Tehila Sasson
@tsasson.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Modern History at Oxford @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social Co-Editor of Modern British History (OUP). author of The Solidarity Economy (PUP 2024) https://shorturl.at/qxFJ8
https://www.history.ox.ac.uk/people/professor-tehila-sasson
https://www.history.ox.ac.uk/people/professor-tehila-sasson
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Tehila Sasson
@tsasson.bsky.social
· Aug 15
The Solidarity Economy: Disha Karnad Jani interviews Tehila Sasson
by Disha Karnad Jani
www.jhiblog.org
I spoke with Disha Jani about my book THE SOLIDARITY ECONOMY on the @jhideas.bsky.social podcast. You can listen to it here! @princetonupress.bsky.social
www.jhiblog.org/2024/06/17/t...
www.jhiblog.org/2024/06/17/t...
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@WarwickHistory are recruiting for an Assistant Professor in Environmental History - with an open chronological and thematic focus.
Come join our excellent department with wonderful colleagues and students.
warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...
#history #envhistory #earlymodern
Come join our excellent department with wonderful colleagues and students.
warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...
#history #envhistory #earlymodern
Assistant Professor in Environmental History (111009-1125) - University of Warwick
Title: Assistant Professor in Environmental History (111009-1125). Application Deadline: . Position Type: Permanent
warwick-careers.tal.net
November 26, 2025 at 2:36 PM
@WarwickHistory are recruiting for an Assistant Professor in Environmental History - with an open chronological and thematic focus.
Come join our excellent department with wonderful colleagues and students.
warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...
#history #envhistory #earlymodern
Come join our excellent department with wonderful colleagues and students.
warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...
#history #envhistory #earlymodern
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🚨 Applications are now open for the 2026–27 Koch History Centre Fellowships at Oxford!
We are seeking 12 historians (9 junior, 3 senior) for a one-year fellowship at Wadham College & the Faculty of History.
This year’s theme: “Scarcity and Abundance”
Deadline: 17 Dec 2025
Please share widely!
We are seeking 12 historians (9 junior, 3 senior) for a one-year fellowship at Wadham College & the Faculty of History.
This year’s theme: “Scarcity and Abundance”
Deadline: 17 Dec 2025
Please share widely!
November 26, 2025 at 11:57 AM
🚨 Applications are now open for the 2026–27 Koch History Centre Fellowships at Oxford!
We are seeking 12 historians (9 junior, 3 senior) for a one-year fellowship at Wadham College & the Faculty of History.
This year’s theme: “Scarcity and Abundance”
Deadline: 17 Dec 2025
Please share widely!
We are seeking 12 historians (9 junior, 3 senior) for a one-year fellowship at Wadham College & the Faculty of History.
This year’s theme: “Scarcity and Abundance”
Deadline: 17 Dec 2025
Please share widely!
🚨 Applications are now open for the 2026–27 Koch History Centre Fellowships at Oxford!
We are seeking 12 historians (9 junior, 3 senior) for a one-year fellowship at Wadham College & the Faculty of History.
This year’s theme: “Scarcity and Abundance”
Deadline: 17 Dec 2025
Please share widely!
We are seeking 12 historians (9 junior, 3 senior) for a one-year fellowship at Wadham College & the Faculty of History.
This year’s theme: “Scarcity and Abundance”
Deadline: 17 Dec 2025
Please share widely!
November 26, 2025 at 11:57 AM
🚨 Applications are now open for the 2026–27 Koch History Centre Fellowships at Oxford!
We are seeking 12 historians (9 junior, 3 senior) for a one-year fellowship at Wadham College & the Faculty of History.
This year’s theme: “Scarcity and Abundance”
Deadline: 17 Dec 2025
Please share widely!
We are seeking 12 historians (9 junior, 3 senior) for a one-year fellowship at Wadham College & the Faculty of History.
This year’s theme: “Scarcity and Abundance”
Deadline: 17 Dec 2025
Please share widely!
