Today we are at the Babeș-Bolyai University - "Bridging Perspectives and Connecting Threads on Historical Health Inequalities" GREATLEAP Cost Milestone Conference in Cluj-Napoca.
Michail Raftakis
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Postdoc at the University of Bologna. Historical demographer. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Michail-Raftakis
#ESHD2025 Last Key Note Talk Julieta Rotaru @Inalco Ethnic Identity Formation and Socio-Professional Dynamics: A Study of Romanians, Gypsies, and Rudari in the Romanian Principalities
oday, keynote talk is given by Pulitzer Prize winner David Kertzer on Changing Jews into Aryan’s in Fascist Italy #ESHD2025
Global maternal mortality rates have fallen by almost 60% since 1985
#ESHD2025 is just 5 days away! Soon Bologna will become the hub of historical demography. We’re finalizing the last details and look forward to welcoming scholars from across the globe. Check out the most updated programme here: eshd2025.eshd.eu/programme/
We've done it: 60 blogs over our 60th Anniversary Year! Check out all 60 #Campop blogs here www.campop.geog.cam.ac.uk/blog/, and keep your eyes peeled for occasional blogs to follow in the same space! @camunicampop.bsky.social @camunigeography.bsky.social @camhistory.bsky.social
The Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure, Cambridge
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Alice Reid@amrcampop.bsky.social · last yr.Campop blog #60: According to the Demographic Transition Model, populations grow because economic growth leads to mortality decline. Population pressure then leads to fertility decline. But this was not what happened in England ... @camunicampop.bsky.social www.campop.geog.cam.ac.uk/blog/2025/07...
It was a pleasure to teach our @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social cause-of-death coding course at @monashuniversity.bsky.social in Melbourne with colleagues joining from Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand.
After a week in Brisbane for #IPC2025, I’m on my way to Melbourne for a research stay at @monashuniversity.bsky.social for coding historical causes of death and discussing AI and construction of historical databases. Pretty excited
In Cambridge, as part of the @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social -funded Training Course on Coding Historical Causes of Death, we spent two days—together with @amrcampop.bsky.social , M. Murkens, and E. Garrett—training participants from across Europe in the use of the ICD10h.
Fascinating story--loved learning that John Snow was also compelled to correct popular misconceptions of science! #episky
Yukiko EZURE@yukiezure.bsky.social · last yr.🔬 Did you know the "Father of Epidemiology" had a secret second career fighting fake news? Full story: medium.com/@yukigr33n/j... #Epidemiology #MedicalHistory #ScienceCommunication #FactChecking #JohnSnow
In Zurich for the @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social workshop 'Analysing Historical Mortality and Cause of Death Data' – a very fruitful two days with researchers from diverse backgrounds and excellent ideas for future work.
Excited to share our new paper w/ K. Wienholts, M. Murkens and M. Mühlichen, just published in Medical History! We explore “infantile convulsions” as a historical cause of death using data from four European cities, 1800–1955.
Convulsions as a cause of infant death: New insights into its meaning based on evidence from four European cities (1800–1955) | Medical History | Cambridge Core
Convulsions as a cause of infant death: New insights into its meaning based on evidence from four European cities (1800–1955)
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🚨 Call for Applications! 🚨 📅 22–23 July 2025 📍 Monash University, Melbourne 🇦🇺 💀 Historical mortality meets digital innovation! 🔹 ICD10h Training Course (22 Jul) 🔹 Digital History Symposium (23 Jul) Apply by **11 June** ➡️ (docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...)
Campop blog #49: Levels of self-employment were low in mid-20th century UK: Bob Bennett explains how much higher they were in the 19th century, as well as who was self-employed and why @camunicampop.bsky.social www.campop.geog.cam.ac.uk/blog/2025/05...
The Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure, CambridgeWho was self-employed in the past? « Top of the Campops: 60 things you didn't know about family, marriage, work, and d...
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Exciting to see the seven little maps I made for this book about diseases and mortality in 19th and early 20th c Amsterdam in print ✨ (Book recommendation, too! Get your copy now: libris.nl/a/owen-lamme...)
