📢 Did you know that all announcements for the Online Lecture Series: 𝐀𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐈𝐧𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐔𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 can be found on the @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social website? 🧵⬇️

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

#ESDH2025 has started! Prof. Guido Barbujani is giving the first keynote on the famous human races.

✨ 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)”

Super evening with our @costprogramme.bsky.social @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social colleagues. Stories were told, legends were made and plans were mapped. This is what #COST is about - optimising opportunties for collaboration - this time in stereo! #Synergy #COST22159 #EAHMH25 #COST22116 #Research

#EAHMH25 was a fab conference with an incredible array of fascinating papers, topics & scholars. Finally met some of my @eurohealthhist.bsky.social @costprogramme.bsky.social colleagues in person. Event better to team up with my other #COST gang @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social #Berlin #Research

📢 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...

📢 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...

This project has been designed with the wonderful Eric Schneider @ericbschneider.bsky.social, Jenn Dowd @drjenndowd.bsky.social, Monica Alexander @monjalexander.bsky.social, and Maarten van Wijhe. Plus, the workshop is generously funded by @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social + @bspsuk.bsky.social! (3/4)

📢 2nd Call for Project Proposals – Host Institutes! GREATLEAP invites institutes to host visiting scholars (2 weeks–3 months) for Short-Term Scientific Missions (STSMs). 💶 Up to €2,500 support per project 🗓 Jan–Oct 2026 | Deadline: 1 Jan 2026 Details 👉 [email protected]

📢 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...

🚨 2nd Call for Thematic Workshops (Co-organised with GREATLEAP) 🚨 We invite scholars to propose workshops that advance our COST Action goals: ➡️ Understanding long-term health inequalities ➡️ Studying cause-specific mortality 🧵⬇️

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.

The 𝐈𝐂𝐃𝟏𝟎𝐡 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 was held in Cambridge from July 8–10, organized in collaboration with the @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social , the University of Cambridge, and the Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure.

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.

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...)

👩🏻‍⚕️ The health platform Ma Clinique Informations médicales published an article "Comprendre les origines des disparités de santé à travers des données historiques", again highlighting the importance of our research. ma-clinique.fr/comprendre-l...

🌟 Great news from the GREATLEAP COST Action network! The News Medical Life Sciences portal published an article titled "Understanding the Origins of Health Disparities Through Historical Data." 📖 Read the full article here: www.news-medical.net/news/2025040...

What's the difference between writing for scientists and for non-specialists? 🤔 How to transform a scientific article into a press release or newspaper article? 🗒️Great future #COSTaction articles coming up from these Science communication coordinators! @costprogramme.bsky.social

📝 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. 🧵⬇️

CFP ‘𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 & 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐢𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐧 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐈𝐧𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬’ #PhD #ECR working on #HistHealth see this @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social event on Advanced Skills in Data Harmonisation & Visualisation of Historical Sources #Prague #GreatLeap #CA22116 #Skystorian #DeathStudies August 2025

On #WorldHealthDay we introduce you to @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social here to bridge the past & present to reveal how deeply rooted socioeconomic factors have shaped health outcomes across Europe & explore how to design fairer, more effective health policies for the future: bit.ly/3EbMmqD

Many thanks to COST programme for highlighting the importance of health inequality research and our GREATLEAP Cost Action on World Health Day ➡️ www.cost.eu/health-inequ...

Prof Tim Riswick Chair of @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social in full flight #ESSHC #Leiden

(4/4) There are also activities by the GreatLeap project (@thegreatleap22116.bsky.social) to check out. 1️⃣ The online lecture series has started again, the next one on 21 March! 2️⃣ Mentoring and Networking Event at the ESSHC conference 😁 See the newsletter for more events and vacancies!

📢 GREATLEAP Networking Event! At the same time and place, @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social is hosting an informal event to talk to peers and mentors about mortality. With drinks! Want to sign up? ⬇️ 📍 Einstein, Leiden 📆 27 March 18:00-20:00 ℹ️ Info & registration: greatleap.eu/event/mentor...

📢 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 ‘𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐢𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐧 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐈𝐧𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬’ See the full call: greatleap.eu/calls/call-f...

