Andrew Popp
@andrewpopp.bsky.social
Historian of economic life, emotions & the everyday. Living in Copenhagen, going swimming, being vegan.
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Andrew Popp
@andrewpopp.bsky.social
· Jul 24
As an historian, I've tried to bring together the histories of business & of the everyday. I guess this is an expression of that: noticing & acknowledging what & how business is woven into everyday life--what it affords, what it constrains for citizens & inhabitants #bizhistory #HistoryoftheEveryday
This is a fantastic, engaging article. I'm so glad I made the time this morning to read it. Jane Humphries "Microhistory and Women's Time Use," advanced open access in @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social
Microhistory and Women’s Time Use*
Abstract. Gender historians have pioneered attention to ‘doing words’ to identify otherwise invisible women’s work. Searches in court records for verbs wit
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September 18, 2026 at 9:08 AM
This is a fantastic, engaging article. I'm so glad I made the time this morning to read it. Jane Humphries "Microhistory and Women's Time Use," advanced open access in @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social
This stuff is just incredibly stupid. Why on earth should the Chancellor do any such thing, just because the Tories demand it? As for the papers, they shouldn't be giving it the time of day, let alone a headline. It's not news and it's not a story.
September 17, 2026 at 11:08 AM
This stuff is just incredibly stupid. Why on earth should the Chancellor do any such thing, just because the Tories demand it? As for the papers, they shouldn't be giving it the time of day, let alone a headline. It's not news and it's not a story.
Got up this morning and realised that, quite coincidentally, I would be teaching about refugee entrepreneurship today, so went into that very fired up.
Got to sit last night with a refugee family and hear them tell their stories; of why and how they became refugees and of the incredible lives they are building now and I can't help but feel that if more people got and took the chance to do this, we might as societies suck less at helping people.
September 15, 2026 at 8:57 AM
Got up this morning and realised that, quite coincidentally, I would be teaching about refugee entrepreneurship today, so went into that very fired up.
Got to sit last night with a refugee family and hear them tell their stories; of why and how they became refugees and of the incredible lives they are building now and I can't help but feel that if more people got and took the chance to do this, we might as societies suck less at helping people.
September 15, 2026 at 5:29 AM
Got to sit last night with a refugee family and hear them tell their stories; of why and how they became refugees and of the incredible lives they are building now and I can't help but feel that if more people got and took the chance to do this, we might as societies suck less at helping people.
Maybe not the *best*, but I thought I would share Thoravej 29, a repurposed factory in Copenhagen's Nordvest. In this shot, we see how the concrete floors have been cut through and canted down to form broad staircases (and let light flood through).
September 15, 2026 at 4:48 AM
Maybe not the *best*, but I thought I would share Thoravej 29, a repurposed factory in Copenhagen's Nordvest. In this shot, we see how the concrete floors have been cut through and canted down to form broad staircases (and let light flood through).
@theguardian.com deserves credit for its serious, ongoing commitment to covering (and headlining) new research on Britain's role in the slave trade. #history
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-i...
Monarchs, MPs and merchants: the register laying bare Britain’s slave-trading past
Exclusive: New research identifies thousands who profited from trafficking enslaved Africans and traces some financial links to institutions still operating today
www.theguardian.com
September 14, 2026 at 12:00 PM
@theguardian.com deserves credit for its serious, ongoing commitment to covering (and headlining) new research on Britain's role in the slave trade. #history
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-i...
Making tracks, throwing shapes.
September 12, 2026 at 6:54 AM
Making tracks, throwing shapes.
Whilst almost everything is still green, the air feels different, and the water is cooling. ‘Efterår’ is coming and it feels delicious.
September 11, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Whilst almost everything is still green, the air feels different, and the water is cooling. ‘Efterår’ is coming and it feels delicious.
This disgusts me.
BREAKING: In August, *every single one* of the 2,646 refugees admitted in the U.S. were white South Africans.