After sitting in the drawer for a few years, my paper on tuberculosis mortality in early 20th-century Greece has just been finally published in Social Science History. bit.ly/44CJIVL
📝 WORKSHOP: Writing Individual Grants on Inequalities in Health 📅 June 25 | ⏰ 14:00 – 15:30 CET | 💻 Online Planning to apply for an individual research grant? Join our interactive workshop focused on crafting strong proposals in the field of health inequalities. 🧵⬇️
If you don’t know your Miss for your Mrs I strongly suggest you read our new @camunicampop.bsky.social blog by Amy Erickson on the history of these titles. www.campop.geog.cam.ac.uk/blog/2025/05...
The Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure, CambridgeWhen Mrs wasn’t married « Top of the Campops: 60 things you didn't know about family, marriage, work, and death since the middle ages
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Apply before May 15th for the doctoral positions at the Centre for Economic Demography at Lund University with my colleagues Martin Dribe, Jeanne Cilliers or with me! These are externally funded, 4-year positions in fascinating projects. We're a highly international department in a cute small city 🌞
Ingrid van Dijk@ingridvandijk.bsky.social · last yr.I'm looking for 1-2 doctoral candidates in my ERC-funded project "Relative Health: Long-Run Inequalities in Health and Survival Between Families and Across Generations". These are 4-year, fully funded positions at Lund University. More info: lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Looking for a PhD candidate to study how first names provided information about parental values and beliefs in historical Europe (circa 1750-1950). More info on the position here: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
PhD Candidate in History (279729) | NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Job title: PhD Candidate in History (279729), Employer: NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Deadline: Sunday, June 1, 2025
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👀 Don’t miss out on the opportunity to join our wonderful unit in beautiful Göteborg, Sweden! 2-3 fully funded doctoral position in Economic/Business history ✌️Join a young and supportive bunch of researchers with the unique opportunity to develop your own research agenda!
Stefania Galli@galli-stef.bsky.social · last yr.🚨We are recruiting! If you consider a PhD in Economic/Business History this is for you! 🎯 Fully funded incl. social security 🎯 2 position in Economic History, 1 in Business History 🎯 Friendly and supportive environment Check out our research if you’d like to know more about us.
My first ever PAA! Excited to be here to connect with other scholars and to hear such high-quality ongoing research #PAA2025
I'm in DC for #PAA2025, but today I'm spending my afternoon at the Library of Congress. Look at my view
Whoops, meant to say 'the introduction of midwifery training did NOT seem to have an impact - today's blog explains why'
Alice Reid@amrcampop.bsky.social · last yr.Campop blog #42: The quality of care during birth has always affected outcomes for both mothers and infants. But the introduction of midwivery training in 1902 did seem to have an impact - today's blog explains why @camunicampop.bsky.social www.campop.geog.cam.ac.uk/blog/2025/03...
On my way to Leiden for ESSHC 2025 — excited to connect with other scholars and share research in progress. Tomorrow, I'll be presenting a paper on stillbirths in early 20th-century Greece among colleagues and friends.
We are organizing this super cool training course on coding Historical Causes of Death in Cambridge this summer. Deadline is approaching, April 1st.
GREATLEAP COST Action@thegreatleap22116.bsky.social · 2y ago🚨 Deadline: Applications must be submitted by 1st April 2025. Successful applicants will be notified by 25th April 2025. ✏️ Form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
📢 GREATLEAP Networking Event! At the same time and place, @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social is hosting an informal event to talk to peers and mentors about mortality. With drinks! Want to sign up? ⬇️ 📍 Einstein, Leiden 📆 27 March 18:00-20:00 ℹ️ Info & registration: greatleap.eu/event/mentor...
Mentoring and Networking Event at European Social Science History Conference
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Association for Young Historical Demographers@ayhdemographers.bsky.social · last yr.📢 Social event! Early-career researcher attending the upcoming ESSHC in Leiden? Join our social event to chat with peers over drinks and snacks! 😁 📍 Einstein, Nieuwe Rijn 19, Leiden 📆 27 March from 18:00 ℹ️ Joining? Please DM or email joris.kok@iisg.nl!
Our article "Human capital in Europe, 1830s–1930s: A general survey" is out in an issue at the Journal fo Economic Surveys 39 (2), which is a special issue titled "Metrics and Drivers of Well‐Being in the Long‐Run." 1/2