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

Research seminar series run by the Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure (Campop).

Seminars will take place in person in the Geography Department and online via Microsoft Teams at 4:00pm.

The support of the Trevelyan Fund (Faculty of History) is gratefully acknowledged.

Convenors: Romola Davenport (rjd23@cam.ac.uk), Alice Reid (amr1001@cam.ac.uk), Hannaliis Jaadla (hj309@cam.ac.uk), and Leigh Shaw-Taylor (lmws2@cam.ac.uk).

View the archive of previous seminars.

# Wednesday 27th May 2026, 4.15pm - Ryah Thomas (Vienna University of Economics and Business)

Precarity and the economy of makeshifts: A novel argument from the census of England, 1851-1911

Venue: Room 101, Sir William Hardy Building

Abstract not available

# Wednesday 10th June 2026, 4.15pm - Emma Diduch (University of Cambridge)

Whether and when: Split-population cure models of women's work and parity progression in Derbyshire, 1881-1911

Venue: Room 101, Sir William Hardy Building

Abstract not available

Core Seminar in Economic and Social History

Seminars take place on Thursdays at 5:15 pm in Room 5 of the History Faculty. All are welcome, either in person or online.

The Core seminar combines multiple seminars: Medieval Economic and Social History; Early Modern Economic and
Social History; Modern Economic and Social History and Policy; African Economic History; Global Economic History;
Quantitative History; Financial History; the Centre for History and Economics; and the Cambridge Group for the
History of Population and Social Structure. Their specialist seminar programmes do not run in Michaelmas term, but
each meets separately again in the Lent and (sometimes) Easter terms.

Seminar convenors: Amy Erickson (ale25@cam.ac.uk), Leigh Shaw-Taylor (lmws2@cam.ac.uk), Emily Chung (evc28@cam.ac.uk), Guillaume Proffit (gpap3@cam.ac.uk)

Economic and Social History at Cambridge: www.econsoc.hist.cam.ac.uk

There are no forthcoming seminars at present. Please check back here later.

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Quantitative History Seminar

Supported by the Centre for History and Economics and the Trevelyan Fund (Faculty of History).

The seminar meets on Wednesdays at 4pm in person (please check individual talks for venue) and online on Teams.

Convenors: Aleksandra Dul (amd217@cam.ac.uk), Alexis Litvine (adl38), Leigh Shaw-Taylor (lmws2@cam.ac.uk)

There are no forthcoming seminars at present. Please check back here later.

You may wish to view the archive of previous seminars.

Additional seminars of interest to Campop members

Additional seminars of interest to Campop members.

View the archive of previous seminars.

# Thursday 30th April 2026, 5.00pm - Julie Marfany, Durham

Quantifying the unquantifiable? Assessing the importance of almsgiving in early modern France and Spain

Venue: Erasmus room, Queens' College

Abstract not available

# Thursday 14th May 2026, 5.00pm - Anna Knutsson, Cambridge

Illegal trade in the North Atlantic

Venue: Erasmus room, Queens' College

Abstract not available

# Thursday 21st May 2026, 5.00pm - Harry Smith, Emily Vine, and Jane Whittle, Exeter

TBC

Venue: Erasmus room, Queens' College

Abstract not available