I will be in Paris for the next four days, if you’d like to meet, for a chat or work, just send DM me on here or via the usual email channel!

Please share 🙏 @gproffit.bsky.social @amrcampop.bsky.social @robinlinacre.bsky.social @sdueconhist.bsky.social @alexislitvine.bsky.social @camunigeography.bsky.social

We are introducing a new data paper series! If you are creating data & need a stable DOI to document your data, let other people know how to use them, make sure it is Findable & Reusable, & get credit for your amazing data work, we'd be happy to publish your paper! www.hist.cam.ac.uk/cwpesh-and-c...

New paper with @gproffit.bsky.social and Arthur Starzec documenting a dataset containing all buildings and urban footprints extracted from the Etat-Major (military) maps for France in the mid C19. Now available to all to play with. #urbaneconomics #econhist paper & data 👉 doi.org/10.17863/CAM...

Cambridge Working Papers in Economic and Social History@cwpeconhist.bsky.social · 3mo ago

We launch the series with a paper documenting a dataset of built-up areas in France in the mid C19 by @gproffit.bsky.social and @alexislitvine.bsky.social from @camhistory.bsky.social and @camunicampop.bsky.social

An updated version of Emma Diduch's WP is now available on CWPESH 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟏 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐅𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐲

Cambridge Working Papers in Economic and Social History@cwpeconhist.bsky.social · last yr.

❕New WP from Emma Diduch❕ 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟏 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐅𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐲 ⬇️

In the next five years, we are going to do LOTS of census linking 🔗🔗🔗🔗🔗, produce new transcriptions of all UK censuses 1841-1921, and use these to study migrations and demographic transitions, thanks to @ukri.org ! Sneak peek at: www.geolinking.hist.cam.ac.uk

New read for anyone interested in the task/occupation debate and their suitability for studying structural change.

Cambridge Working Papers in Economic and Social History@cwpeconhist.bsky.social · 5mo ago

New version of the WP by @patrickwallis.bsky.social @aucointaylor.bsky.social @markhailwood.bsky.social @justincolson.bsky.social @jwhittle.bsky.social and David Chilosi! doi.org/10.17863/CAM...

Apply for the ESSHC 2027 and come to visit us in Lyon!

Sandra Brée@sandrabree.bsky.social · 5mo ago

[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

Another great paper in our working paper series by Amy Erickson.

Cambridge Working Papers in Economic and Social History@cwpeconhist.bsky.social · 7mo ago

❕New WP from Amy Erickson❕ 𝐂𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐦, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐡-𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐲 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧 ⬇️

Two months ago my partner was asked to leave the Postdoc centre of the @cam.ac.uk in Eddington where she works because I briefly brought her our baby so she could breastfeed him (in the lobby)! If we want to support women in academia and career equality, we should do better!

Dear Colleagues, On behalf my co-organisers, I am writing to invite abstract submissions for the ‘Re-centring land conflicts in the post-globalisation order’ mini-conference (MC11) as part of the SASE 2026 Conference in Bordeaux (1-3 July). sase.org/events/2026-... Deadline: December 16th

Research by @emvchung.bsky.social one of @camunicampop.bsky.social brilliant PhD students in the Guardian today www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Friedrich Engels ‘took creative liberties’ with descriptions of class divides in Manchester

Cambridge historian Emily Chung finds philosopher’s blistering depictions of segregation may have been exaggerated

theguardian.com

Campop blog #50: In 2021, 76% of UK women with children at home were employed: a century earlier about the same % were engaged in 'home duties'. @awakelam.bsky.social explores patterns and implications from the 1921 census @camunicampop.bsky.social www.campop.geog.cam.ac.uk/blog/2025/05...

Campop blog #51: Are uber/deliveroo workers employees? Bob Bennett discusses changes in self-emploment linked to tax structures, and examines how builders, publicans, sales agents and outworkers (etc) were defined in the past @camunicampop.bsky.social www.campop.geog.cam.ac.uk/blog/2025/06...

