conference "Inequality & History" will begin, hosted by @dondenacentre.bsky.social at Bocconi University (Milan). Join us to explore & debate inequality across history, from Classical Antiquity until today! Remote attendance possible; QR code in the program below👇
October 3, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Next Monday (Oct 6) the two-days conference "Inequality & History" will begin, hosted by @dondenacentre.bsky.social at Bocconi University (Milan). Join us to explore & debate inequality across history, from Classical Antiquity until today! Remote attendance possible; QR code in the program below👇
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With the publication of our introduction, the special issue that Tommy Bengtsson and I edited for Explorations in Economic History "Inequality, economic stress, and demographic response" is now complete! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 1/4
Inequality, economic stress, and demographic response: Introduction
www.sciencedirect.com
August 14, 2025 at 12:10 AM
With the publication of our introduction, the special issue that Tommy Bengtsson and I edited for Explorations in Economic History "Inequality, economic stress, and demographic response" is now complete! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 1/4
Great loss in #Econhist. We were just talking about Temin with some colleagues in
#wehc2025. He was a regular in the Boston-area Econ hist workshop and always insightful. news.mit.edu/2025/profess...
#wehc2025. He was a regular in the Boston-area Econ hist workshop and always insightful. news.mit.edu/2025/profess...
Professor Emeritus Peter Temin, influential and prolific economic historian, dies at 87
MIT Professor Emeritus Peter Temin, a highly influential and prolific economic historian, has died at 87. The longtime MIT scholar and former department head used the tools of economics to shed new li...
news.mit.edu
August 7, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Great loss in #Econhist. We were just talking about Temin with some colleagues in
#wehc2025. He was a regular in the Boston-area Econ hist workshop and always insightful. news.mit.edu/2025/profess...
#wehc2025. He was a regular in the Boston-area Econ hist workshop and always insightful. news.mit.edu/2025/profess...
So happy to be part of this initiative. I piloted the new History in the Age of AI course this past spring, focusing on text recognition models (and more broadly on AI literacy). It was a very rewarding experience.
www.statenews.org/section/the-...
www.statenews.org/section/the-...
Bowling Green plans to offer a new major next school year: AI + X
A new major at Bowling Green State is hoping to teach students how to make artificial intelligence – and how to use it responsibly.
www.statenews.org
May 15, 2025 at 9:41 PM
So happy to be part of this initiative. I piloted the new History in the Age of AI course this past spring, focusing on text recognition models (and more broadly on AI literacy). It was a very rewarding experience.
www.statenews.org/section/the-...
www.statenews.org/section/the-...
Last year Matt Emberg developed a board game about the conquest of Tenochtitlan. Today we got to play the finalized version. I loved the process of helping Matt design the game and now seeing the outcome. Another reason why I love my job.
May 15, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Last year Matt Emberg developed a board game about the conquest of Tenochtitlan. Today we got to play the finalized version. I loved the process of helping Matt design the game and now seeing the outcome. Another reason why I love my job.
I bumped into the Lorax in our park’s native plants sale.
May 3, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I bumped into the Lorax in our park’s native plants sale.
So happy to share this byline with John Coatsworth. revista.drclas.harvard.edu/the-history-...
The History of Inequality
For the last few decades, a strong consensus has held that Latin America is not only the most economically unequal region in the world, but also one where inequality has become structurally entrenched...
revista.drclas.harvard.edu
April 24, 2025 at 3:18 AM
So happy to share this byline with John Coatsworth. revista.drclas.harvard.edu/the-history-...
This explains it all. theonion.com/trump-calmly...
Trump Calmly Reminds Nation That Desire The Root Of All Suffering
WASHINGTON—Seeking to reassure the public after his latest tariffs sent both U.S. and international markets into free fall, President Donald Trump calmly reminded the nation Thursday that desire is th...
theonion.com
April 6, 2025 at 2:05 AM
This explains it all. theonion.com/trump-calmly...
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Last month, Prof. Jane Humphries (@ox.ac.uk) delivered the Alice Murray Distinguished Scholar Lecture titled "Caring About Care: The Economic History of Caring Labour"
The lecture is available here, but we'd like to highlight some of the research that supported it:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BoY...
