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Glimpses into Health, Disease, and Medical Institutions in Transylvania (19th–20th Centuries)
Nine chapters exploring epidemics, mortality, violent deaths, syphilis, smallpox, the medicalization of birth, and the rise of modern medicine in historical Transylvania — drawn
Call for Papers: Workshop “Aftermath of a Pandemic: Changes in Mortality and Health”
January 28 – 29, 2027, at Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Pilestredet 46, Norway Pandemics are transformative events that leave lasting marks on population health, mortality,
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
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
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
The Special Collection ‘Socio-Economic Inequalities in Mortality in the Long-Run’ in Demographic Research aims to bring together research investigating long-run changes
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
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
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
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
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
Dates: 2–3 July 2026Venue: University of the Balearic Islands (Faculty of Philosophy and Letters) The consequences of epidemics extend far beyond their immediate effects on publi
University of Copenhagen, August 20th to 21st 2026 It has long been recognized that the mortality transition was shaped by spatial dynamics. The idea of the ‘urban penalty’, fo
We are pleased to invite contributions to the GREATLEAP Conference which will take place on 11-13 May 2026 at Babeș-Bolyai University, Centre for Population Studies, Cluj-Napoca,
Summer Training School: ‘Micro-Census Insights into Historical Households, Mortality and Fertility’
Cambridge (UK) | 6–17 July 2026 The European Society of Historical Demography (ESHD) and the Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure (Campop), Universi
Call for Registrations: Health inequalities in history: a Searchathon
Join Archives Portal Europe in a searchathon to find documents about medical history to help The Great Leap You can register here for the Searchaton on 4 March 2026, 16:00-18:00.
Budget for 2026 Approved:Main Activities
The COST Association has officially approved the 2025 budget for the GREATLEAP project, enabling the team to move forward with its planned activities for the year. This milestone m
Call for STSM Candidate, University of Zurich, ‘1918-1919 Pandemic’
We are offering an opportunity for a Short-term Scientific Mission (STSM) at the University of Zurich with Dr. Katarina Matthes. The focus of the mission will be on “Socio-De
The theme of the Society for the Social History of Medicine biennial conference is ‘In/Out’, it takes place at the University of Leeds, UK, 30 June to 3 July 2026....
📅 Date: Tuesday, 4 November🕚 Time: 11:00 CET📍 Location: Online, via Microsoft Teams🔗 Registration link: Register here We warmly invite you to join us for the launch and
Dates: 8-19 June 2026 Location: Centre for Demographic Studies (CED), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain The Centre for Demographic Studies (CED) invites applications for th
Reflecting on the GREATLEAP Workshop: Uncovering the Stories Behind Historical Deaths
By Edward Morgan I couldn’t have asked for a more invigorating start to the 6th Conference of the European Society of Historical Demography in Bologna than our pre-conference
10:00-17:00, 29 January 2026, MS Teams 9:30-17:00, 26 March 2026, Ghent University, Belgium We are pleased to invite contributions for an one-day virtual workshop and one-day in-pe
Thursday 19 – Friday 20 March 2026 | Barcelona, Spain The accurate registration of deaths has long been a challenge for researchers. Crises, such as epidemics, often led to
2nd 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 Scienti
Call for Papers: Workshop ‘Socio-Economic Inequalities in Mortality Over Time’
27 February 2026 | Akoesticum, Ede, the Netherlands There is evidence that the relationship between socio-economic status and health, particularly mortality, is not constant. Depen
Kristina Thompson receives NWO Veni grant
The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded a Veni grant to Kristina Thompson for her project ‘Understanding the causes of widening socio-economic health inequities in the Nethe
Call for applications Death, Demography and Digital Health Symposium
The ‘Training Course on Coding Historical Causes of Death’ & ‘Death, Demography and Digital History Symposium’ organized on 22-23 July 2025 at the Caulfield Campus, Mon
Open Call (2025) for Conference Grants and Short-term Scientific Missions
Are you presenting at an important international conference or would like to have a short research stay at a host institute, but lack the financial means to cover travel and...
Call for Conference Grants: European Society for Historical Demography Conference
Are you presenting at the European Society for Historical Demography Conference, but lack the financial means to cover travel and accommodation costs? Apply now for a Conference Gr
COST spotlights multidisciplinary solutions to health inequalities on World Health Day
We’re proud to share that our GREATLEAP COST Action is now featured on the official COST Association – European Cooperation in Science and Technology website! 🔗 Read the
This Summer School is designed for early-career researchers engaged in the study of health inequalities through the lens of historical data. Participants will develop advanced skil
Call for Registrations: Mentoring and Networking Event at European Social Science History Conference
Join Us for a Mentoring & Networking Event in Leiden during the ESSHC! Are you looking to expand your academic network and gain valuable mentorship? We invite you to a...
