International Commission for Historical Demography
Affiliated Organization of the ICHS
The International Committee for Historical Demography (ICHD) is an association of members of different nationalities, whose aim is to encourage the study of the history of population and of human society in general, and to further scientific exchange between researchers.
The ICHD takes an interest in initiatives aiming at the development, the diffusion and the teaching of the science of historical demography.
On this website you will find more information about ICHD and its activities.
For questions on the ICHD or on this website please go to the contact page.
News
- Call for papers for 'Intermarriage throughout History', 5-8 June 2013 in Cluj-Napoca (Romania); in English (pdf).
- Call for papers of the Research Center for Historical Geography and Historical Demography, founded at the Faculty of Philosophy, Department of History, Belgrade University for their first thematic collection of papers Population and geographic surrounding in the South-Eastern Europe (12th - 19th century); in English (pdf).
- We are sad to inform you of the death of Eugenio Sonnino, Honorary President of the ICHD. In memoriam Eugenio Sonnino, Honorary President ICHD, in English, en Français.
- First call for the International Congress 'Cities through history: Population', Guimaraes, Portugal, 24-26 October 2012.
in english (pdf), in portugese (pdf) - Call for papers for the European Social Science History Congress in Glasgow, April 11-14, 2012.
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