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Dmitrii Kofanov @dkofanov.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Please join Virtual HPE Workshop this Thursday, Oct 1, at 12:30 EST to hear our amazing speakers! @rikhilb.bsky.social is presenting his paper "Peace Derailed: The Effects of Mass Protests on Religious Conflict in South Asia (with @saumjha.bsky.social), discussed by @vcharnysh.bsky.social.

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Jan P. Vogler @janvogler.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I would like to invite you to VWHPE’s inaugural session of the 2026–2027 academic year on Sep. 17, 2026 (12:30 PM ET). The session will feature a presentation by @alexandermlee.bsky.social and @jackpaine.bsky.social on “Colonial Origins of Democracy and Dictatorship.” Sign-up link right below. 👇

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Dmitrii Kofanov @dkofanov.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

🚨One week is left to submit a proposal for our Virtual Workshop in Historical Political Economy!🚨 ❗️Deadline is August 25❗️ please sign up here: forms.gle/9aRhKcfvjWoh... (requires Google account) More info: janvogler.net/VWHPE_Call_f...

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Asli Cansunar @aslicansunar.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Also check out our workshop website: historicalpe.org We hope to contribute to and strengthen the international HPE community through this workshop and would be delighted if you would join us in this endeavor. 🙂

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Asli Cansunar @aslicansunar.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

If you’d like to submit a research paper or book manuscript for consideration, Or if you’d just like to get regular invitations, including to our annual conference, please sign up here: forms.gle/9aRhKcfvjWoh... (requires Google account) More info: janvogler.net/VWHPE_Call_f...

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Asli Cansunar @aslicansunar.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

🚨 Are you interested in Historical Political Economy (HPE)? 🚨 At the Virtual Workshop in HPE (VWHPE), we discuss state-of-the-art research in the field on a regular basis. ‼️We have just issued a new call for papers. ‼️ Please see the link below if you’d like to join.

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Tine Paulsen @tinepaulsen.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

🚨 Annual Virtual Conference in HPE This Thursday 🚨 Link to the program: drive.google.com/file/d/107Ts...

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Jan P. Vogler @janvogler.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

🚨 Coming soon: “The Political Economy of Public Bureaucracy” 🚨 My book is forthcoming in 2026 with @universitypress.cambridge.org. A preview of the cover art is below. Thanks to D. Carpenter, @sean-gailmard.bsky.social, and J. Gingrich for their endorsements! 🙏 More detailed info in the future. 😊

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Tine Paulsen @tinepaulsen.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

🚨Virtual Workshop in HPE this Thursday🚨 Here's one for the education and Lat Am enthusiasts: @aspaglayan.bsky.social is presenting new work on "Exceptional Nation: A Political Economy of Human Capital Explanation for Argentina's Economic Downfall" - Valentin Figueroa (MIT) will discuss.

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Thomas Nawrath @thomasnawrath.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Excited to present my paper "Sidelining the Leader? Information Flows during the Outbreak of War" at the Virtual Workshop in HPE today (6.30 PM CET). Thanks to @dkofanov.bsky.social, @tinepaulsen.bsky.social and @janvogler.bsky.social for organizing and to Lina Skoglund for discussing my paper!

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Dmitrii Kofanov @dkofanov.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Please join Virtual HPE Workshop this Thursday, January 22, at 13:30 EST! @pauvallprat.bsky.social is presenting his paper "Voting under Repression: Individual-Level Turnout in Authoritarian Regimes" (with @magsedu.bsky.social). Discussion by @natalie-letsa.bsky.social.

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Jan P. Vogler @janvogler.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Today at the Virtual Workshop in HPE (6.30 PM CET, 12.30 PM ET): Gary Cox (Stanford) will present his paper (with Valentin Figueroa (MIT)) "Self-governing cities and capital accumulation in medieval Europe". Discussion by @wahlfabi.bsky.social. Sign-up link for our list in the post below!

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Dmitrii Kofanov @dkofanov.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Please join Virtual HPE Workshop this Thursday, November 13, at 12:30 EST! @bgpopescu.bsky.social is presenting his paper "When Do Imperial Legacies Fade? State Capacity, Social Heterogeneity, and Education at the Habsburg–Ottoman Frontier". Discussion by Noel D. Johnson.

