📢CALL 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.

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📢 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 — 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐈𝐧𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲: 𝐀 𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐧

🔍 Date: 4 March 2026
⏰ Time: 16:00–18:00 CET
🌍 Format: Online
📝 Registration: Open now — don’t miss your spot! 🧵⬇️

Applications are open for the Summer Training School “Micro-Census Insights into Historical Households, Mortality and Fertility” at the University of Cambridge, 6–17 July 2026. Fee €150, 15 places, travel grants available. Deadline 2 Feb 2026. Apply: secretary@eshd.eu 🧵⬇️

Call for proposals: "Bridging Perspectives and Connecting Threads on Historical Health Inequalities", 11–13 May 2026, Cluj-Napoca. Deadline 2 Feb 2026. Funding for travel + daily allowance available. All accepted presentations eligible for publication in Open Research Europe.🧵⬇️

Full Professor: Social and Economic History | Radboud University Do you want to work as a Full Professor: Social and Economic History at the Faculty of Arts? Check our vacancy!

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!

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✨ Today we had the pleasure of opening the @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social pre-conference workshop “𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 (𝟏𝟖𝟎𝟎–𝟏𝟗𝟓𝟎)”

📢 Call for Papers! Workshops “Transcribing the Past: Citizen Scientists & Automation in Historical Demography”
🖥️ 29 Jan 2026 (online)
🏛️ 26 Mar 2026 (Ghent)
Submit abstracts (≤300 words) by 15 Nov 2025
For more information 👉 greatleap.eu/calls/call-f...

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)

📢 Call for Papers!
Workshop Socio-Economic Inequalities in Mortality Over Time
🗓 27 Feb 2026 | Akoesticum, Ede
📝Keynote: Prof. Sean Clouston
⏳Deadline for abstracts (≤500 words): 1 Oct 2025
Submit here 👉 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

One Epidemic, Many Estimates (1EME) One Epidemic, Many Estimates (1EME)

📢 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...

Workshop ‘Accuracy 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...

📢 Call for Papers!
Workshop Accuracy of Cause-of-Death Registration: Everyday Conditions, Crises & Epidemics
🗓 18–19 Mar 2026 | Barcelona 🇪🇸
Submit 200–300 word abstracts by 10 Dec 2025 👉 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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.

🚨 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...)

Interesting!

📝 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. 🧵⬇️

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. ‘Hopelijk wil het college van bestuur alle gebouwen op de c...

Picketlines, minicolleges, een podiumprogramma en een optocht naar de stad. Dat zijn de onderdelen van de Nijmeegse stakingsdag op 13 maart. ‘Hopelijk wil het college van bestuur alle gebouwen op de campus sluiten’, zegt FNV-vakbondsbestuurder Gijs Kooistra.

Fantastische lezing over doodsoorzaken in Amsterdam door dr. @timriswick.bsky.social

Great to see this special issue finished!

Home - ESHD2025 Conference 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...

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

𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡

👉 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 🧐
The 16th Conference of #YoungDemographers is just around the corner! Programme is packed as always, incl. ⭐ Marc Luy and Rolf Granholm ⭐, and you can still join us as passive participants.
Find out more ➡ youngdemographers.github.io/conference
#demography

WE KNOW...YOU ARE THINKING!!

📢Call 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
👉 eshd2025.eshd.eu

De datum lijkt nog niet te kloppen?

Lezing: Van epidemieën 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 ...

Komt allen naar de lezing van dr. @timriswick.bsky.social !!!

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

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...

🎆 Close 2024 with an insightful read! 📖
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: 👇
genus.springeropen.com/articles/10....

📢 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

👉 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

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...

Blij met alle aandacht voor doodsoorzaken.nl!

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This is great!

Very happy to see so many familiar faces from Twitter on Bluesky!