This may be of interest to those of you who may be in the UK in early April. Abigail Ann Young (Dr), Associate Editor/ Records of Early English Drama/ Victoria College/ 150 Charles Street W/ Toronto Ontario Canada Phone (416) 585-4504/ FAX (416) 813-4093/ [log in to unmask] List-owner of REED-L <http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~reed/reed-l.html> http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~reed/reed.html => REED's home page http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~reed/stage.html => our theatre resource page http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~young => my home page ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 14:54:26 +0000 From: David Alan Gatley <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: "From: Local-History list" <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Subject: LPS/LPSS conference Please find attached details of LPS/LPSS conference. Local Population Studies & The Local Population Studies Society Annual Conference: Saturday 7th April 2001, The Law Faculty, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield Road, St Albans Whither Historical Demography? The Future of Local Population Studies Sponsored by The Centre for Regional and Local History, University of Hertfordshire, LPS & the BSPS. 9.00 - 10.00 Registration and coffee. 10.00 -11.00 'Historical demography or population history: what difference does it make in practice?' - Andrew Hinde. 11.00 -12.30 Urban History Panel 'English pre-industrial urban demography: problems and progress' - Nigel Goose. 'Demography in urban history: what we should be doing now the Cambridge Urban History of Britain is complete' - Bob Woods. 'Death and survival in the city: twenty years on' - Bill Luckin. 12.30 - 1.30 Lunch. 1.30 - 2.30 'The central role of nominal record linkage and local studies in the future of historical demography' - Peter Razzell. 2.30 - 4.00 Regional Panel 'Regional approaches to 19th century historical demography' - Alan Armstrong. 'Life-cycles, sub-groups and communities that break the mould: exploring the Cambridge Group framework' - Steve King. 4.00-4.15 Tea 4.15-5.00 Plenary discussion. The conference fee is £20, inclusive of all refreshments. Please reserve me ___ places. I enclose a cheque for ______. (payable to 'Local Population Studies'). Name & address (for map & travel information): Return to LPS, Dept. of Humanities, University of Hertfordshire, Watford Campus, Aldenham, Herts. WD2 8AT, by March 21st 2001. ------------------------------- Dr David Alan Gatley School of Humanities and Social Sciences Staffordshire University College Road Stoke-on-Trent ST4 2XW Phone: 01782-294780 (Office) 01782-415340 (Home) Fax 01782-294760