Alessandro De Cola @adecola.bsky.social · 01/10/2026🪙 Today my FWF project "Another Side of the Coin" begins at the University of Vienna. Over three years I'll trace how the Maria Theresa thaler, a silver coin still struck long after the empress died, circulated across the Western Indian Ocean (1753–1970), and why it lasted so long. 141
Alessandro De Cola @adecola.bsky.social · 02/10/2025Yesterday I have started my postdoc at the Institut für Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte of @univie.ac.at! Looks like this will be my new everyday view from the office. 080
Alessandro De Cola @adecola.bsky.social · 27/09/2024Carolyn Chisadza giving the final keynote at the17th African Economic History meeting #AEHN 020
Alessandro De Cola @adecola.bsky.social · 26/09/2024The project is a collaboration between timetraveller.voyage and the Arms Beads and Cloth project, recentering African consumerism in Global 19th century History (armsbeadsandcloth.unipv.it), synergically employing qualitative and quantitative methodologies for African Economic History. 000
Alessandro De Cola @adecola.bsky.social · 26/09/2024Karin Pallaver and @laurencoetzee.bsky.social presenting the preliminary results of our project (with Alexander Moradi, Edward Kerby and Hanjo Odendaal) at the 17th AEHN meeting in Rome. "Currency areas in modern precolonial Africa: New insights from traveller accounts" 131
Alessandro De Cola @adecola.bsky.social · 26/09/2024The 17th African Economic History Network meeting starts today with the opening keynote by Prof. Gareth Austin #AEHN in Rome 020
Alessandro De Cola @adecola.bsky.social · 01/05/2024I thought you might find it interesting (and funny) @vandawilcox.bsky.social 110
Alessandro De Cola @adecola.bsky.social · 22/01/2024At the end of this month, I will leave the ISG Department to start a new project at the University of Bologna. It is not a farewell, but a goodbye and see you soon. Meanwhile, I can recommend to apply for this post to anyone who is looking for a friendly, enriching and engaging research environment. 040