Lucas Poy
@lucaspoy.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam | Research fellow International Institute of Social History | Labour and social historian | History of labor, socialism, and internationalism | Latin America |
https://research.vu.nl/en/persons/lucas-poy
https://research.vu.nl/en/persons/lucas-poy
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Our book Rent Strikes has been downloaded more than a thousand times in only one week!
@uclpress.bsky.social @iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social @hannesrolf.bsky.social
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November 15, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Our book Rent Strikes has been downloaded more than a thousand times in only one week!
@uclpress.bsky.social @iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social @hannesrolf.bsky.social
@uclpress.bsky.social @iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social @hannesrolf.bsky.social
Our book Rent Strikes has been downloaded more than a thousand times in only one week!
@uclpress.bsky.social @iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social @hannesrolf.bsky.social
@uclpress.bsky.social @iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social @hannesrolf.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Our book Rent Strikes has been downloaded more than a thousand times in only one week!
@uclpress.bsky.social @iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social @hannesrolf.bsky.social
@uclpress.bsky.social @iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social @hannesrolf.bsky.social
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📢 NEW BOOK ALERT!
The housing crisis is global, but so is the resistance.
A thread to introduce “Rent Strikes”, edited together with @hannesrolf.bsky.social, and published open access by @uclpress.bsky.social and @iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social
uclpress.co.uk/book/rent-st...
🧵(1/10)
The housing crisis is global, but so is the resistance.
A thread to introduce “Rent Strikes”, edited together with @hannesrolf.bsky.social, and published open access by @uclpress.bsky.social and @iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social
uclpress.co.uk/book/rent-st...
🧵(1/10)
November 13, 2025 at 10:36 AM
📢 NEW BOOK ALERT!
The housing crisis is global, but so is the resistance.
A thread to introduce “Rent Strikes”, edited together with @hannesrolf.bsky.social, and published open access by @uclpress.bsky.social and @iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social
uclpress.co.uk/book/rent-st...
🧵(1/10)
The housing crisis is global, but so is the resistance.
A thread to introduce “Rent Strikes”, edited together with @hannesrolf.bsky.social, and published open access by @uclpress.bsky.social and @iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social
uclpress.co.uk/book/rent-st...
🧵(1/10)
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Nieuw boek van o.a. IISG-fellow @lucaspoy.bsky.social over huurdersverzet tegen inhalige huisbazen. Open access, dus gratis te downloaden en te lezen!
📢 NEW BOOK ALERT!
The housing crisis is global, but so is the resistance.
A thread to introduce “Rent Strikes”, edited together with @hannesrolf.bsky.social, and published open access by @uclpress.bsky.social and @iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social
uclpress.co.uk/book/rent-st...
🧵(1/10)
The housing crisis is global, but so is the resistance.
A thread to introduce “Rent Strikes”, edited together with @hannesrolf.bsky.social, and published open access by @uclpress.bsky.social and @iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social
uclpress.co.uk/book/rent-st...
🧵(1/10)
November 13, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Nieuw boek van o.a. IISG-fellow @lucaspoy.bsky.social over huurdersverzet tegen inhalige huisbazen. Open access, dus gratis te downloaden en te lezen!
📢 NEW BOOK ALERT!
The housing crisis is global, but so is the resistance.
A thread to introduce “Rent Strikes”, edited together with @hannesrolf.bsky.social, and published open access by @uclpress.bsky.social and @iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social
uclpress.co.uk/book/rent-st...
🧵(1/10)
The housing crisis is global, but so is the resistance.
A thread to introduce “Rent Strikes”, edited together with @hannesrolf.bsky.social, and published open access by @uclpress.bsky.social and @iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social
uclpress.co.uk/book/rent-st...
🧵(1/10)
November 13, 2025 at 10:36 AM
📢 NEW BOOK ALERT!
The housing crisis is global, but so is the resistance.
A thread to introduce “Rent Strikes”, edited together with @hannesrolf.bsky.social, and published open access by @uclpress.bsky.social and @iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social
uclpress.co.uk/book/rent-st...
🧵(1/10)
The housing crisis is global, but so is the resistance.
A thread to introduce “Rent Strikes”, edited together with @hannesrolf.bsky.social, and published open access by @uclpress.bsky.social and @iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social
uclpress.co.uk/book/rent-st...
