Francisco J. Beltrán Tapia
@fjbeltrantapia.bsky.social
Econ history / Historical dem. — NTNU
https://fjbeltrantapia.github.io
Culture and naming practices in the past https://fjbeltrantapia.github.io/allthenames/
Missing girls in historical Europe https://sites.google.com/view/missing-girls-in-history/home
https://fjbeltrantapia.github.io
Culture and naming practices in the past https://fjbeltrantapia.github.io/allthenames/
Missing girls in historical Europe https://sites.google.com/view/missing-girls-in-history/home
A pleasure to attend Elise Barring Berggren’s doctoral viva: In Search of Lost Homes: Post-Holocaust Restitution in Norway. A terrific thesis, my sincerest congratulations!!
November 28, 2025 at 11:45 AM
A pleasure to attend Elise Barring Berggren’s doctoral viva: In Search of Lost Homes: Post-Holocaust Restitution in Norway. A terrific thesis, my sincerest congratulations!!
Sharing a dataset with the number of boys and girls in Europe between 1841 and 1911: 21 countries, 1080 regions, 10 age-groups (23,260 observations in total): sites.google.com/view/missing...
February 10, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Sharing a dataset with the number of boys and girls in Europe between 1841 and 1911: 21 countries, 1080 regions, 10 age-groups (23,260 observations in total): sites.google.com/view/missing...
The sex ratio at birth in Spain reached very high values (above 108-109 boys per hundred girls) in the early 1980s before returning to normal values at the end of the decade. Why?
February 6, 2025 at 4:27 PM
The sex ratio at birth in Spain reached very high values (above 108-109 boys per hundred girls) in the early 1980s before returning to normal values at the end of the decade. Why?
Sex ratios at birth reached values above 108-109 in the early 1980s before returning to normal values at the end of the decade
February 6, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Sex ratios at birth reached values above 108-109 in the early 1980s before returning to normal values at the end of the decade
And in the evening session: Pau Insa Sánchez using electoral rolls (1890-1960) to study social mobility
January 24, 2025 at 7:43 AM
And in the evening session: Pau Insa Sánchez using electoral rolls (1890-1960) to study social mobility
More: Guillermo Esteban-Oliver on transport improvements (huge GIS infrastructure behind) and economic integration during the 19th century
January 23, 2025 at 3:36 PM
More: Guillermo Esteban-Oliver on transport improvements (huge GIS infrastructure behind) and economic integration during the 19th century
Then @datirado666.bsky.social and @ehvalencia.bsky.social estimating population grids (1-km2) for the late 19th century and connecting them to current ones
January 23, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Then @datirado666.bsky.social and @ehvalencia.bsky.social estimating population grids (1-km2) for the late 19th century and connecting them to current ones
First @larroyoabad.bsky.social presenting estimates of the population in the 16th century at the local level for the whole country
January 23, 2025 at 3:27 PM
First @larroyoabad.bsky.social presenting estimates of the population in the 16th century at the local level for the whole country
And big thanks to the excellent opponents: Jan Kok and Gonda Van Steen
January 17, 2025 at 1:57 PM
And big thanks to the excellent opponents: Jan Kok and Gonda Van Steen
Some pics
January 17, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Some pics
Big day for Eftychia Kalaitzidou! Defending her wonderful thesis “The missing girls of Greece: Discriminatory practices against girls in Greece from late-19th- to early-20th-century”
January 17, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Big day for Eftychia Kalaitzidou! Defending her wonderful thesis “The missing girls of Greece: Discriminatory practices against girls in Greece from late-19th- to early-20th-century”
Ready for a treat!
December 11, 2024 at 7:03 PM
Ready for a treat!
Charles Butcher (NTNU) presenting the LEGACIES project. Capturing the presence of pre-colonial states and their potential influence on post-colonial democratization.
November 19, 2024 at 8:30 AM
Charles Butcher (NTNU) presenting the LEGACIES project. Capturing the presence of pre-colonial states and their potential influence on post-colonial democratization.
Workshop on “Historical institutions and their legacies”, organised by Charles Butcher (NTNU) happening today and tomorrow in Trondheim
November 18, 2024 at 8:50 AM
Workshop on “Historical institutions and their legacies”, organised by Charles Butcher (NTNU) happening today and tomorrow in Trondheim
Burning my bridges behind.
November 12, 2024 at 8:16 AM
Burning my bridges behind.
Marko Kovacevic at his best. Terrific lecture on infanticide in historical Norway (as part of his doctoral examination). Hire him! 😊
November 8, 2024 at 10:13 AM
Marko Kovacevic at his best. Terrific lecture on infanticide in historical Norway (as part of his doctoral examination). Hire him! 😊
Big day today! 😊 Marko is defending his dissertation on missing girls in Norway (1735-1900)
November 8, 2024 at 8:16 AM
Big day today! 😊 Marko is defending his dissertation on missing girls in Norway (1735-1900)
Great discussion on Guido Alfani’s book, As Gods among men, at the SSHA conference in Toronto. And so nice to catch up with so many colleagues and friends!
November 1, 2024 at 11:55 PM
Great discussion on Guido Alfani’s book, As Gods among men, at the SSHA conference in Toronto. And so nice to catch up with so many colleagues and friends!
We link naming practices (whether children bore more or less common names and/or were named after their parents) with educational outcomes: schooling and literacy.
October 29, 2024 at 8:36 AM
We link naming practices (whether children bore more or less common names and/or were named after their parents) with educational outcomes: schooling and literacy.
As in many other regions at the time, the weight of tradition (religion and family) implied that many people shared the same names.
October 29, 2024 at 8:33 AM
As in many other regions at the time, the weight of tradition (religion and family) implied that many people shared the same names.
The province of Zaragoza, hosting a population of almost 400,000 inhabitants in 1860, was mostly rural.
October 29, 2024 at 8:30 AM
The province of Zaragoza, hosting a population of almost 400,000 inhabitants in 1860, was mostly rural.
The source is indeed beautiful. 😍
October 29, 2024 at 8:19 AM
The source is indeed beautiful. 😍
Third day of the quants course
for historians at NTNU. Mapping today, one of my favs! 😊
for historians at NTNU. Mapping today, one of my favs! 😊
September 25, 2024 at 10:54 AM
Third day of the quants course
for historians at NTNU. Mapping today, one of my favs! 😊
for historians at NTNU. Mapping today, one of my favs! 😊
Tough crowd, 2nd graders asking great questions about how books were made in the past! 😊😊
April 23, 2024 at 6:37 PM
Tough crowd, 2nd graders asking great questions about how books were made in the past! 😊😊
Very interesting mixed of historians, demographers and economists discussing child abandonment from different contexts, sources and methodologies. Many thanks to all participants!
November 10, 2023 at 4:13 PM
Very interesting mixed of historians, demographers and economists discussing child abandonment from different contexts, sources and methodologies. Many thanks to all participants!