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The first annual **Historical Political Economy Conference** will be held USC on either Oct 18-19 or 19-20, 2024 Co-organized by Allison Hartnett (ashartnett on Bsky) and myself Paper proposal deadline: May 1 Google form for participation (paper/discussant/attendee) on NEXT slide in thread below.

We were delighted to host Allison Hartnett (ashartnett on Bsky) for a fantastic talk on rural elite conflict and the demand for democratization in Egypt using digitized parliamentary minutes from precolonial Egyptian parliamentary sessions.

Leading the new November issue of the American Journal of Sociology is my article on the influence of a small group of Iraqi exiles in making regime change in Iraq the official foreign policy of the US. The Iraqi case yields insights into this particularly fraught historical

#OpenAccess from American Political Science Review - Precolonial Elites and Colonial Redistribution of Political Power - cup.org/40OZmLC - Allison Hartnett (ashartnett on Bsky) & Mohamed Saleh #FirstView

An interesting article by Allison Hartnett (ashartnett on Bsky) & Mohamed Saleh on how colonialism reshaped the power of precolonial domestic elites. Using data on Egypt, it show how the British altered the social structure, making the landed elite more powerful. Open access: cambridge.org/core/services/…

Un interesante artículo de Allison Hartnett (ashartnett on Bsky) y Mohamed Saleh sobre el impacto del colonialismo sobre el poder de las élites domésticas. Muestra que en Egipto los británicos alteraron la estructura social, fortaleciendo a la élite terrateniente. Acceso abierto: cambridge.org/core/services/…

Just published on APSR First View: "Precolonial Elites and Colonial Redistribution of Political Power" by Allison Hartnett (Allison Hartnett (ashartnett on Bsky)) and Mohamed Saleh (Mohamed Saleh). cambridge.org/core/journals/…

My paper with Allison Hartnett (Allison Hartnett (ashartnett on Bsky)) on colonial redistribution of political power among precolonial domestic elites is finally out at American Political Science Review

Highly recommend this study of colonial redistribution of power from Mohamed Saleh and Allison Hartnett (ashartnett on Bsky). In a previous iteration, it won APSA MENA Politics Section Honorable Mention for best paper. The meticulous use of data also makes it a great piece for a methods course.

New paper forthcoming American Political Science Review ! 🌱📉 We study a plant disease epidemic in Italy—finding it fueled far-right support It’s not just economic loss but how shocks uproot communities andinteract with perceptions of state neglect shorturl.at/ntKyt

Just published on APSR First View: "How Cases Speak to One Another: Using Translation to Rethink Generalization in Political Science Research" by Erica Simmons and Nicholas Rush Smith. cambridge.org/core/journals/…

ALERT: The Second Annual Historical Political Economy Conference at USC will be held on October 24-25, 2025. Deadline for proposals: May 1 Here's the link to the proposal form: dornsife.usc.edu/cis/2025/04/02…

Join us tomorrow!

ALERT: The Second Annual Historical Political Economy Conference at USC will be held on October 24-25, 2025. Deadline for proposals: May 1 Keynote presentation: Saumitra Jha Here's the link to the proposal form: dornsife.usc.edu/cis/2025/04/02…

ALERT: The Second Annual Historical Political Economy Conference at USC will be held on October 24-25, 2025. Deadline for proposals: **May 1** Keynote presentation: Saumitra Jha Here's the link to the proposal form: dornsife.usc.edu/cis/2025/04/02…

Looking for a brief break from the news? Please join us in sunny Los Angeles to talk Historical Political Economy! With a lot of history to work with, and great HPE folks, it’s going to be a lot of fun and likely more cheerful than the contemporary version.

One more day to apply! Get in touch with me or Jeff Jenkins with any questions.

An update on Sudan, two years into the war. Not the most uplifting news, but am glad that Ahmed Kodouda and I can bring awareness about the situation there.

ALERT: The Second Annual Historical Political Economy Conference at USC will be held on October 24-25, 2025. Deadline for proposals: TODAY, **May 1** Keynote presentation: Saumitra Jha Here's the link to the proposal form: dornsife.usc.edu/cis/2025/04/02…