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SIDeS 2026 Scientific Event and Annual General Meeting


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SIDeS 2026 Scientific Event and Annual General Meeting
On 30 November 2026, the SIDeS Annual General Meeting will be held at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Venice School of Management, preceded by a scientific session dedicated to the analysis of the effect of the social gradient on demographic behaviour under the Ancien Régime.

This year’s Annual General Meeting will be held, on first call, on 29 November 2026 at 11.45 pm at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Venice School of Management, Venice, San Giobbe, Cannaregio 813/B, Building C2, Volpato Lecture Theatre, and, on second call, on 30 November 2026 at 14:30, at the same address. Members have received the notice of meeting via email.

As is traditional, the General Meeting will be accompanied by an accompanying academic event to be held on the morning of 30 November. The general theme of the academic meeting is the analysis of the effect of the social gradient on demographic behaviour under the Ancien Régime.

Here is the programme, which is set out in greater detail on the poster.

PROGRAMME

11.30 am Institutional welcome

Chaired by Andrea Zannini (University of Udine)
11.45 am Irene Barbiera and Gianpiero Dalla Zuanna (University of Padua)
The demography of the rich and the poor in the Florentine catato of 1427
12.15 pm Agar Brugiavini and Giovanni Favero (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice)
Class and gender inequalities in longevity: evidence from the archives of the
Republic of Venice
12.45 Discussion
13.15 Lunch
14.30 SIDeS Members’ Meeting