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jeremyland.bsky.social
Econ and Biz Historian of the Early Modern World, including but not limited to trade, war, and state capacity. Researcher at Uni Helsinki, Meetings Coordinator of the Econ Hist Assoc, and Exec. Director of @socscihistory.blsky.social. More: jeremyland.org
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Preparing to present to my alma mater, Georgia State University in a few minutes. Will briefly present my first book and discuss what the next one will look like. Nice to be back in Atlanta for a bit.

Fellow social science history folks, you should submit to and attend this conference. It’s going to be a blast. SSHA is going to celebrate its 50th conference in style at the Palmer House in Chicago in November. Come join us!

⏳ Call for Papers – Baltic Connections 2025 🌍📜 📅 May 21–23, 2025 | 📍 Uni. Helsinki 📝 Deadline: Feb. 15 Economic, social & global history, with a focus on the Baltic Sea region & its wider connections. Keynotes: Gregory Clark, Astrid Kander & Mirva Peltoniemi 🔹 Info: www.helsinki.fi/en/conferenc...

A very nice "quatrième de couverture" (forthcoming in approx. May 2025) 📖 ⚓ @degruyterbrill.bsky.social @vubcore.bsky.social

The CFP deadline for the 2025 meeting of the Economic History Association in Philadelphia, 5-7 September is 31 January! Get your proposals in soon! Here’s the link: eh.net/eha-meeting-...

🗓️🚨 Call for Papers: Symposium on Post-Civil-War Societies. Join the CivilWars team at @helsinkiuni.bsky.social in September 2025 for our next event. The symposium will focus on the (comparative) history of "post-civil-war societies". Deadline 10 March. Details: civil-wars.eu/workshops/ #civilwars

Just a reminder, the Economic History Association call for papers deadline is January 31. Find out more here: eh.net/eha-meeting-...

The Cdn Network for Economic History will organize sessions for the 2025 CEA meeting CEA in Montreal May29-31. Anyone wishing to present a paper (English or French) on any topic related to economic history may submit an abstract by Feb 14. More detail economichistory.ca 📉📈🗃📗 #AcademicSky #demography

In a couple of hours, for those of you that are still around!

New Horizons: Workshop for Emerging Scholars in Maritime History. Looking forward to presenting the @prizepapers.bsky.social & my work in Research & PR management on Tuesday, joined by the wonderful @saracaputo.bsky.social thanks to @slopclothes.bsky.social Info maritimeworkshops.com #earlymodern 🗃️

It’s really out in the world! 🗃️ You can get The Craft of Historical Research as an ebook or a paperback from your favorite bookseller. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Today is officially my last day at the University of Gothenburg as a postdoc in Economic History. Tomorrow, with the new year, I return to the University of Helsinki as a university researcher. I did not make this move lightly. I think the Econ history unit at GU is the best in Sweden and…

The Department of Political Science at the University of Oslo is hiring 2-4 tenured associate professors, open to all subfields (details see job ad). It's a fantastic department with smart & friendly colleagues in a modern and green city close to nature. Apply! www.finn.no/job/fulltime...

We are hiring: 4-year post doc position at our department, open to all topics in political science. 75% research and 25% teaching, good salary, great department and colleagues, and a beautiful city. Deadline: February 15 www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Academic position open! Oslo Business School at Oslo Metropolitan University (@oslomet.bsky.social) has a position as Associate Professor in Economics open, application deadline 2 February. More info here: www.oslomet.no/en/work/job-...

🚨Call for Papers: IZA/Leiden University/OECD Workshop “Recent Advances in Labor Economics Using Linked Employer-Employee Data” May 22, 2025 - May 23, 2025, The Hague, The Netherlands Submission Deadline: February 14, 2025 📄Full details here: legacy.iza.org/conference_f...