In FY 2026, the U.S. has admitted a total of 12,901 white South Africans, three Afghans (back in November), and nobody else.
For reference, the U.S. admitted 100,060 refugees in 2024.
In FY 2026, the U.S. has admitted a total of 12,901 white South Africans, three Afghans (back in November), and nobody else.
For reference, the U.S. admitted 100,060 refugees in 2024.
September 10, 2026 at 7:02 PM
This disgusts me.
I think that just this morning I finished something that has been a few years in the making. But you never know something is finished, but only decide that it is (for now at least). Somehow I feel certain the protagonists will be nagging at me again.
September 10, 2026 at 8:14 AM
I think that just this morning I finished something that has been a few years in the making. But you never know something is finished, but only decide that it is (for now at least). Somehow I feel certain the protagonists will be nagging at me again.
No-one seems to have noticed (thanks, perhaps, to the AfD) but Neo-Nazis marched through Copenhagen yesterday, throwing salutes and calling for "remigration."
September 6, 2026 at 6:50 PM
No-one seems to have noticed (thanks, perhaps, to the AfD) but Neo-Nazis marched through Copenhagen yesterday, throwing salutes and calling for "remigration."
I am, to be frank, psyched out of my mind for this show.
September 5, 2026 at 7:53 PM
I am, to be frank, psyched out of my mind for this show.
1/2 People are emotionally bonded with AI? I read a student's draft this morning. It was terrible; unintelligible thickets of AI (my institution permits declared use of AI). I wrote, gently, to tell them. They responded almost immediately, overwhelmed with a great sense of relief. They had been ...
September 3, 2026 at 10:33 AM
1/2 People are emotionally bonded with AI? I read a student's draft this morning. It was terrible; unintelligible thickets of AI (my institution permits declared use of AI). I wrote, gently, to tell them. They responded almost immediately, overwhelmed with a great sense of relief. They had been ...
Andrew Mellon; "liquidate labor, liquidate stocks, liquidate the farmers, liquidate real estate ... purge the rottenness out of the system... People will work harder ... live a more moral life."
(Eichengreen & Temin, 2000, 196).
(Eichengreen & Temin, 2000, 196).
Ask not what your economy can do for you — ask what you can do for your economy.
September 2, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Andrew Mellon; "liquidate labor, liquidate stocks, liquidate the farmers, liquidate real estate ... purge the rottenness out of the system... People will work harder ... live a more moral life."
(Eichengreen & Temin, 2000, 196).
(Eichengreen & Temin, 2000, 196).
I am so pleased to Manuel's Kroos Prize summary published. It has been more than worth the wait! Available right here, Open Access!
In 2024, Manuel Bautista González's dissertation was shortlisted for the Krooss Prize. Unfortunately, personal circumstances prevented Manuel from finalizing his summary for publication. It therefore gives us great pleasure to be able to publish it now - it is a fantastic, compelling piece.
Following Monies: The New Orleans Specie Market, Merchant Finance, and the Historical Evolution of International Payment Infrastructures | Enterprise & Society | Cambridge Core
Following Monies: The New Orleans Specie Market, Merchant Finance, and the Historical Evolution of International Payment Infrastructures
www.cambridge.org
September 2, 2026 at 11:30 AM
I am so pleased to Manuel's Kroos Prize summary published. It has been more than worth the wait! Available right here, Open Access!
Editor's plea; if an editor invited you to review a paper, and you accepted, please don't then recommend reject on the basis of bad fit with the journal. I promise you, the editor has sent it for review believing it has the potential to be a good fit for the journal. Yes, I was triggered.
September 1, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Editor's plea; if an editor invited you to review a paper, and you accepted, please don't then recommend reject on the basis of bad fit with the journal. I promise you, the editor has sent it for review believing it has the potential to be a good fit for the journal. Yes, I was triggered.
Day one (1789-1848) of teaching 250 years of global history in four days. Tremendous fun!
August 31, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Day one (1789-1848) of teaching 250 years of global history in four days. Tremendous fun!
