Cléo Chassonnery-Zaïgouche
@cleocz.bsky.social
I teach and research the history of economics at the London School of Economics and Political Science (@lseechist.bsky.social) ⋅ member @rehpere.bsky.social ⋅ research associate @historyecon.bsky.social ⋅ personal website: https://cleocz.com/
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Ok, so I typed down some definitional thoughts on what makes an Influencer Intellectual so unique. I consider this my academic contribution of the year, thank you.
pardoguerra.org/2024/11/14/i...
pardoguerra.org/2024/11/14/i...
Influencer intellectuals, a quick summary
In my newfound condition as a part-time bureaucrat, I have dropped the ball on some of my academic projects. I’ve carved out a little bit of time in between grant applications, emails, and pa…
pardoguerra.org
November 14, 2024 at 9:08 PM
Ok, so I typed down some definitional thoughts on what makes an Influencer Intellectual so unique. I consider this my academic contribution of the year, thank you.
pardoguerra.org/2024/11/14/i...
pardoguerra.org/2024/11/14/i...
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Article: Persuasion and Possibilities: Graphical Instruments and Personal Income Distribution in the First Half of the Twentieth Century, by Pedro Teixeira
doi.org/10.1215/0018...
doi.org/10.1215/0018...
January 5, 2026 at 11:20 AM
Article: Persuasion and Possibilities: Graphical Instruments and Personal Income Distribution in the First Half of the Twentieth Century, by Pedro Teixeira
doi.org/10.1215/0018...
doi.org/10.1215/0018...
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Y a-t-il des travaux sur la transformation du métier de conseiller bancaire ? Il y a l'exemple célèbre de Bessen sur cmt les distributeurs de billets n'ont pas supprimé d'emplois chez les guichetiers, car ils sont devenus conseillers. Mais il s'arrête en 2015... Il y a des choses nouvelles ? 🤔🤔
December 17, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Y a-t-il des travaux sur la transformation du métier de conseiller bancaire ? Il y a l'exemple célèbre de Bessen sur cmt les distributeurs de billets n'ont pas supprimé d'emplois chez les guichetiers, car ils sont devenus conseillers. Mais il s'arrête en 2015... Il y a des choses nouvelles ? 🤔🤔
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Ma collègue Flore publie dans @laviemedia.bsky.social une enquête sur Gaël Giraud : un travail documenté, écrit avec précision.
www.lavie.fr/actualite/so...
www.lavie.fr/actualite/so...
December 17, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Ma collègue Flore publie dans @laviemedia.bsky.social une enquête sur Gaël Giraud : un travail documenté, écrit avec précision.
www.lavie.fr/actualite/so...
www.lavie.fr/actualite/so...
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In a new piece for the JHI forum on political economy, Federico D’Onofrio discusses the rise of a class of "agricultural economists" as part of a broader trend intersecting with and going beyond "rural modernism" in twentieth-century Europe.
@fdonoff.bsky.social
@fdonoff.bsky.social
The Margins of the Field: Rediscovering Agricultural Economists for the History of Ideas
by Federico D’Onofrio
This think piece is part of a JHI Blog forum, “The Return of Political Economy in Intellectual History.”
web.sas.upenn.edu
December 15, 2025 at 2:37 PM
In a new piece for the JHI forum on political economy, Federico D’Onofrio discusses the rise of a class of "agricultural economists" as part of a broader trend intersecting with and going beyond "rural modernism" in twentieth-century Europe.
@fdonoff.bsky.social
@fdonoff.bsky.social
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In the wake of Wes Streeting’s announcement of a review of mental health ‘over-diagnosis’ we have published this new policy paper by Prof Lucy Delap arguing that the government’s priority should be to address the historic stigma against sick & disabled people.
historyandpolicy.org/policy-paper...
historyandpolicy.org/policy-paper...
Stigma, trust and the history of UK disability policy - History & Policy
The numbers of people who are physically impaired, neurodivergent, chronically sick or experiencing mental distress have increased to around one in four of the UK population. Government ministers have...
historyandpolicy.org
December 10, 2025 at 9:59 AM
In the wake of Wes Streeting’s announcement of a review of mental health ‘over-diagnosis’ we have published this new policy paper by Prof Lucy Delap arguing that the government’s priority should be to address the historic stigma against sick & disabled people.
historyandpolicy.org/policy-paper...
historyandpolicy.org/policy-paper...
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Pour en savoir plus, voir l'excellent ouvrage de Damian Clavel publié en 2022 (disponible en pdf)
"Créer un pays, le royaume de Poyais. Gregor MacGregor, emprunts d’État et fraude financière 1820-1824"
www.alphil.com/livres/1225-...
