New paper: before the Counter-Reformation, Catholic and Protestant cities had comparable numbers of scientists per capita.
Afterwards, Catholic cities experienced a persistent relative decline.
Counter-Reformation's search for heresy was a negative shock to science.

Dominant export nations come and go - maybe the really interesting thing is the secular increase of the other nations' export share - particularly in the period between pre-WWI and post-WWII...

This image breaks my heart. As I zoomed in on the picture, I scanned every corner of the streets of my homeland, Iran. A woman in a blue shirt, her hair flowing freely, was being dragged by two morality police officers for the crime of walking unveiled. I noticed as a mother…

Nice being out in the sunshine reading this book. We are loving it Dr Victoria Bateman. Would have been very useful to have read before a number of our podcasts, such as our inequality one but we can certainly give it a shout-out in our next one, which will be about Engels.

“Hey lady, how come you’re prostituting yourself in the streets by removing your hijab”
This video that I received from the city of Kashan sheds light on the daily challenges Iranian women face from harassers. In the 21st century, #WalkingUnveiled should not be a crime, yet the…

Can Big Data Reveal the Origins of Purdah?

Using ‘Google Arts & Culture’, I have analysed thousands of museum exhibits, to trace South Asia’s cultural evolution over five millennia.

What did I learn?

ggd.world/p/can-big-data… cc Alex Tabarrok 🛡️ Shruti Rajagopalan Arpit Gupta

I wonder if tradwives think you have to subscribe to damaging and bankrupt gendered ideologies to enjoy the earnest delights of making a home look cute and preparing good food. You don’t! These are my main hobbies! I promise that anyone of any gender and politics can do the same

'Today's decision to reimpose a law from when #Arizona wasn't a state, the Civil War was raging, and women couldn't even vote will go down in history as a stain on our state” Kris Mayes #MyBodyMyChoice

Congratulations to Marie Audemard on her new book #BraWars published by PeterLangOxford. Bold and engaging, it is a well-researched look at how clothes can simultaneously reveal and conceal: peterlang.com/document/13260… #PersonalisPolitical

Check out Campop's new website economiespast.org containing over 160 million items of data collected by Leigh Shaw-Taylor's team CAMPOP Cambridge History Cambridge University, launching at #EHS2024 this weekend

Very glad to see Leigh Shaw-Taylor’s team getting national recognition for their extraordinary work transforming our understanding of the industrial revolution. Now political and cultural historians need to think through the implications. theguardian.com/education/2024…

The giant threat lurking behind Florida's November abortion vote.

'If the pro-choice amendment fails this fall, the Florida Supreme Court remains ready to grant fetuses & embryos a constitutional right to life...'

From Mark Joseph Stern: slate.com/news-and-polit…

cannot believe that i’ve received all those - it’s so real now!

my first book is out❤️
thank you so much Laurel Plapp for your amazing work 🥰

#GenderStudies #Feminism #FrenchStudies

Women’s bodies are one of the biggest battlegrounds we face today and it is the #CultofFemaleModesty that leads the charge. We cannot tackle women’s lack of bodily autonomy, or the broader problem of gender inequality, without breaking it. #NakedFeminism 📕

Just finished the introduction and it's really got us excited about reading Dr Victoria Bateman's book, especially after seeing her recent lecture for the ERC. Quite surprised about this data as well given the interdisciplinary nature of some of the most famous economists!

Explore over 200 of the famous Brian Harrison interviews with suffrage activists and associates. #WomensHistoryMonth
lse.ac.uk/library/collec…

#OTD 2023: My interview with Daily Mail Online on the topic of #NakedFeminism dailymail.co.uk/video/news/vid… - a pleasure working with Jenny Johnston & the fabulous creative team.

How did the fenlanders of the Bronze Age live their lives? ⚒️

New Cambridge Archaeology and Cambridge Archaeological Unit research has revealed in unprecedented detail the domestic lives of England’s prehistoric Fen folk.

Discover more about the site described as “Britain’s Pompeii” 👇

Rigorous knowledge of historical episodes & data cannot guarantee the avoidance of economic policy failure, but careful weighing of the past allows us to confront whatever comes along - Jagjit S. Chadha remembers the great economic historian #NicholasCrafts niesr.ac.uk/wp-content/upl…

Dr Victoria Bateman Dr Victoria Bateman, from Royal Historical Society, The RSA and @bbcradio4 explores the origin of democracy in the home and how young people were equipped to question. To see the full webinar, please click here. ercouncil.org/2024/how-women… #Economics #EconHist #WomenInEcon