Volha Charnysh
@vcharnysh.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Political Science at MIT. Book: “Uprooted: How post-WWII Population Transfers Remade Europe.” I write and teach about the historical political economy of migration, conflict, and state building. http://charnysh.net/
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Volha Charnysh
@vcharnysh.bsky.social
· Nov 21
Thrilled to announce the release of Uprooted: How Post-WWII Population Transfers Remade Europe with Cambridge UP 🎉🎉
The book argues that accommodating the displaced population can strengthen states and benefit local economies in the long run.
📚 [Amazon: tinyurl.com/24m2mbkf]
See thread below:
The book argues that accommodating the displaced population can strengthen states and benefit local economies in the long run.
📚 [Amazon: tinyurl.com/24m2mbkf]
See thread below:
Why did poor Southern whites defend slavery, an institution that hurt their economic prospects? In a new Broadstreet post, Michele Rosenberg explains how planter elites used clientelistic relationships and media to capture support. Read here: www.broadstreet.blog/p/identity-p...
Identity Politics: Economic Incentives, Elite Capture, and Collective Memory
by Michele Rosenberg
www.broadstreet.blog
September 30, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Why did poor Southern whites defend slavery, an institution that hurt their economic prospects? In a new Broadstreet post, Michele Rosenberg explains how planter elites used clientelistic relationships and media to capture support. Read here: www.broadstreet.blog/p/identity-p...
Why did Southern whites who didn’t own slaves defend slavery, an institution that hurt their own economic prospects?
In a new Broadstreet post, Michele Rosenberg explains how planter elites relied on clientelistic relationships to capture political support: www.broadstreet.blog/publish/post...
In a new Broadstreet post, Michele Rosenberg explains how planter elites relied on clientelistic relationships to capture political support: www.broadstreet.blog/publish/post...
www.broadstreet.blog
September 29, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Why did Southern whites who didn’t own slaves defend slavery, an institution that hurt their own economic prospects?
In a new Broadstreet post, Michele Rosenberg explains how planter elites relied on clientelistic relationships to capture political support: www.broadstreet.blog/publish/post...
In a new Broadstreet post, Michele Rosenberg explains how planter elites relied on clientelistic relationships to capture political support: www.broadstreet.blog/publish/post...
Looking for rising stars in Historical Political Economy? 🌍📚
Check out this year’s job market candidates: www.broadstreet.blog/p/hpe-candid...
Check out this year’s job market candidates: www.broadstreet.blog/p/hpe-candid...
HPE candidates on the job market
Job market season is here.
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September 22, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Looking for rising stars in Historical Political Economy? 🌍📚
Check out this year’s job market candidates: www.broadstreet.blog/p/hpe-candid...
Check out this year’s job market candidates: www.broadstreet.blog/p/hpe-candid...
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Searching in HPE or related fields? Check out these great students/postdocs on the market!
HPE candidates on the job market
Job market season is here.
www.broadstreet.blog
September 22, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Searching in HPE or related fields? Check out these great students/postdocs on the market!
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Congratulations to the four MIT Political Science faculty members who were included on MIT's summer reading list: Professors Andrea Campbell, @vcharnysh.bsky.social, Fotini Christia and @kathleenthelen.bsky.social!
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June 27, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Congratulations to the four MIT Political Science faculty members who were included on MIT's summer reading list: Professors Andrea Campbell, @vcharnysh.bsky.social, Fotini Christia and @kathleenthelen.bsky.social!
