📣 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

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: https://www.mpg.de/26133233/MPG_ARTEMIS_2026_call-and-application-documents.pdf

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... #demography

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...

‼️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). #histmed

We’re delighted to announce the society's 2026 Distinguished Lecture will be delivered by Prof Tyler Anbinder of George Washington University. "The Surprising Socio-Economic Mobility of New York’s Great Famine Refugees" Online, 4pm GMT (11am EST), Thurs. 5 Mar. 2026. Register here: www.eshsi.org

Call for STSM candidate at Lancaster University: “A Demographic Kernel Framework for Predicting Psychosis Risk Across Urban Space.” Autumn 2026, up to 2 months, funding up to €2,500 via GREATLEAP COST Action. Apply with CV + motivation to [email protected] by 4 March ⬇️

Lunchtime Seminar: Making (up) healthy people: A German-German history of health education, 1945–1967 by Dr Christian Sammer - link via email. 27 Feb at 1pm CET #Skystorians #MedHums #HistMed

18TH CENTURY BRITISH HISTORY PHD LIGHTNING TALKS CFP Are you at the start of your PhD? Want to tell an eager and engaged audience about it in 5 mins? We want to hear the best PGR research about 18th Britain at our #LightningTalks event 29 April 2026. Please see the poster for further information!

The CfP for the #Workshop “Trust, institutions, and capitalism in Early Modern Europe” with Craig Muldrew (Friday 24 April 2026 in Nijmegen) is now open. For more information see the image, or follow this link: posthumusinstitute.org/2026/02/11/w... #Deadline for applications is 6 March!

Next Wednesday, the Society visits historians at Sheffield Hallam University and the University of Sheffield. Our visit closes (5.45pm) with a guest lecture by Prof David Stack (Reading) on 'History and Well-Being: a Historian's Perspective' bit.ly/4aa4Yoe Open to all and followed by a reception.

The Gazette is back! With a new look and new editor @fabiolacreed.bsky.social With members' reports from global #histmed conferences in 2025. Plus latest issue of Social History of Medicine and book in the Social Histories of Medicine series published by @manchesterup.bsky.social

📢CALL FOR PAPERS #QueteletSeminar 2026: historical, comparative, spatial analyses, advanced methodologies, interdisciplinarity, conceptual frameworks, policy responses... on inequalities in & through #health across past, present, & future societies. ⏬More details

Call for applications: European Doctoral School of Demography (EDSD) 2026-2027 To be held at @mpidr.bsky.social and @sghwarsaweu.bsky.social Application deadline: 27 March 2026 at 12 PM (noon) Program start: 1 September 2026 Scholarships are available Details: eaps.nl/edsd/how-to-...

Registration for #HAP26 is now OPEN! Join us on the 16 April in Sheffield as we explore ‘Shaping Societies, Improving Lives: the Impact of Archives and Historical Research’ With @royalhistsoc.org @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy & @uoscollections.bsky.social Register today: bit.ly/4roSsqU

For anyone interested in demography methods, applications are now open for the @berkeleypopcenter.bsky.social workshop. populationsciences.berkeley.edu/population-c... I attended as a student once upon a time. It is a fabulous experience! @harvardpopcenter.bsky.social @popassocamerica.bsky.social

Friends, can I ask you to spread the word that we have a THREE-YEAR postdoc in American history at Cambridge up for grabs - ANY field, but applications are due March 1 so don't delay - apply, apply, apply! networks.h-net.org/jobs/69790/u...

📢 Apply for the two-year Master Programme "Global Demography" at the University of Vienna! The programme starts on 1 October 2026. 📅 Application period: 2 March to 7 April 2026 🔗 More information: demografie.univie.ac.at/studies/mast... @univie.ac.at #demography

More Research Training from the IHR . The term 2 calendar is now live. www.history.ac.uk/study-traini...

