Amílcar E. Challú @amilcarchallu.bsky.social · 03/09/2026I feel a lot of gratitude that I got to know and learn from the great Jeff Williamson. Unparalleled intellect and such a warm and generous mentor. 000
Reposted by Amílcar E. ChallúHayden L. Nelson 🌲🐺🦫🔥🪵 @haydenlnelson.bsky.social · 06/04/2026I’ll be giving a virtual talk on “The Midwestern Roots of Forestry: Industrialization, Indigenous Lands, and the Environment, 1867-1933” on April 22 from 12:00pm-1:15pm (eastern) for the Grey Towers Heritage Association. For more info and to register:greytowers.orgEvents & Programs – Grey Towers Heritage Association 2104
Amílcar E. Challú @amilcarchallu.bsky.social · 23/02/2026I wrote this blog post after spending the last couple of days with the staff of the Wyandotte Nation Cultural Division. History is a pursuit of knowledge, but history vibe when it helps rekindle the love for people, place and the world. blogs.bgsu.edu/achallu/2026... 020
Amílcar E. Challú @amilcarchallu.bsky.social · 17/01/2026#envhist and environmental humanities folk near Lake Erie, this event may be of interest to you! Wyandotte storytellers will narrate their stories inspired in their ancestral homelands in northern Ohio. Sat. Feb. 21st, 2–3pm in Wintergarden Woods Nature Preserve, Bowling Green, Ohio. 073
Reposted by Amílcar E. ChallúDr Gul Sen @guel-sen.bsky.social · 17/01/2026Discovery of a shipwreck in Denmark 👇 arstechnica.com/science/2026... #MaritimeHistory #Shipwreckarstechnica.comArchaeologists find a supersized medieval shipwreck in DenmarkThe sunken ship reveals that the medieval European economy was growing fast. 1148
Amílcar E. Challú @amilcarchallu.bsky.social · 02/11/2025Having a blast in this talk by Remington Schneider, Alliance for Tribal Clean Energy, about traditional ecological and economic knowledge. Part of our programming centered on Braiding Sweetgras at BGSU. www.bgsu.edu/the-arts/in-... 010
Amílcar E. Challú @amilcarchallu.bsky.social · 28/10/2025Día de Muertos is coming and we have a beautiful tradition on campus to make altars in different buildings. Here’s Theater’s. We’ll make ours in history on Thursday. 010
Amílcar E. Challú @amilcarchallu.bsky.social · 15/10/2025We have some fantastic programming leading to Robin Kimmerer’s visit to campus in spring. My colleagues in the water center are leading the next seminar. Some #envhist coming down the road too. 041
Amílcar E. Challú @amilcarchallu.bsky.social · 13/10/2025Question for #envhist and humanities peeps: I’m working on an outreach plan supporting a wetland restoration project. Does anybody have recommendations of authors or projects using history to increase public awareness on restoration projects? 3612
Reposted by Amílcar E. ChallúGuido Alfani @guidoalfani.bsky.social · 03/10/2025Next Monday (Oct 6) the two-days conference "Inequality & History" will begin, hosted by @dondenacentre.bsky.social at Bocconi University (Milan). Join us to explore & debate inequality across history, from Classical Antiquity until today! Remote attendance possible; QR code in the program below👇 1178
Amílcar E. Challú @amilcarchallu.bsky.social · 07/08/2025Great loss in #Econhist. We were just talking about Temin with some colleagues in #wehc2025. He was a regular in the Boston-area Econ hist workshop and always insightful. news.mit.edu/2025/profess...news.mit.eduProfessor Emeritus Peter Temin, influential and prolific economic historian, dies at 87MIT Professor Emeritus Peter Temin, a highly influential and prolific economic historian, has died at 87. The longtime MIT scholar and former department head used the tools of economics to shed new li... 000
Amílcar E. Challú @amilcarchallu.bsky.social · 15/05/2025So happy to be part of this initiative. I piloted the new History in the Age of AI course this past spring, focusing on text recognition models (and more broadly on AI literacy). It was a very rewarding experience. www.statenews.org/section/the-...statenews.orgBowling Green plans to offer a new major next school year: AI + XA new major at Bowling Green State is hoping to teach students how to make artificial intelligence – and how to use it responsibly. 100