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Interested in “the historical roots of electoral politics” and have a free spot on your Friday afternoon schedule? Come see this fun EPSA panel! Ft. @vcharnysh.bsky.social, @hannohilbig.bsky.social, @rantuna.bsky.social, Jose Maycas-Sardi, @nilsblossey.bsky.social, and Makoto Fukumoto
June 26, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Interested in “the historical roots of electoral politics” and have a free spot on your Friday afternoon schedule? Come see this fun EPSA panel! Ft. @vcharnysh.bsky.social, @hannohilbig.bsky.social, @rantuna.bsky.social, Jose Maycas-Sardi, @nilsblossey.bsky.social, and Makoto Fukumoto
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We have a great lineup of papers for the Junior Workshop in HPE. A limited number of spots are available for scholars interested in attending the workshop. Fill this form if you want to join us next June 25 at UC3M forms.gle/DckGoQDfniTU... @tinepaulsen.bsky.social @franvillamil.bsky.social
June 2, 2025 at 7:44 AM
We have a great lineup of papers for the Junior Workshop in HPE. A limited number of spots are available for scholars interested in attending the workshop. Fill this form if you want to join us next June 25 at UC3M forms.gle/DckGoQDfniTU... @tinepaulsen.bsky.social @franvillamil.bsky.social
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New Broadstreet post by Peng Peng: Narratives of Imperial China as a meritocracy need a corrective. Using data from Qing dynasty she shows exams didn’t just determine who governed—they created a bureaucracy that was culturally & ideologically unified, raising questions about how we study meritocracy
The Myth of Meritocracy: How Exams Helped Build an Empire
By Peng Peng (Washington University in St. Louis)
www.broadstreet.blog
March 31, 2025 at 1:32 PM
New Broadstreet post by Peng Peng: Narratives of Imperial China as a meritocracy need a corrective. Using data from Qing dynasty she shows exams didn’t just determine who governed—they created a bureaucracy that was culturally & ideologically unified, raising questions about how we study meritocracy
Check out this fun new Broadstreet post by @alicirone.bsky.social on trends in crowdsourcing historical data
February 18, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Check out this fun new Broadstreet post by @alicirone.bsky.social on trends in crowdsourcing historical data
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"In this theoretically rich, historically nuanced study of post-WWII population transfers, Charnysh offers evidence that will make liberals swoon: where the receiving state is willing to supply public goods, diversity outperforms homogeneity."
Uprooted by @vcharnysh.bsky.social
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Uprooted by @vcharnysh.bsky.social
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Uprooted
Cambridge Core - Political Economy - Uprooted
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February 7, 2025 at 5:13 PM
"In this theoretically rich, historically nuanced study of post-WWII population transfers, Charnysh offers evidence that will make liberals swoon: where the receiving state is willing to supply public goods, diversity outperforms homogeneity."
Uprooted by @vcharnysh.bsky.social
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Uprooted by @vcharnysh.bsky.social
cup.org/4hskLQi
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Due to high demand, we've moved our event with @efinkel.bsky.social to a larger venue and made more tickets available. Don't miss out, Londoners! 13/2/35, 6pm, full details+registration below. Co-organised by @uclssees.bsky.social and @ukrinstitute.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/ssees/events...
Intent to Destroy: Russia's Two-Hundred-Year Quest to Dominate Ukraine
A SSEES Rethinking Eastern Europe and Eurasia seminar with Prof Eugene Finkel, in conversation with Dr Olesya Khromeychuk. This event is co-organised by the Ukrainian Institute London
www.ucl.ac.uk
January 29, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Due to high demand, we've moved our event with @efinkel.bsky.social to a larger venue and made more tickets available. Don't miss out, Londoners! 13/2/35, 6pm, full details+registration below. Co-organised by @uclssees.bsky.social and @ukrinstitute.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/ssees/events...
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The book isn't going to promote itself, so I will. Here is a New Books Network podcast episode on Intent to Destroy, if you don't have anything better to listen to. Thanks to John Vsetecka for the conversation.
Eugene Finkel, "Intent to Destroy: Russia's Two-Hundred-Year Quest to Dominate Ukraine" (Basic Books, 2024) - New Books Network
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January 29, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The book isn't going to promote itself, so I will. Here is a New Books Network podcast episode on Intent to Destroy, if you don't have anything better to listen to. Thanks to John Vsetecka for the conversation.
An outstanding HPE workshop in a stunning setting—don't miss the chance to apply! Deadline: Feb 28 🔗 shorturl.at/w96jk
January 30, 2025 at 1:03 PM
An outstanding HPE workshop in a stunning setting—don't miss the chance to apply! Deadline: Feb 28 🔗 shorturl.at/w96jk
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Great opportunity!
