Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure
Seminar or event series
This seminar showcases new work in historical demography, household structure, and welfare systems, and the relationships between these phenomena and economic development and social inequalities, in any historical society and period.
The Cambridge Group for the History of Population & Social Structure is an interdisciplinary research group founded in 1964: more information can be found here.
This seminar does not run in Michaelmas Term. It participates in the Core seminar in economic and social history
The support of the Trevelyan Fund (Faculty of History) is gratefully acknowledged.
Events
Jan
31
Morbidity among working-class men and women in early twentieth-century Sweden.'
Bernard Harris (University of Strathclyde)
Venue: Room 5
Feb
21
Quantifying job loss and job creation, 1851-1911.'
Hillary Vipond(LSE)
Venue: Room 2
Feb
28
How to vaccinate the masses? Safety, compulsion, and the success of vaccination policy in nineteenth-century Britain.
Johnathan Neil Chapman(University of Bologna)
Venue: Room 5
May
1
Fertility responses to short-term economic stress: Price volatility and wealth shocks in a pre-transitional settler colony
Jeanne Cilliers (Lund University)
Venue: Room 5
May
15
Researching the possible effects of the New Poor Law of 1834 on the health of the population of England and Wales
Simon Szreter (University of Cambridge) and Gabriel Mesevage (King’s College, London)
Venue: Room 5
May
29
Plague strikes back: The Pestis Secunda of 1361–62 and its demographic consequences in England and Wales
Phil Slavin (University of Stirling)
Venue: Boardroom
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At a glance
Term
Easter Term
When
Wednesdays at 1.15pm
Where
Faculty of History; see events for room numbers. Sandwiches and fruit will be available from 1 pm
Convenor(s)
Hannaliis Jaadla
hj309@cam.ac.uk
