How @camunicampop.bsky.social researchers are turning static snapshots of Victorian Britain into dynamic life histories. The team are linking over 200 million census records, revealing how people moved, worked and lived in ways never before possible. ๐ Read on ๐ www.hist.cam.ac.uk/news/tracing...
Tim Riswick
@timriswick.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Historical Demography, Radboud University. Editor The History of the Family. Chair COST-Action GREATLEAP @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social
๐ขCALL FOR PAPERS #QueteletSeminar 2026: historical, comparative, spatial analyses, advanced methodologies, interdisciplinarity, conceptual frameworks, policy responses... on inequalities in & through #health across past, present, & future societies. โฌMore details
๐ข ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ โ ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ง๐๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ: ๐ ๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ก๐๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ง ๐ Date: 4 March 2026 โฐ Time: 16:00โ18:00 CET ๐ Format: Online ๐ Registration: Open now โ donโt miss your spot! ๐งตโฌ๏ธ
Applications are open for the Summer Training School โMicro-Census Insights into Historical Households, Mortality and Fertilityโ at the University of Cambridge, 6โ17 July 2026. Fee โฌ150, 15 places, travel grants available. Deadline 2 Feb 2026. Apply: secretary@eshd.eu ๐งตโฌ๏ธ
Call for proposals: "Bridging Perspectives and Connecting Threads on Historical Health Inequalities", 11โ13 May 2026, Cluj-Napoca. Deadline 2 Feb 2026. Funding for travel + daily allowance available. All accepted presentations eligible for publication in Open Research Europe.๐งตโฌ๏ธ
We are looking for a new Chair in Economic, Social and Demographic History! If this sounds like the right fit for you, or for someone in your network, do not hesitate to apply or share this call! www.ru.nl/en/working-a...
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Do you want to work as a Full Professor: Social and Economic History at the Faculty of Arts? Check our vacancy!
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โจ Today we had the pleasure of opening the @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social pre-conference workshop โ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ก ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐๐ข๐๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ (๐๐๐๐โ๐๐๐๐)โ
๐ข Call for Papers! Workshops โTranscribing the Past: Citizen Scientists & Automation in Historical Demographyโ ๐ฅ๏ธ 29 Jan 2026 (online) ๐๏ธ 26 Mar 2026 (Ghent) Submit abstracts (โค300 words) by 15 Nov 2025 For more information ๐ greatleap.eu/calls/call-f...
Call for Papers Workshops โTranscribing the Past: Citizen Scientists and Automation in Historical Demographyโ
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๐ข Call for Papers! Workshop Socio-Economic Inequalities in Mortality Over Time ๐ 27 Feb 2026 | Akoesticum, Ede ๐Keynote: Prof. Sean Clouston โณDeadline for abstracts (โค500 words): 1 Oct 2025 Submit here ๐ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Workshop Application: Socio-economic inequities in health over time
Application deadline: 1 October 2025 Application decision: 15 October 2025 Workshop date: 27 February 2026 Workshop location: Akoesticum, Ede, the Netherlands (in-person only)
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๐ข Interested in excess mortality methods, and want a challenge? I'm organising the "One Epidemic, Many Estimates" (1EME) project! Register *now* as a many analyst team (submissions due 15 March 2026), and then join us at LSE for a workshop on 21-22 May 2026! (1/n) www.lse.ac.uk/Economic-His...
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One Epidemic, Many Estimates (1EME)
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๐ข Call for Papers! Workshop Accuracy of Cause-of-Death Registration: Everyday Conditions, Crises & Epidemics ๐ 18โ19 Mar 2026 | Barcelona ๐ช๐ธ Submit 200โ300 word abstracts by 10 Dec 2025 ๐ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Workshop โAccuracy of Cause-of-Death Registration: Everyday Conditions, Crises, and Epidemics
Please submit your abstract (200-300 words) before 10 December here. We expect to be able to communicate everyone before Christmas about acceptance to the workshop. We anticipate that COST-Action GREA...
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In Zurich for the @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social workshop 'Analysing Historical Mortality and Cause of Death Data' โ a very fruitful two days with researchers from diverse backgrounds and excellent ideas for future work.
๐จ Call for Applications! ๐จ ๐ 22โ23 July 2025 ๐ Monash University, Melbourne ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ Historical mortality meets digital innovation! ๐น ICD10h Training Course (22 Jul) ๐น Digital History Symposium (23 Jul) Apply by **11 June** โก๏ธ (docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...)
