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Michail Raftakis
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Postdoc at the University of Bologna. Historical demographer.
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Michail-Raftakis
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#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
September 13, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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oday, keynote talk is given by Pulitzer Prize winner David Kertzer on Changing Jews into Aryan’s in Fascist Italy #ESHD2025
September 11, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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#ESDH2025 has started!

Prof. Guido Barbujani is giving the first keynote on the famous human races.
September 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Global maternal mortality rates have fallen by almost 60% since 1985
The image presents a line graph depicting global maternal mortality rates from 1985 to 2023. The y-axis represents the number of maternal deaths per 100,000 live births, ranging from 0 to 500, while the x-axis spans the years from 1985 to 2023. The graph shows a downward trend in maternal mortality rates, starting at approximately 460 in 1985 and declining steadily over the years. A notable increase is observed during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, but by 2023, the rate has decreased to about 197. This marks a 57% reduction compared to the rates in 1985. Annotations highlight key points, such as the spike during the pandemic and the significant decrease achieved by 2023. The data sources for this graph include the WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank, and UN DESA (2025). There is a note stating that the estimates aim to adjust for underreporting and misclassification. The image is credited with a Creative Commons attribution.
September 10, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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C'est parti ! @eshistdemo.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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#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/
September 5, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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amrcampop.bsky.social
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!
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@camhistory.bsky.social
July 31, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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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.
July 22, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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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
July 19, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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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.
July 10, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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Fascinating story--loved learning that John Snow was also compelled to correct popular misconceptions of science! #episky
June 24, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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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.
June 20, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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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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June 11, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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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...)
May 26, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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amrcampop.bsky.social
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
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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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May 22, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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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...)
May 20, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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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
May 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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📝 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. 🧵⬇️
May 12, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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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
The Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure
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May 8, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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ingridvandijk.bsky.social
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 🌞
ingridvandijk.bsky.social Ingrid van Dijk @ingridvandijk.bsky.social · Apr 1
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/...
Doctoral student in Economic History – Inequalities in health and survival
The Department of Economic History is a research-intensive department that employs about 100 people: researchers, teachers, technical/administrative staff, and Ph.D. candidates. The department has a l
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May 7, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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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
www.jobbnorge.no
April 28, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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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!
galli-stef.bsky.social Stefania Galli @galli-stef.bsky.social · Mar 28
🚨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.
2-3 PhD students in Economic History
2-3 PhD students in Economic History The Department of Economy and Society at the School of
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April 24, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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My first ever PAA! Excited to be here to connect with other scholars and to hear such high-quality ongoing research
#PAA2025
April 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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I'm in DC for #PAA2025, but today I'm spending my afternoon at the Library of Congress. Look at my view
April 10, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Whoops, meant to say 'the introduction of midwifery training did NOT seem to have an impact - today's blog explains why'
amrcampop.bsky.social Alice Reid @amrcampop.bsky.social · Mar 27
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
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The Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure, CambridgeCall the midwife! Birth attendance and birth outcomes across history. « Top of the Campops: 60 things you didn't know ...
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March 27, 2025 at 3:42 PM