New article by James Juip, D. Lafreniere, S. Fayen Scarlett, and M. A. Rhodes Creating and Sustaining Public Engagement in Spatial Humanities and Deep Mapping Projects
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For the Monday crowd: please circulate this widely.
It may be hard to find the perfect candidate (an experienced data engineer/architect generalist with an interest in cultural heritage willing to take a state salary), but it's a great group/mission/city and we know the right person is out there.
Our new paper examining kin networks of local officials in the late Qing is now out! We compare family background of shengyuan and holders of purchased degrees to that of holders of higher exam degrees. 1/2
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Here's the link to the #1926Census of #Ireland which just went live, in case anyone is looking for it. Happy searching! nationalarchives.ie/collections/...
#IrishFamilyHistory #IrishGenealogy
Vaccines are a miracle, they are one of humanity's greatest achievements, and the current war on vaccines led by superempowered incompetent quacks will cause bottomless suffering for the children of Conservative and Liberal Americans.
In advance of tomorrow's release here is a short piece on the historical Irish censuses based on my past and ongoing research #spéirgorm theconversation.com/80-million-p...
Going to #PAA2026? Join us for our workshop, "Advances and Resources in Linking Full Count Census Data" on May 6, 9am-2pm in Rm 103. Add the workshop in your PAA registration! See all our PAA events: https://bit.ly/3OwRbA5
My UMN colleague Rob Warren just published a groundbreaking paper in @pnas.org. Flouride in drinking water during childhood has no effect on cognition and brain function in later life.
www.nbcnews.com/health/kids-...
Artemis II is about to splashdown. Everybody, put on your monkey masks.
“170 Years of Change in Living Arrangements”: @gfloridi.bsky.social & A. Esteve explore the role of mortality decline over time & encourage social scientists to consider how extended life spans can shape arrangements. @uoe-sps.bsky.social @cedemografia.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...
The dept of Economic History in Lund is hiring a new Senior Lecturer! Ad is here, deadline 17 May:
lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Happy Easter: “I’ve spent well over 20 years studying the history of the Crusades, thinking about the ways that sanctified violence works once it takes hold in a culture and becomes institutionalized. Once leaders start talking the way Pete Hesgeth does …limitations can easily fade away.”
Want to learn more about how we manage, preserve, annotate, and disseminate our qualitative collection and connect it to data collections? Check out this publication in IASSIST Quarterly: iassistquarterly.com/index.php/iassist/articl...
Don't be a fool - today (4/1) is the last day to to apply for our summer data training workshop! It's the perfect chance to learn about linking historical US census data - and you can request travel support. Check it out at https://lcc.umn.edu/DIRC-workshop
Federal agents arrested more than 3,700 Minnesota residents during the federal government’s surge into the state this winter, according to new data.
It shows fewer than one-quarter of those arrested had a criminal conviction on their record.
A line chart showing monthly ICE arrests in Minnesota since January 2025 broken down by those with a criminal conviction, pending charges and no criminal record. There is a huge spike of arrests starting in November 2025, peaking in January 2026, and the vast majority have no criminal record.
This is quite a chart
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A screengrab of the huge crowd at the flagship No Kings rally in the Twin Cities.
We are estimating more than 200,000 people at the flagship No Kings rally in the Twin Cities. #NoKings
I feel like 90% of my career has been helping people understand what data they should (or should not!!!) use to answer the question they have.
By coincidence, another paper with Yue Yu (lead author), Yueran Hou, and Yibei Wu introducing a machine-learning based method for record linkage in historical Chinese datasets also just appeared online, so today is a publication twofer. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
My latest article is online now at American Sociological Review: “Kinship Interlocks.” It’s about how some elite families manage to stay rich and powerful for many generations while others don’t. 🧵 (1/16)
The Call for Papers will remain open until April 1st, but all submissions so far will be evaluated before that date. So please consider submitting if yo haven’t already: ssha.org/conference/c...
In the next five years, we are going to do LOTS of census linking đź”—đź”—đź”—đź”—đź”—, produce new transcriptions of all UK censuses 1841-1921, and use these to study migrations and demographic transitions, thanks to @ukri.org !
Sneak peek at: www.geolinking.hist.cam.ac.uk
April 1 is the deadline for proposals to present at the exciting Social Science History meeting in Atlanta, Nov 19-22 2026
This year’s theme is “Decentering Modernity.”
As always, sessions are organized in networks ssha.org/networks/
Quick turnaround; proposals are being evaluated as they arrive!
This story is generating lots of reaction. Which is good! I think it's an important story. But also a nuanced one. And so a few points I think it's worth making, in a Saturday evening 🧵:
#EconSky
🆕PopulationsPast.org now has cause- and age-specific mortality rates, and age- and sex-specific net migration rates!
For example, in 1871 external causes of death (accidents, violence and suicide) among young adults was highest in industrial and fishing areas www.populationspast.org/vio1544/1871...
Five days left to submit proposals for the 2026 SSHA! Learn more and submit here: ssha.org/conference/c...
The US does not value caregiving, and many think women’s labor force participation is problematic.
You can identify a society’s priorities by what it spends money on. The US’s refusal to invest in childcare infrastructure speaks volumes.
Summer plans? Oh - we are just hanging out with the best group of people at the Data-Intensive Workshop on July 20 -21. That amazing crew could include you! Apply by April 1st! https://lcc.umn.edu/DIRC-workshop
Heads up US demographers. Our main NIH study sections (SSPA/SSPB) are being disbanded. I don’t know what this means. public.csr.nih.gov/StudySection...