Fantastic talk by Helen McCarthy on generational thinking in Britain since the 1970s as this year’s annual Pimlott Memorial Lecture @mbhjournal.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Fantastic talk by Helen McCarthy on generational thinking in Britain since the 1970s as this year’s annual Pimlott Memorial Lecture @mbhjournal.bsky.social
Listening to the brilliant Sarah Knott @sarahknott.bsky.social giving her Inaugural Lecture on “Why a History of Care?” (Starting with a quote by Audre Lorde)
November 24, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Listening to the brilliant Sarah Knott @sarahknott.bsky.social giving her Inaugural Lecture on “Why a History of Care?” (Starting with a quote by Audre Lorde)
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🚨We’re hiring a Junior Research Fellow in Economic History (Sept 2026–Aug 2029) at Wadham College, University of Oxford. It’s a genuinely supportive place to work. Happy to answer any questions. Spread the word!
www.wadham.ox.ac.uk/about/the-da...
www.wadham.ox.ac.uk/about/the-da...
The David Richards Junior Research Fellowship in Economic History
Wadham College invites applications for a fixed-term Junior Research Fellowship in Economic History, named the David Richards Fellowship, September 2026 – August 2029.
www.wadham.ox.ac.uk
October 29, 2025 at 11:43 AM
🚨We’re hiring a Junior Research Fellow in Economic History (Sept 2026–Aug 2029) at Wadham College, University of Oxford. It’s a genuinely supportive place to work. Happy to answer any questions. Spread the word!
www.wadham.ox.ac.uk/about/the-da...
www.wadham.ox.ac.uk/about/the-da...
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Call for papers #CFP
Blood is the Price of Coal: Coal Communities, Health and Welfare in Britain and Beyond from the 19th Century to the Present
18 June 2026: 1 day conference + NUM archive exhibition
Submit abstracts / express interest at warwick.ac.uk/services/lib...
Deadline: 25 Jan 2026
Blood is the Price of Coal: Coal Communities, Health and Welfare in Britain and Beyond from the 19th Century to the Present
18 June 2026: 1 day conference + NUM archive exhibition
Submit abstracts / express interest at warwick.ac.uk/services/lib...
Deadline: 25 Jan 2026
November 20, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Call for papers #CFP
Blood is the Price of Coal: Coal Communities, Health and Welfare in Britain and Beyond from the 19th Century to the Present
18 June 2026: 1 day conference + NUM archive exhibition
Submit abstracts / express interest at warwick.ac.uk/services/lib...
Deadline: 25 Jan 2026
Blood is the Price of Coal: Coal Communities, Health and Welfare in Britain and Beyond from the 19th Century to the Present
18 June 2026: 1 day conference + NUM archive exhibition
Submit abstracts / express interest at warwick.ac.uk/services/lib...
Deadline: 25 Jan 2026
please share widely!
We are running a search for an Associate Professorship (or Professorship) in Modern Middle Eastern History 1830-1970, with expertise in across key regions, including Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Palestine, Syria, Turkey, Egypt, and the Maghreb.
www.trinity.ox.ac.uk/vacancies
www.trinity.ox.ac.uk/vacancies
November 20, 2025 at 3:32 PM
please share widely!
We are running a search for an Associate Professorship (or Professorship) in Modern Middle Eastern History 1830-1970, with expertise in across key regions, including Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Palestine, Syria, Turkey, Egypt, and the Maghreb.
www.trinity.ox.ac.uk/vacancies
www.trinity.ox.ac.uk/vacancies
November 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
We are running a search for an Associate Professorship (or Professorship) in Modern Middle Eastern History 1830-1970, with expertise in across key regions, including Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Palestine, Syria, Turkey, Egypt, and the Maghreb.
www.trinity.ox.ac.uk/vacancies
www.trinity.ox.ac.uk/vacancies
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It’s not too late to sign up for this year’s Ben Pimlott Memorial Lecture, delivered by the wonderful Professor Helen McCarthy (Cambridge). @mbhjournal.bsky.social @historianhelen.bsky.social
25 Nov 2025, 6–9 PM
King’s College London, Strand, London WC2R 2LS
www.eventbrite.com/e/modern-bri...
25 Nov 2025, 6–9 PM
King’s College London, Strand, London WC2R 2LS
www.eventbrite.com/e/modern-bri...
