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The goal of the Association for Young Historical Demographers is to bring together early career scholars who investigate historical demographic processes.

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🚨Job🚨Postdoc Position(s) at the Max Planck–University of Helsinki Centre for Social Inequalities in Population Health, a joint initiative of @mpidr.bsky.social & @helsinki.fi with the vision to unearth pivotal social processes that generate health inequalities.
www.demogr.mpg.de/en/career_61...
November 10, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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📢Next @ESHD_EU Webminar!

European Society of Historical #Demography November 18 2025, at 3 pm (CET)

Neil Cummins, London School of Economics

#Marriage, social mobility and assortative matching

You can watch all previous webinars here👉
www.eshd.eu/eshd-webinar...
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Join us on Weds 19 November for the launch of our new co-hosted Applied History Fellowships for postdoc historians, with
@ihr.bsky.social and DC Thomson bit.ly/4ofWArN

Fellowships will develop historical skills for use in workplaces beyond higher education: 2.30pm, 19 November, online #Skystorians
New programme of 'Applied History Fellowships': launch and introductory event - RHS
In 2025-26 the Institute of Historical Research (IHR), Royal Historical Society and DC Thomson will launch a new Applied History Fellowship partnership. Join us at this online session -- 2.30pm on Wed...
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November 7, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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🚨Job alert!🚨

Helsinki Institute for Demography and Population Health is recruiting 2 postdocs. Join our team and investigate social inequalities in health!

jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

#postdoc #demography #socialsciences #socialdata
Two Postdoctoral Researchers on Health Inequalities
Two Postdoctoral Researchers on Health Inequalities
jobs.helsinki.fi
October 7, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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📢 Save the date for the next #WICColloquium!
Alessio Fornasin from the University of Udine: "The circadian rhythm of births and his connections with meteorological factors".
📅 15 October 2025, 11:00-12:00h
📍 PSK Building MR04 (4rd floor) and online via Zoom
🔗 www.oeaw.ac.at/vid/events/w...
October 7, 2025 at 6:35 AM
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🚨 The Economist has been telling you for years that polygamy causes civil war by locking men out of marriage. A new article with @rebeccasear.bsky.social and @anthrolog.bsky.social explains that the demography of marriage markets doesn't actually work that way. 🧵

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
High rates of polygyny do not lock large proportions of men out of the marriage market | PNAS
There is a widespread belief, in both the scholarly literature and the popular press, that polygyny prevents large numbers of men from marrying by ...
www.pnas.org
October 6, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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📢 Did you know that all announcements for the Online Lecture Series: 𝐀𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐈𝐧𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐔𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 can be found on the @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social website? 🧵⬇️
September 25, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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#CallForPapers #CFP The Fight against Tuberculosis. Policies, Exchanges, & Representations in Europe &its Colonies, 1850s-1970s

Call OPEN - closes 30 Nov 2025
Zagreb, Croatia (Croatian Academy of Sciences & Arts) 26-27 May 2026. Info 👉 tinyurl.com/sjn8wrpc #Skystorians #TB #HistMed #EuroHistHealth
September 8, 2025 at 9:19 AM
The #ESHD2025 Conference is starting today!

In the programme you will find that the AYHD is organising three events:

- a 'Meet the Editors session' (Wednesday 11:00)
- a Flash session for early-career researchers (Wed 13:00)
- our social event (Thurs 19:00)

See you there!
September 9, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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#ESHD2025 is just 5 days away! Soon Bologna will become the hub of historical demography. We’re finalizing the last details and look forward to welcoming scholars from across the globe. Check out the most updated programme here: eshd2025.eshd.eu/programme/
September 5, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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📢 Call for Papers!
Workshop Accuracy of Cause-of-Death Registration: Everyday Conditions, Crises & Epidemics
🗓 18–19 Mar 2026 | Barcelona 🇪🇸
Submit 200–300 word abstracts by 10 Dec 2025 👉 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Workshop ‘Accuracy of Cause-of-Death Registration: Everyday Conditions, Crises, and Epidemics
Please submit your abstract (200-300 words) before 10 December here. We expect to be able to communicate everyone before Christmas about acceptance to the workshop. We anticipate that COST-Action GREA...
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August 29, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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📢Final reminder to submit a paper for the Long-Run Productivity Conference
Submit by: 1 September
cepr.org/events/long-...
#EconSky #EconConf #CallForPapers
August 29, 2025 at 11:11 AM
📣📣📣

