Reposted by Kim Oosterlinck Jesse Locker @jessemlocker.bsky.social · 15/09/2024Arms, letters, piety, and...kitties!!! [Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen, Triptych of Micault Family, c. 1539-1559 (Brussels, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium)] 2307
Reposted by Kim Oosterlinck Claire Dupin de Beyssat @clairedupindb.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Aujourd'hui, double actualité à propos de mon cher Henri-Gabriel Ibels : 1- L'édition critique de ses mémoires "Promenades aux environs de 1900" est officiellement sortie ✨J'en ai réalisé l'appareil critique, et il y avait de quoi faire ! Ibels a en effet eu une vie pro et sociale riche, 131
Reposted by Kim Oosterlinck Marc Deloof @financialhistory.bsky.social · 15/01/2026Some historical evidence that is unfortunately relevant today: in a paper forthcoming in @businesshistory.bsky.social, Leentje Moortgat, Gertjan Verdickt and I find that the uncertainty created by war threat negatively affected entrepreneurship in Belgium before WW I. Link: doi.org/10.1080/0007... 052
Kim Oosterlinck @koosterl.bsky.social · 03/01/2026“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” - J.R.R. Tolkien 020
Reposted by Kim Oosterlinck David Schindler @david-schindler.de · 21/12/2025Utrecht University abolishes its English language bachelor's program in economics and replaces it with a Dutch one. They told staff (~30% international) the week before Christmas. Layoffs seem likely now. Unwarranted lobotomy is the only word I can find for it... dub.uu.nl/en/news/econ...dub.uu.nlEconomics programme in shock after sudden cancellation of English-taught trackThe Bachelor's programme in Economics & Business Economics will only be offered in Dutch from 2029 onwards, the Executive Board announced on Tuesday. The news came as a complete surprise to the econom... 911243
Reposted by Kim Oosterlinck Johanna Rickne @johannarickne.bsky.social · 28/12/2025❗ Help needed ❗ Please take our 5-minute survey about interpreting research graphs 📈 And please help us share this post with lots of people 🤗 Take the survey here: supsy.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Thank you!!supsy.eu.qualtrics.comQualtrics Survey | Qualtrics Experience ManagementThe most powerful, simple and trusted way to gather experience data. Start your journey to experience management and try a free account today. 02026
Reposted by Kim Oosterlinck Josh Shepperd @joshshepperd.bsky.social · 19/12/2025Do not cite an academic paper unless you’ve read itrollingstone.comAI Is Inventing Academic Papers That Don't Exist -- And They're Being Cited in Real JournalsAcademic articles from authors using large language model are creating an ecosystem of fake research that threatens human knowledge itself. 662038688
Reposted by Kim Oosterlinck Florence Faucher @ffaucher.bsky.social · 19/12/2025Come and join us at the CEE - Centre d'études européennes et de politique comparée: we are looking for a new assistant professor in political science working on ecological transitions. www.sciencespo.fr/centre-etude...sciencespo.frRecruitment - Assistant Professor (tenure track) in Political Science 2026Recruitment 2026 - Sciences Po is recruiting two Assistant Professors (tenure track) in Political Science / Politics and Policy in/of Europe and the European Union 03432
Reposted by Kim Oosterlinck Marylou Hamm @marylou-h.bsky.social · 19/12/2025An exciting opportunity to work at @sciencespo.bsky.social with the fantastic @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social team! ⬇️ 083
Reposted by Kim Oosterlinck Patrick Svensson @agrarsvennis.bsky.social · 02/12/2025Un changement considérable: www.cnrs.fr/fr/actualite...cnrs.frLe CNRS s’émancipe du Web of ScienceÀ partir du 1er janvier 2026, le CNRS coupera l’accès à l’une des plus importantes bases bibliométriques commerciales : le 111
Reposted by Kim Oosterlinck Véronique Pouillard @veropouillard.bsky.social · 02/12/2025It is open access, yet for the persons who still enjoy reading books made of paper, this one is reissued in paperback this month at a much friendlier price than the hardback: www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...routledge.comThe Routledge History of Fashion and Dress, 1800 to the PresentThe time span covered by The Routledge History of Fashion and Dress starts in the nineteenth century, with the aftermath of the consumers’ revolution, and reaches all the way to the present. The fashi... 022
