Here is a new paper from the Oxford Economic and Social History Working Papers by Edward Kerby, @MoradiAlexander, and Hanjo Odendaal on “African time travellers: what can we learn from 500 years of written accounts?” ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:f… OpenAccessOxford #twitterstorians #econhist

We will be at the Cape Town Cycle Tour Expo to celebrate its 45th year and show off our latest kit and accessories. You can find us at stands 125 - 127. See you there. 🚴‍♀️🚴‍♂️⚡ #VyeTribe #itsaVYEb #cycling #roadcycling #ctct #ctcycletour #ctcycletour2023 #capetown

📕Book Presentation at #ESSHC23 on "Quantitative History and Uncharted People: Case Studies from the South African Past" Bloomsbury History edited by Johan Fourie Laboratory for the Economics of Africa's Past Contributions by Kate Ekama Michiel de Haas @JonathanSchoots Edward Kerby Kris Inwood (@kris-inwood.bsky.social) Maphosa, Mbem, Links ...

📕🌍New AEHN Working Paper No. 72 by Bastian Becker & Felix Meier zu Selhausen : Women on a Mission: Protestant Legacies of Gender Equality in Africa? Studying: (i) mission denominational effects, (ii) role of female missionaries on long-term women's educ + agency. 👇🏿 aehnetwork.org/working-papers…

Rimorfacta = systematic #data from travellers in Africa (1500 - 1900). This data can answer important #economics questions about precolonial #agriculture, #slavetrade, gunpowder & violence, and #technology. @MoradiAlexander presenting this exciting new paper at the African Economic History Network (AEHN).

@MoradiAlexander @JCBuggle Mara Squicciarini @carciccar Edward Kerby Hanjo Odendaal Can't wait to be there!

The Time Travellers are at the 2nd Bolzano Historical Economics Workshop @unibz_news, presenting Rimorfacta. Are Travellers to Africa (1500 - 1900) writing about facts or making up fiction?

Can narrative arcs detect good stories from factual accounts? Exhibit 1: Adams (top) never travelled, while Livingstone (bottom) traversed the continent. Things were really bumpy for Livingstone with highs and lows of exploration in 1850. Adams had it too easy.

For comparison, how about an Econ textbook? Even Daron Acemoglu has highs and lows to his micro textbook. Its starts wells and ends badly. The dismal science hits a low with market failure homework.

Come see @alexmoradi present a new paper on “Narratives from European-African Encounters (1400 - 1900)” at the Economic History Society. A 🧵 on this fascinating, ground-breaking research.

Trending in #History: ooir.org/index.php?fiel… 1) UN Tour Guides, Gender & Public Diplomacy, 1952–77 (@shafrdh) 2) The Fall of Constantinople & the New Political Dynamic in the Holy Roman Empire, 1453–67 3) Competitiveness, Civilizationism & the Anglosphere (Modern Intellectual History @mihjournal.bsky.socia) 4)

Looking back at LEAP's Frontiers of Finance this Friday: Maphosa, L. M., Ehlers, A., Fourie, J., & Kerby, E. M. (2021). The growth and diversity of the Cape private capital market, 1892–1902. Economic History of Developing Regions, 36(2), 149–174. doi.org/10.1080/207803…

Now on Early View: 'African time travellers: What can we learn from 500 years of written accounts?' By Edward Kerby, Alexander Monradi and Hanjo Odendaal. Edward Kerby @MoradiAlexander Hanjo Odendaal Stellenbosch University Laboratory for the Economics of Africa's Past @unibz_news Bureau for Economic Research (BER) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.11…

Economic History Review Edward Kerby @MoradiAlexander Hanjo Odendaal Stellenbosch University Laboratory for the Economics of Africa's Past @unibz_news Bureau for Economic Research (BER) @MoradiAlexander, Hanjo Odendaal and @edkerby are really having fun working on this project.

Yesterday, I successfully defended my PhD thesis! Huge thanks to my supervisors Johan Fourie and Edward Kerby, committee, colleagues Laboratory for the Economics of Africa's Past, friends, and family for their support. What a great learning experience – I wouldn't trade it for anything. Excited for what lies ahead.

Karin Pallaver and Lauren Coetzee presenting the preliminary results of our project (with @MoradiAlexander Edward Kerby and Hanjo Odendaal) African Economic History Network (AEHN) meeting in Rome. "Currency areas in modern precolonial Africa: New insights from traveller accounts"

@MoradiAlexander presenting research from the Time Traveller project titled “Narratives from European-African Encounters” at AEHN 2024 #AEHN #LEAP

⭐ Thanks to the African Economic History Network and Sapienza University of Rome for inviting our LEAP team to #AEHN2024! Engaging with top academics on Africa's rich economic history was a fantastic experience. ⭐

📢Calling all Text-as-Data researchers ⭐️CfP Text-as-Data session: Narratives, Culture and Perceptions💥World Economic History Congress,📍Lund 2025. CfP deadline⏰16th Nov '24⌛️. Elliott Ash Philine Widmer @essobecker