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Dmitrii Kofanov @dkofanov.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Please join Virtual HPE Workshop this Thursday, Nov 6 at 12:30 EST! @janvogler.bsky.social is presenting his paper "Exploring the Origins of Coercive Colonial Institutions" (with Jan Pierskalla and Daniel Smith). Discussed by @jackpaine.bsky.social.

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Tine Paulsen @tinepaulsen.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

⚠️ Virtual Workshop in HPE info ⚠️ @adajkanu.bsky.social is presenting a project on "Colonization and the Politics of Belonging in Nigeria" on Thursday! Martha Wilfahrt (UC Berkeley) will discuss. Let me know if you're not on our email list already and would like to be!

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Tine Paulsen @tinepaulsen.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

The virtual workshop is back in full gear! Join us this Thursday if you'd like to learn more about what happens to secret police officers after an internal defection

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Dmitrii Kofanov @dkofanov.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Please join Virtual HPE Workshop tomorrow, this Thursday, at 12:00 EST! Henry Thomson (Arizona State University) is presenting his paper "Careers in the Crossfire: The Effects of Internal Defections on Secret Police Officers’ Networks" (with @kkrakows.bsky.social), discussed by Martin Dimitrov.

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Jan P. Vogler @janvogler.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

The full line up for the 2025–2026 academic year can be found on our website: historicalpe.org/schedule-pas... If you'd like to get regular invitations to our events, please register for our mailing list via the following Google form: forms.gle/uXcMzct5P35P... I look forward to seeing you there! 😊

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Jan P. Vogler @janvogler.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

🚨 The Virtual Workshop in Historical Political Economy is back! 🚨 For the new academic year, we have an amazing line up of papers for you! In our inaugural session 2 HPE superstars will join us: @annagbusse.bsky.social (Stanford) will present & @jvoth.bsky.social (Zurich) discuss! I can't wait. 😀

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Jan P. Vogler @janvogler.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

🚨 Are you interested in Historical Political Economy? 🚨 At the Virtual Workshop in HPE (VWHPE)—organized jointly with @dkofanov.bsky.social & @tinepaulsen.bsky.social—we discuss state-of-the-art research on a regular basis. ‼️ We have just issued a new call for papers. ‼️ Link & info in post #2.

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Jan P. Vogler @janvogler.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

After 10 years of doing research in Historical Political Economy, this fall I’ll finally get a chance to teach a survey course on the field & I’m really looking forward to it! 😊 I thought this would be an opportunity to create a syllabus with many essential contributions to this growing field.

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Tine Paulsen @tinepaulsen.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

We’re pleased to release the schedule for this year’s virtual conference in Historical Political Economy 🎉 historicalpe.org/annual-virtu... Send me a message if you’re not yet on our email list and would like to be!

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Tine Paulsen @tinepaulsen.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

This week, we have a rare Wednesday session in the virtual workshop in HPE! @pauvallprat.bsky.social is presenting work w. @albahuidobro.bsky.social on the long-term effects of women’s representation under autocracy. Ana Tur-Prats (UC Merced) is discussing, so we’re bound to learn a ton

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Authoritarian Political Systems Group @apsgworkshop.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Polisky Dictatorsky Join us next Tuesday! @dkofanov.bsky.social (Pittsburgh) will present "Local Democratization and Public Finance: Lessons from the 1870 Municipal Reform in Cities of the Russian Empire" @stasavage.bsky.social (NYU) and Maria Carreri (@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social) will discuss

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Scott Gehlbach @sgehlbach.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Broadstreet, the blog for historical political economy, is now on Substack. Please subscribe at the link!

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Francesc Amat @cescamat.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

📢 Workshop Call 📢 3d Edition of the Yale-UB Historical Political Economy Workshop Keynote: "Revolutionary Contagion" by Saumitra Jha and Steven Wilkinson At University of Barcelona @ub.edu on June 30 and July 1, 2025 Send us your papers by Febr 28: shorturl.at/w96jk @didacqueralt.bsky.social

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Dmitrii Kofanov @dkofanov.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Please join a new session of Virtual HPE Workshop this Thursday at 12:30 EST! Federica Carugati is presenting her paper "Writing and the Early State: Information and State Capacity in Mesopotamia" (with @giacomobenati.bsky.social and @gabrielleon.bsky.social), discussed by @stasavage.bsky.social.