We are thrilled to issue the call for applications (global.upenn.edu/future-of-us...) for our third fellowship cohort, made possible by generous support from @carnegiecorp.bsky.social and the Henry Luce Foundation. Applications are due February 28.
January 27, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Great opportunity!
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Check out my new paper w Brenton and Emiel. Just out at World Politics: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
January 27, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Check out my new paper w Brenton and Emiel. Just out at World Politics: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
Great opportunity for students working on East Central Europe!
🚨 Two weeks left to apply!🚨
📆 Deadline: Feb 7 2025 @ Midnight PST
💫 Free survey space 💫 & APSA pre-conference for grad students studying East Central Europe -- see call for proposals and full FAQ below. We're excited to receive your submissions!
❓❓❓Questions? Contact us at eepg.workshop@gmail.com
📆 Deadline: Feb 7 2025 @ Midnight PST
💫 Free survey space 💫 & APSA pre-conference for grad students studying East Central Europe -- see call for proposals and full FAQ below. We're excited to receive your submissions!
❓❓❓Questions? Contact us at eepg.workshop@gmail.com
Are you a grad student interested in survey research in East Central Europe but need funding?
🌟🌟 EEPG is excited to announce a time sharing survey & APSA 2025 Pre-Conference for grad students🌟🌟
CFP + FAQs + Application link:
drive.google.com/file/d/1JwW8...
DEADLINE: Feb 7 2025 @ Midnight PST
🌟🌟 EEPG is excited to announce a time sharing survey & APSA 2025 Pre-Conference for grad students🌟🌟
CFP + FAQs + Application link:
drive.google.com/file/d/1JwW8...
DEADLINE: Feb 7 2025 @ Midnight PST
January 27, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Great opportunity for students working on East Central Europe!
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Introducing the Centre for Democratic Resilience - world-leading research and educational programmes to understand and promote the resilience of liberal democracy: ow.ly/1sKl50UL7Wn
January 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Introducing the Centre for Democratic Resilience - world-leading research and educational programmes to understand and promote the resilience of liberal democracy: ow.ly/1sKl50UL7Wn
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Two days until the deadline! Don't forget!
SIOE 2025 CALL FOR PAPERS
Join us in Sydney, at UNSW, from 24-26 of August 2025!
🚨Submission deadline: January 15, 2025
Looking for individual papers or panel submissions. Call for papers / instructions here:
call.sioe.org/call
Questions? Email conference2025@sioe.org
Join us in Sydney, at UNSW, from 24-26 of August 2025!
🚨Submission deadline: January 15, 2025
Looking for individual papers or panel submissions. Call for papers / instructions here:
call.sioe.org/call
Questions? Email conference2025@sioe.org
January 13, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Two days until the deadline! Don't forget!
Big thanks to @javiermejiac.bsky.social for an engaging conversation about my new book, Uprooted: How Post-WWII Population Transfers Remade Europe. 📖✨
Catch our discussion here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQ1lW3EqE8w
📚 Get the book: tinyurl.com/27pwac6v
Catch our discussion here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQ1lW3EqE8w
📚 Get the book: tinyurl.com/27pwac6v
December 22, 2024 at 1:57 PM
Big thanks to @javiermejiac.bsky.social for an engaging conversation about my new book, Uprooted: How Post-WWII Population Transfers Remade Europe. 📖✨
Catch our discussion here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQ1lW3EqE8w
📚 Get the book: tinyurl.com/27pwac6v
Catch our discussion here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQ1lW3EqE8w
📚 Get the book: tinyurl.com/27pwac6v
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🎙️ New #EPHPodcast with @vcharnysh.bsky.social!
We discussed her work on mass displacement: how post-WWII Poland & West Germany turned diversity & ruptured ties into stronger states and thriving local economies.
Plus, idea generation beyond academia.
🎥 Watch: youtu.be/fQ1lW3EqE8w?...
We discussed her work on mass displacement: how post-WWII Poland & West Germany turned diversity & ruptured ties into stronger states and thriving local economies.
Plus, idea generation beyond academia.
🎥 Watch: youtu.be/fQ1lW3EqE8w?...
December 22, 2024 at 1:28 PM
🎙️ New #EPHPodcast with @vcharnysh.bsky.social!
