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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‘When Adam Smith wrote “It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer or the baker that we expect our dinner but from their regard to their own interest,” he omitted any discussion of the unpaid work of his mother (& later his sister) that went into cooking his dinner.’ on.ft.com/4olyOut
What we still get wrong about women’s role in global economics
From the Enlightenment to today’s ‘tradwives’, three books look at the tension between production and reproduction
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November 9, 2025 at 9:12 AM
‘When Adam Smith wrote “It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer or the baker that we expect our dinner but from their regard to their own interest,” he omitted any discussion of the unpaid work of his mother (& later his sister) that went into cooking his dinner.’ on.ft.com/4olyOut
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Œconomia launches a new type of publication: Data & Quantitative Methods in the History/Philosophy of Economics
The goal: give space to reflections often sidelined in traditional articles where transparency & discussion of methods get cut for “results.”
journals.openedition.org/oeconomia/19...
The goal: give space to reflections often sidelined in traditional articles where transparency & discussion of methods get cut for “results.”
journals.openedition.org/oeconomia/19...
Quantitative Methods and Data in the History, Philosophy, and Metho...
Œconomia – History / Methodology / Philosophy invites submission of articles that present, discuss, or make innovative use of data and quantitative methods in the study of the history, philosophy, ...
journals.openedition.org
October 27, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Œconomia launches a new type of publication: Data & Quantitative Methods in the History/Philosophy of Economics
The goal: give space to reflections often sidelined in traditional articles where transparency & discussion of methods get cut for “results.”
journals.openedition.org/oeconomia/19...
The goal: give space to reflections often sidelined in traditional articles where transparency & discussion of methods get cut for “results.”
journals.openedition.org/oeconomia/19...
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🚨We’re hiring a Junior Research Fellow in Economic History (Sept 2026–Aug 2029) at Wadham College, University of Oxford. It’s a genuinely supportive place to work. Happy to answer any questions. Spread the word!
www.wadham.ox.ac.uk/about/the-da...
www.wadham.ox.ac.uk/about/the-da...
The David Richards Junior Research Fellowship in Economic History
Wadham College invites applications for a fixed-term Junior Research Fellowship in Economic History, named the David Richards Fellowship, September 2026 – August 2029.
www.wadham.ox.ac.uk
October 29, 2025 at 11:43 AM
🚨We’re hiring a Junior Research Fellow in Economic History (Sept 2026–Aug 2029) at Wadham College, University of Oxford. It’s a genuinely supportive place to work. Happy to answer any questions. Spread the word!
www.wadham.ox.ac.uk/about/the-da...
www.wadham.ox.ac.uk/about/the-da...
Story of the Census www.ons.gov.uk/visualisatio...
October 29, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Story of the Census www.ons.gov.uk/visualisatio...
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Article: History as Pedagogy and Weapon: The Origin of Doctrinal Histories of Economic Thought in Britain, by Ryan Walter
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October 20, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Article: History as Pedagogy and Weapon: The Origin of Doctrinal Histories of Economic Thought in Britain, by Ryan Walter
rhetm.org/article/id/1...
rhetm.org/article/id/1...
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Je recommande vivement la visite de l’exposition Otobong Nkanga au Musée d’art moderne de Paris : c’est beau *et* ça parle d’extractivisme minier en contexte post(colonial)
October 25, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Je recommande vivement la visite de l’exposition Otobong Nkanga au Musée d’art moderne de Paris : c’est beau *et* ça parle d’extractivisme minier en contexte post(colonial)
Class activity tomorrow 🥳
@lseechist.bsky.social
@lseechist.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Class activity tomorrow 🥳
@lseechist.bsky.social
@lseechist.bsky.social
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The Joint Center is pleased to announce its Online Seminar Series. On 21 Nov at 12 EST @malickghachem.bsky.social will be speaking at the Harvard Center on "Bubble Colony: Saint-Domingue and the Debt of France." Click for abstract, room details & Zoom link.
MALICK GHACHEM
Bubble Colony: Saint-Domingue and the Debt of France
histecon.fas.harvard.edu
October 16, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The Joint Center is pleased to announce its Online Seminar Series. On 21 Nov at 12 EST @malickghachem.bsky.social will be speaking at the Harvard Center on "Bubble Colony: Saint-Domingue and the Debt of France." Click for abstract, room details & Zoom link.
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This photo accompanying a news story about the heist at the Louvre is perfection.
October 19, 2025 at 9:56 PM
This photo accompanying a news story about the heist at the Louvre is perfection.
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as someone who engages in both growth theory and economic history i'm happy to see both fields celebrated by this year's Nobel, but because i also dabble in history of economic thought i think it should be noted that the decision to pool them together may not be as natural as it seems.