Sign up now to this cool many analyst workshop at LSE organised by our board member @hggaddy.bsky.social!
📢 Interested in excess mortality methods, and want a challenge? I'm organising the "One Epidemic, Many Estimates" (1EME) project! Register *now* as a many analyst team (submissions due 15 March 2026), and then join us at LSE for a workshop on 21-22 May 2026! (1/n)

www.lse.ac.uk/Economic-His...
One Epidemic, Many Estimates (1EME)
One Epidemic, Many Estimates (1EME)
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August 28, 2025 at 12:15 PM
📢 Newsletter!

Our June 2025 Newsletter is now available on our website!

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June 25, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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🚨4 Postdoctoral Researcher positions in Demography at the Department of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati" of the University of Bologna 🚨

The research activity will focus on contemporary fertility and family dynamics.

Deadline: Tuesday, June 24, 2025

More information:
tinyurl.com/4uu26uxm
Procedura di valutazione comparativa per titoli e colloquio per il conferimento di n. 4 contratti di ricerca, Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche "Paolo Fortunati" - SSD STAT-03/A - GSD 13/S...
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June 20, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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#CfP Reproductive healthcare providers across Europe (19th - 20th centuries)

WG2 seeking papers for this workshop to be held in University of Granada 5-6 Feb 2026. Details 👉 tinyurl.com/3weccm8u #ReproHist #ReproHealth #HealthHist #MedHums #HealthHist #Midwifery #MedSky #MidwifeSky #Skystorians
June 14, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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#CfP The Fight against Tuberculosis. Policies, Exchanges, and Representations in Europe and its Colonies, 1850s-1970s

WG2 & WG5 seeking papers for hybrid conference in Zagreb, Croatia (Croatian Academy of Sciences & Arts) 26-27 May 2026. Info 👉 tinyurl.com/sjn8wrpc #MedHums #HistMed #HealthHist
June 14, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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The Department of Economic History at Uppsala University is now hiring three PhD-students in different projects. Have a look and apply! Deadline September 15th, to begin work in January 2026.

www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
PhD positions at the Department of Economic History - Uppsala University
PhD positions at the Department of Economic History, Uppsala university, Department of Economic History, Uppsala University
www.uu.se
June 19, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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Welcome to the Economic History Society's Bluesky account. Stay tuned for updates from the Economic History Review and the society's Long Run blog, as well as for information about our annual conference, fellowships and grants!
June 8, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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‪[156e lettre de la SDH]

Retrouvez toutes les dernières informations concernant la démographie historique et l'histoire de la famille dans la 156e lettre d'information de la SDH

▶️ www.societededemographiehistorique.fr/156e-lettre-...
June 4, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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The Medici Archive Project is offering 12 short-term fellowships for pre-doc students and postdoc candidates, working on fields related to early modern Italy (preferably with a specific emphasis on Tuscan or Medici history). Deadline: 15 June.
www.medici.org/fellowships/
Fellowships – The Medici Archive Project
www.medici.org
May 26, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Looking for a PhD candidate to study how first names convey information about parental values and beliefs in historical Europe (circa 1750-1950). Please share the info with potential candidates:
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
(deadline for applying: June 1st)
PhD Candidate in History (279729) | NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Job title: PhD Candidate in History (279729), Employer: NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Deadline: Sunday, June 1, 2025
www.jobbnorge.no
May 19, 2025 at 6:12 AM
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ESHD @eshistdemo.bsky.social Bologna Conference Awards !!

Reminder of the three awards that the European Society of Historical Demography will award at the Bologna Conference on 10-13 September 2025.

eshd2025.eshd.eu/eshd-awards/
May 12, 2025 at 9:39 AM
📢 Do you want to contribute to the book "An Introduction to Sources and Methods in Historical Demography?"

✍️ Fill in this quick survey about your expertise in teaching historical demography and/or how you would contribute to the volume!

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Help Shape the Future of Historical Demography: Share Your Expertise!
To create an effective manual for historical demography, we need your input. Your expertise will help us understand the needs and preferences of teachers like you, ensuring that the manual meets the d...
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May 9, 2025 at 6:09 PM