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Dr Victoria Bateman @vnbateman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Ahead of my trip to Paris, thrilled to feature in #MadameFigaro. Huge thanks to Céline Cabourg for such an insightful and thoughtful piece, drawing together my academic work and activism alongside my latest book, Economica (published in France by #PointNemoEditions) #economica #womenwealthpower

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Dr Victoria Bateman @vnbateman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Honoured and humbled that #Economica has been shortlisted for one of France’s top literary prizes: the 2027 Prix Nos Humanités (as created by Page des libraires and la Sofia). I can’t wait to join librarians, readers, booksellers and fellow authors in France very soon. #noshumanités2027

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Dr Victoria Bateman @vnbateman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Excited to hold the French edition of #Economica - in blazing pink and gold glory - in my own hands. On bookshelves tomorrow (translated by Sylvie Deraime & Valentine Palfrey), I can’t wait to head to Paris and then on to Blois for the @rdvhistoire.bsky.social, the world’s largest history festival.

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Dr Victoria Bateman @vnbateman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

#Economica 📗 - my economic history of the world - spotted on the #CultureVulture table at Waterstones London Victoria. A big thank you to everyone who has read or gifted the book. I am very grateful.

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Dr Victoria Bateman @vnbateman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Whoever says #Venice, says boats. Whoever says boats, says trade. Whoever says trade, says #economichistory.

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Dr Victoria Bateman @vnbateman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Yes, I’m on holiday. No, I cannot resist. After all, in #Venice #economichistory is all around.

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Dr Victoria Bateman @vnbateman.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

It’s a Scuola and it’s Grande - the magnificent #ScuolaGrande di San Rocco in #Venice. #econhis #econhist #tintoretto #welfare

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Dr Victoria Bateman @vnbateman.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Where art history meets economic history: “Women Artists and Artisans in Venice and the Veneto, 1400-1750” 📚, edited by Professor Tracy E. Cooper. The first publication to result from an exciting new research program. Can’t wait to see how the research unfolds. #econhist #venice #womenartists

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Dr Victoria Bateman @vnbateman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Rocking it with the Roman (or, rather, Greek) ladies at the Correr Museum in #Venice today. We are old friends: Athena and Aphrodite featured in my last two books (though, whilst the heavens expect women to choose between their body and their brain, as the Gods cannot otherwise cope, I refuse).

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Dr Victoria Bateman @vnbateman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

It’s an artwork that seems to provoke strong reactions. I absolutely love it and am drawn to it every time I visit Ca’ Pesaro gallery in Venice. It’s Leoncillo Leonardi’s monument to the resistance, titled “La Partigiana” (The Woman Partisan, 1953): archivio-capesaro.visitmuve.it/en/mostre-en...

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Dr Victoria Bateman @vnbateman.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The monumental scale of artistic installations and exhibits at this year’s #Venice #biennale - the International Art Festival - with themes that this year include feminism, migration, climate change, decolonisation, belonging and not only anti-capitalism but also anti-communism.

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Dr Victoria Bateman @vnbateman.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

She’s just a devil woman - not the official title - at #GallerieAcademia, #Venice

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Dr Victoria Bateman @vnbateman.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

A Spectre is Haunting Europe (Un fantasma percorre l’Europa) by Armando Pizzinato, 1949 - a title that you may recognise from the pages of the #CommunistManifesto. On display at #CaPesaro in #Venice - a chance to see some of the best modern art in an historic palazzo on the #GrandCanal.

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Dr Victoria Bateman @vnbateman.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Live from the #RegataStorica in #Venice. With a history that dates back to at least the mid 13th century, regattas are a symbol of Venice’s seafaring past. Venice was a city built on trade and today the boats that underpinned the wealth of the city will be parading along the Grand Canal.

