Inkybrain.bsky.social
@inkybrain.bsky.social
Historian of financial capitalism in France. Enthusiast of movies, music, and cooking. Visiting Scholar and Lecturer at @tufts.edu
Italian unification as international model (Clark, 2012)
November 19, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Italian unification as international model (Clark, 2012)
Good to know that Quesnay's Tableau économique has been giving people fits since the beginning (Charles and Théré, 2019)
November 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Good to know that Quesnay's Tableau économique has been giving people fits since the beginning (Charles and Théré, 2019)
Maggie Smith's character in Gosford Park was based on Julian Fellowes' Aunt Isie (Grayzel, 2002)
October 29, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Maggie Smith's character in Gosford Park was based on Julian Fellowes' Aunt Isie (Grayzel, 2002)
Probably good they included the parentheses there (Grayzel, 2002)
October 28, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Probably good they included the parentheses there (Grayzel, 2002)
Finally finished. Extraordinary! For as formally challenging as it is (and it is very challenging), Ulysses is also full of human experience and emotion. Exceeds its reputation. I’ll read it again some day
October 26, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Finally finished. Extraordinary! For as formally challenging as it is (and it is very challenging), Ulysses is also full of human experience and emotion. Exceeds its reputation. I’ll read it again some day
Vera Brittain, taking a break from the grim duties of nursing in World War I by indulging in the oh-so-gentle, soothing pleasures of August Strindberg. Gotta admire the determination here
October 7, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Vera Brittain, taking a break from the grim duties of nursing in World War I by indulging in the oh-so-gentle, soothing pleasures of August Strindberg. Gotta admire the determination here
Yeah, he's a fun one. There's a great statue of him at the Parmentier metro stop in Paris
October 3, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Yeah, he's a fun one. There's a great statue of him at the Parmentier metro stop in Paris
What can I say, sometimes you just gotta revisit the classics
October 3, 2025 at 3:57 PM
What can I say, sometimes you just gotta revisit the classics
The Maison du Roi, literally talking turkey in 1785
October 1, 2025 at 8:01 PM
The Maison du Roi, literally talking turkey in 1785
Adventures in class prep, a continuing series
September 30, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Adventures in class prep, a continuing series
ZING! I'm here all night, folks
September 23, 2025 at 9:57 PM
ZING! I'm here all night, folks
Edmund Burke if he got kicked in the head by a horse
From Isaac Chotiner's interview with Cass Sunstein (www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...)
From Isaac Chotiner's interview with Cass Sunstein (www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...)
September 23, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Edmund Burke if he got kicked in the head by a horse
From Isaac Chotiner's interview with Cass Sunstein (www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...)
From Isaac Chotiner's interview with Cass Sunstein (www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...)
Jackpot at the used bookstore
September 21, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Jackpot at the used bookstore
Some sections of the Ottoman army were so poorly equipped in World War I that they sometimes had to go barefoot (Leila Tarazi Fawaz, 2014)
September 18, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Some sections of the Ottoman army were so poorly equipped in World War I that they sometimes had to go barefoot (Leila Tarazi Fawaz, 2014)
Vaine pâture (a form of common grazing rights, more or less) only abolished in France beginning in 1889, according to Wallerstein (Wallerstein, 2011)
August 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Vaine pâture (a form of common grazing rights, more or less) only abolished in France beginning in 1889, according to Wallerstein (Wallerstein, 2011)
Sweden taking the “disposable razor” approach and just adding a fourth estate (Wallerstein, 2011)
August 18, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Sweden taking the “disposable razor” approach and just adding a fourth estate (Wallerstein, 2011)
Heathrow doesn't allow you to take catapults in your carry-on, but they don't say anything about trebuchets. Loophole!
August 12, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Heathrow doesn't allow you to take catapults in your carry-on, but they don't say anything about trebuchets. Loophole!
Dutch dominance over maritime commerce during the Golden Age was pretty bonkers (Wallerstein, 2011)
August 7, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Dutch dominance over maritime commerce during the Golden Age was pretty bonkers (Wallerstein, 2011)
Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe: the starry firmament above me and the
August 5, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe: the starry firmament above me and the
“Anderson’s subsequent and somewhat detailed analysis.” Immanuel Wallerstein, you scamp (Wallerstein, 1980/2011)
August 1, 2025 at 12:52 PM
“Anderson’s subsequent and somewhat detailed analysis.” Immanuel Wallerstein, you scamp (Wallerstein, 1980/2011)
Real Brotherhood of the Wolf hours over here:
July 24, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Real Brotherhood of the Wolf hours over here:
Something really great about the phrase "non-cricket writing"
July 2, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Something really great about the phrase "non-cricket writing"
Ah the joys of editing
June 18, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Ah the joys of editing
When the off licence has a big fuzzy orange cat that likes chin scritches
June 15, 2025 at 1:38 PM
When the off licence has a big fuzzy orange cat that likes chin scritches
“Understand that we did not come from so far away to hear ourselves called citizens.” Local political imaginaries of the Counter-Revolution (Cobb, 1972)
June 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
“Understand that we did not come from so far away to hear ourselves called citizens.” Local political imaginaries of the Counter-Revolution (Cobb, 1972)