NEW DATASET - OUT NOW! A massive 69,000 records added to the Railway Work, Life & Death project, covering English & Welsh railways, 1855-1929. Download our free database from our website - & please spread the word! #Railway200

Another great paper on @cwpeconhist.bsky.social ! If you have not done it yet, follow us for the latest from @cambridgeup.bsky.social and elsewhere! We are open to all new submissions, fast turnaround, immediate DOI and increased visibility for your working papers in #econhist and #demography!

Cambridge Working Papers in Economic and Social History@cwpeconhist.bsky.social · last yr.

❕New WP from Eric Schneider and Romola Davenport❕ 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐩𝐨𝐱? ⬇️

❕New WP from Eric Schneider and Romola Davenport❕ 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐩𝐨𝐱? ⬇️

❕New WP from Regina Grafe, Professor of Economic History (1928)❕ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐀𝐭𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜

❕New WP from Emily Chung❕ 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝟏𝟖𝟓𝟏-𝟏𝟗𝟎𝟏 ⬇️

❕New WP from Emma Diduch❕ 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟏 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐅𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐲 ⬇️

@ebu.ch - can I check this is correct? Picking one coutry at random; Ireland had c.268,000 viewers for #eurovision final. Say 10% of them voted, 670 SIM cards (x20 votes) would do to get 50% of the votes costing **€1440** (2€/SIM and 0.15€/text). Not hard to imagine a country manipulating the result

If you are not yet hooked on Campop’s weeklies, just read @judyzara.bsky.social post on work before the Industrial Revolution at www.campop.geog.cam.ac.uk/blog/2025/05.... You can always sign up to get these delivered fresh to you with your morning coffee every week!

If you don’t know your Miss for your Mrs I strongly suggest you read our new @camunicampop.bsky.social blog by Amy Erickson on the history of these titles. www.campop.geog.cam.ac.uk/blog/2025/05...

Look at this wonderful new paper by @emvchung.bsky.social from @camunicampop.bsky.social !

Cambridge Working Papers in Economic and Social History@cwpeconhist.bsky.social · last yr.

❕New WP from Emily Chung❕ 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝟏𝟖𝟓𝟏-𝟏𝟗𝟎𝟏 ⬇️

Great to spot @camunicampop.bsky.social ‘s data used in the Guardian www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...

31 of England’s prisons are Victorian. Do they work? – visual investigation

More than 30 jails still in use today were built by the Victorians. They house a quarter of the prison population. Here we explore how 19th century design is contributing to a 21st century crisis

theguardian.com

❕New WP from Alexis Litvine, Thomas Thévenin, Arthur Starzec, Patrick Mille, Isabelle Séguy, and Guillaume Proffit❕ 𝐀 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐊, 𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟎-𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟎 ⬇️

Two three year postdocs advertised at @camhistory.bsky.social, to work with the brilliant Niamh Gallagher on her UKRI project, Ireland and the 'ends' of the British Empire. Not just looking for historians btw... www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50601/

Delighted to share a free copy of my book chapter on marriage, intimacy and adulthood in disabled people’s lives and activism. This is part of 'Adulthood in Britain and the United States from 1350 to Generation Z', all open access thanks to Knowledge Unlatched. www.jstor.org/stable/jj.22...

❕New WP from Alban de Gmeline❕ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐑𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐃𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐕𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 (𝟏𝟖𝟕𝟎-𝟏𝟗𝟒𝟎) ⬇️

A double bill this week to celebrate International Women’s Day!!

Cambridge Group for the History of Population & Social Structure@camunicampop.bsky.social · last yr.

📣New (extra) blog post alert!📣 To mark International Women's Day, we have a special post from Amy Erickson on the history of female entrepreneurs. Women in business aren’t newcomers – they’re part of a long legacy. www.campop.geog.cam.ac.uk/blog #skystorians #IWD