📢 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬: 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐏 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐥 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 ⬇️🧵

📢 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬: 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 ‘𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 (1800-1950). 𝐀 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤-𝐢𝐧-𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧’ ⬇️🧵

Today we are at the #YoungDemographers conference which is held from 5-7 February in Prague, Czech Republic at Faculty of Science - Charles University. #YD2025

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:

🚀 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬: 𝐌𝐀 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 ‘𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬’ Are you a master’s or PhD student in economic and social history looking to enhance your skills in working with historical records and data? 🧵⬇️

📢 Call for Conference Grants: European Social Science History Conference (ESSHC) - Are you presenting at one of the GREATLEAP-sponsored sessions at ESSHC but lack the funds for travel and accommodation? 🌍 Apply now for a Conference Grant 🧵⬇️

📢 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬: 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐏 𝐒𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞. We are inviting submissions for two dynamic sessions at the upcoming European Society for Historical Demography Conference🧵⬇️

📣 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 & 𝐇𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 - Join us for an in-person workshop and hackathon on “Analysing Historical Mortality and Cause of Death Data” at the University of Zurich, Switzerland, on June 19–20, 2025. 🧵⬇️

🎉 We’re thrilled to share that the member of our @GREATLEAPCost Action Katarina Matthes has been awarded the SNSF COST Grant to support her innovative project, “Socio-demographic inequalities in the causes of death in Switzerland 1877–2024.” 🧵⬇️

📢 Call for Papers: 16th Conference of Young Demographers in Prague - Deadline Approaching 🚨 GREATLEAP invites junior scholars to submit to the 16th Conference of Young Demographers, held this February in Prague.🧵⬇️

📢 Call for Papers: Special Issue on Sources and Databases of Causes of Death in Historical Societies (1800–1950) 🧵⬇️

📢 We are thrilled to share with you that our thematic Workshop - Tuberculosis: The White Death as a Social Disease organized by the IUSSP Scientific Panel in collaboration with the University of Sassari and our GREATLEAP Cost initiative was conducted successfully!

Great training in coding ICD10h by Alice Reid and Mayra Murkens going on during the workshop!

@ingridvandijk.bsky.social receives an ERC Starting Grant. Her project is titled “Relative Health: Long-Run Inequalities in Health and Survival Between Families and Across Generations”. Read more about it here: www.lusem.lu.se/article/erc-...

📣 Thematic Workshop: Tuberculosis: The White Death as a Social Disease Tuberculosis has been a significant public health concern, affecting millions of people worldwide throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and even nowadays in certain parts of the world. 🧵⬇️

On Tuesday 27 July 2024 the Historical International Classification for Diseases (ICD10h) was launched, in which 76 scholars participated. Now all documents are available online: 🧵⬇️

The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded a Veni grant to our Action Chair @timriswick.bsky.social for his project ‘Unravelling Health Inequalities. The Historical Roots of Inequality in Death and Disease in West-European Port Cities, 1850-1950’ at Radboud University. ⬇️🧵

The members of the GREATLEAP COST Action Katarina Luise Matthes and Kaspar Staub have published a short commentary in the International Journal of Public Health, which also underlines the importance of the GREATLEAP project. Read more about it here: www.ssph-journal.org/journals/int...

📢 Join us today on our Virtual Launch of the Historical International Classification for Diseases (ICD10h) After working determinedly on the ICD10h coding- and classification system working group 2 has finished the first version of the ICD10h system. 🧵⬇️

Maarten van Wijhe, member of the @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social COST Action, is one of the 38 researchers to receive a Sapere Aude: DFF-Starting Grant this year. The project is called “Post-pandemic infectious disease landscapes: interactions across time and space”. 🧵⬇️

📢 1st Call for Project Proposals Host Institutes Description To be able to have more impact GREATLEAP opens a Call for Proposals for Host Institutes to create a small project for a visiting scholar during their Short-Term Scientific Mission (STSM). 🧵⬇️

📣 1st Call for Thematic Workshops (co-organised) Description To be able to have more impact GREATLEAP opens a Call for Thematic Workshop proposals to officially co-organise events.🧵⬇️