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Dr Victoria Bateman @vnbateman.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Another lovely day in the beautiful (and very hot) city of #venice - an economic historian’s dream city. #econhist #history #economics #trade

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Dr Victoria Bateman @vnbateman.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

What do you do if you’re the national broadcaster - #RAI - and you need to get your broadcasting vans into a city where vehicles are not permitted? Well, you put them on a platform and boat them along the canals, mooring them up in the middle of the #GrandCanal, at the heart of the action. #Venice

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Dr Victoria Bateman @vnbateman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Excited to be back in the loveliest city in the world #Venice

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Dr Victoria Bateman @vnbateman.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Honoured to be speaking at the world’s largest history festival @rdvhistoire.bsky.social next month in France at the Royal Palace in #Blois. Look forward to being surrounded by fellow historians, history lovers and books 📚 #Economica will be out in French later this month. #RVH2026 #womenwealthpower

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Dr Victoria Bateman @vnbateman.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

In today’s #DeStandaard (alongside some familiar faces). A pleasure to be interviewed by Giselle Nath. #Economica - my economic history of the world - 📗 is out now in Dutch. #econhis #econhist

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Dr Victoria Bateman @vnbateman.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

📣📣 In today’s paper 🗞️. A pleasure to be interviewed by Sofie Mulders for @demorgen.be, discussing women’s rights - past, present and future - and what history can teach us, as seen through the lens of #Economica 📗 (out now in Dutch with Meulenhoff, translated by Anne Marie Koper). #econhist

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Dr Victoria Bateman @vnbateman.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Today is #publicationday for the Dutch edition of my economic history of the world from the Stone Age to the present day: #Economica 📚. Published by Meulenhoff, Economica follows the “baton of economic prosperity” across history as it changes hands from one economy to another. Out now. #econhist

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Dr Victoria Bateman @vnbateman.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Throughout history, clothing has been heavily regulated by the state. Did you know that in 1639 the Spanish King - King Philip IV - banned big skirts? Spanish women - including the King’s wife - were not impressed and many openly flouted the ban. #CultofFemaleModesty #history #fashion #sumptuarylaws

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Dr Victoria Bateman @vnbateman.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Afternoon tea catching up with the brilliant editor of #Economica, Holly Purdham. The often unsung relationship between an editor and author is so very important - one that involves trust, honesty & delicacy as well as expertise and guidance. Thank you Holly for being such a great editor & friend 📚🥂

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Dr Victoria Bateman @vnbateman.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Book recommendations 📚 - Women’s Experiences of Repression in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, Kelly Hignett, Melanie Ilic, Dalia Leinarte & Corina Snitar - One Day We Will Live Without Fear: Everyday Lives Under the Soviet Police State, @mark4harrison.bsky.social @hooverinstitution.bsky.social

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Dr Victoria Bateman @vnbateman.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

#Economica 📗 in prime position on the economics shelves at Waterstones, Bath. Thank you @waterstonesbath.bsky.social

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Dr Victoria Bateman @vnbateman.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Come with me to see something that explains why #history - why studying it, reading it, researching it, and freely debating it - is so very important. #orwell #1984georgeorwell #economica 📗

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Dr Victoria Bateman @vnbateman.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

#Bath - thank you for welcoming me back to your beautiful city this weekend. Not only did I see the #CrouchingVenus (as mentioned in one of my #Brexit protest videos from last month’s trip), I also managed to fit in some shopping (and, you might be relieved to hear, for clothes as well as books 😉).

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Dr Victoria Bateman @vnbateman.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Thank you Professor Almudena Sevilla for recommending #Economica 📗 as summer reading - an honour to be included alongside @shellyjlundberg.bsky.social “How Economics Discovered Women” 📚

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Dr Victoria Bateman @vnbateman.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

A treat to be in central London today to meet with the brilliant Lucile Peytavin to discuss all things #feminist. #Aldwych - home to #BushHouse (King’s College, formerly BBC) and the London School of Economics - was the perfect place to discuss history, economics, society and politics.

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Dr Victoria Bateman @vnbateman.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Did you know that there were two revolutions in #Russia in 1917 and that the first was started not by #Lenin but, instead, by women? #Economica #womenwealthpower

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Dr Victoria Bateman @vnbateman.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Can a t*pless book signing be #feminist? I’ve had so many lovely conversations during my month long protest against #Brexit but this was one of my favourites. It was @blackwelloxford.bsky.social while signing copies of #Economica 📗. With huge thanks to the Blackwells #Oxford team. #womenwealthpower

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Laurent Mousson @laurentmousson.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

“[...] people are often shocked when they realise that the naked image stood before them is an intelligent woman. Perhaps what this reveals is that people simply do not imagine that behind each nude is a thinking and breathing human being. It is a mistake that I hope they won’t make again”.

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Art & Protest — Dr. Victoria Bateman

Women’s bodies are one of the biggest battlegrounds we face today. By using her own naked body in both art and protest, Victoria aims to reveal and challenge the way that women are judged by society -...

