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Young historical demographers at the ESHD Conference-June 2019

Young historical demographers at the ESHD Conference-June 2019

It was great to see so many young demographers at the 3rd European Society of Historical Demography Conference in Pécs last week! Engaging presentations, fruitful discussions, comments on the future of our association and a wonderful social. Our President Tim Riswick was also awarded the Roger Schofield Award to recognise the best paper presented by a young demographer at the ESHD Conference – congratulations! To remind everyone… Have you you have recently published an article? Or feel there is a…

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Events during the ESHD

Events during the ESHD

Registration for events here! The Association for Young Historical Demographers will kick-off the conference with two one-hour informal sessions on Wednesday 26 June, between 14:00-16:00 just before the European Society for Historical Demography Conference starts. The first session is ‘Building an Academic Career: Tips and Tricks from Peers’, in which a panel of prominent young historical demographers (who got their PhD less than 10 years ago) will discuss ideas for CV building and answer any questions you might have. On…

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FROM THE BOARD-NEWSLETTER 2019-2

FROM THE BOARD-NEWSLETTER 2019-2

Since our last newsletter we have mainly focused on organizing formal and informal events to take place at the European Society for Historical Demography Conference in Pécs, Hungary. In the preliminary program of the conference, there is already a round table on ‘The Future of the Association for Young Historical Demographers’ scheduled to take place on Friday, 28 June, between 14:00-15:45. However, we will kick-off the conference with two one-hour informal sessions on Wednesday 26 June, between 14:00-16:00. The first session is ‘Building an Academic…

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FROM THE BOARD– NEWSLETTER 2019-1

FROM THE BOARD– NEWSLETTER 2019-1

A few weeks ago we organized a very successful ‘Day for Young Historical Demographers’ together with the LONGPOP-INT project, the European Society for Historical Demography, the Young Demographers and all their partners at Charles University in Prague. This was part of the 10th Conference for Young Demographers. More than 40 young (historical) demographers participated by giving oral and poster presentations or by attending the workshops by Vlad Popovici and Petr Tureček on how to deal with historical demographic sources and…

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FROM THE BOARD – NEWSLETTER 2018-3

FROM THE BOARD – NEWSLETTER 2018-3

Over the last few months, we have focused on updating our website with relevant information and have started organizing a number of formal events. The result of the first is that the ‘conferences’ and ‘training & education’ pages on our website have been updated again, while the latter resulted in the Day for Young Historical Demographers as part of the 10th Conference for Young Demographers in Prague (6-8 February). More information can be found here. It is already clear that…

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Informal meeting at the European Population Conference

Informal meeting at the European Population Conference

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!

INFORMAL EVENT ESSHC IN Belfast

INFORMAL EVENT ESSHC IN Belfast

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…

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From the board – Newsletter 2017-4

From the board – Newsletter 2017-4

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…

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Informal Event ICP in Cape Town

Informal Event ICP in Cape Town

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…

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From the board – Newsletter 2017-3

From the board – Newsletter 2017-3

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…

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