Amílcar E. Challú @amilcarchallu.bsky.social · 15/05/2025Last year Matt Emberg developed a board game about the conquest of Tenochtitlan. Today we got to play the finalized version. I loved the process of helping Matt design the game and now seeing the outcome. Another reason why I love my job. 010
Amílcar E. Challú @amilcarchallu.bsky.social · 03/05/2025I bumped into the Lorax in our park’s native plants sale. 020
Amílcar E. Challú @amilcarchallu.bsky.social · 24/04/2025So happy to share this byline with John Coatsworth. revista.drclas.harvard.edu/the-history-...revista.drclas.harvard.eduThe History of InequalityFor the last few decades, a strong consensus has held that Latin America is not only the most economically unequal region in the world, but also one where inequality has become structurally entrenched... 011
Amílcar E. Challú @amilcarchallu.bsky.social · 06/04/2025This explains it all. theonion.com/trump-calmly...theonion.comTrump Calmly Reminds Nation That Desire The Root Of All SufferingWASHINGTON—Seeking to reassure the public after his latest tariffs sent both U.S. and international markets into free fall, President Donald Trump calmly reminded the nation Thursday that desire is th... 000
Reposted by Amílcar E. ChallúCEPH @cephie.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Last month, Prof. Jane Humphries (@ox.ac.uk) delivered the Alice Murray Distinguished Scholar Lecture titled "Caring About Care: The Economic History of Caring Labour" The lecture is available here, but we'd like to highlight some of the research that supported it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BoY...youtube.com"Caring About Care", Jane Humphries, 27.02.2025YouTube video by CEPH 182
Reposted by Amílcar E. ChallúDave Sayers @davesayers.eurosky.social · 29/03/2025If you want to prevent use of AI in student assignments, try this method of mine. It works really nicely. In the process, it also gives students transparent tools to prove they did their own work (to me and to future employers). www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/simpl...timeshighereducation.comA simple hack to ChatGPT-proof assignments using Google DriveWhat if there was a way to maintain the essay in all its three constituent parts – reading, thinking, writing – in the age of ChatGPT? Dave Sayers thinks he has an answer 2208
Reposted by Amílcar E. ChallúNiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 29/03/2025ICYMI "This is the story of the Wyandot’s resilience—their ability to endure and adapt during an intense period of adversity and extreme weather events—in an unfamiliar land." - Mckelvey Kelly niche-canada.org/2025/03/27/s... #wyandot #indigenous #indigenoushistory #envhistniche-canada.orgStorms, Strength, and Survival: Wyandot Adaptations on the Kansas PrairiesThe Wyandot endured forced removal, disease, and extreme weather in 1843, but demonstrated resilience, rebuilding their community in Kansas City. 097
Amílcar E. Challú @amilcarchallu.bsky.social · 24/03/2025And on the other side of the spectrum, this great note about the commemoration of March 24 (the last military coup in Argentina) brings the focus to the deep damage of state-sponsored terrorism, transcending the discussion on the number of victims. lavanguardiadigital.com.ar/index.php/20...lavanguardiadigital.com.ar24 de marzo: en torno al número de víctimas de la dictadura y los desafíos actuales de la democracia - La VanguardiaA casi medio siglo de distancia, la polémica en torno al número de víctimas de la dictadura se repite una vez más. El historiador Roy Hora propone trascender esta discusión para ponderar la gravedad d... 000
Amílcar E. Challú @amilcarchallu.bsky.social · 24/03/2025Interesting forum about assessing forty years of democracy in Latin America. journals.iai.spk-berlin.de/index.php/ib...journals.iai.spk-berlin.de A 40 años de la Tercera Ola de Democratización: trayectorias democráticas en América Latina | IBEROAMERICANA. América Latina - España - Portugal 010
Reposted by Amílcar E. ChallúNiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 22/03/2025#WorldWaterDay Read @danielmacfarlane.bsky.social on the historical cooperation of the US and Canada on actions related to Great Lakes water quality. niche-canada.org/2023/08/21/n... #envhist #greatlakes #waterhistoryniche-canada.orgNatural Allies: Great Lakes Water QualityIn response to Great Lakes pollution, Canada and the US created the Boundary Waters Treaty and International Joint Commission. 0188
