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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. Visit our website for more information: https://www.younghistoricaldemographers.com/

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Association for Young Historical Demographers @ayhdemographers.bsky.social · Nov 14

You can now find November's newsletter 🗞️ on our website!

Want to stay up to date with upcoming events, deadlines, vacancies, and more? Sign up for our mailing list on our website or read the newsletter directly at:

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Helsinki Institute for Demography and Population Health @pophel.bsky.social · 1d

🚨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

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Vienna Institute of Demography (VID) @demographyvienna.bsky.social · 1d

📢 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...

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Hampton Gaddy @hggaddy.bsky.social · 2d

🚨 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

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GREATLEAP COST Action @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social · 13d

📢 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? 🧵⬇️

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COST Action CA22159 Euro Hist Health @eurohealthhist.bsky.social · Sep 8

#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

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Association for Young Historical Demographers @ayhdemographers.bsky.social · 29d

Social event

📍 Scuderia Future Food Living Lab (Pl. Giuseppe Verdi, 2)
📆 Thurs 11 September 2025 (19:00-21:30)
ℹ️ Join us and meet other young historical demographers at our social event! We will be
at Scuderia, a bar in walking distance from the conference venue🚶

Association for Young Historical Demographers @ayhdemographers.bsky.social · 29d

Flash session

📍 Aula M
📆 Wed 10 September 2025 (13:00-14:45)
ℹ️ 9 presentations from early-career researchers with room for discussion

Association for Young Historical Demographers @ayhdemographers.bsky.social · 29d

Meet the Editors

📍 Room H
📆 Wed 10 September 2025 (11:00-12:00)
ℹ️ Speakers: Alice Reid (Population Studies), Hilde Sommerseth (Historical Methods),
Joana Maria Pujadas-Mora (Historical Life Course Studies), and Jan Kok (The History of the Family)

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Association for Young Historical Demographers @ayhdemographers.bsky.social · 29d

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!

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Michail Raftakis @mraftakis.bsky.social · Sep 5

#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/

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GREATLEAP COST Action @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social · Aug 29

📢 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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Centre for Economic Policy Research @cepr.org · Aug 29

📢Final reminder to submit a paper for the Long-Run Productivity Conference
Submit by: 1 September
cepr.org/events/long-...
#EconSky #EconConf #CallForPapers

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Association for Young Historical Demographers @ayhdemographers.bsky.social · Aug 28

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Sign up now to this cool many analyst workshop at LSE organised by our board member @hggaddy.bsky.social!

Hampton Gaddy @hggaddy.bsky.social · Aug 27

📢 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)

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Jonathan D. Riddle @jonathandriddle.bsky.social · Jun 30

#histmed 🗃️ job!

jobs.hr.txstate.edu/postings/53214

Assistant Professor in the History of Medicine in Early North America and the Atlantic World, 1500-1800

The Department of History at Texas State University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of the History of Medicine in early North America and the Atlantic World, 1500-1800, wit...

jobs.hr.txstate.edu

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Association for Young Historical Demographers @ayhdemographers.bsky.social · Jun 25

📢 Newsletter!

Our June 2025 Newsletter is now available on our website!

Want to receive it monthly in your mail? Sign up on or website younghistoricaldemographers.com.

Or check out the newsletter directly here: younghistoricaldemographers.com/wp-content/u...

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European Association for Population Studies @eaps.bsky.social · Jun 20

🚨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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COST Action CA22159 Euro Hist Health @eurohealthhist.bsky.social · Jun 14

#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

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COST Action CA22159 Euro Hist Health @eurohealthhist.bsky.social · Jun 14

#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

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Henric Häggqvist @hencepence.bsky.social · Jun 19

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

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Economic History Society @echistsoc.bsky.social · Jun 8

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!

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Société et Annales de Démographie Historique @sdh-demohisto.bsky.social · Jun 4

‪[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-...

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Nicholas Scott Baker @renhistorian.bsky.social · May 26

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

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Francisco J. Beltrán Tapia @fjbeltrantapia.bsky.social · May 19

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

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Société et Annales de Démographie Historique @sdh-demohisto.bsky.social · May 12

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/

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Association for Young Historical Demographers @ayhdemographers.bsky.social · May 9

📢 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!

🔗 ⬇️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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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