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"Créer un pays, le royaume de Poyais. Gregor MacGregor, emprunts d’État et fraude financière 1820-1824"
www.alphil.com/livres/1225-...
9/
February 21, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Pour en savoir plus, voir l'excellent ouvrage de Damian Clavel publié en 2022 (disponible en pdf)
"Créer un pays, le royaume de Poyais. Gregor MacGregor, emprunts d’État et fraude financière 1820-1824"
www.alphil.com/livres/1225-...
9/
"Créer un pays, le royaume de Poyais. Gregor MacGregor, emprunts d’État et fraude financière 1820-1824"
www.alphil.com/livres/1225-...
9/
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Carte imaginaire du royaume de Poyais : quand la carte fait le territoire
cartonumerique.blogspot.com/2025/02/cart...
Retour sur l'une des plus grandes escroqueries cartographiques du XIXe siècle
cartonumerique.blogspot.com/2025/02/cart...
Retour sur l'une des plus grandes escroqueries cartographiques du XIXe siècle
February 19, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Carte imaginaire du royaume de Poyais : quand la carte fait le territoire
cartonumerique.blogspot.com/2025/02/cart...
Retour sur l'une des plus grandes escroqueries cartographiques du XIXe siècle
cartonumerique.blogspot.com/2025/02/cart...
Retour sur l'une des plus grandes escroqueries cartographiques du XIXe siècle
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New on advance access: "Company-State at Home: The East India Company and the Fiscal System in Eighteenth-Century Britain"
by Karolina Hutková (@ox.ac.uk/LSE), Ernesto Dal Bó (UC, Berkeley, Lukas Leucht and Noam Yuchtman (@ox.ac.uk)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
by Karolina Hutková (@ox.ac.uk/LSE), Ernesto Dal Bó (UC, Berkeley, Lukas Leucht and Noam Yuchtman (@ox.ac.uk)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
Company-State at Home: The East India Company and the Fiscal System in Eighteenth-Century Britain*
Abstract. The significance of the state’s fiscal system for military capacity, colonization, trade, and economic development is a long-studied topic. Much
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April 29, 2025 at 8:52 PM
New on advance access: "Company-State at Home: The East India Company and the Fiscal System in Eighteenth-Century Britain"
by Karolina Hutková (@ox.ac.uk/LSE), Ernesto Dal Bó (UC, Berkeley, Lukas Leucht and Noam Yuchtman (@ox.ac.uk)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
by Karolina Hutková (@ox.ac.uk/LSE), Ernesto Dal Bó (UC, Berkeley, Lukas Leucht and Noam Yuchtman (@ox.ac.uk)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
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This week, we’re celebrating the British Academy Book Prize shortlist, with reading recommendations from this year’s nominees
First up, is Bronwen Everill with three books that complement her shortlisted work AFRICONOMICS: lrb.me/b44189
@britishacademy.bsky.social
First up, is Bronwen Everill with three books that complement her shortlisted work AFRICONOMICS: lrb.me/b44189
@britishacademy.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 9:42 AM
This week, we’re celebrating the British Academy Book Prize shortlist, with reading recommendations from this year’s nominees
First up, is Bronwen Everill with three books that complement her shortlisted work AFRICONOMICS: lrb.me/b44189
@britishacademy.bsky.social
First up, is Bronwen Everill with three books that complement her shortlisted work AFRICONOMICS: lrb.me/b44189
@britishacademy.bsky.social
Super nice workshop bringing together researchers from Oxford, Warwick and LSE last Monday at @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social 🤓🏭
Learn a lot on the pre-modern “contractual state,” internal migration within India, the Winchester Estate and more! #OWL2025 @lseechist.bsky.social
Learn a lot on the pre-modern “contractual state,” internal migration within India, the Winchester Estate and more! #OWL2025 @lseechist.bsky.social
December 11, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Super nice workshop bringing together researchers from Oxford, Warwick and LSE last Monday at @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social 🤓🏭
Learn a lot on the pre-modern “contractual state,” internal migration within India, the Winchester Estate and more! #OWL2025 @lseechist.bsky.social
Learn a lot on the pre-modern “contractual state,” internal migration within India, the Winchester Estate and more! #OWL2025 @lseechist.bsky.social
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Check out this short video introduction of the wonderful Center for the History of Economics at Duke University (@duke-university.bsky.social), one of the best places to do the history of economics hope.econ.duke.edu/about-us Thanks for letting me be part of it! (@shoet.bsky.social)
About the HOPE Center
hope.econ.duke.edu
December 3, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Check out this short video introduction of the wonderful Center for the History of Economics at Duke University (@duke-university.bsky.social), one of the best places to do the history of economics hope.econ.duke.edu/about-us Thanks for letting me be part of it! (@shoet.bsky.social)
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It was only a matter of time. The Italian government has turned against the universities as well. The pretext is the @unibo.it's refusal to establish a program for army officers. U of B is being described as "the headquarters of a political party." The truth: there is no money to pay the lecturers.