We invite submissions for a panel ‘Interpreting social inequalities of health from cause of death data, Europe (1850-1950)’ at the European Association for the History
The workshop is part of the COST Action project – The Great Leap and is aimed at scholars who are at an early stage of collecting individual-level death certificates (1800–19
Call for Applications: Training Course on Coding Historical Causes of Death
The recently launched ICD10h coding system is designed to support historical demographers and historians in coding historical causes of death. Widespread adoption of this system ac
Working Group 2 has moved on the next stages of the work developing ICD10h. There are three strands to this work: Following an initial meeting, we agreed to start work...
Call for Applications: MA Course ‘Data Management for Historians’
Are you a PhD or master’s student in economic and social history eager to work with historical records and data? GREATLEAP is has reserved a few limited spaces for members...
Call for Conference Grants: European Social Science History Conference
Are you presenting at the European Social Science History Conference (ESSHC) in one of the GREATLEAP sponsored session, but lack the financial means to cover travel and accommodati
Call for Papers: GREATLEAP Sessions at the European Society for Historical Demography Conference
We invite submissions for two exciting sessions we will propose for the upcoming European Society for Historical Demography (ESHD) Conference: 1. Unravelling inequalities in health
As part of Working Group 3 ‘Creation Analytical tools: computational and visualization tools‘ of the COST Action ‘The Great Leap’, we will be hosting an in-person workshop
Katarina Matthes receives SNSF COST Grant
The SNSF COST Grant grant has been awarded to support a groundbreaking project in Switzerland titled “Socio-demographic inequalities in the causes of death in Switzerland 1877-20
Call for Papers 16th Conference of Young Demographers
See the full call here. We encourage junior scholars to apply to the 16th Conference of Young Demographers (5-7 February in Prague): deadline 28 October 2024. Although the focus
Please download the full Call for Papers here. Since the 1800s, causes of death have been systematically recorded in various types of historical registries, including parish regi
Ingrid van Dijk receives ERC Starting Grant
Ingrid van Dijk, Associate senior lecturer at the Department of Economic History at LUSEM and researcher at the Centre for Economic Demography at Lund University, receives an ERC S
Call for proposals Thematic Workshop: ‘Funding Oppertunities for Studying Inequality in Health’
We are excited to announce the Thematic Workshop: ‘Funding Oppertunities for Studying Inequality in Health’. This will be a dedicated workshop in which participants can brainst
Online Lecture Series ‘An Introduction to Inequalities in Health using Historical Causes of Death’
From October onwards we are organizing a Lecture series that will provide a introduction to studying inequalities in health using a long-term historical perspective and causes-of-d
Call for expression of interest in WG2 working groups
Working Group 2 is coordinating activities related to the standardization and coding of the causes of death into the ICD10h, and the development tools to classifying ICD10h-codes i
Historical International Classification for Diseases (ICD10h) published
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: A
Article published by Katarina Matthes & Kaspar Staub
Katarina Luise Matthes and@KasparStau Our members Katarina Luise Matthes and Kaspar Staub have published a short commentary ‘The Need to Analyse Historical Mortality Data to
Tim Riswick receives NWO Veni grant
The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded a Veni grant to Tim Riswick for his project ‘Unravelling Health Inequalities. The Historical Roots of Inequality in Death and Dis
Maarten van Wijhe receives Sapere Aude DFF-Starting Grant
Maarten van Wijhe 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: interac
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 Scienti
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. This call is open for scholars who would like
Call for Contributions: Special Issue on Early Child Mortality in Europe (1800-1950)
We are delighted to invite contributions for a special issue dedicated to exploring the patterns and causes of early child mortality (ages 1-4) across Europe during the period from
GREATLEAP Kick-off: A Vibrant Start to a Visionary Project
Nijmegen, Netherlands, became a hub of excitement and intellectual synergy on May 2-3, 2024, as the COST Action project “The Great Leap: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Healt
Interview with Tim Riswick, COST Action Chair of GREATLEAP
‘I believe team science is the way forward’ – Dr Tim Riswick The first meeting for the COST Action programme, GREATLEAP, will be held on 2 May at Radboud...
In collaboration with the IUSSP Panel Epidemics and Contagious Diseases: The Legacy of the Past three events are organized that are of interest to our Action’s objectives as well
Call for Papers in ESSHC Sessions ‘Epidemics and Contagious Diseases’ & ‘Inequality in Health’
The 15th European Social Science History Conference will take place 26-29 March 2025 in Leiden, the Netherlands. We are aiming for a session on ‘Changing diseases in changing cit
Call for ITC Conference Grants
A call for ITC Conference Grants is from now open for the period April-September 2024. These grants are aimed at supporting young researchers – Early Career Investigators (ECI) a
The call for applications for Short-Term Scientific Missions (STSMs) is now open for the period May-September 2024. An STSM comprises a visit by a young researcher or innovator (&l