Modern British History Ben Pimlott Memorial Lecture 2025: Helen McCarthy
Family Stories: Retirement, Old Age and Generational Thinking in Britain since the 1970s
www.eventbrite.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:59 PM
It’s not too late to sign up for this year’s Ben Pimlott Memorial Lecture, delivered by the wonderful Professor Helen McCarthy (Cambridge). @mbhjournal.bsky.social @historianhelen.bsky.social
25 Nov 2025, 6–9 PM
King’s College London, Strand, London WC2R 2LS
www.eventbrite.com/e/modern-bri...
25 Nov 2025, 6–9 PM
King’s College London, Strand, London WC2R 2LS
www.eventbrite.com/e/modern-bri...
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Would you like a free up and coming urban history book for Christmas? Would you like to write a review for us at @urbanhistory.bsky.social? We have the books and you have the words! Browse the below list and get in touch if you want to write us a review:
November 13, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Would you like a free up and coming urban history book for Christmas? Would you like to write a review for us at @urbanhistory.bsky.social? We have the books and you have the words! Browse the below list and get in touch if you want to write us a review:
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Excited to be soft-launching a new online essay series for @the-breakdown.bsky.social - (re)reading radical thinkers for the climate crisis.
First up is Casey A. Williams on Stuart Hall and his analytical power for climate strategy today.
www.break-down.org/reading-stua...
First up is Casey A. Williams on Stuart Hall and his analytical power for climate strategy today.
www.break-down.org/reading-stua...
Reading Stuart Hall for the Climate Crisis
Stuart Hall’s politics of culture offers the left a blueprint for confronting the climate crisis.
www.break-down.org
November 13, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Excited to be soft-launching a new online essay series for @the-breakdown.bsky.social - (re)reading radical thinkers for the climate crisis.
First up is Casey A. Williams on Stuart Hall and his analytical power for climate strategy today.
www.break-down.org/reading-stua...
First up is Casey A. Williams on Stuart Hall and his analytical power for climate strategy today.
www.break-down.org/reading-stua...
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VISITING FELLOWSHIPS: Applications are now open for 2026-27!
The deadline for applications is Friday 28 November 2025.
For more information on how to apply: https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/csb/fellowships/bodleian-visiting-fellowships
The deadline for applications is Friday 28 November 2025.
For more information on how to apply: https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/csb/fellowships/bodleian-visiting-fellowships
November 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
VISITING FELLOWSHIPS: Applications are now open for 2026-27!
The deadline for applications is Friday 28 November 2025.
For more information on how to apply: https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/csb/fellowships/bodleian-visiting-fellowships
The deadline for applications is Friday 28 November 2025.
For more information on how to apply: https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/csb/fellowships/bodleian-visiting-fellowships
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JOB
College Lectureship and Fellowship in Modern History and Politics (c20), Trinity College, Cambridge
[This includes a teaching requirement for International Relations]
www.trin.cam.ac.uk/vacancies/co...
College Lectureship and Fellowship in Modern History and Politics (c20), Trinity College, Cambridge
[This includes a teaching requirement for International Relations]
www.trin.cam.ac.uk/vacancies/co...
College Lectureship and Fellowship in Modern History and Politics
Applications are invited for appointment to a College Lectureship in Modern History and Politics, together with a Fellowship, tenable for five years in the first instance, with the possibility of…
www.trin.cam.ac.uk
November 11, 2025 at 9:50 PM
JOB
College Lectureship and Fellowship in Modern History and Politics (c20), Trinity College, Cambridge
[This includes a teaching requirement for International Relations]
www.trin.cam.ac.uk/vacancies/co...
College Lectureship and Fellowship in Modern History and Politics (c20), Trinity College, Cambridge
[This includes a teaching requirement for International Relations]
www.trin.cam.ac.uk/vacancies/co...
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An excellent read; Keith Gildart’s review essay in The English Historical Review focusing on a collection of recent historical works on aspects of the 1984/5 British Miners Strike and remembering that 40years on. Incl.
@nataliethomlinson.bsky.social
FYI @ewangibbs.bsky.social @sslh.bsky.social
@nataliethomlinson.bsky.social
FYI @ewangibbs.bsky.social @sslh.bsky.social
Which Side Are You On Boys? Revisiting the History of British Coal Miners and the Strike of 1984/5
The year 2025 marks the fortieth anniversary of the end of the bitter twelve-month miners’ strike of 1984/5. The dominance of coal in British energy produc
academic.oup.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:28 PM
An excellent read; Keith Gildart’s review essay in The English Historical Review focusing on a collection of recent historical works on aspects of the 1984/5 British Miners Strike and remembering that 40years on. Incl.
