Doctoral Scholarship in historical demography

 

 

The Programme de recherche en démographie historique (PRDH) is a research and teaching programme based within the Département de démographie, Université de Montréal.  The PRDH is currently offering a 3-year doctoral scholarship in historical demography.

 

 

Project :  Kinship Influences on Fertility and Longevity in Quebec and Utah: a comparative study of two historic founder populations

 

Description :

This doctoral scholarship is offered as part of a new research project, « Kinship Influences on Fertility and Longevity in Quebec and Utah: a comparative study of two historic founder populations, » financed by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC).  This project studies demographic responses to socio-economic shocks and pressure in pre- demographic transition Quebec and Utah, exploring the mediating role of kinship networks on fertility and mortality outcomes.  The project draws upon longitudinal data from the historic populations of Quebec (1800-1849), Saguenay Lac St.-Jean (1837-1900) and Utah (1800-1900).

 

The doctoral student will use historical Québec microdata to produce a Ph.D. thesis based on a set of research articles publishable in international refereed journals.  The doctoral student will explore:  1) kinship networks and kin availability in Quebec, 1800-1849 period; 2) long-term trends, demographic interactions and the impact of early 19th-century economic and environmental change; and 3) the relative influence of kinship, environment and economic opportunity. 

 

 

Value and duration

The candidate will receive 12,641$ (first year) 13,273$ (second year) and 15,154$ (third year) for three years.  The scholarship is given for one year and renewable upon proof of advancement of doctoral studies.  This scholarship will be combined with a teaching assistant position for the course DMO 2700 Histoire des populations transatlantiques and complementary work on one of our infrastructure projects.  The candidate is expected to start September 1, 2016 (negotiable).

 

Requirements

  • Admission to the doctoral programme in demography, Université de Montréal
  • Hold a master’s in demography, history, economics, geography or a related discipline
  • Experience in statistical analysis software such as Stata, SPSS or R
  • Knowledge of historical demography, family demography and biodemography literature is an asset

 

 

 

Place of work

Département de démographie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada

 

Research Directors

This project is under the direction of Lisa Dillon and Alain Gagnon, professors in the Dépt. de démographie, Université de Montréal. We work in collaboration with Hélène Vézina (UQAC) and Ken Smith and Heidi Hanson (U. Utah).

 

 

Application procedure

Candidates are invited to submit their application in French or in English.

 

Applicants should send:

 

  1. Letter of motivation (max 2 pages)
  2. Curriculum vitae
  3. Copy of undergraduate & graduate university grades (transcript)
  4. Names and addresses of two referees

 

 

Deadline

The deadline for submitting your application is June 30th , 2016.

 

Please send your application to Lisa Dillon at ly.dillon@umontreal.ca

 

For more information on the Département de démographie, please visit our website at http://demo.umontreal.ca/accueil/

 

 

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