Do not forget our first #LunchSeminar of the week today! ⏬
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British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants. Deadline: 3 June 2026 Independent Scholars Deadline: 27 May 2026
The British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants is now open for applications, supported by DSIT, @leverhulme.ac.uk and @wellcometrust.bsky.social. Apply now: https://bit.ly/4t0MDRl
Calling all #ECR #skystorians! Follow HistoryLab+ here & sign up to become a member there (👇) to discover job & training opportunities, resources, & a community as you find your feet #postdoc!
@ihr.bsky.social
@ihrhistorylab.bsky.social
@royalhistsoc.org
The Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI) invites applications for a Postdoc position on family formation among sexual minorities. Apply by 5 May: vacatures.knaw.nl/job/The-Hagu...
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
📣Registration is now open 📣 for #SSHM2026
The Society's biennial conference In/Out will be held at University of Leeds 30 June -3 July 2026
#histmed
Registration has opened for our conference - "Health and the Environment in the Preindustrial World: Multidisciplinary Approaches"!
Attendance is both virtual and in-person in Melbourne, Australia
Program: drive.google.com/file/d/1mZ4F...
Registration: forms.gle/w49zfP3CPBQj...
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🛎️ Postdoc opportunity 🛎️
2-year Postdoctoral Fellowship in history of medicine and medical humanities at Johns Hopkins University. Deadline April 5th.
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hopkinshistoryofmedicine.org/2026/03/06/j...
We are pleased to launch today a new funding programme for Fellows & Associate Fellows of the Society resident outside the UK & Ireland bit.ly/3PtDQZu
Grants support research in UK / Irish archives for our international historians. Deadline 8 May to enable research from summer 2026 #Skystorians 1/2
At the event we'll be hearing from @lsangha.bsky.social, @lauracking.bsky.social, Paul Carter (TNA), @ruthslatter.bsky.social, @isabellajackson.bsky.social, Grace Huxford (Bristol), @lucynoakes1.bsky.social, @beckierutherford.bsky.social & Naomi Tadmor (Lancaster), all at the @ihr.bsky.social!
📢 The AYHD is setting up a paper workshop and we'd love your input on how it is run!
Please take 1 minute to let us know if you're interested and share your thoughts here 👇
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
A workshop for early-career researchers based in the UK on challenging Western-centric perspectives in the #medhumanities
Facilitated by Global History of HIV Activism project and Northern Network for Medical Humanities Research (NNMHR)
📆29-30 Oct 2026
University of Stirling
Applications by 15 April
📣 BSHS Small Grants – deadline 31 March
Looking for a little support for archival visits, research trips, or research assistance?
BSHS offers small grants (£50–£500) to help move research projects forward.
Especially aimed at early-career researchers.
Find out more: bshs.org.uk/grants/#rese...
Call for Papers: Workshop “Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WaSH) interventions – the long view”. Cambridge, 15–16 June 2026. Papers on historical/comparative WaSH, sanitation, disease, and public health. 🧵⬇️
Calling all History PhD students and postdocs: join us for ‘How to Publish Your Research: a workshop for Early Career Researchers’ with Profs Stephen Legg, Elisabeth Leake, Matthew Hilton & Erez Manela 18 March, Birkbeck, Bloomsbury Info
www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event... @jessicareinisch.bsky.social
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New free online research training course 5 May 2026. Engaging Histories: Working with/in the Media as an Historian.
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
📣Call for Applications‼️
ARTEMIS – African Research Talents Experiencing Mentoring In Science
📅Application Deadline: April 13, 2026.
👓Read all:
https://www.mpg.de/26122924/artemis-mentoring-programme
✍️Application:
www.mpg.de/26133233/MPG_ARTEMIS_202...
Join the IUSSP for a high-level virtual debate: "When Populations Shrink - Should States Encourage Births or Adapt?" (Zoom, 1 April 2026).
4 world experts from Finland, Japan, South Korea and Norway will address various aspects of the issue
iussp.org/en/iussp-deb...
#demography
#populationstudies
Quick reminder - 2nd March closing date for abstract submission to our June 1st #Colloquium2026 in London, UK. Please share widely #histnursing #histmed More info on the website . ukahn.org/colloquium-2... plus registration now open here store.kingston.ac.uk/conferences-...
I'll be teaching again for Barcelona Summer School of Demography, "Demography with R" 6-10 July: ced.cat/en/bcn4seaso... You can do this program in person or online. Sign up, it's fun to do demography! @cedemografia.bsky.social
Are you interested in the politics of demography*? Would you like to present research or take part in a panel on the topic at this year's @bspsuk.bsky.social conference? If so, this call for papers is for you 👇
*Papers covering the whole spectrum of population research are also being accepted!
We are advertising a two-year lectureship in Modern British History at University of Cambridge, please spread the word!
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...
📢 Call for Papers!
We invite you to submit your research for the Wittgenstein Centre Conference on "Demography and Human Capital", taking place from Dec 1-2, 2026 at @oeaw.bsky.social in Vienna.
📆 Deadline: April 30, 2026
🔗 www.oeaw.ac.at/vid/news-eve...
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For students and professionals, the Population Studies Group at @lshtm.bsky.social offers a self-study course: "Introduction to Demographic Methods and Population Analysis".
See if any of the 28 interactive lectures are for you! No prior training required.
www.population-europe.eu/resources/te...
[CFP ESSHC 2027 in LYON!!]
We are delighted to welcome the next European Social Sciences Historical Conference in Lyon.
All the history laboratories in Lyon are part of the organizing committee.
We look forward to welcoming you in spring 2027
esshc.iisg.amsterdam/en
📢 Register now!
Francesco C. Billari (Rector of Bocconi University, Milan): "Demography and Hyperdiversity".
📅 23 February 2026, 17:00h
📍 Austrian Academy of Sciences, Festive Hall
🔗 www.oeaw.ac.at/en/detail/ev...
Come work with us in Helsinki! A permanent position for a lecturer in social science history, associated with a joint Master's program with the UCL. DL February 27th! jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
Announcement of the course ‘Microsimulation Methods in Demography: Fertility Applications’ from June 11 to 17, 2026, at the MPIDR in Rostock.
Practical introduction to microsimulation methods for demographic research with a focus on fertility modeling.
Course description on simulation techniques in demographic research with a focus on agent-based models and dynamic microsimulation.
Announcement of a workshop on microsimulation methods in demography with a focus on fertility applications, June 11–17, 2026.
‼️IDEM 118 Course‼️
𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗺𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗱𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝘆: 𝗙𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀
📅11-17 June 2026
🗺️Rostock, Germany
@mpidr.bsky.social, IMPRS-PHDS
📝Application deadline: March 13, 2026
www.demogr.mpg.de/go/idem2026-118
#Demography #Fertility #DynamicModels #AgentBasedModeling #DataScience #RStats
On Weds we'll be with historians at Sheffield Hallam University & University of Sheffield for the next RHS visit with academics and history practitioners in the city.
Our visit ends with a guest lecture by Prof David Stack (Reading) to which all are welcome www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/history-an... 1/2
The Edward Worth Library, Dublin, is offering two short-term research fellowships of between 1 week and 1 month between Jun and Nov 2026 to encourage research relevant to its collection of c. 4,300 books, left to Dr Steevens’ Hospital by Dublin physician Edward Worth (1676-1733).
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