Reposted by Amílcar E. ChallúLeticia Arroyo Abad @larroyoabad.bsky.social · 24/03/2025New post on Broadstreet by yours truly! Check it out. #econhistory #peru #laborcoercion open.substack.com/pub/alexandr...open.substack.comThe arm of history is long, but not always strong: The effects of labor coercion in colonial and postcolonial PeruOur project on the effects of forced labor in colonial Peru began years ago, when I, Leticia, was still a graduate student. 072
Amílcar E. Challú @amilcarchallu.bsky.social · 16/03/2025BGSU's Center for Archival Collections offers 3 short travel grants to use their collections. It's the repository of local government docs in NW #Ohio, and also has fascinating collections relevant to the #envhist and #econhist of the #GreatLakes region. More info: www.bgsu.edu/library/cac/... 030
Amílcar E. Challú @amilcarchallu.bsky.social · 11/02/2025 @colinwoodard.bsky.social’s work on American regionalism has implications on the #econhist of persistence à la Acemoglu-Robinson. Woodard’s work has created very interesting questions about regional inequalities in public health. 010
Amílcar E. Challú @amilcarchallu.bsky.social · 11/02/2025A luxury for our history majors to meet @colinwoodard.bsky.social. “Desperately we need people who can bring everything together. That’s the historian.”colinwoodard.bsky.socialColin Woodard (@colinwoodard.bsky.social)Director, Nationhood Lab, @PellCenter.bsky.social - Salve Regina University. Author, American Nations, American Character, Union, Republic of Pirates, and others. www.colinwoodard.com and www.nationho... 121
Amílcar E. Challú @amilcarchallu.bsky.social · 06/02/2025So much looking forward to reading Richard Salvucci’s new book! 010
Reposted by Amílcar E. ChallúJohan Fourie @johanfourieza.bsky.social · 26/01/2025Econ history community! Please join us in South Africa in May to discuss disseminating economic history to a broad audience. Brad DeLong will deliver the keynote address. We'll also cover accommodation in Stellenbosch in autumn, the best time of year to visit. 188
Reposted by Amílcar E. ChallúVoxDev @voxdev.bsky.social · 20/12/2024🆕 How colonial segregation policies impact land values in Mexico today Today's article by Luis Baldomero-Quintana @global-wm.bsky.social, Guillermo Woo-Mora @pse.bsky.social & @enriquedlrosa.bsky.social King's College London ⤵️ voxdev.org/topic/instit...voxdev.orgHow colonial segregation policies impact land values in Mexico todayColonial segregation policies in Mexico City entrenched divisions between Spaniards and indigenous communities, shaping modern economic inequalities because of weak property rights, unequal provision ... 02012
Reposted by Amílcar E. Challúkottke.org @kottke.org · 07/12/2024A fantastic interactive feature about the newly restored Notre-Dame cathedral. “Each day we have 20 difficulties. But it’s different when you work on a building that has a soul. Beauty makes everything easier.” [nytimes.com]nytimes.comNotre-Dame Reopens in Paris After a Fire. It’s Astonishing.Five years after a fire nearly felled the cathedral that has dazzled visitors for almost 900 years, the heart of Paris beats anew. 28623
Reposted by Amílcar E. ChallúLou Roper @roperlou.bsky.social · 15/10/2024Now that @bsky.app have pinned tweets, high time for self-promotion of book that came out earlier this year w/Elodie Peyrol, Agnes Delahaye, and Bertrand Van Ruymbeke from @manchesterup.bsky.social : manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526167330/manchesteruniversitypress.co.ukManchester University Press - Agents of European overseas empiresAgents of European overseas empires - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of Agents of European overseas empires by Elodie Peyrol-Kleiber 58326
Amílcar E. Challú @amilcarchallu.bsky.social · 09/10/2024Thursday 10/10 at 4pm EST I'll be on Falcon Radio to listen to Argentine music from the 1970s, 1980s and beyond. Host Tate Baughman will throw stuff and me and I react with historical commentary. If you want to tune in, it's on bgfalconmedia.com/falcon-radio...bgfalconmedia.comFalcon RadioFalcon Radio is BG Falcon Media’s streaming-only radio station, broadcasting 24/7 out of the Falcon Radio Studio in the Michael & Sara Kuhlin Center. You can listen by clicking on the player at the to... 010
