Benoît Majerus
@majben
Historian @c2dh (University of Luxembourg) Mainly publishing on the history of psychiatry and tax havens
Cover proofreading is always a sign that the book is almost there #oldage #histmed #histpsych
Program of the winter semester seminar "Meeting Offshore" by the @erc.europa.eu project "Digshell" #finlux #offshore www.uni.lu/c2dh-en/rese...
Wann LinkedIn automatesch déi lëtzebuergesch Posten of englesch iwwersetzt 😐 #lostintranslation poke @djunabernard.bsky.social
1929 féiert Lëtzebuerg zwee wichteg Gebuertsdeeg: 100 Joer Rotary Club an 100 Joer Holdinggesetz #finlux
The Luxembourgish Arbed, champion of #baseerosion and #transferpricing in the interwar period #finlux #tax Jan-Otmar Hesse, « Kobolde, Paradiese und Oasen. Die geheimnisvolleWelt der Unternehmensbesteuerung aus globalhistorischer Perspektive », GG, avril 2025, vol. 51, nᵒ 1, p. 36‑69.
For Ronan Palan, the godfather of offshore studies, tax havens start with incorporation law
Gustav Kalm on one of the most exciting topics on the moments: arbitrage and minerals
Will there be one day a common paper from @gabrielzucman.bsky.social and the Luxembourg Ministry of Finance? #justasking #offshoreworld
Brooke Harrington closes the session with a reflection on secrecy, starting with the classic Georg Simmel. "The Sociology of Secrecy and of Secret Societies" American Journal of Sociology 11 (1906): 441-498
Two different databases, two completely different results #offshoreworld
@andreabinder.bsky.social on the difficulties of getting reliable data to study #offshoreworld
Sebastien Guex questions @vanessahistory.bsky.social chronology proposed in Archipelago Capitalism: Tax Havens, Offshore Money, and the State, 1950s-1970s
Second day of #offshoreworld starts with four people that will be probably on everybody's reading list working on this topic
Jason Sharman starts by asking why is big money in small countries #offshoreworld
Lukas Hakelberg questions the notion of whiteness in postcolonial formation of offshore financial centers
Ready for the third session on politics of offshore finance #offshoreworld
Kristin Surak follows up with a presentation on ownership structures in the UK #offshoreworld
Leaked data is central for humanities to understand #offshoreworld. Hoang's new project has a large digital humanities aspect, varying ethnographic micro analysis with big data
Together with Camille Biron-Boileau, she proposes a different geographical gaze #offshoreworld