๐ WORKSHOP: Writing Individual Grants on Inequalities in Health ๐ June 25 | โฐ 14:00 โ 15:30 CET | ๐ป Online Planning to apply for an individual research grant? Join our interactive workshop focused on crafting strong proposals in the field of health inequalities. ๐งตโฌ๏ธ
Picketlines, minicolleges, een podiumprogramma en een optocht naar de stad. Dat zijn de onderdelen van de Nijmeegse stakingsdag op 13 maart. โHopelijk wil het college van bestuur alle gebouwen op de campus sluitenโ, zegt FNV-vakbondsbestuurder Gijs Kooistra.
Vakbondsbestuurder over stakingsdag op 13 maart: 'Als we ons opnieuw laten horen, kunnen we echt iets bereiken' - Vox magazine
Picketlines, minicolleges, een podiumprogramma en een optocht naar de stad. Dat zijn de onderdelen van de Nijmeegse stakingsdag op 13 maart. โHopelijk wil het college van bestuur alle gebouwen op de c...
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Great to see this special issue finished!
Nearly three years ago, Alice Whitehead and I hosted a conference on the history of parents. As baby PhD students at the time, we were honoured to be asked by @timriswick.bsky.social to edit a special issue of The History of the Family on the conference theme. The finished product is available now:
There's still time to submit to the ESHD Conference in September! Reminder: the AYHD is organising a Flash Session! Here you can present early-stage work or research already presented in other sessions. To submit, mention "Flash session (AYHD)" in the Session proposal field. eshd2025.eshd.eu
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Call for Papers 6th Conference of the European Society of Historical Demography The European Society of Historical Demography is pleased to invite submissions for its 6th Conference, to be held in Bol...
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๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ก ๐ About the Training Course: This two-day hands-on course will guide participants through the entire process of coding historical causes of death, including:
Ok, let's see how this works ๐ง The 16th Conference of #YoungDemographers is just around the corner! Programme is packed as always, incl. โญ Marc Luy and Rolf Granholm โญ, and you can still join us as passive participants. Find out more โก youngdemographers.github.io/conference #demography
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WE KNOW...YOU ARE THINKING!! ๐ขCall for Papers 6th Conference of the ESHD #Demography Last Days! The European Society of Historical Demography is pleased to invite submissions for its 6th Conference, to be held in #Bologna #Italy 10-13 September 2025 ๐ eshd2025.eshd.eu
Komt allen naar de lezing van dr. @timriswick.bsky.social !!!
Lezing: Van epidemieรซn tot gezondheidsongelijkheid: lessen uit Amsterdam (1850-1950) - Huis van de Nijmeegse Geschiedenis
Ziektes zoals tuberculose, cholera en pokken teisterden niet alleen onze voorouders, maar onthullen ook verrassend veel over sociale ongelijkheden die tot op de dag van vandaag relevant zijn. Tijdens ...
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Geachte heer/mevrouw, Wij herinneren u graag aan de komende lezing van dr. @timriswick.bsky.social op 13 februari aanstaande over doodsoorzaken in Amsterdam! Meldt u nu aan via kleiohistoria@markbeumer.eu
๐ Close 2024 with an insightful read! ๐ Our last post of the year highlights David S. Reher's new paper: 'Family history at the crossroads: reflections on past, present, and future challenges.' Link to the #openaccess paper: ๐ genus.springeropen.com/articles/10....
Family history at the crossroads: reflections on past, present, and future challenges - Genus
This paper contains the reflections of the author on the state of family history within the constellation of History and the Social Sciences. The first part of the paper presents a brief outline of ho...
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๐ข We have our Plenary speakers for our #ESHD2025 Conference. On September 10th, Opening Conference: Guido Barbujani (Ferrara University) "The famous human races" 6th Conference of the European Society of Historical #Demography #Bologna 10-13/9/2025 ๐ eshd2025.eshd.eu
CFP: Workshop on Health Transitions in the Global South CFP Deadline 3 February 2025 Workshop 9-10 June 2025 at LSE Organised by myself and Neil Cummins Sponsored by the LSE Historical Economic Demography Group
Blij met alle aandacht voor doodsoorzaken.nl! www.destentor.nl/zwolle/zwoll...
Zwolle legt de dood bloot: maandenlang onderzoek naar stokoude sterfgevallen
In Amsterdam en Antwerpen is de dood al ontrafeld, nu richt de blik zich op Zwolse sterfgevallen. Onderzoekers storten zich maandenlang op oude registers van doodsoorzaken. En zien dat ook deze stad i...
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Very happy to see so many familiar faces from Twitter on Bluesky!
๐ข ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฌ: ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐จ๐๐ข๐๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ก๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐. We are inviting submissions for two dynamic sessions at the upcoming European Society for Historical Demography Conference๐งตโฌ๏ธ
Dr. @timriswick.bsky.social, onze spreker voor 13 februari 2025.
dr. T.G.M.W. Riswick (Tim) | Radboud Universiteit
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