Amílcar E. Challú @amilcarchallu.bsky.social · 26/05/2024Any reading recommendations about walking and walkability in urban #envhist? 000
Amílcar E. Challú @amilcarchallu.bsky.social · 09/05/2024Proud to be in the organizing committee of the Ohio Latin Americanist Conference, October 3-4, 2024. We are accepting paper and panels proposals. Great featured events and atmosphere to share research. Learn more at scholarworks.bgsu.edu/olac/scholarworks.bgsu.edu Ohio Latin Americanist Conference | Bowling Green State University 000
Amílcar E. Challú @amilcarchallu.bsky.social · 25/04/2024I had a lot of fun in the Eclipsing History booth at the BG Schools' Astroexpo. This has been quite a journey. I learned a lot from the public's reactions to eclipses and their history. Stay tuned in bgsu.edu/eclipsinghistory for a bonus episode with the kids' testimonials of #Eclipse2024 000
Amílcar E. Challú @amilcarchallu.bsky.social · 05/04/2024All you wanted to know about the history of #eclipse and you were afraid to ask. In five episodes. And bonus episodes too! apple.co/3PGRFB4 000
Amílcar E. Challú @amilcarchallu.bsky.social · 02/04/2024These days we hear a lot about #eclipse chasing and watch parties. But this is a very recent development! Before sharp predictions, the transportation revolution and smoked glasses, eclipses were local. Learn more about this in episode 4 of Eclipsing History. overcast.fm/+BHqmwti70Qovercast.fmEpisode 4: Chasing Dreams, Watching Shadows — Eclipsing HistoryEpisode 4 delves into the tourist economy of eclipse watching from the past to the present, highlighting how ordinary people described these rare celestial experiences. It explores the intersection of... 000
Amílcar E. Challú @amilcarchallu.bsky.social · 31/03/2024“Written in the stars” is the third installment of Eclipsing History podcast. Soon in the drafting of the podcast we got hooked by #indigenous astronomical knowledge all over North America. It made me think a lot about the significance of this knowledge. overcast.fm/+BHqmysr5acovercast.fmEpisode 3: Written in the Stars — Eclipsing HistoryEpisode 3 delves into the fields of ethnoastronomy and archaeoastronomy to explore how the Indigenous Nations of North America understood the stars from ancient times to the present. With a focus on t... 110
Amílcar E. Challú @amilcarchallu.bsky.social · 28/03/2024Geeking out over #Eclipse2024? Check out our just released Eclipsing History podcast at bgsu.edu/eclipsinghistory . Eclipses are powerful phenomenons that influenced the #history of #NorthAmerica, often in unexpected ways. 000
Reposted by Amílcar E. ChallúKatie Bank @spparkle.bsky.social · 13/03/2024🍃CfP: Nature and Environment in Early Modern Worlds - please share! Keynote speaker 👉🏾 @USC_EMSI’s Prof Peter Mancall. 24-25 June; PG students especially encouraged to submit! blog.bham.ac.uk/18c/wp-conte... 02330
Amílcar E. Challú @amilcarchallu.bsky.social · 29/02/2024Shirley Green giving a talk based on her book Revolutionary Blacks. Fascinating account based on her family history. #BlackHistoryMonth #Historyp 000
Reposted by Amílcar E. ChallúJournal of Women's History @jwomenshistory.bsky.social · 01/11/2023🗃️The JWH has been migrating from that other site to this one. Could you please give us a boost here (and there) to move our followers to this more pleasant place? Thank you! 6545497
Reposted by Amílcar E. ChallúHistory Clippings @historyclippings.bsky.social · 24/12/2023Think Christmas was safe from creepy Victorian spiritualism? Nope. Here's a horoscope puzzle from 1888. I printed this out and did it so you don't have to. Lets see what my Christmas fortune is in a 🧵 #c19th #mysticism #history 🗃️ 1/7 47828
Amílcar E. Challú @amilcarchallu.bsky.social · 14/12/2023I had a blast working with Israel G Solares and Aurora Gomez Galvarriato in this article. Rent–wage inequality in Mexico City, 1770–1930 in my favorite journal onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 140