Reposted by Kim Oosterlinck Tuija Ainonen @tainonen.bsky.social · 10/09/2025The Institute of History of the University of Bern is seeking to fill a full time professor position (open rank) in History of the Middle Ages with consideration of digital Methods, beginning 1 February, 2027. ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jo...ohws.prospective.chUni Bern: Open rank Professorship in History of the Middle Ages with consideration of digital MethodsThe Institute of History of the University of Bern is seeking to fill a full time professor position (open rank) in History of the Middle Ages with consideration of digital Methods, beginning 1 Februa... 01316
Kim Oosterlinck @koosterl.bsky.social · 10/09/2025Het was een genoegen om deel te nemen aan Pompidou! www.vrt.be/vrtmax/luist...vrt.beVRT MAX 000
Reposted by Kim Oosterlinck Stephan Maurer @stephanmaurer.bsky.social · 31/05/2025Can particularly recommend the Econ History session on Friday morning 😉 021
Kim Oosterlinck @koosterl.bsky.social · 23/04/2025I am very honored to have been invited to give the 2025 Hugo Helbing lecture. Il will talk about Art as an Investment in Times of Crises (1914-1945) If you want to listen, the online connection details are just below www.zikg.eu/aktuelles/ve...zikg.euThe Hugo Helbing Lecture 2025 // Kim Oosterlinck, Brüssel: Art as an Investment: The Art Market in Times of Crises (1914-1945) — Zentralinstitut für KunstgeschichteThe Hugo Helbing Lecture 2025 // Kim...This lecture is part of the Hugo Helbing Lecture Series. ‘The Hugo Helbing Lecture – Exploring the Art Market’ commemorates the achievements of Hugo Helbing every year. It was first held in 2016 on th... 062
Reposted by Kim Oosterlinck Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte @zikg.eu · 19/03/2025#Provenienzforschung Herzliche Einladung zur Tagung: Hugo Helbing. Auktionator, Kunsthändler, Sammler, Mäzen, Publizist, Konkurrent, Netzwerker, Bürger – ermordet 1938 22.-23.4.2025 im ZI und online via Zoom Infos und Programm: www.zikg.eu/aktuelles/ve... 0117
Kim Oosterlinck @koosterl.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Artworks are always coming and going in a museum, as they are regularly lent for exhibitions. And therefore new artworks are exhibited to replace the ones which have left. I was very pleased to see this Leda by Andrea del Sarto appear on the walls of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium! 020
Reposted by Kim Oosterlinck Amy Werbel @awerbel.bsky.social · 26/01/2025My latest historian's take on contemporary art censorship, sigh . . .theconversation.comSeizure of Sally Mann’s photographs in Texas revives old debates about obscenity and freedom of expressionA historian of artistic censorship sees chilling similarities to 19th-century anti-obscenity crusades. 0113
Reposted by Kim Oosterlinck Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/01/2025From time to time, I bring you views about what’s happening in the United States from writers and journalists in other countries. This piece is from a columnist in Canada. Read it and let me know your thoughts.robertreich.substack.comA view from north of the borderFriends, 45946971376
Reposted by Kim Oosterlinck Jean Lacroix @jeanlacroix.bsky.social · 25/01/2025I had a blast! Thanks for the comments. 071
Reposted by Kim Oosterlinck Marius Gilbert @mariusgilbert.bsky.social · 24/01/2025Pour 70% des scientifiques ayant répondu à l'enquête de Nature, une des revues scientifiques les plus prestigieuses, le choix a l'air d'être fait...nature.comBluesky’s science takeover: 70% of Nature poll respondents use platformRoughly 6,000 readers answered our poll, with many declaring that Bluesky was nicer, kinder and less antagonistic to science than X. 0367
Reposted by Kim Oosterlinck KU Leuven Libraries Special Collections @speccoll-kuleuven.bsky.social · 17/01/2025Researchers using digitized photos or manuscripts in any manner in theirresearch, are invited to participate in this anonymous survey of McGill University (forms.office.com/r/nuqD9ZJzFq, 8-10 min to complete). (1/2)forms.office.comMicrosoft Forms 11610
