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Multidisciplinary approaches to health inequalities, 1800 - 2022

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Call for Papers: Digital Humanities track at ISoLA 2026

Following the very successful previous events for 2023 to 2025 we are delighted to extend an invitation to you to submit an abstract to the Digital Humanities track at the AISo

2 Jun

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Call for Digital Humanities track at the AISoLA 2026 Conference

Following the very successful previous events for 2023 to 2025 we are delighted to extend an invitation to you to submit an abstract to the Digital Humanities track at the AISo

10 Apr

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Call for Applications: Communications Masterclass WG5

We are pleased to announce that registration is now open for the WG5 Communications Masterclass, taking place 24–28 August 2026 at the RSU Anatomy Museum and Rīga Stradiņš Uni

16 Mar

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GREATLEAP

Call for Papers for a Special Collection ‘Socio-Economic Inequalities in Mortality in the Long-Run’ at Demographic Research

The Special Collection ‘Socio-Economic Inequalities in Mortality in the Long-Run’ in Demographic Research aims to bring together research investigating long-run changes

12 Mar

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GREATLEAP

Call for Papers in ESSHC Sessions: ‘Epidemics and Contagious Diseases’, ‘Spatial Perspectives of Mortality’, ‘ Socioeconomic gradients in cause-specific mortality’, ‘Gender differences in mortality’

The 16th European Social Science History Conference will take place 21–24 April 2027 in Lyon, France, and is hosted by ENS. We are aiming for sessions on ‘Epidemics and Con

11 Mar

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GREATLEAP

Open Call for Publication Support

GREATLEAP members have the opportunity to publish their research free of charge in the Open Research Europe Special Collection “Multidisciplinary approaches to historical health

10 Mar

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GREATLEAP

Call for Papers Workshop ‘Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WaSH) interventions – the long view’

Cambridge, June 15-16 2026 Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WaSH) interventions have saved millions of lives over the last century. The WHO estimates that three-quarters of the globa

6 Feb

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GREATLEAP

Call for STSM Candidate, Lancaster University, ‘A Demographic Kernel Framework for Predicting Psychosis Risk Across Urban Space’

We are offering an opportunity for a Short-term Scientific Mission (STSM) with Dr Catherine Drysdale (Lancaster University). The focus of the mission will be on “A Demographic Ke

23 Jan

CallsWG3

GREATLEAP

Call for Contributions: Workshop ‘Bridging methods to measure excess mortality: the One Epidemic, Many Estimates (1EME)

London School of Economics, 21-22 May 2026 Excess mortality methods are essential for quantifying the demographic and social impacts of contemporary and historical mortality crises

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2 Jun

Calls

GREATLEAP

Call for Papers: Digital Humanities track at ISoLA 2026

Following the very successful previous events for 2023 to 2025 we are delighted to extend an invitation to you to submit an abstract to the Digital Humanities track at the AISo

2 Jun

Calls

GREATLEAP

Call for Digital Humanities track at the AISoLA 2026 Conference

Following the very successful previous events for 2023 to 2025 we are delighted to extend an invitation to you to submit an abstract to the Digital Humanities track at the AISo

10 Apr

CallsWG5

GREATLEAP

Call for Applications: Communications Masterclass WG5

We are pleased to announce that registration is now open for the WG5 Communications Masterclass, taking place 24–28 August 2026 at the RSU Anatomy Museum and Rīga Stradiņš Uni

16 Mar

Calls

GREATLEAP

Call for Papers for a Special Collection ‘Socio-Economic Inequalities in Mortality in the Long-Run’ at Demographic Research

The Special Collection ‘Socio-Economic Inequalities in Mortality in the Long-Run’ in Demographic Research aims to bring together research investigating long-run changes

12 Mar

Calls

GREATLEAP

The 16th European Social Science History Conference will take place 21–24 April 2027 in Lyon, France, and is hosted by ENS. We are aiming for sessions on ‘Epidemics and Con

11 Mar

Calls

GREATLEAP

Open Call for Publication Support

GREATLEAP members have the opportunity to publish their research free of charge in the Open Research Europe Special Collection “Multidisciplinary approaches to historical health

10 Mar

Calls

GREATLEAP

Call for Papers Workshop ‘Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WaSH) interventions – the long view’

Cambridge, June 15-16 2026 Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WaSH) interventions have saved millions of lives over the last century. The WHO estimates that three-quarters of the globa

6 Feb

CallsWG4

GREATLEAP

Call for STSM Candidate, Lancaster University, ‘A Demographic Kernel Framework for Predicting Psychosis Risk Across Urban Space’

We are offering an opportunity for a Short-term Scientific Mission (STSM) with Dr Catherine Drysdale (Lancaster University). The focus of the mission will be on “A Demographic Ke

23 Jan

CallsWG3

GREATLEAP

Call for Contributions: Workshop ‘Bridging methods to measure excess mortality: the One Epidemic, Many Estimates (1EME)

London School of Economics, 21-22 May 2026 Excess mortality methods are essential for quantifying the demographic and social impacts of contemporary and historical mortality crises

Training Materials

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The Great Leap

Multidisciplinary approaches to health inequalities, 1800 - 2022

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Events

GREATLEAP Conference: Bridging Perspectives and Connecting Threads on Historical Health Inequalities

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Training Materials

Online Lecture Series ‘An Introduction to Inequalities in Health using Historical Causes of Death’