Meloni: “Inaccettabile che l’Università di Bologna neghi un corso per gli ufficiali dell’Esercito”
La premier sulla polemica sollevata dal generale Masiello: “Decisione incomprensibile e sbagliata, gesto lesivo dei doveri costituzionali”. L’ateneo: “Si chied…
bologna.repubblica.it
December 1, 2025 at 5:21 PM
It was only a matter of time. The Italian government has turned against the universities as well. The pretext is the @unibo.it's refusal to establish a program for army officers. U of B is being described as "the headquarters of a political party." The truth: there is no money to pay the lecturers.
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Publication Day 📖💃🎉
Essays on Logic, Ethics, and Universal Grammar, the latest volume in The Collected Works of Jeremy Bentham, has today been published by @uclpress.bsky.social.
Now available in free, open-access .pdf, and in hardback and paperback: uclpress.co.uk/book/essays-...
Essays on Logic, Ethics, and Universal Grammar, the latest volume in The Collected Works of Jeremy Bentham, has today been published by @uclpress.bsky.social.
Now available in free, open-access .pdf, and in hardback and paperback: uclpress.co.uk/book/essays-...
December 1, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Publication Day 📖💃🎉
Essays on Logic, Ethics, and Universal Grammar, the latest volume in The Collected Works of Jeremy Bentham, has today been published by @uclpress.bsky.social.
Now available in free, open-access .pdf, and in hardback and paperback: uclpress.co.uk/book/essays-...
Essays on Logic, Ethics, and Universal Grammar, the latest volume in The Collected Works of Jeremy Bentham, has today been published by @uclpress.bsky.social.
Now available in free, open-access .pdf, and in hardback and paperback: uclpress.co.uk/book/essays-...
[Job] Postdoctoral researcher in history, Brig (CH) but flexibility and possibility of remote work
Project: Organised Business and Environmental Governance in Western Europe [1945–1995]
Deadline: January 4, 2026
Project: Organised Business and Environmental Governance in Western Europe [1945–1995]
Deadline: January 4, 2026
December 1, 2025 at 10:44 AM
[Job] Postdoctoral researcher in history, Brig (CH) but flexibility and possibility of remote work
Project: Organised Business and Environmental Governance in Western Europe [1945–1995]
Deadline: January 4, 2026
Project: Organised Business and Environmental Governance in Western Europe [1945–1995]
Deadline: January 4, 2026
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CONFIRMED: Oxford University Press has named ‘rage bait’ as the Oxford Word of the Year 2025.
#OxfordWOTY
#OxfordWOTY
December 1, 2025 at 8:09 AM
CONFIRMED: Oxford University Press has named ‘rage bait’ as the Oxford Word of the Year 2025.
#OxfordWOTY
#OxfordWOTY
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📚 Fouillé et captivant, le livre « Maghreb noir » de Paraska Tolan-Szkilnik place le Maghreb et ses artistes au cœur de l’histoire du panafricanisme.
🖋️ Pauline Guedj
buff.ly/MUnTHQl
🖋️ Pauline Guedj
buff.ly/MUnTHQl
"Maghreb noir", un souffle panafricain
Fouillé et captivant, le livre de Paraska Tolan-Szkilnik place le Maghreb et ses artistes au cœur de l’histoire du panafricanisme.
www.politis.fr
October 17, 2025 at 9:50 AM
📚 Fouillé et captivant, le livre « Maghreb noir » de Paraska Tolan-Szkilnik place le Maghreb et ses artistes au cœur de l’histoire du panafricanisme.
🖋️ Pauline Guedj
buff.ly/MUnTHQl
🖋️ Pauline Guedj
buff.ly/MUnTHQl
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Today's migration stats illustrate the migration doom loop in action...
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
November 27, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Today's migration stats illustrate the migration doom loop in action...