🧵(1/10)
Just published!
Rent Strikes: A history of collective tenant actions across the world, the book I edited with @hannesrolf.bsky.social, is out now from @uclpress.bsky.social
It's OPEN ACCESS, part of the "Work Around the World" series by @iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social
uclpress.co.uk/book/rent-st...
Rent Strikes: A history of collective tenant actions across the world, the book I edited with @hannesrolf.bsky.social, is out now from @uclpress.bsky.social
It's OPEN ACCESS, part of the "Work Around the World" series by @iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social
uclpress.co.uk/book/rent-st...
Rent Strikes
Since the nineteenth century, working-class families have predominantly relied on tenements for housing, with rents often consuming a large portion of their household budgets. There is a long and cont...
uclpress.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Just published!
Rent Strikes: A history of collective tenant actions across the world, the book I edited with @hannesrolf.bsky.social, is out now from @uclpress.bsky.social
It's OPEN ACCESS, part of the "Work Around the World" series by @iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social
uclpress.co.uk/book/rent-st...
Rent Strikes: A history of collective tenant actions across the world, the book I edited with @hannesrolf.bsky.social, is out now from @uclpress.bsky.social
It's OPEN ACCESS, part of the "Work Around the World" series by @iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social
uclpress.co.uk/book/rent-st...
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I am delighted to finally see this volume that I, @lucaspoy.bsky.social , and fourteen other authors have been working on for a few years (without any external funding, it should be added), as a printed book. This is likely the first international anthology on the history of tenant organising.
November 8, 2025 at 11:39 AM
I am delighted to finally see this volume that I, @lucaspoy.bsky.social , and fourteen other authors have been working on for a few years (without any external funding, it should be added), as a printed book. This is likely the first international anthology on the history of tenant organising.
Opmerkelijk dat de VVD Argentinië als voorbeeld neemt. Het “kettingzaag”-beleid van Milei leidde tot massale sluitingen van bedrijven, verlies van banen en dalende koopkracht. Niet echt wat je noemt een economie waar “werken loont”. (draadje🧵)
November 6, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Opmerkelijk dat de VVD Argentinië als voorbeeld neemt. Het “kettingzaag”-beleid van Milei leidde tot massale sluitingen van bedrijven, verlies van banen en dalende koopkracht. Niet echt wat je noemt een economie waar “werken loont”. (draadje🧵)
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Did you ever wonder anything about the history of tenant organising and rent strikes? This volume, edited by me and @lucaspoy.bsky.social , might have some answers. Freshly published today and available with open access.
uclpress.co.uk/book/rent-st...
uclpress.co.uk/book/rent-st...
Rent Strikes
Since the nineteenth century, working-class families have predominantly relied on tenements for housing, with rents often consuming a large portion of their household budgets. There is a long and cont...
uclpress.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Did you ever wonder anything about the history of tenant organising and rent strikes? This volume, edited by me and @lucaspoy.bsky.social , might have some answers. Freshly published today and available with open access.
uclpress.co.uk/book/rent-st...
uclpress.co.uk/book/rent-st...
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7/9 Following this, @lucaspoy.bsky.social (@vuamsterdam.bsky.social) investigates "The Influence of Enrico Ferri in Late-Nineteenth Century Argentine Socialism" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
November 5, 2025 at 4:52 AM
7/9 Following this, @lucaspoy.bsky.social (@vuamsterdam.bsky.social) investigates "The Influence of Enrico Ferri in Late-Nineteenth Century Argentine Socialism" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Looking forward to presenting my work at @weatherheadcenter.bsky.social in Harvard next spring!
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Global History Seminar- Lucas Poy | Weatherhead
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October 6, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Looking forward to presenting my work at @weatherheadcenter.bsky.social in Harvard next spring!
wigh.wcfia.harvard.edu/event/global...
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A thoughtful essay worth your time. I’ve been wrestling with the same questions and have much still to learn.
I wrote about the take-home essay and whether it has a future in the age of AI. What are we actually testing when we assign them? What alternatives do we have? You can read my thoughts here: lucaspoy.substack.com/p/the-last-d...
