Our informal meeting at the European Population Conference will now take place at Waff Bar (Chaussée de Boondael 455, 1050 Ixelles) closeby the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. We will meet at Thursday, the 7th of June at 19:30 and have a placed booked for us. Looking forward to seeing you there!
Over the last few months we have focused on strengthening existing plans for the growth of our association. Next to the relevant conferences and training opportunities, we have updated the information on all the organizations, networks and institutes that are involved in historical demographic research and education on our website. If you are aware of any information that is still missing, please let us know. During the next month a list of journals in which historical demographers frequently publish will…
Dear young historical demographers, We are pleased to inform you that during the European Social Science History Conference in Belfast, we will organize an informal event on Friday the 6th of April at 19:00 in the Small Library Room of the historical bar and restaurant The Parlour Bar. The bar is located very near to the Queen’s University. During this event we can to get to know each other better, exchange research ideas and more importantly have a nice evening…
Behind the scenes a lot of things are happing again in our association, and of course, we would like to share the most important issues with you before the Christmas Holiday. Firstly, we are proud to announce that we have filled most of the positions in our committee of recommendation with renowned dignitaries in the field of historical demography who will support and promote our association. We are happy that they have accepted to take on this responsibility as it…
Dear young (historical) demographers, We are pleased to inform you that on the International Population Conference in Cape Town, we will organize an informal event on Monday 30th of October at 19:00 in the historical bar and restaurant Fireman Arms, which is very close to the Conference Centre. During this event we can to get to know each other better, exchange research ideas and more importantly have a nice evening with peers. Moreover, the first round of drinks is on…
Behind the scenes a lot of things are happing again in our association. And of course we would like to share the most important issues with you too. We are trying to create more opportunities to interact both online and offline with all young historical demographers. While the final efforts are made to organize an informal event at the International Population Conference of the IUSSP in Cape Town on Monday 30 October (keep an eye out on the Facebook page…
Behind the scenes a lot of things are happing in our association. And of course we would like to share the most important issues with you. Firstly, we are always trying to make contact with more young historical demographers by increasing our PR efforts. We are, for example, in the process of organizing an event later this year at the International Population Conference of the IUSSP in Cape Town, and a plan has been made to organize another meet-up at…
Edward Morgan is a PhD candidate (2016-present) with the Population Studies Group at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. His research focuses on reconstructing long term demographic trends in West Africa and understanding how these trends interact with social and economic development. His particular focus is on modern Ghanaian history. African historical demography has received comparatively little attention with respect to the wider field of historical demography. In 1977, the Centre for African Studies at the University of…
Dear colleagues, The Association of Historical Demography of Spain and Portugal will hold a summer school in Historical Demography in Barcelona from 4th to 8th September 2017. The course aims at providing tools for the construction of Databases in both transversal and longitudinal designs, as well as teaching the main analytical techniques currently used. The school will be taught by the best researchers in historical and contemporary research and will include presentations by Anna Cabré (Autonomous University of Barcelona), Elisabeth Engberg…
A lot has happened during the last months after the official launch of the AYHD. A board was formed, ambassadors were elected and a website was created. The first newsletter is another initiative to strengthen the visibility of our association. But what can you expect from us now and in the future? The goal of the AYHD is simple: being both a platform for exchanging knowledge and an organization which stimulates social events for junior scholars in the field of…