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Amílcar E. Challú @amilcarchallu.bsky.social · 2h

We have some fantastic programming leading to Robin Kimmerer’s visit to campus in spring. My colleagues in the water center are leading the next seminar. Some #envhist coming down the road too.

Amílcar E. Challú @amilcarchallu.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks!!!

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Amílcar E. Challú @amilcarchallu.bsky.social · 2d

Question for #envhist and humanities peeps: I’m working on an outreach plan supporting a wetland restoration project. Does anybody have recommendations of authors or projects using history to increase public awareness on restoration projects?

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Guido Alfani @guidoalfani.bsky.social · 12d

Next Monday (Oct 6) the two-days conference "Inequality & History" will begin, hosted by @dondenacentre.bsky.social at Bocconi University (Milan). Join us to explore & debate inequality across history, from Classical Antiquity until today! Remote attendance possible; QR code in the program below👇

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Amílcar E. Challú @amilcarchallu.bsky.social · 11d

My kids did it. I profoundly disagree.

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Cameron D. Campbell 康文林 @camerondcampbell.blog · Aug 14

With the publication of our introduction, the special issue that Tommy Bengtsson and I edited for Explorations in Economic History "Inequality, economic stress, and demographic response" is now complete! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 1/4

Inequality, economic stress, and demographic response: Introduction

www.sciencedirect.com

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Amílcar E. Challú @amilcarchallu.bsky.social · Aug 7

Great loss in #Econhist. We were just talking about Temin with some colleagues in
#wehc2025. He was a regular in the Boston-area Econ hist workshop and always insightful. news.mit.edu/2025/profess...

Professor Emeritus Peter Temin, influential and prolific economic historian, dies at 87

MIT Professor Emeritus Peter Temin, a highly influential and prolific economic historian, has died at 87. The longtime MIT scholar and former department head used the tools of economics to shed new li...

news.mit.edu

Amílcar E. Challú @amilcarchallu.bsky.social · Jul 28

Great time in Lund for the #WEHC2025

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Amílcar E. Challú @amilcarchallu.bsky.social · Jul 1

Do you have any recommendation about the Lorenz curve of the distribution of slave ownership in the US?

Amílcar E. Challú @amilcarchallu.bsky.social · May 15

The students and I learned a lot from the activities but also from interacting with cutting-age technology in @hf.co, nixtla.io and humy.ai

Nixtla | State of the Art Forecasting

Nixtla democratizes access to state-of-the-art predictive insights. With Nixtla, you can implement cutting-edge forecasting and advanced anomaly detection, irrespective of your team's si...

nixtla.io

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Amílcar E. Challú @amilcarchallu.bsky.social · May 15

So happy to be part of this initiative. I piloted the new History in the Age of AI course this past spring, focusing on text recognition models (and more broadly on AI literacy). It was a very rewarding experience.

www.statenews.org/section/the-...

Bowling Green plans to offer a new major next school year: AI + X

A new major at Bowling Green State is hoping to teach students how to make artificial intelligence – and how to use it responsibly.

www.statenews.org

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Amílcar E. Challú @amilcarchallu.bsky.social · May 15

Last year Matt Emberg developed a board game about the conquest of Tenochtitlan. Today we got to play the finalized version. I loved the process of helping Matt design the game and now seeing the outcome. Another reason why I love my job.

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Amílcar E. Challú @amilcarchallu.bsky.social · May 3

I bumped into the Lorax in our park’s native plants sale.

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Amílcar E. Challú @amilcarchallu.bsky.social · Apr 30

This sounds amazing. I look forward to reading it.

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Amílcar E. Challú @amilcarchallu.bsky.social · Apr 24

Impressive.

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Amílcar E. Challú @amilcarchallu.bsky.social · Apr 24

So happy to share this byline with John Coatsworth. revista.drclas.harvard.edu/the-history-...

The History of Inequality

For the last few decades, a strong consensus has held that Latin America is not only the most economically unequal region in the world, but also one where inequality has become structurally entrenched...

revista.drclas.harvard.edu

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Amílcar E. Challú @amilcarchallu.bsky.social · Apr 6

This explains it all. theonion.com/trump-calmly...

Trump Calmly Reminds Nation That Desire The Root Of All Suffering

WASHINGTON—Seeking to reassure the public after his latest tariffs sent both U.S. and international markets into free fall, President Donald Trump calmly reminded the nation Thursday that desire is th...

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Amílcar E. Challú @amilcarchallu.bsky.social · Apr 4

Love it. Congrats on the publication

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CEPH @cephie.bsky.social · Mar 31

Last month, Prof. Jane Humphries (@ox.ac.uk) delivered the Alice Murray Distinguished Scholar Lecture titled "Caring About Care: The Economic History of Caring Labour"
The lecture is available here, but we'd like to highlight some of the research that supported it:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BoY...

"Caring About Care", Jane Humphries, 27.02.2025

YouTube video by CEPH

www.youtube.com

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Amílcar E. Challú @amilcarchallu.bsky.social · Mar 31

Transkribus hasn’t worked that well for me. My students report good results for easy handwriting. But I haven’t been able to crack the nut for structured info.

Amílcar E. Challú @amilcarchallu.bsky.social · Mar 30

What tools do you use for transcribing?

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𝔾𝖗𝖆𝕧𝖊 𝕊𝖑𝖆𝕪𝖊𝖗𝖘 💀🧟‍♂️👻🎃👹 @davesayers.bsky.social · Mar 29

If you want to prevent use of AI in student assignments, try this method of mine. It works really nicely. In the process, it also gives students transparent tools to prove they did their own work (to me and to future employers).
www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/simpl...

A simple hack to ChatGPT-proof assignments using Google Drive

What if there was a way to maintain the essay in all its three constituent parts – reading, thinking, writing – in the age of ChatGPT? Dave Sayers thinks he has an answer

www.timeshighereducation.com

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Amílcar E. Challú @amilcarchallu.bsky.social · Mar 29

Very clever

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Amílcar E. Challú @amilcarchallu.bsky.social · Mar 29

Fascinating essay.

NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · Mar 29

ICYMI

"This is the story of the Wyandot’s resilience—their ability to endure and adapt during an intense period of adversity and extreme weather events—in an unfamiliar land." - Mckelvey Kelly

niche-canada.org/2025/03/27/s...

#wyandot #indigenous #indigenoushistory #envhist

Storms, Strength, and Survival: Wyandot Adaptations on the Kansas Prairies

The Wyandot endured forced removal, disease, and extreme weather in 1843, but demonstrated resilience, rebuilding their community in Kansas City.

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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · Mar 29

ICYMI

"This is the story of the Wyandot’s resilience—their ability to endure and adapt during an intense period of adversity and extreme weather events—in an unfamiliar land." - Mckelvey Kelly

niche-canada.org/2025/03/27/s...

#wyandot #indigenous #indigenoushistory #envhist

Storms, Strength, and Survival: Wyandot Adaptations on the Kansas Prairies

The Wyandot endured forced removal, disease, and extreme weather in 1843, but demonstrated resilience, rebuilding their community in Kansas City.

niche-canada.org

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