9.45-10.00: Welcome
10:00-11:20 Session 1: Non-European Perspectives, Elliott Green (ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ – International Development), Chair
Tim Dyson (ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ – International Development): The 1943-44 Bengal Famine - Some Facts and Implications
Leigh Gardner (ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ – Economic History): Reconstructing Liberian population statistics: Economic history and situational adjustments in backward projection
11:20-11:40: Coffee
11.40-13.00: Session 2: Early Modern Britain – Eric Schneider (ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ – Economic History), Chair
Sara Horrell (ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ – Economic History): Malthus’s missing women and children: Demography and women and children’s remuneration in historical perspective, Britain 1280-1850 with Jane Humphries and Jacob Weisdorf
Hannaliis Jaadla (Cambridge): Wealth and adult male height in the late 18th century Dorset with Romola Davenport
13.00-14.00: Lunch
14.00-16.00: Session 3: Social Mobility – Neil Cummins (ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ – Economic History), Chair
Chris Minns (ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ – Economic History): When did the American Dream move to Canada? Intergenerational mobility and the geography of opportunity, 1871-1901 with Luiza Antonie, Kris Inwood and Fraser Summerfield
Thor Berger (Lund) and Per Engzell (Oxford): Intergenerational mobility in Sweden before the welfare state with Björn Eriksson and Jakob Molinder
Julian Costas Fernandez (Essex): Social networks and intergenerational mobility in Victorian Britain with José-Alberto Guerra and Myra Mohnen
16.00-16.30: Coffee
16.30-18.30: Session 4:19th and 20th Century Britain – Mike Murphy (ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ – Social Policy), Chair
Eilidh Garrett (Cambridge): Death, doctors, demographers, registrars and the history of mortality in Britain, 1855-1970
Nicola Shelton (UCL): Using the ONS Longitudinal Study to investigate nineteenth century populations with Oliver Duke-Williams
Stephanie Thiehoff (Southampton): Reflecting on the past: Long-term spatial persistence of fertility behaviour from the First to the Second Demographic Transition in England and Wales with Andrew Hinde, Brienna Perelli-Harris and Agnese Vitali