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Grantifa Grace Helperson @catladyprincess.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Listen to Broad History, a history podcast with women in it, this time. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...

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Women have always had jobs (Victoria Bateman)

Podcast Episode · Broad History · February 12 · 50m

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Dr Victoria Bateman @vnbateman.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

A pleasure to be interviewed by Georgina Godwin on the #monocleradio #meetthewriters podcast, discussing my upbringing in #Oldham, economic history and my latest book #Economica (now out in paperback @headlinebooks.bsky.social) podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m... #womenwealthpower

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Victoria Bateman and the hidden economics of women

Podcast Episode · Meet the Writers · 19 July · 33min

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Dr Victoria Bateman @vnbateman.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Over the course of my month long Brexit protest, I’ve had so many conversations - a lot of which, like this one, began with “why are you n*ked?”. I really do appreciate how good natured everyone has been, so thank you to everyone I have met, whether in only my shoes, just a skirt or an EU flag dress

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Dr Victoria Bateman @vnbateman.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

What’s the best bit of any book event? Signing books, of course 📚. Always such a privilege - a chance to meet, chat and hear personal stories. Thank you @waterstones.bsky.social Kensington for last night’s #Economica book signing. Out now @headlinebooks.bsky.social

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Dr Victoria Bateman @vnbateman.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Lovely evening @waterstones.bsky.social discussing #Economica 📗, out now in paperback @headlinebooks.bsky.social. We spanned the centuries and the globe, placing women at the heart of the rise and decline of nations. Thank you Ciara and the team at High Street Kensington.

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Dr Victoria Bateman @vnbateman.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Thrilled to be at Waterstones Kensington tonight discussing my latest book, #Economica 📗

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Dr Victoria Bateman @vnbateman.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

In London today? Want a signed copy of #Economica for family / friends or for your summer holidays? Want to hear me talk about the women who built history’s greatest civilisations? Come along to @waterstones.bsky.social Kensington tonight www.waterstones.com/events/an-ev...

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Dr Victoria Bateman @vnbateman.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Thank you to the wonderful team at St Albans Museum for hosting my talk on N*ked Feminism. A perfect end to my month long protest against #Brexit. So here I am, for the final time in an outfit chosen by the die, baring my br*asts against Brexit. Did the bar let me in afterwards? Watch to find out…

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Dr Victoria Bateman @vnbateman.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Here I am in St Albans, on my way to give a talk on “N*ked Feminism” (my 2023 📗 @politybooks.bsky.social), staying to true to the roll of my #Brexit die, which means that I am wearing just a skirt (accessorised today with a pretty bow).

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Dr Victoria Bateman @vnbateman.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

My month long period of protesting #Brexit culminates this evening in, rather fittingly, my talk @stalbansmuseums.bsky.social on N*ked Feminism and the fight for women’s bodies. This means I need to roll my die for one final time…

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Dr Victoria Bateman @vnbateman.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Signing books is always such a privilege and I had so many lovely conversations this week at the #BuxtonFestival. If you’ve never been, it’s well worth dropping by, including for some of the free open air events and the #NextGen programme. The atmosphere will delight - ice creams & scones a plenty.

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Dr Victoria Bateman @vnbateman.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

What a fabulous audience at the #BuxtonFestival for #Economica 📗 and a huge honour to be interviewed by Ian Muir-Cochrane. Feeling very grateful for such a memorable time in beautiful #Buxton. Economica is out now in paperback @headlinebooks.bsky.social @hachetteuk.bsky.social

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Dr Victoria Bateman @vnbateman.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Delighted to be here at the #BuxtonFestival - ready to go on stage to be interviewed about my latest book, #Economica 📗. Huge thanks to everyone involved, including Kate, Emily, Vicky, Ruth and Ian.

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Dr Victoria Bateman @vnbateman.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Today I’m heading to the #BuxtonFestival to be interviewed about my book #Economica: A Global History of Women, Wealth & Power 📗. Since I’m a #northernlass, Buxton is a place I know well and I’ll have family in the audience, so I’m very much hoping that the die lands on my EU flag dress today...

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Dr Victoria Bateman @vnbateman.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Am I damaging the tone of the beautiful city of #Bath by walking n*ked through its historic lanes and crescents? Does the female n*de jar against the Georgian architecture, or is it the perfect counterpoint to the masculine buildings? And just how liberal were the #Georgians? A few thoughts👇

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