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Tine Paulsen @tinepaulsen.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Absolute 🔥 start to this year's virtual HPE workshop! @jannetukiainen.bsky.social is presenting a paper titled "Candidate Exit and Voter Loyalty During Early Democratization" on Thursday. Toke Aidt (Cambridge) will discuss. Send me a message if you're not on our list but would like to be!

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Authoritarian Political Systems Group @apsgworkshop.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

On March 11, we have @dkofanov.bsky.social (University of Pittsburgh) presenting "Local Democratization and Public Finance: Lessons from the 1870 Municipal Reform in Cities of the Russian Empire" and @stasavage.bsky.social (NYU) and Maria Carreri (@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social) discussing.

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A.S. Paglayan @aspaglayan.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Finally!!! RAISED TO OBEY launches today 🎉🎉🎉 I learned a great deal researching this book It transformed my views on education, politics, and economic development I hope others will learn from it, too! press.princeton.edu/books/paperb... @princetonupress.bsky.social #RaisedToObey #Education

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How the expansion of primary education in the West emerged not from democratic ideals but from the state’s desire to control its citizens

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Daniel Ziblatt @dziblatt.bsky.social · 15/09/2024

Historical Political Economy has new home @ Harvard's Center for European Studies! A new seminar series co-chaired by leaders in the field @vcharnysh @YuhuaWang5 @CChiopris & grad students Daniel Lowery, @JhengShao, M. Weigand). Great line-up this year. See: ces.fas.harvard.edu/study-groups...

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Seminar on European Development in a Historical Perspective

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Jan P. Vogler @janvogler.bsky.social · 01/05/2024

🚨 Virtual Conference in Historical Political Economy 🚨 The VWHPE co-convenors (@tinepaulsen.bsky.social, @dkofanov.bsky.social, & I) are excited to announce the first annual virtual conference in HPE. It will take place on May 9, starting at 10.45 AM ET. Program: historicalpe.org/annual-virtu...

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Tine Paulsen @tinepaulsen.bsky.social · 21/02/2024

Reminder of the Mar 1 deadline for the APSA David Brian Robertson Best Paper Award in Politics and History! Paul Herron and I are on the awards committee: apsanet.org/section24

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Dmitrii Kofanov @dkofanov.bsky.social · 20/02/2024

Please join us this Thursday, Feb 22, at 12:30 (EST) as @aspaglayan.bsky.social presents her book "Raised to Obey: The Rise and Spread of Mass Education" in the Virtual Workshop in HPE! Discussion comments will be provided by Jane Gingrich. Email to dmk151@pitt.edu if you need a zoom link.

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Dmitrii Kofanov @dkofanov.bsky.social · 13/02/2024

Please join us this Thursday, Feb 15, at 12:30 (EST) as Khasan Redjaboev presents a paper "Communist Colonialism and Development: Forced Labor and the Making of Progressive Public Goods in Eurasia" in the Virtual Workshop in HPE! Discussion comments will be provided by @ashartnett.bsky.social.

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Francesc Amat @cescamat.bsky.social · 08/02/2024

Workshop Call 📢📢 Second edition of the Yale-UB Historical Political Economy Workshop. The organizers are @didacqueralt.bsky.social and me and we'll have Ken Scheve (Yale) as keynote speaker. In Barcelona on July 8 and 9, 2024. Send us your papers by March 7: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Scott Gehlbach @sgehlbach.bsky.social · 25/01/2024

Jan 31 is the submission deadline for SIOE 2024 in Chicago. Grad students will receive a 50% discount on registration fees; low-cost housing is also available. Please apply!

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Dmitrii Kofanov @dkofanov.bsky.social · 16/01/2024

Join us this Thursday at 12:30 (EST) as @ashartnett.bsky.social presents a paper "After the Commons: Economic Opportunity and Colonial Legacies of Land Privatization" in the Virtual Workshop in HPE historicalpe.org! Discussion comments by @sgehlbach.bsky.social.

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Scott Gehlbach @sgehlbach.bsky.social · 06/12/2023

Hi all - Here is the call for papers for SIOE 2024, which I am organizing @UChicago next summer, June 27–29. All sessions will be at the beautiful Keller Center @HarrisPolicy, with a gala cruise on Lake Michigan + blues band the last night. Please apply! www.sioe.org/conference/2...

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