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
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Aurélien Saïdi, @cescoeco.bsky.social & I have a new JEDC paper on Michel Juillard's contribution to macro, aka his role as architect & curator of open-source Dynare software—used worldwide to estimate and simulate DSGE models
It's important for 2 reasons:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
It's important for 2 reasons:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Aurélien Saïdi, @cescoeco.bsky.social & I have a new JEDC paper on Michel Juillard's contribution to macro, aka his role as architect & curator of open-source Dynare software—used worldwide to estimate and simulate DSGE models
It's important for 2 reasons:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
It's important for 2 reasons:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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📣 New call for paper in OEconomia: "History of Climate Economics", edited by Christophe Cassen, @beatricecointe.bsky.social and Antoine Missemer.
Extended abstract submission: January 15, 2026
More info ➡️ journals.openedition.org/oeconomia/19...
Extended abstract submission: January 15, 2026
More info ➡️ journals.openedition.org/oeconomia/19...
History of Climate Economics
Editors of the Special Issue Christophe Cassen (CNRS, CIRED Paris) Béatrice Cointe (CNRS, CSI Paris) Antoine Missemer (CNRS, CIRED Paris) Call for Papers In 2018, the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Eco...
journals.openedition.org
November 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM
📣 New call for paper in OEconomia: "History of Climate Economics", edited by Christophe Cassen, @beatricecointe.bsky.social and Antoine Missemer.
Extended abstract submission: January 15, 2026
More info ➡️ journals.openedition.org/oeconomia/19...
Extended abstract submission: January 15, 2026
More info ➡️ journals.openedition.org/oeconomia/19...
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When the state limits “unacceptable decision making” by women about their own bodies, both women and the babies they’re forced to have are at increased risk of death. Stock is not a feminist. She’s a death enthusiast.
www.prb.org/articles/abo...
www.prb.org/articles/abo...
November 21, 2025 at 12:42 PM
When the state limits “unacceptable decision making” by women about their own bodies, both women and the babies they’re forced to have are at increased risk of death. Stock is not a feminist. She’s a death enthusiast.
www.prb.org/articles/abo...
www.prb.org/articles/abo...
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Open specialty. Ability to teach central topics at u/g and p/g level in ethics is essential. Also desirable, e.g. Political Philosophy, History of Philosophy (including post-Kantian Philosophy up to Nietzsche), Aesthetics, Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind. Closing date Dec 21 2025 #philsky #philjob
Assistant Professor in Philosophy
The Faculty of Philosophy is seeking to appoint an Assistant Professor in Philosophy with effect from 1 September 2026. This post requires teaching expertise at a level that is at the forefront of
www.cam.ac.uk
November 20, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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Dear #skystorians, could you please guide me towards an *early* French historiography of World War II and the early postwar (1945-1948)? I am only finding either testimonies/biographies or things related to Algeria/resistance. Thanks!
nb: by early I mean 50s-60s
nb: by early I mean 50s-60s
November 20, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Dear #skystorians, could you please guide me towards an *early* French historiography of World War II and the early postwar (1945-1948)? I am only finding either testimonies/biographies or things related to Algeria/resistance. Thanks!
nb: by early I mean 50s-60s
nb: by early I mean 50s-60s
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CfP: Joint Conference of the European Society for the History of Economic Thought (ESHET) and the History of Economics Society (HES)
Université Côte d’Azur, Nice, France / 26-29 May 2026
Submission deadline: 22 December 2025
listserv.yorku.ca/cgi-bin/wa?A...
Université Côte d’Azur, Nice, France / 26-29 May 2026
Submission deadline: 22 December 2025
listserv.yorku.ca/cgi-bin/wa?A...
October 23, 2025 at 3:03 PM
CfP: Joint Conference of the European Society for the History of Economic Thought (ESHET) and the History of Economics Society (HES)
Université Côte d’Azur, Nice, France / 26-29 May 2026
Submission deadline: 22 December 2025
listserv.yorku.ca/cgi-bin/wa?A...
Université Côte d’Azur, Nice, France / 26-29 May 2026
Submission deadline: 22 December 2025
listserv.yorku.ca/cgi-bin/wa?A...
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📣 Call for Papers - Philosophy and Economics Conference on the theme of Paradoxes and Contradictions! All proposals at the intersection of economics & philosophy will be considered. Abstract deadline 31 December 👉https://philoeco2026.sciencesconf.org
8ème colloque international de philosophie économique - Sciencesconf.org
The 8th International Conference in Philosophy and Economics will be held in Nancy at the University of Lorraine on 21-22 May 2026 on the theme of
philoeco2026.sciencesconf.org
November 4, 2025 at 3:06 PM
📣 Call for Papers - Philosophy and Economics Conference on the theme of Paradoxes and Contradictions! All proposals at the intersection of economics & philosophy will be considered. Abstract deadline 31 December 👉https://philoeco2026.sciencesconf.org