The Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure - seminar series

Fertility responses to short-term economic stress: Price volatility and wealth shocks in a pre-transitional settler colony

Jeanne Cilliers (Lund University).

Seminar Room 5, Faculty of History.

Wednesday 01 May 2024, 13:15-14:30

Early Modern Economic and Social History Seminars

The profits of the Gazette: the late seventeenth-century news economy

Natashia Glaisyer, University of York.

History Faculty Room 11.

Thursday 02 May 2024, 17:00-19:00

Quantitative History Seminar

Income Inequality in Imperial Austria, 1911

Michael Pammer (Johannes Kepler University Linz).

Room 5 (Faculty of History) and on Zoom.

Wednesday 08 May 2024, 13:15-14:45

Department of Geography - main Departmental seminar series

Inaugural Lecture by Dr Max van Wyk de Vries

Dr Max van Wyk de Vries, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Thursday 09 May 2024, 13:00-14:00

Scott Polar Research Institute - Polar Humanities and Social Sciences ECR Workshop

Uncertainty on Ice

Amelia Urry, PhD candidate SPRI & HSPS, University of Cambridge.

Hybrid: Seminar room, SPRI & Zoom - email organiser for details.

Thursday 09 May 2024, 14:00-15:00

Early Modern Economic and Social History Seminars

Canoes and capitalism: an indigenous technology in the early English Caribbean

Nuala Zahedieh, University of Cambridge.

History Faculty Room 11.

Thursday 09 May 2024, 17:00-19:00

The Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure - seminar series

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) .

Seminar Room 5, Faculty of History.

Wednesday 15 May 2024, 13:15-14:30

Quaternary Discussion Group (QDG)

Radiocarbon dating and conspiracy theories

Building doors are card operated, so latecomers may not be able to access the venue.

Maarten Blaauw, Queen's University Belfast.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 15 May 2024, 17:30-19:00

Early Modern Economic and Social History Seminars

Science, finance and empire: assessing the role of networked capital in Britain’s economic development, 1660-1720

Edmond Smith, University of Manchester.

History Faculty Room 11.

Thursday 16 May 2024, 17:00-19:00

Quantitative History Seminar

Regional Variation of GDP per Head within China, 1080-1850: Implications for the Great Divergence Debate

Stephen Broadberry (Oxford University), co-authored with Hanhui Guan (Peking University).

Room 5 (Faculty of History) and on Zoom.

Wednesday 22 May 2024, 13:15-14:45

Scott Polar Research Institute - Polar Humanities and Social Sciences ECR Workshop

Colonial histories and Digital Collections (TBC)

John Woitkowitz ans Larissa Schmid, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin.

Hybrid: Seminar room, SPRI & Zoom - email organiser for details.

Thursday 23 May 2024, 14:00-15:00

Early Modern Economic and Social History Seminars

The intoxicant economy in early modern England

Phil Withington, University of Sheffield.

History Faculty Room 11.

Thursday 23 May 2024, 17:00-19:00

The Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure - seminar series

Plague strikes back: The Pestis Secunda of 1361–62 and its demographic consequences in England and Wales

Phil Slavin (University of Stirling) .

Board Room, Faculty of History.

Wednesday 29 May 2024, 13:15-14:30

Quantitative History Seminar

TBC

TBC.

Room 5 (Faculty of History) and on Zoom.

Wednesday 05 June 2024, 13:15-14:45

Quaternary Discussion Group (QDG)

Extreme glacial implies discontinuity of early human occupation of Europe

Building doors are card operated, so latecomers may not be able to access the venue.

Vasiliki Margari, University College London.

Harker 1, Department of Earth Sciences, Downing Street.

Wednesday 05 June 2024, 17:30-19:00

Quaternary Discussion Group (QDG)

Palaeoecological Insights into the Causes and Consequences of Mid-Late Quaternary Megafauna Extinction in Asia and Australia

Building doors are card operated, so latecomers may not be able to access the venue.

Simon Haberle, Australian National University.

Small Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 12 June 2024, 17:30-19:00

Scott Polar Research Institute - Polar Humanities and Social Sciences ECR Workshop

Title to be confirmed

Trym Eiterjord, PhD candidate, University of British Columbia.

Hybrid: Seminar room, SPRI & Zoom - email organiser for details.

Thursday 13 June 2024, 14:00-15:00