Dmitrii Kofanov
@dmkofanov
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Post-Doctoral Associate @CGMPitt @Pitt | PhD @UWMadison | Russia, Comparative Politics, Historical Political Economy
Joined January 2022
Today at the Virtual Workshop in HPE (6.30 PM CET, 12.30 PM ET): Gary Cox (Stanford) will present his paper (with Valentin Figueroa (MIT)) "Self-governing cities and capital accumulation in medieval Europe". Discussion by @fabiwahl Sign-up link for our list in the post below!
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Please join Virtual HPE Workshop this Thursday, November 13, at 12:30 EST! @BogdanGPopescu1 is presenting his paper "When Do Imperial Legacies Fade? State Capacity, Social Heterogeneity, and Education at the Habsburg–Ottoman Frontier". Discussion by Noel D. Johnson.
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Please join Virtual HPE Workshop this Thursday, Nov 6 at 12:30 EST! @Jan_Vogler is presenting his paper "Exploring the Origins of Coercive Colonial Institutions" (with Jan Pierskalla and @Dan_S_Smith). Discussed by @jackpaine_prof.
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Please join Virtual HPE Workshop tomorrow, this Thursday, at 12:00 EST! @HenryRThomson is presenting his paper "Careers in the Crossfire: The Effects of Internal Defections on Secret Police Officers’ Networks" (with Krzysztof Krakowski), discussed by Martin Dimitrov.
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The full line up for the 2025–2026 academic year can be found here: https://t.co/SsyIF5v9YJ If you'd like to get regular invitations to our events, please register for our mailing list via the following Google form: https://t.co/y553647gWh I look forward to seeing you there! 😊
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This form allows you to add your email to the VWHPE email list. More information on the workshop can be obtained here: https://historicalpe.org/
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🚨 The Virtual Workshop in Historical Political Economy is back! 🚨 This year we have an amazing line up of papers for you! In our inaugural session two HPE superstars will join us: A. Grzymała-Busse (Stanford) will present & @joachim_voth (Zurich) will discuss! I can't wait. 😀
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I’m absolutely thrilled to share that I was awarded a Starting Grant (#ERCStG) of €1.5 million by @ERC_Research! For 5 years, I’ll investigate how to end vicious cycles in state-citizen interactions. I’ll post news about the project & advice about ERC applications here. (1/9)
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@lotemhalevy Perhaps not be exactly what you are looking for, but here's a fresh article on the *decline* of one-party state, the USSR https://t.co/uuST8OcXlW
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Why do authoritarian leaders introduce multi-candidate elections? I analyse political reforms in the USSR (1985–1989) to explore this puzzle. Some scholars assert that autocrats use elections to im...
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Initial program for the Second Annual HPE Conference at USC's Price School on October 24-25. We are keeping it small, so there are about 20 spots left for attendees. If you are interested in attending (on your dime), please contact me. https://t.co/mnvHrMauXQ
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🚨 Are you interested in Historical Political Economy (HPE)? 🚨 At the Virtual Workshop in HPE (VWHPE) we discuss state-of-the-art research in the field on a regular basis. ‼️ We have just issued a new call for papers. ‼️ Please see the link in tweet #2 if you’d like to join.
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New publication! Why do authoritarian leaders introduce multi-candidate elections that could threaten their power? In my recent article in @democ_journal, I examine Gorbachev's reforms (1985-1988) to answer that question (1/4)
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After 10 years of doing research in Historical Political Economy, this fall I’ll finally get a chance to teach a survey course on the field. I thought this would be an opportunity to create a syllabus with an overview of many essential contributions to this growing field. (1/4)
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Happy to have my column translated into English!
What can Turgenev’s rural sketches reveal about the economic logic behind serfdom and coercion? Read the latest column by Dmitrii Kofanov @dmkofanov for the NES & N+1 project on economics in fiction: https://t.co/dy9FefgdYq
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@jaj7d and I are excited to announce that we are accepting proposals for the 2nd Annual HPE conference to be held @USC in October 2025. Submissions welcomed from all career stages, including advanced PhD candidates. Deadline May 1. https://t.co/FsQft62wCy
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Please join a new session of Virtual HPE Workshop tomorrow, this Thursday, at 12:30 EST! Alexander N. Taylor is presenting his paper "The King's French: The Political Economy of Language" (with @jrhall97), discussed by @andr3as_link.
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Join us tomorrow!!
Join us next week! On March 11, @dmkofanov (@CGMPitt) will present "Local Democratization and Public Finance: Lessons from the 1870 Municipal Reform in Cities of the Russian Empire" @stasavage (NYU) and @mariacarreri (@UCBerkeley) will discuss
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Very happy to see my "Political Emancipation and Modern Jewish National Identity" published in @apsrjournal
Just published on APSR First View: "Political Emancipation and Modern Jewish National Identity" by Carles Boix (@boixserra). https://t.co/dg47h1a0H2
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Just published on APSR First View: "Political Emancipation and Modern Jewish National Identity" by Carles Boix (@boixserra). https://t.co/dg47h1a0H2
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In autocracies, journalists are often harassed, but those episodes are a part of a bigger strategy to discipline the press in critical moments, to generate more favorable coverage from previously critical voices - thus disrupting mass mobilization. Evidence from Russia
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Join us next week! On March 11, @dmkofanov (@CGMPitt) will present "Local Democratization and Public Finance: Lessons from the 1870 Municipal Reform in Cities of the Russian Empire" @stasavage (NYU) and @mariacarreri (@UCBerkeley) will discuss
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