The last days of the take-home essay as we knew it
“Not to laugh, not to weep, but to understand”.
lucaspoy.substack.com
September 25, 2025 at 10:40 AM
A thoughtful essay worth your time. I’ve been wrestling with the same questions and have much still to learn.
I wrote about the take-home essay and whether it has a future in the age of AI. What are we actually testing when we assign them? What alternatives do we have? You can read my thoughts here: lucaspoy.substack.com/p/the-last-d...
The last days of the take-home essay as we knew it
“Not to laugh, not to weep, but to understand”.
lucaspoy.substack.com
September 25, 2025 at 8:13 AM
I wrote about the take-home essay and whether it has a future in the age of AI. What are we actually testing when we assign them? What alternatives do we have? You can read my thoughts here: lucaspoy.substack.com/p/the-last-d...
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Ever wondered how tenants organized across different continents and periods?
𝑅𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑆𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑘𝑒𝑠: 𝐴 ℎ𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑, edited with @hannesrolf.bsky.social, is coming November 2025!
Preview the table of contents and contributor details: uclpress.co.uk/book/rent-st...
𝑅𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑆𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑘𝑒𝑠: 𝐴 ℎ𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑, edited with @hannesrolf.bsky.social, is coming November 2025!
Preview the table of contents and contributor details: uclpress.co.uk/book/rent-st...
Rent Strikes
Since the nineteenth century, working-class families have predominantly relied on tenements for housing, with rents often consuming a large portion of their household budgets. There is a long and cont...
uclpress.co.uk
June 4, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Ever wondered how tenants organized across different continents and periods?
𝑅𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑆𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑘𝑒𝑠: 𝐴 ℎ𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑, edited with @hannesrolf.bsky.social, is coming November 2025!
Preview the table of contents and contributor details: uclpress.co.uk/book/rent-st...
𝑅𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑆𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑘𝑒𝑠: 𝐴 ℎ𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑, edited with @hannesrolf.bsky.social, is coming November 2025!
Preview the table of contents and contributor details: uclpress.co.uk/book/rent-st...
I wrote a post in my Substack about experimenting with generative AI for historical research with digitised newspapers. It looks at how it works with structured sources, where it helps, and where it falls short.
lucaspoy.substack.com/p/using-note...
lucaspoy.substack.com/p/using-note...
Using NotebookLM for research with digitised historical newspapers
This is the third post in a series of reflections about how historians can engage with generative AI.
lucaspoy.substack.com
September 4, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I wrote a post in my Substack about experimenting with generative AI for historical research with digitised newspapers. It looks at how it works with structured sources, where it helps, and where it falls short.
lucaspoy.substack.com/p/using-note...
lucaspoy.substack.com/p/using-note...
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New post on Substack: how I’ve been testing NotebookLM with digitised newspapers. In short: great for discovery (much better than keyword searching), but weak and risky for analysis.
lucaspoy.substack.com/p/using-note...
lucaspoy.substack.com/p/using-note...
Using NotebookLM for research with digitised historical newspapers
This is the third post in a series of reflections about how historians can engage with generative AI.
lucaspoy.substack.com
August 26, 2025 at 11:55 AM
New post on Substack: how I’ve been testing NotebookLM with digitised newspapers. In short: great for discovery (much better than keyword searching), but weak and risky for analysis.
lucaspoy.substack.com/p/using-note...
lucaspoy.substack.com/p/using-note...
New post on Substack: how I’ve been testing NotebookLM with digitised newspapers. In short: great for discovery (much better than keyword searching), but weak and risky for analysis.
lucaspoy.substack.com/p/using-note...
lucaspoy.substack.com/p/using-note...
Using NotebookLM for research with digitised historical newspapers
This is the third post in a series of reflections about how historians can engage with generative AI.
lucaspoy.substack.com
August 26, 2025 at 11:55 AM
New post on Substack: how I’ve been testing NotebookLM with digitised newspapers. In short: great for discovery (much better than keyword searching), but weak and risky for analysis.
lucaspoy.substack.com/p/using-note...
lucaspoy.substack.com/p/using-note...
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These guiding principles of the AHA seem written a year ago, and by people who don't really use nor know much about AI tools.
I wrote about it here substack.com/home/post/p-... and here substack.com/home/post/p-...
I wrote about it here substack.com/home/post/p-... and here substack.com/home/post/p-...
