Michail Raftakis

📣 We are organizing a wonderful workshop on precision of causes of death in Barcelona with @GREATLEAPCost at @UOCuniversitat & @UOCartshum), in collaboration of @ADEH_demografia ans @CEDemografia. Do not miss it! All the details here: greatleap.eu/calls/call-for…

#ESHD2025 #Bologna The 6th Conference of the European Society of Historical Demography just finnished after very intensive & interesting days >300 participants 30% juniors 45 nacionalities Thank you to the organizers @ESHD_EU @DemoStorica @ErcGenpop ! 👉 eshd2025.eshd.eu

#ESHD2025 Today's Keynote speakers Martin Dribe, @lunduniversity #Mortality Inequality from Industrialization to the Welfare State More info 👉 eshd2025.eshd.eu

#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

#ESHD2025 Today's Key note Speakers Lisa Y. Dillon, Universitè de Montrèal #Fertility transition(s) in a context of cultural diversity 👉 eshd2025.eshd.eu

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

#ESHD2025 Now second Key Note Talk by David Kertzer @BrownUniversity Changing Jews into Aryans in Fascist Italy’s Office of #Demography and Race Chaired by Lionel Kesztenbaum @InedFr #ESHD VicePresident

#ESHD2025 First Key Note Talk by Guido BARBUJANI Università degli Studi di Ferrara The famous human races Chaired by Matteo Manfredini

Opening of the #ESHD2025 Conference Prof.Maria Letizia Guerra,Rector's Delegate Mr. Daniele Del Pozzo, Cultural Councilor of the @comunebologna Prof. Carlo Trivisano,Director of the Department of Statistics Prof. Matteo Manfredini,President of the ESHD and Prof. Francesco Scalone

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

The #ESHD2025 Conference is starting today! In the programme you will find that the @AYHDemographers is organising three events: -'Meet the Editors session' (Wednesday 11:00) -Flash session for early-career researchers (Wed 13:00) -a social event (Thurs 19:00) See you there!

#ESHD2025 started with the @GREATLEAPCost workshop! #Bologna #Italy will become the hub of historical demography. @TimRiswick introducing the #COST Actions network. Check out the most updated programme here:eshd2025.eshd.eu/programme/

#ESHD2025 starts today with side meetings and workshops! #Bologna #Italy will become the hub of historical #demography. Check out the most updated programme here:eshd2025.eshd.eu/programme/

#ESHD2025 started with the @GREATLEAPCost workshop! #Bologna #Italy will become the hub of historical demography. Check out the project #GREATLEAP #Cost actions Project 👉 greatleap.eu

#ESHD2025 is next week! Soon Bologna will become the hub of historical demography. Check out our invited keynote speakers Guido Barbujani, @UniFerrara Lisa Y. Dillon, @UMontreal Martin Dribe, @lunduniversity Julieta Rotaru, @Inalco 👇 eshd2025.eshd.eu

#ESHD2025 is next week! Soon Bologna will become the hub of historical demography. Check out our invited keynote speakers David Kertzer, @BrownUniversity 👇 eshd2025.eshd.eu

#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/

📢 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/1FAI…

Thrilled to share that our journal has reached new milestones this year! Thanks to the incredible work of our editorial team, and deeply grateful to all our authors, reviewers, and readers for making this possible!

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

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.

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. bit.ly/3HSWg1K