The Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social StructureCities and towns as epidemiological drivers: emerging issues in urban historical demography
A workshop organised by the Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure with assistance from the Department of History and Philosophy of Science as part of their Wellcome Trust Strategic Award Generation to Reproduction.
Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, 17-18 March 2014
Programme
Monday 17 March 2014
| 2pm | Richard Smith (University of Cambridge) The law of 'urban natural decrease': Interpreting baptism: burial ratios and infant mortality across the English urban hierarchy c.1540-c.1840 |
| 3pm | Morgan Kelly and Cormac O'Grada (University College Dublin) The demography of plague in early modern London |
| 4.00pm | Tea |
| 4.30pm | Romola Davenport (University of Cambridge) The decline of infant mortality in Georgian London: an analysis of cause of death, age at death and social status |
| 5.30pm | Andrew Hinde (University of Southampton) Mortality in English market towns during 'the parish register era' c.1550-1825 |
Tuesday 18 March 2014
| 9.15am | Gill Newton (University of Cambridge) A pluralistic epidemiological transition? Mortality in urban and urbanizing areas in England 1538-1812 |
| 10.15am | Kazunori Murakoshi (Surugadai University) and Osamu Saito (Hitotsubashi University) Trapped in the ant-lion's sandpit? Farr's law in Japanese contexts |
| 11.30 am | Alice Reid (University of Cambridge) Mortality in urban and rural Scotland 1861-1900 |
| 12.30pm | Lunch |
| 1.15pm | Simon Szreter (University of Cambridge) Health and urban growth in England in the Dark Age of Historical Demography c.1750-1850 |
| 2.15 pm | Tim Dyson (LSE) The role of the Demographic Transition in the process of urbanization |
Booking and venue
Please pre-register for the workshop (by 1 March 2014) by emailing Sophy Arulanantham <sja60@cam.ac.uk>. Please include your name, institution and address.
There is registration fee of £20. There is a reduced registration fee of £10 for students.
Please make cheques for £20 (or £10) payable to 'The University of Cambridge'. Cheques should be sent to: Sophy Arulanantham, Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure, Department of Geography, Downing Place, Cambridge CB2 3EN, UK.
Alternatively you may wish to pay via e-sales (direct online payment). If so, please state this in your registration email to Sophy Arulanantham and a confirmation will be sent with a weblink to the University of Cambridge e-sales site.