@nataliethomlinson.bsky.social
FYI @ewangibbs.bsky.social @sslh.bsky.social
@nataliethomlinson.bsky.social
FYI @ewangibbs.bsky.social @sslh.bsky.social
David Engerman (Yale) will be giving a talk on his new book “Apostles of Development” on Monday 17th, 5pm at Queen Elizabeth House on Mansfield Street (Oxford Department for International Development).
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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November 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
David Engerman (Yale) will be giving a talk on his new book “Apostles of Development” on Monday 17th, 5pm at Queen Elizabeth House on Mansfield Street (Oxford Department for International Development).
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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junior position in economic history @ Wadham College Oxford
🚨We’re hiring a Junior Research Fellow in Economic History (Sept 2026–Aug 2029) at Wadham College, University of Oxford. It’s a genuinely supportive place to work. Happy to answer any questions. Spread the word!
www.wadham.ox.ac.uk/about/the-da...
www.wadham.ox.ac.uk/about/the-da...
The David Richards Junior Research Fellowship in Economic History
Wadham College invites applications for a fixed-term Junior Research Fellowship in Economic History, named the David Richards Fellowship, September 2026 – August 2029.
www.wadham.ox.ac.uk
November 9, 2025 at 5:34 PM
junior position in economic history @ Wadham College Oxford
It’s not too late to sign up for this year’s Ben Pimlott Memorial Lecture, delivered by the wonderful Professor Helen McCarthy (Cambridge). @mbhjournal.bsky.social @historianhelen.bsky.social
25 Nov 2025, 6–9 PM
King’s College London, Strand, London WC2R 2LS
www.eventbrite.com/e/modern-bri...
25 Nov 2025, 6–9 PM
King’s College London, Strand, London WC2R 2LS
www.eventbrite.com/e/modern-bri...
Modern British History Ben Pimlott Memorial Lecture 2025: Helen McCarthy
Family Stories: Retirement, Old Age and Generational Thinking in Britain since the 1970s
www.eventbrite.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:59 PM
It’s not too late to sign up for this year’s Ben Pimlott Memorial Lecture, delivered by the wonderful Professor Helen McCarthy (Cambridge). @mbhjournal.bsky.social @historianhelen.bsky.social
25 Nov 2025, 6–9 PM
King’s College London, Strand, London WC2R 2LS
www.eventbrite.com/e/modern-bri...
25 Nov 2025, 6–9 PM
King’s College London, Strand, London WC2R 2LS
www.eventbrite.com/e/modern-bri...
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I entered and didn’t win well over a decade ago, but the feedback was so useful that I worked on the article and published in tcbh a couple of years after! Great prize/process
November 7, 2025 at 12:29 PM
I entered and didn’t win well over a decade ago, but the feedback was so useful that I worked on the article and published in tcbh a couple of years after! Great prize/process
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the Duncan Tanner prize not only showcases the very best of early career scholarship in modern British history year after year, but the committee also give every entrant considered and generous feedback on their scholarship. it's win/win - do enter your work! academic.oup.com/tcbh/pages/e...
Duncan Tanner Prize 2025
The Duncan Tanner Prize recognizes outstanding scholarship amongst postgraduate research students in Britain and abroad. Entrants submit an article manuscript.
academic.oup.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:07 PM
the Duncan Tanner prize not only showcases the very best of early career scholarship in modern British history year after year, but the committee also give every entrant considered and generous feedback on their scholarship. it's win/win - do enter your work! academic.oup.com/tcbh/pages/e...
🚨This is the last day to enter your manuscript for the Tanner Prize 2025! The prize recognizes outstanding scholarship among PhD students in Britain and abroad. The winning article will be published in Modern British History and receive £500 worth of OUP books.
academic.oup.com/tcbh/pages/e...
academic.oup.com/tcbh/pages/e...
Duncan Tanner Prize 2025
The Duncan Tanner Prize recognizes outstanding scholarship amongst postgraduate research students in Britain and abroad. Entrants submit an article manuscript.
academic.oup.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:42 AM
🚨This is the last day to enter your manuscript for the Tanner Prize 2025! The prize recognizes outstanding scholarship among PhD students in Britain and abroad. The winning article will be published in Modern British History and receive £500 worth of OUP books.
academic.oup.com/tcbh/pages/e...
academic.oup.com/tcbh/pages/e...
