🚀🚨🚀 We are hiring: 3-year postdoc in African history! 🚀🚨🚀! The University of Agder in Kristiansand, Norway is hiring a researcher with a PhD in History to conduct research on “European Languages in Post-Colonial Africa (1950-1990). The job listing can be found here: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Post-doctoral Research Fellow in European Languages in Post-Colonial Africa (303877) | University of Agder

Job title: Post-doctoral Research Fellow in European Languages in Post-Colonial Africa (303877), Employer: University of Agder, Deadline: Tuesday, September 15, 2026

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Coming soon! This book looks at the history of intellectual and industrial property in the colony of Congo, present day Democratic Republic of the Congo. The volume includes chapters on patents, trademarks, geographical indications of origin, and copyrights.

Musicians and Copyright is out! New Creative IPR book with my brilliant colleagues from UiO and numerous excellent contributions from Creative IPR project members, associates and visitors. OA digital version planned to be out soon as well. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526180148/

Manchester University Press - Musicians and copyright

Musicians and copyright - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of Musicians and copyright by Véronique Pouillard

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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-...

Int Society for the History & Theory of Intellectual Property @ishtip.bsky.social · 8mo ago

📣 Call for Papers for the 2026 Annual ISHTIP Workshop is out now 📣 Theme: Intellectual Property and Democracy When: 25-26 June 2026 Where: Faculty of Law, University of São Paulo, Brazil Abstract & CV deadline: 22 December 2025 More details: 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...

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...

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...

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

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…

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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...

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

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.

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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...

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...

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...

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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

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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

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

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

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...

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

Christoph Kalter@christophkalter.bsky.social · 2y ago

💥Call for Papers: 💥 "African Voices in Global Intellectual History" - Authors' workshop organized by Martin Rempe, Konstanz. "Applications from the African continent and early career researchers are particularly welcome." 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

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...

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.

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.

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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...

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

Business History Conference@businesshistoryc.bsky.social · 3y ago

📣 🚨 The CFP for the Business History Conference annual meeting (2024) will be open until November 1st thebhc.org/call-papers-... #CFP #bizhis

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...

New book out! Routledge History of Fashion and Dress, ed. with Dr. Vincent Dubé-Senécal, full open access, over 30 contributors. Please share widely www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edi....

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

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

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ISHTIP Book Discussion: Myra Tawfik’s “For the Encouragement of Learning. The origins of Canadian Copyright Law” 23 November online. See details in the CORRECTED flyer or go to www.ishtip.org