Reposted by Kim Oosterlinck Bruno Goosse @brunogoosse.bsky.social · 12/01/2025Le 30 janvier, la Wittockiana organise une journée d’étude en marge de l’exposition L’Atelier du faux. J'y revendrai sur No vacancies et la limite entre l’ambiguïté qui place le spectateur ou la spectatrice dans un rôle actif et la tromperie qui manipule. www.brunogoosse.be/ambiguite-tr...brunogoosse.beAmbiguïté trompeuse - brunoGOOSSE30 janvier 2025, journée d’étude en marge de l’exposition L’Atelier du faux. Faux livres, fausses reliures, fausses identités, Wittockiana : Chaque jeudi, dès l’aube, la place du marché se couvre d’ét... 021
Reposted by Kim Oosterlinck Martha Bailey @marthajbailey.bsky.social · 08/01/2025#Econsky I am excited to announce two new post-doctoral positions at UCLA. One on the m-carestudy.org and the other on the life-m.org project. Please apply! www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....aeaweb.orgAmerican Economic Association: JOE Listings - August 1, 2024 - January 31, 2025 077
Reposted by Kim Oosterlinck Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 08/01/2025The Getty Villa in Pacific Palisades remains safe and intact this morning, January 8, and will be closed at least through early next week. While vegetation on the property has burned, Getty structures have been unaffected, and thankfully, both staff and collections are safe. 12898131
Reposted by Kim Oosterlinck Sascha O. Becker @essobecker.bsky.social · 03/01/2025It's February at The Economic Journal ❤️ Lots of great papers, long (9) and short (2). Enjoy! academic.oup.com/ej/issue/135...academic.oup.comVolume 135 Issue 666 | The Economic Journal | Oxford AcademicThe Economic Journal is the Royal Economic Society's flagship title, and is one of the founding journals of modern economics. The journal provides a platform for and imaginative economic research for ... 14312
Reposted by Kim Oosterlinck Jeroen Puttevils @jeroenputtevils.bsky.social · 14/12/2024www.uantwerpen.be/en/jobs/vaca...uantwerpen.beDoctoral scholarship holder for research on the financial lives of immigrants in Antwerp, 1850-1940 | University of AntwerpYUFE vacancies 065
Reposted by Kim Oosterlinck Michael Burchert @michaelburchert.bsky.social · 13/12/202421th century #strawhouse addition on top of 20th century brick in Belgium. www.abitare.it/en/architect... Photo: Tim van de Velde 36414
Kim Oosterlinck @koosterl.bsky.social · 12/12/2024I am extremely pleased to see that the Apple has made its comeback on the roof of the Magritte museum! 060
Kim Oosterlinck @koosterl.bsky.social · 08/12/2024 I was really impressed by the Fireflies exhibition at the Art & History Museum. A collaboration between La Cambre - École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Visuels and the museum showcasing the works of young ceramists. Some of my favorites are below but all were worth seeing! 040
Kim Oosterlinck @koosterl.bsky.social · 07/12/2024J'étais ravi de pouvoir continuer la discussion autour du patrimoine (dans le cadre du Forum de Lobby au Musée Magritte) au micro de BXFM. Le podcast est disponible ici: lnkd.in/e2B2hJsC 010
Reposted by Kim Oosterlinck P.-Guillaume Méon @pgmeon.bsky.social · 04/12/2024Democratic norms can be internalized and transmitted within families. We observe that in 1940 France with @jeanlacroix.bsky.social & @koosterl.bsky.social 👇 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...cambridge.orgPolitical Dynasties in Defense of Democracy: The Case of France’s 1940 Enabling Act | The Journal of Economic History | Cambridge CorePolitical Dynasties in Defense of Democracy: The Case of France’s 1940 Enabling Act - Volume 83 Issue 2 152
Reposted by Kim Oosterlinck Kriszta Satori @fulelo.bsky.social · 01/12/2024V The Observer: ‘I cried, I cried. I had no one’: the brutal child kidnappings that shamed Belgian Congo.. This week five survivors hope a court will censure Belgium for crimes against humanity www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...theguardian.com‘I cried, I cried. I had no one’: the brutal child kidnappings that shamed Belgian CongoOver 70 years ago, thousands of mixed-race boys and girls were torn from their mothers by order of the state. This week five survivors hope a court will censure Belgium for crimes against humanity 0138
Reposted by Kim Oosterlinck Tom Calver @tomcalver.bsky.social · 01/12/2024NEW: Why do we always think crime is rising, even when it isn’t? This week I looked at one of the big data mysteries. Britain is 2/3 less violent than the 1990s; thefts were higher pre-lockdown Why, then, doesn’t it feel like it? 1/8 @thetimes.com 🔗 www.thetimes.com/article/b63d... 1901704555