The lecture is available here, but we'd like to highlight some of the research that supported it:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BoY...
"Caring About Care", Jane Humphries, 27.02.2025
YouTube video by CEPH
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March 31, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Last month, Prof. Jane Humphries (@ox.ac.uk) delivered the Alice Murray Distinguished Scholar Lecture titled "Caring About Care: The Economic History of Caring Labour"
The lecture is available here, but we'd like to highlight some of the research that supported it:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BoY...
The lecture is available here, but we'd like to highlight some of the research that supported it:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BoY...
Reposted by Amílcar E. Challú
If you want to prevent use of AI in student assignments, try this method of mine. It works really nicely. In the process, it also gives students transparent tools to prove they did their own work (to me and to future employers).
www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/simpl...
www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/simpl...
A simple hack to ChatGPT-proof assignments using Google Drive
What if there was a way to maintain the essay in all its three constituent parts – reading, thinking, writing – in the age of ChatGPT? Dave Sayers thinks he has an answer
www.timeshighereducation.com
March 29, 2025 at 8:56 AM
If you want to prevent use of AI in student assignments, try this method of mine. It works really nicely. In the process, it also gives students transparent tools to prove they did their own work (to me and to future employers).
www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/simpl...
www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/simpl...
Fascinating essay.
ICYMI
"This is the story of the Wyandot’s resilience—their ability to endure and adapt during an intense period of adversity and extreme weather events—in an unfamiliar land." - Mckelvey Kelly
niche-canada.org/2025/03/27/s...
#wyandot #indigenous #indigenoushistory #envhist
"This is the story of the Wyandot’s resilience—their ability to endure and adapt during an intense period of adversity and extreme weather events—in an unfamiliar land." - Mckelvey Kelly
niche-canada.org/2025/03/27/s...
#wyandot #indigenous #indigenoushistory #envhist
Storms, Strength, and Survival: Wyandot Adaptations on the Kansas Prairies
The Wyandot endured forced removal, disease, and extreme weather in 1843, but demonstrated resilience, rebuilding their community in Kansas City.
niche-canada.org
March 29, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Fascinating essay.
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ICYMI
"This is the story of the Wyandot’s resilience—their ability to endure and adapt during an intense period of adversity and extreme weather events—in an unfamiliar land." - Mckelvey Kelly
niche-canada.org/2025/03/27/s...
#wyandot #indigenous #indigenoushistory #envhist
"This is the story of the Wyandot’s resilience—their ability to endure and adapt during an intense period of adversity and extreme weather events—in an unfamiliar land." - Mckelvey Kelly
niche-canada.org/2025/03/27/s...
#wyandot #indigenous #indigenoushistory #envhist
Storms, Strength, and Survival: Wyandot Adaptations on the Kansas Prairies
The Wyandot endured forced removal, disease, and extreme weather in 1843, but demonstrated resilience, rebuilding their community in Kansas City.
niche-canada.org
March 29, 2025 at 3:34 PM
ICYMI
"This is the story of the Wyandot’s resilience—their ability to endure and adapt during an intense period of adversity and extreme weather events—in an unfamiliar land." - Mckelvey Kelly
niche-canada.org/2025/03/27/s...
#wyandot #indigenous #indigenoushistory #envhist
"This is the story of the Wyandot’s resilience—their ability to endure and adapt during an intense period of adversity and extreme weather events—in an unfamiliar land." - Mckelvey Kelly
niche-canada.org/2025/03/27/s...
#wyandot #indigenous #indigenoushistory #envhist
And on the other side of the spectrum, this great note about the commemoration of March 24 (the last military coup in Argentina) brings the focus to the deep damage of state-sponsored terrorism, transcending the discussion on the number of victims. lavanguardiadigital.com.ar/index.php/20...
24 de marzo: en torno al número de víctimas de la dictadura y los desafíos actuales de la democracia - La Vanguardia
A casi medio siglo de distancia, la polémica en torno al número de víctimas de la dictadura se repite una vez más. El historiador Roy Hora propone trascender esta discusión para ponderar la gravedad d...
lavanguardiadigital.com.ar
March 24, 2025 at 4:22 PM
And on the other side of the spectrum, this great note about the commemoration of March 24 (the last military coup in Argentina) brings the focus to the deep damage of state-sponsored terrorism, transcending the discussion on the number of victims. lavanguardiadigital.com.ar/index.php/20...