August 5, 2025 at 8:45 PM
These guiding principles of the AHA seem written a year ago, and by people who don't really use nor know much about AI tools.
I wrote about it here substack.com/home/post/p-... and here substack.com/home/post/p-...
I wrote about it here substack.com/home/post/p-... and here substack.com/home/post/p-...
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De American Historical Association bakt er blijkbaar niets van als het gaat om AI. De reacties uit de Anglofone historische wereld die hier voorbij komen zijn voorspelbaar opgewonden en polemisch: 'AI is de duivel'. Ik wijs dus nog maar eens op de inzichtelijke blogs van @lucaspoy.bsky.social.
These guiding principles of the AHA seem written a year ago, and by people who don't really use nor know much about AI tools.
I wrote about it here substack.com/home/post/p-... and here substack.com/home/post/p-...
I wrote about it here substack.com/home/post/p-... and here substack.com/home/post/p-...
August 6, 2025 at 7:07 AM
De American Historical Association bakt er blijkbaar niets van als het gaat om AI. De reacties uit de Anglofone historische wereld die hier voorbij komen zijn voorspelbaar opgewonden en polemisch: 'AI is de duivel'. Ik wijs dus nog maar eens op de inzichtelijke blogs van @lucaspoy.bsky.social.
These guiding principles of the AHA seem written a year ago, and by people who don't really use nor know much about AI tools.
I wrote about it here substack.com/home/post/p-... and here substack.com/home/post/p-...
I wrote about it here substack.com/home/post/p-... and here substack.com/home/post/p-...
August 5, 2025 at 8:45 PM
These guiding principles of the AHA seem written a year ago, and by people who don't really use nor know much about AI tools.
I wrote about it here substack.com/home/post/p-... and here substack.com/home/post/p-...
I wrote about it here substack.com/home/post/p-... and here substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Are we framing the AI discussion wrong in history departments? I think we're too focused on student “cheating” while missing the bigger picture. I've been thinking about this for a while and decided to write it down.
lucaspoy.substack.com/p/historians...
lucaspoy.substack.com/p/historians...
Historians: We are having the wrong conversation about AI
This might be the first in a series of posts exploring how historians can engage with AI tools.
lucaspoy.substack.com
July 3, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Are we framing the AI discussion wrong in history departments? I think we're too focused on student “cheating” while missing the bigger picture. I've been thinking about this for a while and decided to write it down.
lucaspoy.substack.com/p/historians...
lucaspoy.substack.com/p/historians...
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Some more thoughts about generative AI and our work as historians (in particular about using NotebookLM for secondary sources)
lucaspoy.substack.com/p/notebooklm...
lucaspoy.substack.com/p/notebooklm...
NotebookLM: The end of reading as we knew it?
This is the second in a series of posts exploring how historians can engage with AI tools.
lucaspoy.substack.com
July 10, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Some more thoughts about generative AI and our work as historians (in particular about using NotebookLM for secondary sources)
lucaspoy.substack.com/p/notebooklm...
lucaspoy.substack.com/p/notebooklm...
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First piece I’ve read where I see *possible* academic value coming from an “AI” tool. Not saying I’m a convert by any means, but definitely going to give NotebookLM a try.
Some more thoughts about generative AI and our work as historians (in particular about using NotebookLM for secondary sources)
lucaspoy.substack.com/p/notebooklm...
lucaspoy.substack.com/p/notebooklm...
NotebookLM: The end of reading as we knew it?
This is the second in a series of posts exploring how historians can engage with AI tools.
lucaspoy.substack.com
July 10, 2025 at 11:32 AM
First piece I’ve read where I see *possible* academic value coming from an “AI” tool. Not saying I’m a convert by any means, but definitely going to give NotebookLM a try.
Some more thoughts about generative AI and our work as historians (in particular about using NotebookLM for secondary sources)
lucaspoy.substack.com/p/notebooklm...
lucaspoy.substack.com/p/notebooklm...
NotebookLM: The end of reading as we knew it?
This is the second in a series of posts exploring how historians can engage with AI tools.
lucaspoy.substack.com
July 10, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Some more thoughts about generative AI and our work as historians (in particular about using NotebookLM for secondary sources)
lucaspoy.substack.com/p/notebooklm...
lucaspoy.substack.com/p/notebooklm...