Drs. Don Lafreniere and James Juip presented two papers at the 6th Conference of the European Society of Historical Demography. The conference took place at the Universita di Bologna, the oldest university in continuous operation in the world, from September 10th-13th. Discussion centered around the theme of minorities and majorities in historical populations. Both papers were presented in a session entitled 'Geospatial Approaches in Historical Demography'. The session started with 'Hazards in Children's Environments and their Impact on Social Mobility throughout Life-course', authored by James Juip and Don Lafreniere. This paper was followed by 'Modelling Neighborhoods for Historical Spatio-Demographic Analysis' authored by Don Lafreniere, James Townsend and James Juip. The session was rounded out by papers entitled 'Comparison of spatiotemporal evolution of infectious diseases in Belgium (1890-1950)', by Valentin Charlier, Thierry Eggerickx, Sophie O. Vanwambeke and 'The Lethal Grip of Heat: Mapping the Heat Wave - Mortality Nexus in Spain', by Dariya Ordanovich, Diego Ramiro, Aurelio Tobías, Ana Casanueva.