October 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
as someone who engages in both growth theory and economic history i'm happy to see both fields celebrated by this year's Nobel, but because i also dabble in history of economic thought i think it should be noted that the decision to pool them together may not be as natural as it seems.
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My review of Mélanie Plouviez’s L'injustice en héritage is now online in @frenchhistory.bsky.social: academic.oup.com/fh/advance-a...
@edladecouverte.bsky.social
@edladecouverte.bsky.social
L’injustice en héritage
Paris, 2 April 1791: Honoré-Gabriel Riqueti de Mirabeau is on his deathbed. In his final act of faith, he entrusts Talleyrand with his final speech, which
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July 26, 2025 at 7:07 AM
My review of Mélanie Plouviez’s L'injustice en héritage is now online in @frenchhistory.bsky.social: academic.oup.com/fh/advance-a...
@edladecouverte.bsky.social
@edladecouverte.bsky.social
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1/n Last week, the History of Economics community received the sad news that Malcom Rutherford has passed (see Margaret Schabas's announcement below)
A specialist of the history of institutionalism and the interwar period at large, every historian has been influence to some degree by his work
A specialist of the history of institutionalism and the interwar period at large, every historian has been influence to some degree by his work
October 3, 2025 at 3:31 PM
1/n Last week, the History of Economics community received the sad news that Malcom Rutherford has passed (see Margaret Schabas's announcement below)
A specialist of the history of institutionalism and the interwar period at large, every historian has been influence to some degree by his work
A specialist of the history of institutionalism and the interwar period at large, every historian has been influence to some degree by his work
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The department of Economic History at LSE is hiring! Assistant Prof. (all fields and period). Deadline for application 4 November 2025! @lseechist.bsky.social
For more info ➡️ jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
For more info ➡️ jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
Assistant Professor in Economic History
Assistant Professor in Economic History,
,
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jobs.lse.ac.uk
October 6, 2025 at 9:03 AM
The department of Economic History at LSE is hiring! Assistant Prof. (all fields and period). Deadline for application 4 November 2025! @lseechist.bsky.social
For more info ➡️ jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
For more info ➡️ jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
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I think I’m done now
October 16, 2025 at 11:38 AM
I think I’m done now
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🧵 Join the Portico Library as we mark the 80th anniversary of the October 1945 Pan-African Congress in Manchester, a landmark gathering that reshaped the global fight for Black liberation and independence...
October 16, 2025 at 11:15 AM
🧵 Join the Portico Library as we mark the 80th anniversary of the October 1945 Pan-African Congress in Manchester, a landmark gathering that reshaped the global fight for Black liberation and independence...
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What does a Nobel Prize on ‘innovation-driven economic growth’ actually reward?
A historian’s perspective on how to deal with the Nobel frenzy
beatricecherrier.wordpress.com/2025/10/13/w...
A historian’s perspective on how to deal with the Nobel frenzy
beatricecherrier.wordpress.com/2025/10/13/w...
October 14, 2025 at 12:00 AM
What does a Nobel Prize on ‘innovation-driven economic growth’ actually reward?
A historian’s perspective on how to deal with the Nobel frenzy
beatricecherrier.wordpress.com/2025/10/13/w...
A historian’s perspective on how to deal with the Nobel frenzy
beatricecherrier.wordpress.com/2025/10/13/w...
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For reasons, it would be v. helpful to have information from a broad range of academic and non-academic (incl. GLAM) users of the BBC Written Archives OTHER THAN historians, briefly on: 1) What you've used it for and 2) How the proposed changes would impact on your research.
Reposts welcomed.
Reposts welcomed.
Historians dismayed by ‘scandal’ of BBC cutting access to...
Critics say new limit to trove of information sounds knell for independent research
observer.co.uk
October 14, 2025 at 9:09 AM
For reasons, it would be v. helpful to have information from a broad range of academic and non-academic (incl. GLAM) users of the BBC Written Archives OTHER THAN historians, briefly on: 1) What you've used it for and 2) How the proposed changes would impact on your research.
Reposts welcomed.
Reposts welcomed.
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This PhD on a reparatory history of the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, exploring the legacies of empire is open for applications. It features a great supervisory team (moi, Kerry Pimblott, and Sadia Habib) and fabulous public history opportunities. Please share.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
[HUMS Bicentenary PhD] A reparatory history of the Manchester Royal Exchange in collaboration with the Royal Exchange Theatre at The University of Manchester on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - [HUMS Bicentenary PhD] A reparatory history of the Manchester Royal Exchange in collaboration with the Royal Exchange Theatre at The University of Manchester, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
October 13, 2025 at 9:55 AM
This PhD on a reparatory history of the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, exploring the legacies of empire is open for applications. It features a great supervisory team (moi, Kerry Pimblott, and Sadia Habib) and fabulous public history opportunities. Please share.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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October’s ODNB update has four new articles on historic figures in Britain of African or part-African descent, including Yorke, Lecesne, Lewis, and Durham. Plus a survey of the sitters in the painting of the 1840 Anti-Slavery Convention.
