Véronique Pouillard

New paper out with Kristin Ranestad on the management of mining company subsidiaries. We are comparing the histories of two copper giants, Chile and Congo. In full open access in Economic History of Developing Regions www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The deadline for paper proposals has been extended to

🗓️ 16 January 2026!

We would be grateful if you could forward this call to your respective networks, particularly those in the humanities.

Please find details for the call for paper here: ishtip.org/forthcoming-...

The issue includes contributions by
➡️ Amandine Lauro @ulbruxelles.bsky.social
➡️ @veropouillard.bsky.social University of Oslo
➡️ Gijs Dreijer @erasmusuniversity.bsky.social
➡️ Kevin Goergen @uni.lu
➡️ @jannelahti.bsky.social Linnaeus University

✅🔓 Available open access! bmgn-lchr.nl/issue/view/1...

New article on the patent systems in colonial history, full open access: bmgn-lchr.nl/article/view...

The Routledge History of Fashion and Dress, 1800 to the Present The 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...

It 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...

Diamond artisanal mining and trafficking in the South Kasaï region of the Congo during the decolonization period (1957–1964) This paper examines the diamond extraction and commerce in South Kasaï, a key diamond-producing region in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Focu…

New publication with Kristin Ranestad is now out and open access: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Join us for this conference in Paris, 23-26 June. Proposals of papers and panels on other countries than France are welcome! Papers in English and in French
businesshist26.sciencesconf.org?forward-acti...

The Dilemma of Copyright: “Countries in the South Need More Access to Innovation” - Research News Copyright and patents provide important rights to artists and inventors. However, for countries in the South, intellectual property rights still create problems.

Recent research summarised in this piece: www.uio.no/english/rese...

Highly recommended summer school on the history of intellectual property in Geneva in September. Join us and spread the word among PhDs working on multidisciplinary aspects of IP - CfP below and contact: Jérôme Baudry
drive.google.com/file/d/1HrdM...

The Routledge Companion to the History of Advertising With expansive global coverage from an international range of experts, this unique volume critically examines the stakeholders and influences on the production, dissemination, and consumption of adver...

Glad to share the table of contents of the forthcoming Routledge Companion to the History of Advertising, ed. Crawford & Dickenson. I enjoyed revisiting some aspects of the topic for a chapter. 30 chapters, both thematic issues and national foci. Coming soon!
www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...

Africa has no shortage of celebrated writers – so why is it so hard for African readers to get hold of their books? Across the continent books can be expensive and libraries scarce. But growing numbers of tech innovators and independent publishers are working to make African literature available and affordable

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

President Biden banned new oil and gas drilling along more than 625 million acres of U.S. coastal waters on Monday. He said he was making the move because drilling posed unnecessary risks to the environment, public health and the coastal communities’ economies. nyti.ms/4gH37YL

A pair of small gold hoop earrings in a yellow box with a cream-colored lining. White text reads: "How Britain's Royal Mint Transforms an Old Laptop Into 9-Karat Gold Earrings." Photo credit: Francesca Jones for The New York Times

For over a thousand years, the main purpose of Britain’s Royal Mint has been to make coins. But as the use of cash declines, the mint is undergoing a transformation.

Its new purpose: recovering precious metals from electronic waste. And turning that metal into jewelry. See how: nyti.ms/3BHSDt8

Climbing the Ivory Tower: How Socio-Economic Background Shapes Academia Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

Some hope for first gens after all! Fabulous new study notes: "academics from poorer backgrounds introduce more novel scientific concepts but are less likely to receive recognition." This is good, not bad, news. Our different view on life is our super power to make change! www.nber.org/papers/w33289

Thank you for the resend, @melinabuns.bsky.social ! I second the recommendation on Jenny Le Zotte's book. Also Ingunn Klepp; Kjersti Laitala; Sara Cavagnero; Morna Laing. Some chapters in the Routledge History of Fashion and Dress are relevant

This is going to be interesting! via @christophkalter.bsky.social Please share widely

The International Society for the History and Theory of Intellectual Property is pleased to share its

Call for Paper for its 16th Annual Workshop in Madrid,
25-26 June 2025.

The 2025 theme is
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND CAPITALISM.

Please see ishtip.org for more detail

How Bluesky, Alternative to X and Facebook, Is Handling Growth The fledgling social media site has been flooded with new users since the election. It hasn’t all been easy.

How @nytimes.com is reporting on the change www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/t...

Nice to see this platform catching up speed. Will be more present here for now

Very much looking forward to the defense of Anna Marie S. Nesheim's dissertation at University of Oslo, 7 May. First PhD completed on the ERC Creative IPR research project www.hf.uio.no/iakh/english...

Biden administration cancels another $7.4 billion in student loans President Biden announced $7.4 billion in new student loan forgiveness days after touting his broader plan to cancel debt.

The White House will send emails Friday to 277,000 borrowers informing them their debts — $7.4 billion in total — are being canceled. As Election Day nears, the Biden administration has ramped up efforts to tout the president’s record on wiping clear the education debts of millions of Americans.

From April 11 my Paris to New York book is 40% discounted on the occasion of the Organisation of American Historians conference. Enjoy! Codes here www.hup.harvard.edu/american-his...

Another colleague that comes to mind about IP is @plison.bsky.social works on IP and AI - very recent history and futures, but important for IP, as well

Thank you and sending a few names who are on this platform as well

Hi Sarah, nice to hear from you, also doing IP in history here I can think of @davidpretel.bsky.social @thomabr.bsky.social @hyoyoonkang.bsky.social

Enjoyed talking to ISINNOVA think thank about ERC CoG Creative IPR work, find more here www.futures4europe.eu/blogs/from-s...

Looking forward to the next Business History Conference in Providence, March 14-16th

The imaginary cover to a 1928 issue of "Weird Tales from the Public Domain" features a fat cat in a top hat, smoking a cigar, strangling a mouse. The tagline of "Freeing culture from corporate captivity" runs along the bottom of the image.

When the clock strikes midnight on January 1, works of art & culture from 1928 will enter the public domain in the US, meaning they can be remixed & reused in new creative works. And 1928 was a big year, thanks to a famous mouse...

Join our celebrations: blog.archive.org/2023/12/05/w...

I hesitated to keep it there...let us hear the verdict of more colleagues 😆

Thank you. This is so nice to read!