The next @ihr.bsky.social Migration and Mobility Seminar is on 3rd March - @conniethomas.bsky.social will be presenting 'Public activism and the 1798 Alien and Sedition Acts' - of (huge) interest to those interested in migration, citizenship & US history. Sign up here: tinyurl.com/3s6yym7t

Have you ever considered studying demography – also alongside your work? Charles University in Prague is offering a part-time distance-learning programme leading to a Master's degree in Demography. 🔜 Application deadline: 28 February 2026 Read more here: lnkd.in/dHVw-3gR Photo: Petr Jan Juračka

Please do share this doctoral opportunity with MA/MSt students - four years of AHRC funding to work on the history of children's play in Wales, supervised by me and the lovely and brilliant Dr Jacky Tyrie. Any questions get in touch! www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate...

📢Job Offer‼️New Max Planck Research Group on Medical Demography Marcus Ebeling will lead the team starting on 1 July 2026. The research group will be based at the MPIDR in Rostock. Read an interview with Marcus on his future research here: www.demogr.mpg.de/go/rgmd (including link to job) #postdoc

Looking to develop your practice as a history teacher or subject leader this February? Our secondary CPD calendar brings together sessions focused on pedagogy, leadership, enquiry and scholarship. Explore what’s coming up and book your place: www.history.org.uk/secondary/ca...

Drum roll… 🥁 🥁 🥁 Registration for the international conference 'Studying Non-Elites in the Medieval Caucasus' is now open!

Are you studying, researching or teaching the histories of race and ethnicity? Try using the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH). It contains 670,000+ resources from 55 BCE to today! Find out how to use BBIH buff.ly/yD11954 @brepols.net

Our conference #cfp is now live! This year's conference, "Embodied Histories: Body, Mind and Experience" will take place on 17th July 2026 at University of Birmingham! Keep on reading to find out more...(1/9)

CALL FOR PAPERS - Modern British History and the 'Environmental Turn'. A two-day workshop organised by @maxlong.bsky.social and myself at Lincoln College, Oxford, 16-17 September. Deadline for abstracts is 15 May. Details in poster below, please share.

Date for your diary - join us Join us for this online training session on 28th April, hosted by the @ihrlibrary.bsky.social team, which will bring together a panel of historians, librarians and subject specialists to discuss the History of Emotions www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

We are delighted to share our call for papers for Medical Humanities. @georgesevers.bsky.social, Naomi Samake-Bäckert and I are guest editing a topic collection titled “Race, Sexual and Reproductive Health: Histories, Inequalities, Futures. Deadline: 31 October 2026 mh.bmj.com/pages/topic-...

Two PhD studentships - University of Exeter 𝐏𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐬, 𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐞𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐑𝐡𝐚𝐳𝐞𝐬 Deadline: 26 March 2026 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐨 (Arabic): [email protected] (Classics): [email protected] #CSMBR #PhDs

hD Position - Leibniz Institute, Leipzig: 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐲 (𝟏𝟑𝟎𝟎-𝟏𝟖𝟎𝟎) Application deadline: 𝟏𝟔 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 Start date: 𝟏 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐨 𝐚𝐭: [email protected] #CSMBR #DoctoralPosition

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Come work with us! Two fully funded 36-month PhD positions in the history of medicine at Charité Berlin. The positions are part of the EU-funded Gender Insight network researching biopsychosocial aspects of diverse hormonal transitions. Deadline 28 Feb 2026 #histmed genderinsight.eu

Save the date for our one-day conference, in association with Somerset and Dorset Notes and Queries, where we'll be looking at rebellion and protest across six centuries. Find out more: www.balh.org.uk/dorset26 #WeAreLocalHistory #LocalHistoryForAll

Next week Wednesday 11 February we are delighted to have @pbhellawell.bsky.social & @libertypaterson.bsky.social present their paper titled 'The Ship Bedford: Atlantic and Archival Crossings in the Long Eighteenth-Century Slave Trade'. Join us either in person at the IHR or online from 17:30