We discussed her work on mass displacement: how post-WWII Poland & West Germany turned diversity & ruptured ties into stronger states and thriving local economies.
Plus, idea generation beyond academia.
🎥 Watch: youtu.be/fQ1lW3EqE8w?...
We discussed her work on mass displacement: how post-WWII Poland & West Germany turned diversity & ruptured ties into stronger states and thriving local economies.
Plus, idea generation beyond academia.
🎥 Watch: youtu.be/fQ1lW3EqE8w?...
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On #InternationalMigrantsDay we highlight the struggles of migrants without legal status.
❗ These people are highly vulnerable to labour exploitation & fundamental #rights abuses.
👉 Understanding the rights of those 'outside the law' is complex.
Read a blogpost by Clare Fox-Ruhs 📌 loom.ly/FTTA-kc
❗ These people are highly vulnerable to labour exploitation & fundamental #rights abuses.
👉 Understanding the rights of those 'outside the law' is complex.
Read a blogpost by Clare Fox-Ruhs 📌 loom.ly/FTTA-kc
December 18, 2024 at 11:29 AM
On #InternationalMigrantsDay we highlight the struggles of migrants without legal status.
❗ These people are highly vulnerable to labour exploitation & fundamental #rights abuses.
👉 Understanding the rights of those 'outside the law' is complex.
Read a blogpost by Clare Fox-Ruhs 📌 loom.ly/FTTA-kc
❗ These people are highly vulnerable to labour exploitation & fundamental #rights abuses.
👉 Understanding the rights of those 'outside the law' is complex.
Read a blogpost by Clare Fox-Ruhs 📌 loom.ly/FTTA-kc
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Call for Papers, it’s free to attend for presenters: Young Scholars Conference 2025
🗓️ May 5-6, 2025 | UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA
📊 Theme: History, Social Science, and Digital Methods for Researching China
📝 Abstract by: Jan. 15, 2025
🔗 Submit here: ow.ly/hpe150UsSee
🚩Details: ow.ly/WmPq50UsSef
🗓️ May 5-6, 2025 | UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA
📊 Theme: History, Social Science, and Digital Methods for Researching China
📝 Abstract by: Jan. 15, 2025
🔗 Submit here: ow.ly/hpe150UsSee
🚩Details: ow.ly/WmPq50UsSef
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December 17, 2024 at 7:54 PM
Call for Papers, it’s free to attend for presenters: Young Scholars Conference 2025
🗓️ May 5-6, 2025 | UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA
📊 Theme: History, Social Science, and Digital Methods for Researching China
📝 Abstract by: Jan. 15, 2025
🔗 Submit here: ow.ly/hpe150UsSee
🚩Details: ow.ly/WmPq50UsSef
🗓️ May 5-6, 2025 | UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA
📊 Theme: History, Social Science, and Digital Methods for Researching China
📝 Abstract by: Jan. 15, 2025
🔗 Submit here: ow.ly/hpe150UsSee
🚩Details: ow.ly/WmPq50UsSef
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The website of my research group Politics of Diversity is online! Scroll and explore our ongoing and completed projects on migration/ethnicity/race, gender/sexuality and intersectionality www.politicsofdiversity.eu
The projects of Politics of Diversity
In the Politics of Diversity group we study real-world questions on political representation and power, struggles for equality, backlash, oppression and policies. We focus on three dimensions of polit...
www.politicsofdiversity.eu
December 16, 2024 at 9:55 AM
The website of my research group Politics of Diversity is online! Scroll and explore our ongoing and completed projects on migration/ethnicity/race, gender/sexuality and intersectionality www.politicsofdiversity.eu
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⚠️ Six-year position at our department - work in lovely Vienna with a friendly team, 2 classes a term, and follow/develop your own research agenda. Feel free to ask me questions you might have. Deadline 24/01/25 jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
University Assistant (postdoc)
University Assistant (postdoc)
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December 16, 2024 at 9:19 AM
⚠️ Six-year position at our department - work in lovely Vienna with a friendly team, 2 classes a term, and follow/develop your own research agenda. Feel free to ask me questions you might have. Deadline 24/01/25 jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...