Reposted by Andrew Popp
Come be my colleague! My department is searching for an assistant professor of the history of science. I am chairing the search and am happy to answer questions. Deadline is tomorrow!
networks.h-net.org/jobs/70099/a...
networks.h-net.org/jobs/70099/a...
American University - Assistant Professor of History of Science, Technology, & Society | H-Net
networks.h-net.org
August 31, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Come be my colleague! My department is searching for an assistant professor of the history of science. I am chairing the search and am happy to answer questions. Deadline is tomorrow!
networks.h-net.org/jobs/70099/a...
networks.h-net.org/jobs/70099/a...
Agreed. A very good (and important) article.
Great article puncturing yet another pseudo-scientific racist myth that’s rearing it’s ugly head again, and showing how histories of racism inform the present:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Why so many black Britons still don't swim
For decades, swimming ability has been lower in the black community. Our writer asks why.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 31, 2026 at 10:29 AM
Agreed. A very good (and important) article.
For anyone who has cancelled a NYT subscription, or never had one, worth noting that this excellent article from @willdalrymple.bsky.social is free to read.
An essay I've just written for @nytimes on why Big Tech is the 21st Century’s equivalent of the East India Company:
"What It Would Take to Dismantle the Most Powerful Companies in the World"
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/o...
"What It Would Take to Dismantle the Most Powerful Companies in the World"
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/o...
Opinion | What It Would Take to Dismantle the Most Powerful Companies in the World
A playbook to curb the growing power of Big Tech.
www.nytimes.com
August 31, 2026 at 7:28 AM
For anyone who has cancelled a NYT subscription, or never had one, worth noting that this excellent article from @willdalrymple.bsky.social is free to read.
Reposted by Andrew Popp
It’s August 29th. It’s Potteries Bottle Oven Day. A reminder that J.B. Priestley on his English journey in 1933 proclaimed: ‘the pottery kilns and ovens ... without these great bottles of heat, there would be no Potteries. They represent the very heart and soul of the district.’
#PotBOD
#PotBOD
August 29, 2026 at 9:22 AM
It’s August 29th. It’s Potteries Bottle Oven Day. A reminder that J.B. Priestley on his English journey in 1933 proclaimed: ‘the pottery kilns and ovens ... without these great bottles of heat, there would be no Potteries. They represent the very heart and soul of the district.’
#PotBOD
#PotBOD
Reposting for the morning (Europe) crowd.
My department (Business Humanities & Law at Copenhagen Business School) is currently offering two PhD Scholarships, the first in Responsible Entrepreneurship. Very good pay and conditions in a highly welcoming and interdisciplinary dept. Historians welcome! Spread the word. Feel free to email me.
PhD scholarship in Responsible Entrepreneurship
www.cbs.dk
August 27, 2026 at 6:37 AM
Reposting for the morning (Europe) crowd.
I followed an urge to try something new - Shish Andaz, a stew of eggplant and walnuts. I am so unfamiliar with Iranian/Persian techniques and flavour/ingredients. It's a revelation.
August 26, 2026 at 7:03 PM
I followed an urge to try something new - Shish Andaz, a stew of eggplant and walnuts. I am so unfamiliar with Iranian/Persian techniques and flavour/ingredients. It's a revelation.
My department (Business Humanities & Law at Copenhagen Business School) is currently offering two PhD Scholarships, the first in Responsible Entrepreneurship. Very good pay and conditions in a highly welcoming and interdisciplinary dept. Historians welcome! Spread the word. Feel free to email me.
PhD scholarship in Responsible Entrepreneurship
www.cbs.dk
August 26, 2026 at 5:55 PM
My department (Business Humanities & Law at Copenhagen Business School) is currently offering two PhD Scholarships, the first in Responsible Entrepreneurship. Very good pay and conditions in a highly welcoming and interdisciplinary dept. Historians welcome! Spread the word. Feel free to email me.