Reposted by Kim Oosterlinck Alexia Yates @ayates.bsky.social · 01/12/2024A victim of the Terror that I did not know about! 021
Reposted by Kim Oosterlinck Open Art Data @openartdata.bsky.social · 29/11/2024Museum in Baden AG reaches settlement agreement with the heirs of the former owner Jacob Goldschmidt (1896-1976) for "Fruit and Ginger Pot" by Paul Cézanne www.lootedart.com/WYQWS1169141 #Holocaust #arthistory 175
Reposted by Kim Oosterlinck SvenThe @sventhe.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Sometimes a pipe is just a pipe. Sometimes. Here are two of them. André Juillard Blake et Mortimer à Bruxelles en 1958 (2003) 0142
Reposted by Kim Oosterlinck P.-Guillaume Méon @pgmeon.bsky.social · 24/11/2024Wondering what to read on a Sunday? Consider this column on our paper with Nicolas Lagios on the Booker Prize in @thetls.bsky.social. www.the-tls.co.uk/regular-feat...the-tls.co.ukThe jury’s out | TLSIs the Booker prize bad for literature? Of course it is. We don’t speak here of our own view on the matter but that of Nicolas Lagios and Pierre-Guillaume Méon – two economists who have studied the li... 132
Reposted by Kim Oosterlinck Marius Gilbert @mariusgilbert.bsky.social · 19/11/2024La victoire de "Trusk", après une campagne dont la violence a peu de précédents, suscite-t-elle une réaction à la hauteur du déclin démocratique dont elle est le signalement tragique ? Dans cette dernière chronique, je reviens sur la sensation de dérive que chaque événement génère.lesoir.be« Après l’orage » : Vivre sur Terre ou fuir sur Mars ?La victoire de Donald Trump aux élections américaines contribue au sentiment d’un monde divisé, piégé par une fuite en avant dont il n’arrive pas à sortir, qui souligne plus que jamais le besoin d’un ... 0212
Kim Oosterlinck @koosterl.bsky.social · 23/11/2024For my friends who speak Greek. It was a great pleasure to be interviewed by Mary Adamopoulou! www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...linkedin.comMary Adamopoulou on LinkedIn: Μουσεία και αγορά τέχνης. Σχέση αγάπης ή μίσους; Μια υπέροχη συζήτηση με…Μουσεία και αγορά τέχνης. Σχέση αγάπης ή μίσους; Μια υπέροχη συζήτηση με έναν γενικό διευθυντή, όπως θα έπρεπε να είναι οι γενικοί διευθυντές: με γνώση… 010
Reposted by Kim Oosterlinck Marc Deloof @financialhistory.bsky.social · 15/11/2024More than 800 Belgian communities issued their own currency during WW1, “payable by the community after the war”, because the national bank was not allowed by the German occupiers to issue francs. (h/t Raphaël Melki) 0123
Reposted by Kim Oosterlinck Tim Bresnahan @timobres.bsky.social · 17/11/2024I just added my BlueSky contact to my RePEc profile. Easy to do, login, go to contacts page (see pic) and fill it in. #EconSky Thanks to @czimm-economist.bsky.social For civilians, RePEc is a valuable sharing site for research papers in economics. 14719
Reposted by Kim Oosterlinck Omar Wasow @owasow.bsky.social · 16/11/2024New study looks at protests against far right in 2002 French elections. Finds “larger protests reduced number of votes for Le Pen and abstention, while increasing number of votes for the incumbent president, Chirac.” Also finds “effect worked through media exposure.” nicolas-lagios.com/files/fn.pdf 1223792
Reposted by Kim Oosterlinck George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 17/11/2024Indeed. When they rounded up the Japanese Americans, myself and my family included, for internment during WWII out of fear over Japanese spies and saboteurs, two thirds of us were U.S. citizens. Don’t think it won’t happen again when they come for the “undocumented.” 14395981215911
Reposted by Kim Oosterlinck Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 17/11/2024I love when people from the long distant past appear in the present in this way. 1456058
Reposted by Kim Oosterlinck Amni Rusli @amnirusli.bsky.social · 14/11/2024Aah, the complexities of trade relationships… Let me recap what happened re Trade the last time Trump was in office; if it could be of any guidance to what we can expect these coming years. Trade restrictions are likely in sectors frequently cited by domestic firms for "dumping" or “foreign (1/n) 113
Reposted by Kim Oosterlinck Sascha O. Becker @essobecker.bsky.social · 16/11/2024SIOE is now on bsky! The next cool SIOE conference is in Sydney, Paris 2026, @warwickecon.bsky.social in 2027 0146