Interesting forum about assessing forty years of democracy in Latin America.
journals.iai.spk-berlin.de/index.php/ib...
journals.iai.spk-berlin.de/index.php/ib...
A 40 años de la Tercera Ola de Democratización: trayectorias democráticas en América Latina
| IBEROAMERICANA. América Latina - España - Portugal
journals.iai.spk-berlin.de
March 24, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Interesting forum about assessing forty years of democracy in Latin America.
journals.iai.spk-berlin.de/index.php/ib...
journals.iai.spk-berlin.de/index.php/ib...
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#WorldWaterDay
Read @danielmacfarlane.bsky.social on the historical cooperation of the US and Canada on actions related to Great Lakes water quality.
niche-canada.org/2023/08/21/n...
#envhist #greatlakes #waterhistory
Read @danielmacfarlane.bsky.social on the historical cooperation of the US and Canada on actions related to Great Lakes water quality.
niche-canada.org/2023/08/21/n...
#envhist #greatlakes #waterhistory
Natural Allies: Great Lakes Water Quality
In response to Great Lakes pollution, Canada and the US created the Boundary Waters Treaty and International Joint Commission.
niche-canada.org
March 22, 2025 at 4:29 PM
#WorldWaterDay
Read @danielmacfarlane.bsky.social on the historical cooperation of the US and Canada on actions related to Great Lakes water quality.
niche-canada.org/2023/08/21/n...
#envhist #greatlakes #waterhistory
Read @danielmacfarlane.bsky.social on the historical cooperation of the US and Canada on actions related to Great Lakes water quality.
niche-canada.org/2023/08/21/n...
#envhist #greatlakes #waterhistory
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New post on Broadstreet by yours truly! Check it out. #econhistory #peru #laborcoercion
open.substack.com/pub/alexandr...
open.substack.com/pub/alexandr...
The arm of history is long, but not always strong: The effects of labor coercion in colonial and postcolonial Peru
Our project on the effects of forced labor in colonial Peru began years ago, when I, Leticia, was still a graduate student.
open.substack.com
March 24, 2025 at 2:13 PM
New post on Broadstreet by yours truly! Check it out. #econhistory #peru #laborcoercion
open.substack.com/pub/alexandr...
open.substack.com/pub/alexandr...
BGSU's Center for Archival Collections offers 3 short travel grants to use their collections. It's the repository of local government docs in NW #Ohio, and also has fascinating collections relevant to the #envhist and #econhist of the #GreatLakes region. More info: www.bgsu.edu/library/cac/...
March 16, 2025 at 4:24 PM
BGSU's Center for Archival Collections offers 3 short travel grants to use their collections. It's the repository of local government docs in NW #Ohio, and also has fascinating collections relevant to the #envhist and #econhist of the #GreatLakes region. More info: www.bgsu.edu/library/cac/...
@colinwoodard.bsky.social’s work on American regionalism has implications on the #econhist of persistence à la Acemoglu-Robinson. Woodard’s work has created very interesting questions about regional inequalities in public health.
February 11, 2025 at 5:01 PM
@colinwoodard.bsky.social’s work on American regionalism has implications on the #econhist of persistence à la Acemoglu-Robinson. Woodard’s work has created very interesting questions about regional inequalities in public health.
A luxury for our history majors to meet @colinwoodard.bsky.social. “Desperately we need people who can bring everything together. That’s the historian.”
Colin Woodard (@colinwoodard.bsky.social)
Director, Nationhood Lab, @PellCenter.bsky.social - Salve Regina University. Author, American Nations, American Character, Union, Republic of Pirates, and others. www.colinwoodard.com and www.nationho...
colinwoodard.bsky.social
February 11, 2025 at 4:56 PM
A luxury for our history majors to meet @colinwoodard.bsky.social. “Desperately we need people who can bring everything together. That’s the historian.”
So much looking forward to reading Richard Salvucci’s new book!
February 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
So much looking forward to reading Richard Salvucci’s new book!