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Hannes Rolf @hannesrolf.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I was interviewed in the Argentinian newspaper Nueva Sociedad about the housing protests of today, the Rent Strike book I edited together with @lucaspoy.bsky.social and my previous research. I can't claim to understand much Spanish, but it was a fun experience and some very initiated questions.

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«Fuera los fondos buitre de nuestros barrios»: la nueva ola de luchas inquilinarias | Nueva Sociedad

La vivienda vuelve a ocupar un lugar central en la política europea: en España llena las plazas, en Berlín decidió el resultado de las elecciones y en Bruselas cuenta con su primer comisario encargado...

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Andrés Gattinoni @andresgattinoni.com.ar · 26/08/2026

Está bueno este texto de Lucas

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Lucas Poy @lucaspoy.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

you make a terribly important point, thanks for the thread!

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International Institute of Social History @iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Groeten vanaf de Historicidagen in Leiden! Waar onze collega's @lucaspoy.bsky.social en Astrid Verburg deelnamen aan sessies over het gebruik van AI, maar er gelukkig ook gewoon analoog buttons werden gemaakt met mooi (dubbel!) materiaal uit onze collectie. @knhg.bsky.social.

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Susie Protschky @susieprotschky.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Brilliant analysis 👇

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Lucas Poy @lucaspoy.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

𝑅𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑆𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑘𝑒𝑠 is getting close to 3,000 downloads in less than six months! (open access via @uclpress.bsky.social) We present it on Tuesday at the @iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social. If you are in Amsterdam or around, come by!

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Lucas Poy @lucaspoy.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

The book is accessible here: discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10...

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Joaquín Baeza Belda @chimacademia.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

En mayo llegan dos actividades al IISG de Ámsterdam y ambas protagonizadas por mi amigo Lucas Poy. La primera, un diálogo sobre la relación entre Cuba y EEUU. La segunda, la presentación de su libro sobre resistencias de inquilinos en la Historia.

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Lucas Poy @lucaspoy.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Save the date! 12 May at the @iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social in Amsterdam. Hannes Rolf, Bart van der Steen and I will present Rent Strikes: A History of Collective Tenant Actions Across the World together with Sharon Houkema's exhibition on 1930s Amsterdam. Free entry.

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Lucas Poy @lucaspoy.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

I recently converted many good-quality PDFs (not scans) into txt files to feed them to notebookLM. It works better with lighter files.

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Lucas Poy @lucaspoy.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

I was thinking of doing something similar. If you have tips or workflows to share, it's much appreciated!

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Lucas Poy @lucaspoy.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Eric Hobsbawm on E.P. Thompson (published in International Labor and Working-Class History, vol. 46, 1994)

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Lucas Poy @lucaspoy.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

A new post on my Substack with some thoughts on the impact of generative AI on academic labour lucaspoy.substack.com/p/if-you-are...

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If you are not worried, you are not paying attention

AI and the deskilling of academic labour

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Thiago Krause @thiagokrause.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Another really good piece, asking the hard questions right now, exactly because he acknowledges the usefulness of these tools. By @lucaspoy.bsky.social

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AI and the deskilling of academic labour

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Dana @thequeenbean.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Great, accessible overview of how deskilling works generally and what it means for academic labor specifically

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Susie Protschky @susieprotschky.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Very careful, thought-provoking piece on AI and academic (historical) labour, from the coal-face @lucaspoy.bsky.social

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Cameron Blevins @cblevins.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Generative AI has forced me to think a lot more concretely about all the discrete components of doing historical work - and where the value of those different pieces lie

I think we need to stop asking whether Al is "good" or "bad" for historians, or trying to discuss how to police our students who we think are "cheating", and start asking more specific questions. For which of our many tasks has Al already crossed the threshold of
"good enough"? Which parts of our labour process are being cheapened, which are being reorganised? And what happens to the formation of future historians if the junior work through which expertise is built gets outsourced to machines?

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Lucas Poy @lucaspoy.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

A new post on my Substack with some thoughts on the impact of generative AI on academic labour lucaspoy.substack.com/p/if-you-are...