The CFP for the 2025 SSHA Conference is now live! The 50th (!) conference will be held in Chicago, November 20-23. Check out the details and submit a proposal here: ssha.org/conference/

Anybody have any recommendations for books on early America (broadly defined) published in the last year that I might want to have reviewed by H-Early-America?

Applications invited, Professorship in Economics with focus on Big Data & Large Language Models in Social Data Science, preferably related to econ hist and/or macroeconomics, at the U of Southern Denmark, Odense in cooperation with the Danish Institute for Advanced Study (DIAS). Deadline 17 Feb 2025

Interested in doing research in Global Environmental History and the Environmental Humanities in Germany? I am scouting! Offering an up to 2 year research fellowship with the Humboldt Foundation. Deadline, December 13. www.uni-augsburg.de/de/fakultaet...

The Call for Papers for the 2025 Economic History Association meeting in Philadelphia, 5-7 September 2025, is now live! Find the submission form and other details here: eh.net/eha-annual-m...

I am thrilled to share the cover of my forthcoming book, I Have Avenged America: Jean-Jacques Dessalines and Haiti’s Fight for Freedom (June 2025 @yalepress.bsky.social) The stunning painting is by Haitian-American artist Ulrick Jean-Pierre (ulrickjeanpierre.com) yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...

📢 Final deadline: Nov 22! The Department of Economics, University of Gothenburg, invites applications for an Assistant Professor position in #Environmental-, #Behavioral-, or Public #Economics. Start: Sept 2025. Apply here: econjobmarket.org/positions/10981 #econ #AcademicJobs #econsky

📢 Final deadline: Nov 22! Join the Department of Economics at the University of Gothenburg! We invite applications for an Assistant Professor position in Applied #Microeconomics, with a focus on #Labor or #Development. Start: Sept 2025. econjobmarket.org/positions/10... #econsky #Econ #JobMarket

Thanks to all the new followers! I’m trying to keep up, but I’ll catch up sometime. For now, just know that I appreciate the follow! Welcome to BlueSky!

Coming in May from Routledge and co-edited with Jari Eloranta, Elina Kuorelahti, and Price Fishback, a new handbook on the economic history of war. Check it out here: www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...

We are looking to hire a tenure-track assistant professor in any field in economics. We strive to be an exceptionally supportive place for people to kick off their research careers.* Plus, you'll live in beautiful Sweden ☀️☃️ Please apply before the 15th of November.

We're approaching 100 historians/organisations in the maritime historians starter park 🥳 It's wonderful to see maritime history being so well represented here! If you would like to be added, just let me know below 👇 #MaritimeHistory go.bsky.app/EcGGYJw

Lots of new followers! Thanks all! Here you’ll find news on economic, maritime, early modern, and business history. I also post a ton about various conference like EHA, SSHA, and Baltic Connections among others. Reach out anytime and welcome!

The maritime historians starter pack is coming along nicely – do let me know if you want to be added! #MaritimeHistory 🗃️

📚 Exciting News: My first book, "Colonial Ports, Global Trade, and the Roots of the American Revolution (1700-1776)" published by @degruyterbrill.bsky.social is now open-access! Click here to download your free copy: shorturl.at/KTNz1.

Thanks to the 40+ presenters who made the Demography/Family sessions at SSHA 2024 such a success! I'm co-organizing the Demography/Family sessions again for SSHA 2025 (Chicago, Nov 20-23) — save the date. #SSHA

The 84th Annual Meeting of the Economic History Association begins in a few days in Sacramento. Check out the program here: eh.net/2024-meeting...

So, in total we have now 3 PhD positions open.   18c Political Vocabulary: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...   Computational Methods for History: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...   Presence of Classics: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...   Apply or let interested people know!

Are you a new scholar working on maritime history? Consider applying to the British Commission for Maritime History's New Researchers Conference! Excited to host this at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow on 22-23 March 2024⛵️ See details below! Submit here: forms.gle/NRvgsE4oaP6K...

New here. Looking forward to seeing how it functions. If you want to know more about me, see my page at Jeremyland.org