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On today’s episode of In Theory, Disha Karnad Jani interviews Sophia Rosenfeld on her new book, “The Age of Choice," which explores how the idea of choice became related to what it meant to be free between the early modern period and the 20th century.
@princetonupress.bsky.social
@princetonupress.bsky.social
The Age of Choice: Disha Karnad Jani Interviews Sophia Rosenfeld
by Disha Karnad Jani
web.sas.upenn.edu
October 29, 2025 at 3:08 PM
On today’s episode of In Theory, Disha Karnad Jani interviews Sophia Rosenfeld on her new book, “The Age of Choice," which explores how the idea of choice became related to what it meant to be free between the early modern period and the 20th century.
@princetonupress.bsky.social
@princetonupress.bsky.social
🚨We’re hiring a Junior Research Fellow in Economic History (Sept 2026–Aug 2029) at Wadham College, University of Oxford. It’s a genuinely supportive place to work. Happy to answer any questions. Spread the word!
www.wadham.ox.ac.uk/about/the-da...
www.wadham.ox.ac.uk/about/the-da...
The David Richards Junior Research Fellowship in Economic History
Wadham College invites applications for a fixed-term Junior Research Fellowship in Economic History, named the David Richards Fellowship, September 2026 – August 2029.
www.wadham.ox.ac.uk
October 29, 2025 at 11:43 AM
🚨We’re hiring a Junior Research Fellow in Economic History (Sept 2026–Aug 2029) at Wadham College, University of Oxford. It’s a genuinely supportive place to work. Happy to answer any questions. Spread the word!
www.wadham.ox.ac.uk/about/the-da...
www.wadham.ox.ac.uk/about/the-da...
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The Jervis Forum Review 144
Tehila Sasson’s The Solidarity Economy: Nonprofits and the Making of Neoliberalism after Empire
"challenges the faith in the market, self-employment, and small-scale financialization solutions as a path forward for developing nations” –John Shields
wp.me/p2Insd-7wz
Tehila Sasson’s The Solidarity Economy: Nonprofits and the Making of Neoliberalism after Empire
"challenges the faith in the market, self-employment, and small-scale financialization solutions as a path forward for developing nations” –John Shields
wp.me/p2Insd-7wz
Jervis Forum Review 144: Shields on Sasson, The Solidarity Economy
H-Diplo | Robert Jervis International Security Studies Forum Review 144 Tehila Sasson. The Solidarity Economy: Nonprofits and the Making of Neoliberalism after Empire. Princeton University Press, 2024...
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October 22, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The Jervis Forum Review 144
Tehila Sasson’s The Solidarity Economy: Nonprofits and the Making of Neoliberalism after Empire
"challenges the faith in the market, self-employment, and small-scale financialization solutions as a path forward for developing nations” –John Shields
wp.me/p2Insd-7wz
Tehila Sasson’s The Solidarity Economy: Nonprofits and the Making of Neoliberalism after Empire
"challenges the faith in the market, self-employment, and small-scale financialization solutions as a path forward for developing nations” –John Shields
wp.me/p2Insd-7wz
Just came across this review of my book, which also has some very smart and sharp points of critique
The Jervis Forum Review 144
Tehila Sasson’s The Solidarity Economy: Nonprofits and the Making of Neoliberalism after Empire
"challenges the faith in the market, self-employment, and small-scale financialization solutions as a path forward for developing nations” –John Shields
wp.me/p2Insd-7wz
Tehila Sasson’s The Solidarity Economy: Nonprofits and the Making of Neoliberalism after Empire
"challenges the faith in the market, self-employment, and small-scale financialization solutions as a path forward for developing nations” –John Shields
wp.me/p2Insd-7wz
Jervis Forum Review 144: Shields on Sasson, The Solidarity Economy
H-Diplo | Robert Jervis International Security Studies Forum Review 144 Tehila Sasson. The Solidarity Economy: Nonprofits and the Making of Neoliberalism after Empire. Princeton University Press, 2024...
wp.me
October 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Just came across this review of my book, which also has some very smart and sharp points of critique