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If you are not worried, you are not paying attention

AI and the deskilling of academic labour

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Lucas Poy @lucaspoy.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

The Revista Brasileira de História is published by ANPUH (Brazil's National History Association) and ranks Q1 in its field on Scimago: www.scimagojr.com/journalsearc... Publication is planned for the second half of 2026. Please share widely! 🔁 (5/5)

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SJR - Journal Search

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Lucas Poy @lucaspoy.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

The dossier also welcomes work on how class struggle, collective identities, and movements for reparation have historically challenged these structures of inequality, from mass enslavement to contemporary regimes of exception. (4/5)

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Lucas Poy @lucaspoy.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

This feels especially urgent right now, as we witness accelerating attacks on labour rights and democratic institutions: the rise of platform exploitation, algorithmically driven precarisation, environmental collapse, and a sharp authoritarian turn in many countries. (3/5)

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Lucas Poy @lucaspoy.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

We're looking for original articles that explore the historical roots of racial, regional, class, and gender inequalities, and how they have shaped (and undermined) democratic experiences across different time periods. (2/5)

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Lucas Poy @lucaspoy.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

📢 Call for papers in English, Spanish and Portuguese: “Work, Inequality and Democracy”, a special dossier for the Revista Brasileira de História, one of Latin America's leading history journals. Submissions open June 1–19, 2026 (1/5)

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Lucas Poy @lucaspoy.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

it's funnier than i thought, we discovered some potential viral tiktokers in the class

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Lucas Poy @lucaspoy.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Adjusting course manuals for the spring period in times of AI

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Lucas Poy @lucaspoy.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Thrilled to be in a sunny, snow-blanketed Boston to present my research tomorrow at the Global History Seminar, hosted by Harvard University's @weatherheadcenter.bsky.social Looking forward to a great discussion!

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Lucas Poy @lucaspoy.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

How did this person ever think that Gemini could find that??

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Lucas Poy @lucaspoy.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Just published in the International Review of Social History @irsh-iisg.bsky.social ! Our article examines the “peripheral inter-nationalism” of Argentine socialism and its relationship with the Internationals between 1889 and the Second World War. In open access: doi.org/10.1017/S002...

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Lucas Poy @lucaspoy.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

The call for papers for the European Social Science History Conference is out! It will take place in Lyon on 21-24 April 2027. It is organised by @iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social, with thousands of colleagues and lively exchange in many small groups. More info here: esshc.iisg.amsterdam/en

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History: The Journal of the Historical Association @hisjournalha.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

And Fiona Lane reviews @lucaspoy.bsky.social and @hannesrolf.bsky.social edited book, Rent Strikes: A History of Tenant Activism across the World (UCL Press, 2025), doi.org/10.1111/1468...

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Lucas Poy @lucaspoy.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

I want to rewrite the whole thing to incorporate the environmental aspect that i had overlooked

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Lucas Poy @lucaspoy.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Considering a History MA in English for next year? Come to Amsterdam and study with us the history of social movements and protest! www.instagram.com/p/DUtMjOlDW2r/

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Lucas Poy @lucaspoy.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Great. I only started using this week. For something very simple: merge PDFs of single issues of newspapers into one-week "chunks". Thousands. It did it smoothly in the background while I was doing something else.

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Lucas Poy @lucaspoy.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Thanks to Fiona Lane for this generous review of “Rent Strikes: A History of Tenant Actions across the World” (co-edited with @hannesrolf.bsky.social and edited by @uclpress.bsky.social). The book can be downloaded open access here: uclpress.co.uk/book/rent-st... (more than 2.1k downloads already🤯)

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Lucas Poy @lucaspoy.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

De partner ligt helaas thuis in bed te Netflixen, terwijl de door AI georganiseerde zakenafspraak in dat hoogwaardige restaurant in iets heel anders uitmondt...

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Lucas Poy @lucaspoy.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Looking for a Master's with a global focus? 🌍 Join us at VU Amsterdam! Our renewed, English-taught, MA History program offers four tracks tackling today's challenges. A repost to help prospective students find this opportunity is much appreciated! 🔄 #AcademicSky #HigherEd #StudyAbroad #History

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