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eshistdemo.bsky.social @eshistdemo.bsky.social · 25d

#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

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Michail Raftakis @mraftakis.bsky.social · 27d

@sdh-demohisto.bsky.social @eshistdemo.bsky.social @ayhdemographers.bsky.social @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social

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Michail Raftakis @mraftakis.bsky.social · 27d

oday, keynote talk is given by Pulitzer Prize winner David Kertzer on Changing Jews into Aryan’s in Fascist Italy #ESHD2025

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Michail Raftakis @mraftakis.bsky.social · 28d

@sdh-demohisto.bsky.social @eshistdemo.bsky.social @ayhdemographers.bsky.social @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social

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Michail Raftakis @mraftakis.bsky.social · 28d

#ESDH2025 has started!

Prof. Guido Barbujani is giving the first keynote on the famous human races.

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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 28d

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.

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Société et Annales de Démographie Historique @sdh-demohisto.bsky.social · 28d

C'est parti ! @eshistdemo.bsky.social

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Michail Raftakis @mraftakis.bsky.social · Sep 5

@eshistdemo.bsky.social @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social @ayhdemographers.bsky.social

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Michail Raftakis @mraftakis.bsky.social · Sep 5

#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/

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Alice Reid @amrcampop.bsky.social · Jul 31

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

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Michail Raftakis @mraftakis.bsky.social · Jul 22

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.

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Michail Raftakis @mraftakis.bsky.social · Jul 19

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

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Michail Raftakis @mraftakis.bsky.social · Jul 10

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.

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Jenn Dowd @drjenndowd.bsky.social · Jun 24

Fascinating story--loved learning that John Snow was also compelled to correct popular misconceptions of science! #episky

Yukiko EZURE @yukiezure.bsky.social · Jun 24

🔬 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

John Snow’s Hidden Achievement: How the “Father of Epidemiology” Exposed the Chloroform Myth

The Unexpected Dual Genius

medium.com

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Michail Raftakis @mraftakis.bsky.social · Jun 20

@timriswick.bsky.social @hggaddy.bsky.social @philippepaeps.bsky.social

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Michail Raftakis @mraftakis.bsky.social · Jun 20

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.

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Michail Raftakis @mraftakis.bsky.social · Jun 11

Bottom line: Be cautious when interpreting historical convulsions mortality. Our study highlights the challenges and complexity of working with historical cause-of-death data.

Michail Raftakis @mraftakis.bsky.social · Jun 11

We found that declines in convulsions mortality relate more to new registration rules and medical advances than to falling infant mortality itself. “Convulsions” as a cause is deeply tied to context and local medical culture.

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Michail Raftakis @mraftakis.bsky.social · Jun 11

Our findings: Deaths attributed to convulsions covered a range of underlying causes. Patterns differed significantly across locations, time periods, and age groups—even within the same country.

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Michail Raftakis @mraftakis.bsky.social · Jun 11

“Infantile convulsions” often described symptoms, not specific diseases. We combined qualitative analyses of historical medical thinking with quantitative data from Amsterdam, Hermoupolis, Maastricht & Rostock.

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Michail Raftakis @mraftakis.bsky.social · Jun 11

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)

www.cambridge.org

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Michail Raftakis @mraftakis.bsky.social · May 26

@thegreatleap22116.bsky.social
@eshistdemo.bsky.social
@camunicampop.bsky.social @amrcampop.bsky.social @timriswick.bsky.social
@populationeu.bsky.social

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Michail Raftakis @mraftakis.bsky.social · May 26

🚨 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...)

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Alice Reid @amrcampop.bsky.social · May 22

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...

www.campop.geog.cam.ac.uk

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Michail Raftakis @mraftakis.bsky.social · May 20

Congratulations!