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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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Come join our workshop on excess mortality methodology! It will be two great days of expert talks, discussion groups, and me revealing the results of our many analyst project! 40+ teams have signed up to estimate 1918 pandemic deaths with the method of their choice -- results should be fascinating!
Workshop “Bridging methods to measure excess mortality: One Epidemic, Many Estimates (1EME)”.
21–22 May 2026, London School of Economics. In-person. Open to all; limited travel funding for UK/EU grad students & GREATLEAP members. Register by 15 Mar 2026 (funding: 15 Feb).🧵⬇️
February 2, 2026 at 12:51 PM
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📆We are pleased to share with you the stimulating programme of our #LunchSeminar for this semester! (Starting again tomorrow 🎉)

Join us monthly, either on-site or online, to explore various research in #population studies.
February 2, 2026 at 2:10 PM
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[163e lettre de la SDH]

Retrouvez les dernières informations concernant la démographie historique et l'histoire de la famille

www.societededemographiehistorique.fr/163e-lettre-...
February 2, 2026 at 2:30 PM
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Are you studying, researching or teaching in the histories of Britain or Ireland? Try using the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH), it contains 670,000+ resources from 55 BCE to today! Find out how to use BBIH buff.ly/yD11954 @brepols.net
Using BBIH online: a help pack for students and lecturers
For the academic year, we've a help pack offering guides to BBIH in undergraduate and graduate teaching and research. With embeddable content for VLEs.
www.history.ac.uk
January 29, 2026 at 12:02 PM
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Do you like maps? Have you an interest in suburban history?

We are excited to share that for the first time, the atlases of Clontarf and Rathmines are now fully and freely available to download. Originally published by @ria.ie with @dubcitycouncil.bsky.social

Read more: www.ria.ie/2026/01/09/i...
January 21, 2026 at 1:19 PM
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CFP: explore the historical relationships among natural resources, institutions & socio-environmental change at the POLITICAL ECONOMY OF NATURAL RESOURCES & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE IN HISTORY summer school!
18–20 June 2026, U of Tübingen
500-word abstract & 2-page CV to ehtuebingen@gmail.com by Feb 23.
January 29, 2026 at 3:43 PM
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Closing date 31 January: applications are now invited for the Society's new Applied History Fellowships with
@ihr.bsky.social & DC Thomson: bit.ly/4ijiuII

Fellowships support recent post-doc historians and demonstrate the appeal of historical skills for employers. £12,000 for 6 months #Skystorians
Society launches call for new Applied History Fellowships, with the Institute of Historical Research and DC Thomson - RHS
In November 2025, the Society joins with partners the Institute of Historical Research (IHR) and publisher DC Thomson to launch a new Applied History Fellowship programme to support recent post-doctor...
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January 22, 2026 at 8:48 AM
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📝Call for Papers: 19th Annual Meeting of the African Economic History Network (AEHN).
 
We warmly welcome submissions on any aspect of African economic history.

The submission deadline is 31 March, 2026.

We look forward to seeing you in Gothenburg in October!
19th Annual Meeting of the African Economic History Network
Gothenburg, Sweden, 23-24 October, 2026
www.gu.se
January 22, 2026 at 9:18 AM
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📢 SLLS 2026 Conference | 1–3 July, Université Libre de Bruxelles.

Submit your paper by 13 Feb 2026, 17:00 GMT!

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January 19, 2026 at 9:04 AM
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Last chance to nominate an Inspiring History Teacher.

Know someone who has made a real difference through history teaching? Find out how to nominate and submit before the deadline.

Nominate here: www.history.org.uk/ha-news/news...
January 19, 2026 at 10:01 AM
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Postdoc in statistical ecology & evolution! Develop models bridging evolutionary theory with empirical data on sex differences in immunity and life history. Apply now!
#postdoc #statistics #evolution #academicjobs #ecology jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
Postdoctoral Researcher in Statistical Ecology and Evolution
Postdoctoral Researcher in Statistical Ecology and Evolution
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January 14, 2026 at 9:08 AM
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On May 5-6, 2026, Humboldt University will host a
#FRESH meeting on The causes and consequences of social conflict

Keynote lecture by Mohamed Saleh (LSE)

Local organizer: Felix Kersting

More details in the below 👇
December 15, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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📢 Call for papers is now open!
We invite you to submit your contributions to the Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2027 special issue "Demographic perspectives on migration".
📆 Submit until 15 May 2026.
🔗 viennayearbook.org/call
#demography
@vypr.bsky.social
December 9, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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"The Industrialization Puzzle in the US: New Evidence from Childhood Sex Ratios" will be presented Dec 16 15:00 CET by Jesse McDevitt-Irwin (U of Chicago) at the next webinar of the European Society of Historical Demography eshd2025.eshd.eu. Zoom link available from the society.
eshd2025.eshd.euDec
December 9, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Call for proposals: "Bridging Perspectives and Connecting Threads on Historical Health Inequalities", 11–13 May 2026, Cluj-Napoca. Deadline 2 Feb 2026. Funding for travel + daily allowance available. All accepted presentations eligible for publication in Open Research Europe.🧵⬇️
December 1, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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Deadline Extended, 29 Jan 2026!
The EHS invites nominations for a prize for the outstanding teaching of economic history to secondary school students (Key stage 3/4). One £500 prize, will be awarded biennially.
Nominees must be current School Teachers.
More info & to apply
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Teaching Prize - Economic History Society
The Economic History Society invites nominations for a prize for the outstanding teaching of economic history to secondary school students at Key stage 3 and 4. One prize, of £500, will be awarded bie...
ehs.org.uk
December 3, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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The Society currently invites applications for its 'Workshop Grants' programme 2026: bit.ly/3MlbX46

Grants provide funding for groups of historians to come together for a day event to work collaboratively on a shared project.

Closing date for applications: Friday 23 January 2026 #Skystorians
RHS Workshop Grants, 2026 - call open to fund day events on historical projects - RHS
The Royal Historical Society is pleased to announce the next call for its RHS Workshop Grants for projects to take place in 2026. This scheme provides funding of £1,000 per Grant to enable historians ...
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December 3, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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Applications are open for the Summer Training School “Micro-Census Insights into Historical Households, Mortality and Fertility” at the University of Cambridge, 6–17 July 2026. Fee €150, 15 places, travel grants available. Deadline 2 Feb 2026. Apply: secretary@eshd.eu 🧵⬇️
November 27, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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🚨 Call for Papers! 🚨

📣Join us @lancasteruni.bsky.social 1-3 July 2026 as we return to our original home to celebrate our 50th anniversary!

We welcome proposals from historians at all career stages across 8 thematic strands.

📅 CfP deadline: 16/01/26
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#CFP 🗃️
SHS Annual Conference 2026
Our 50th anniversary conference will be held at Lancaster University, the academic home of the Social History Society. A Significant Milestone The Social History Society was founded at Lancaster Un…
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November 27, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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🚨 Applications are now open for the 2026–27 Koch History Centre Fellowships at Oxford!

We are seeking 12 historians (9 junior, 3 senior) for a one-year fellowship at Wadham College & the Faculty of History.

This year’s theme: “Scarcity and Abundance”

Deadline: 17 Dec 2025

Please share widely!
November 26, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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If you want to channel your frustration with bad excess mortality modelling into some productive science, come join our "One Epidemic, Many Estimates" (1EME) project! Sign-ups are welcome through January/February!

www.lse.ac.uk/Economic-His...
November 17, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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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.
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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
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October 7, 2025 at 11:29 AM