Read the stories on #ODNB: oxford.ly/46VduWJ
Read the stories on #ODNB: oxford.ly/46VduWJ
October 13, 2025 at 10:00 AM
October’s ODNB update has four new articles on historic figures in Britain of African or part-African descent, including Yorke, Lecesne, Lewis, and Durham. Plus a survey of the sitters in the painting of the 1840 Anti-Slavery Convention.
Read the stories on #ODNB: oxford.ly/46VduWJ
Read the stories on #ODNB: oxford.ly/46VduWJ
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That's like four economics awards in a row with a substantial economic-history component, right? That strikes me as a remarkable shift. www.nobelprize.org/prizes/lists...
October 13, 2025 at 10:02 AM
That's like four economics awards in a row with a substantial economic-history component, right? That strikes me as a remarkable shift. www.nobelprize.org/prizes/lists...
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🖥 We have a number of online research training courses starting in October.
Visit the IHR website to register and find detailed information on each course: www.history.ac.uk/study-traini...
Visit the IHR website to register and find detailed information on each course: www.history.ac.uk/study-traini...
October 3, 2025 at 10:42 AM
🖥 We have a number of online research training courses starting in October.
Visit the IHR website to register and find detailed information on each course: www.history.ac.uk/study-traini...
Visit the IHR website to register and find detailed information on each course: www.history.ac.uk/study-traini...
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The Leibniz Center for Science and Society (LCSS) at @unihannover.bsky.social invites international researchers in science studies & higher educ research to apply for the fellowship program “Disruptions in Science and Society” (research stays: 1–18 months).
www.lcss.uni-hannover.de/en/fellowshi...
www.lcss.uni-hannover.de/en/fellowshi...
October 8, 2025 at 8:58 AM
The Leibniz Center for Science and Society (LCSS) at @unihannover.bsky.social invites international researchers in science studies & higher educ research to apply for the fellowship program “Disruptions in Science and Society” (research stays: 1–18 months).
www.lcss.uni-hannover.de/en/fellowshi...
www.lcss.uni-hannover.de/en/fellowshi...
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After some passive resistance (was it?), @cescoeco.bsky.social has finally joined Bluesky 😱
A great addition to the @rehpere.bsky.social team and a nice account to follow for those interested in the history of economics, as well as quantification and computer history! 🎆
A great addition to the @rehpere.bsky.social team and a nice account to follow for those interested in the history of economics, as well as quantification and computer history! 🎆
October 8, 2025 at 1:52 PM
After some passive resistance (was it?), @cescoeco.bsky.social has finally joined Bluesky 😱
A great addition to the @rehpere.bsky.social team and a nice account to follow for those interested in the history of economics, as well as quantification and computer history! 🎆
A great addition to the @rehpere.bsky.social team and a nice account to follow for those interested in the history of economics, as well as quantification and computer history! 🎆
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I am eventually going to take up @undercoverhist.bsky.social s idea of doing a podcast episode on how to write good reviewer reports. SO I need your help, send me 3 things every reviewer report needs AND/OR the worst reviewer report who have ever received (provide example and reasoning) 🙏
October 8, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I am eventually going to take up @undercoverhist.bsky.social s idea of doing a podcast episode on how to write good reviewer reports. SO I need your help, send me 3 things every reviewer report needs AND/OR the worst reviewer report who have ever received (provide example and reasoning) 🙏
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"Dorfman’s intellectual style is based on deep & painstaking mastery of theoretical fundamentals, leading to clear intuitive grasp of analytical questions" (AEA, 1982)
Cool bio of R Dorfman, linear programmer turned environmental Econ, by @juliengradoz.bsky.social
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Cool bio of R Dorfman, linear programmer turned environmental Econ, by @juliengradoz.bsky.social
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
October 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
"Dorfman’s intellectual style is based on deep & painstaking mastery of theoretical fundamentals, leading to clear intuitive grasp of analytical questions" (AEA, 1982)
Cool bio of R Dorfman, linear programmer turned environmental Econ, by @juliengradoz.bsky.social
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Cool bio of R Dorfman, linear programmer turned environmental Econ, by @juliengradoz.bsky.social
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....