At the University of Milan, lecture series on the “Annales school”, from November 2025 to March 2026, with great speakers such as Müller, Rubin, Calafat, Burke and Abulafia! @thecambridgeschool.bsky.social @camhistory.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social @cnrs.fr @historysorbonne.bsky.social

🚨 Call for Papers! 🚨

📣Join us @lancasteruni.bsky.social 1-3 July 2026 as we return to our original home to celebrate our 50th anniversary!

We welcome proposals from historians at all career stages across 8 thematic strands.

📅 CfP deadline: 16/01/26
🔗 socialhistory.org.uk/events/confe...

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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! 🧵⬇️

George Alter & Sam Williamson discuss the 1st pensions for Pennsylvania RR workers at the 50th anniversary SSHA meeting. Men in strenuous occupations often shifted to less demanding jobs as they aged. Late retirees lived longer. Locomotive engineers & conductors were well paid for travelling work.

Past & Present No. 269 (November 2025) is now published

All articles in the issue can be accessed here: academic.oup.com/past/issue/2... via our publisher @oxfordacademic.bsky.social

Or by scrolling down the thread👇

How epidemic disease offers new perspectives on economic history—and vice versa. Honoured to blog for @camunicampop.bsky.social about my new book “Controlling Contagion”: www.campop.geog.cam.ac.uk/blog/2025/11... ‪@oxford-esh.bsky.social‬‬‬ @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social @PrincetonUPress

📢 Vol. 26, No. 1 (2025) of Popolazione e Storia is now online‼️

Check out the first batch of articles on a wide range of topics connecting historical and contemporary demography.

All articles are available open access at:
popolazioneestoria.it/issue/view/1...