Local, social, and population history. We support and publish original research by academic and non-academic historians.
United Kingdom
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Just realized that I never noted the passing of Sir E. A. Wrigley, the legendary British demographer and economic historian, on February 24. Here's a short thread on someone whose research and writing made a big difference to the way that I think about the Industrial Revolution.
Local Population Studies retweeted
Nominations now open for Alan Ball Awards 2021: #localhistory publication of the year lslibrarians.wordpress.com/2…
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Submissions for the Midland History Annual Essay Prize 2021 are now invited. A prize of £400 is offered. Entries must be based on a historical subject relating to the English Midlands. Closing date 31 October 2021. For details and entry criteria visit think.taylorandfrancis.com/j…
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Booking now: our autumn conference (on Zoom) is on 9 October. It's FREE, and you can look forward to these papers on the theme of the British diaspora.
For more information and the booking form, see our website localpopulationstudies.org.u…
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One million pages made free on British Newspaper Archive lslibrarians.wordpress.com/2…
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Nominations now open for the McCulla Award 2021.
If you know an outstanding local studies librarian, let us know by 31 October.
#localhistory #librarians lslibrarians.wordpress.com/2…
Local Population Studies retweeted
Fantastic prize and opportunity. Editors have been nothing but friendly and helpful with me! Would strongly encourage submissions to this, get writing!
Submissions for the Midland History Annual Essay Prize 2021 are now invited. A prize of £400 is offered. Entries must be based on a historical subject relating to the English Midlands. Closing date 31 October 2021. For details and entry criteria visit think.taylorandfrancis.com/j…
Local Population Studies retweeted
More news: project lecture at the University of York on 7 October at 6pm by Dr Pete Collinge, entitled 'Small Bills and Petty Finance: co-creating the history of the Old Poor Law'. It will be recorded for anyone who can't attend in person.
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*NEW BLOG POST* One of our volunteers has written about Irish people living in #Uttoxeter in 1851, and has looked at the Cunningham family, who probably moved there in the wake of the potato famine in #Ireland. localhistorylab.home.blog/20…
Local Population Studies retweeted
See our latest blog post, written by one of our volunteers: ‘Infant names in mid 19th century Uttoxeter’ localhistorylab.home.blog/vc…
Local Population Studies retweeted
... perhaps of interest to the good folks at @DrinkingStudies @BALHNews @VCH_London @WarwickFoodGRP @Emma_J_Wells @ClaireKennan @wartsandbrawls @drjpwillis @_drsang @mark_hailwood @EMhistblog @KitFrench1348 @DrRJWarren @hiegleah ... & others working on 'Parish, Power & Politics'
NEW POST: @Brodie_Waddell investigates parish petitions for & against alehouses in the early 17thC Malvern Hills, engaging with themes of our 'Politics' #PaSymp21 on 7-8 May (NB: registrations close on Sat 1/5 !): warwick.ac.uk/my-parish/post… @HRCWarwick @WarwickHistory
Local Population Studies retweeted
Remember to register for the @LocalPopStudies Spring Conference on Saturday via the registration form (link below). Note that the START of presentations will be SHIFTED TO 4:00PM! There will be great presentations by early career researchers from all over Europe.
Our spring conference is *free* and online this year, on 17 April. Take a look at the programme and register in advance: localpopulationstudies.org.u…
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Interested in helping create a digital historic parish atlas for England? We're looking for volunteers to help with georeferencing and other tasks. No prior georeferencing experience necessary! More information here: campop.geog.cam.ac.uk/resear…
@CamUniCampop
Local Population Studies retweeted
One final plug for Pamela Taylor's talk on Vanished Knightsbridge, tomorrow 18:30, based on her fantastic book for @VCH_London Free, but registration required. eventbrite.co.uk/e/vanished-…
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🔉🔊 A gentle reminder that tomorrow (Friday 19 March) at 2pm, the webinar on 'the economic history of infant and child health and growth', organised by the editors of @EcHistSocReview , will take place online - more information on our website ehs.org.uk/event/economic-hi…
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How do BCS70 participants’ experiences of the first lockdown compare to those of other generations? This week we look at findings from the COVID-19 web survey & hear study members’ recollections of the early stages of the pandemic #BCS7050stories
cls.ucl.ac.uk/important-disc…
Local Population Studies retweeted
Someone I am researching has written "I don't do nothing" as his occupation on the 1911 Census 👀
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Looking forward to presenting my paper “Comparing three sources to address institutional distortions in London’s infant mortality rates, 1896-1911” at the LPSS conf, as well as hearing other’s work from all over Europe.
You can register to attend now & it’s free!⬇️ #poptwitter
Our spring conference is *free* and online this year, on 17 April. Take a look at the programme and register in advance: localpopulationstudies.org.u…
Local Population Studies retweeted
Check out the great programme Andy Hinde and I put together for the Online @LocalPopStudies Spring Conference, including presentations by @SarahRafferty5, @ThompKristina among others. You can now register online for free (link below). Looking forward to "meeting" you there!
Our spring conference is *free* and online this year, on 17 April. Take a look at the programme and register in advance: localpopulationstudies.org.u…
Local Population Studies retweeted
Bored? @LdnMetArchives is looking for volunteers interested in systematically searching parish registers online to look for entries relating to Londoners of African, Caribbean, Asian and Indigenous heritage. It's an important project, so check it out!
cityoflondon.gov.uk/things-t…
