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Tim Riswick

@timriswick.bsky.social

Assistant Professor of Historical Demography, Radboud University. Editor The History of the Family. Chair COST-Action GREATLEAP @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social

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๐Ÿ“ข ๐‚๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ โ€” ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐ˆ๐ง๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ: ๐€ ๐’๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ง

๐Ÿ” Date: 4 March 2026
โฐ Time: 16:00โ€“18:00 CET
๐ŸŒ Format: Online
๐Ÿ“ Registration: Open now โ€” donโ€™t miss your spot! ๐Ÿงตโฌ‡๏ธ

26.11.2025 12:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Applications are open for the Summer Training School โ€œMicro-Census Insights into Historical Households, Mortality and Fertilityโ€ at the University of Cambridge, 6โ€“17 July 2026. Fee โ‚ฌ150, 15 places, travel grants available. Deadline 2 Feb 2026. Apply: secretary@eshd.eu ๐Ÿงตโฌ‡๏ธ

27.11.2025 10:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Call for proposals: "Bridging Perspectives and Connecting Threads on Historical Health Inequalities", 11โ€“13 May 2026, Cluj-Napoca. Deadline 2 Feb 2026. Funding for travel + daily allowance available. All accepted presentations eligible for publication in Open Research Europe.๐Ÿงตโฌ‡๏ธ

01.12.2025 08:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Full Professor: Social and Economic History | Radboud University Do you want to work as a Full Professor: Social and Economic History at the Faculty of Arts? Check our vacancy!

We are looking for a new Chair in Economic, Social and Demographic History!

If this sounds like the right fit for you, or for someone in your network, do not hesitate to apply or share this call!

www.ru.nl/en/working-a...

12.09.2025 09:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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โœจ Today we had the pleasure of opening the @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social pre-conference workshop โ€œ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐’๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ƒ๐š๐ญ๐š๐›๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐‚๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ƒ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ก ๐ข๐ง ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐จ๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ (๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽโ€“๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽ)โ€

09.09.2025 18:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Call for Papers Workshops โ€˜Transcribing the Past: Citizen Scientists and Automation in Historical Demographyโ€™

๐Ÿ“ข Call for Papers! Workshops โ€œTranscribing the Past: Citizen Scientists & Automation in Historical Demographyโ€
๐Ÿ–ฅ๏ธ 29 Jan 2026 (online)
๐Ÿ›๏ธ 26 Mar 2026 (Ghent)
Submit abstracts (โ‰ค300 words) by 15 Nov 2025
For more information ๐Ÿ‘‰ greatleap.eu/calls/call-f...

03.09.2025 17:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Workshop Application: Socio-economic inequities in health over time Application deadline: 1 October 2025 Application decision: 15 October 2025 Workshop date: 27 February 2026 Workshop location: Akoesticum, Ede, the Netherlands (in-person only)

๐Ÿ“ข Call for Papers!
Workshop Socio-Economic Inequalities in Mortality Over Time
๐Ÿ—“ 27 Feb 2026 | Akoesticum, Ede
๐Ÿ“Keynote: Prof. Sean Clouston
โณDeadline for abstracts (โ‰ค500 words): 1 Oct 2025
Submit here ๐Ÿ‘‰ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

23.08.2025 12:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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One Epidemic, Many Estimates (1EME) One Epidemic, Many Estimates (1EME)

๐Ÿ“ข Interested in excess mortality methods, and want a challenge? I'm organising the "One Epidemic, Many Estimates" (1EME) project! Register *now* as a many analyst team (submissions due 15 March 2026), and then join us at LSE for a workshop on 21-22 May 2026! (1/n)

www.lse.ac.uk/Economic-His...

27.08.2025 08:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 65    ๐Ÿ” 46    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10
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Workshop โ€˜Accuracy of Cause-of-Death Registration: Everyday Conditions, Crises, and Epidemics Please submit your abstract (200-300 words) before 10 December here. We expect to be able to communicate everyone before Christmas about acceptance to the workshop. We anticipate that COST-Action GREA...

๐Ÿ“ข Call for Papers!
Workshop Accuracy of Cause-of-Death Registration: Everyday Conditions, Crises & Epidemics
๐Ÿ—“ 18โ€“19 Mar 2026 | Barcelona ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ
Submit 200โ€“300 word abstracts by 10 Dec 2025 ๐Ÿ‘‰ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

29.08.2025 06:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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In Zurich for the @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social workshop 'Analysing Historical Mortality and Cause of Death Data' โ€“ a very fruitful two days with researchers from diverse backgrounds and excellent ideas for future work.

20.06.2025 13:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿšจ Call for Applications! ๐Ÿšจ

๐Ÿ“… 22โ€“23 July 2025
๐Ÿ“ Monash University, Melbourne ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ
๐Ÿ’€ Historical mortality meets digital innovation!

๐Ÿ”น ICD10h Training Course (22 Jul)
๐Ÿ”น Digital History Symposium (23 Jul)
Apply by **11 June** โžก๏ธ (docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...)

26.05.2025 14:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Interesting!

14.05.2025 17:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ“ WORKSHOP: Writing Individual Grants on Inequalities in Health
๐Ÿ“… June 25 | โฐ 14:00 โ€“ 15:30 CET | ๐Ÿ’ป Online

Planning to apply for an individual research grant? Join our interactive workshop focused on crafting strong proposals in the field of health inequalities. ๐Ÿงตโฌ‡๏ธ

12.05.2025 13:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Vakbondsbestuurder over stakingsdag op 13 maart: 'Als we ons opnieuw laten horen, kunnen we echt iets bereiken' - Vox magazine Picketlines, minicolleges, een podiumprogramma en een optocht naar de stad. Dat zijn de onderdelen van de Nijmeegse stakingsdag op 13 maart. โ€˜Hopelijk wil het college van bestuur alle gebouwen op de c...

Picketlines, minicolleges, een podiumprogramma en een optocht naar de stad. Dat zijn de onderdelen van de Nijmeegse stakingsdag op 13 maart. โ€˜Hopelijk wil het college van bestuur alle gebouwen op de campus sluitenโ€™, zegt FNV-vakbondsbestuurder Gijs Kooistra.

27.02.2025 08:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Fantastische lezing over doodsoorzaken in Amsterdam door dr. @timriswick.bsky.social

13.02.2025 19:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Great to see this special issue finished!

29.01.2025 16:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Home - ESHD2025 Conference Call for Papers 6th Conference of the European Society of Historical Demography The European Society of Historical Demography is pleased to invite submissions for its 6th Conference, to be held in Bol...

There's still time to submit to the ESHD Conference in September!

Reminder: the AYHD is organising a Flash Session! Here you can present early-stage work or research already presented in other sessions.

To submit, mention "Flash session (AYHD)" in the Session proposal field.

eshd2025.eshd.eu

22.01.2025 15:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ƒ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ก

๐Ÿ‘‰ About the Training Course:
This two-day hands-on course will guide participants through the entire process of coding historical causes of death, including:

17.01.2025 16:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Ok, let's see how this works ๐Ÿง
The 16th Conference of #YoungDemographers is just around the corner! Programme is packed as always, incl. โญ Marc Luy and Rolf Granholm โญ, and you can still join us as passive participants.
Find out more โžก youngdemographers.github.io/conference
#demography

15.01.2025 15:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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WE KNOW...YOU ARE THINKING!!

๐Ÿ“ขCall for Papers 6th Conference of the ESHD #Demography Last Days!

The European Society of Historical Demography is pleased to invite submissions for its 6th Conference, to be held in #Bologna #Italy
10-13 September 2025
๐Ÿ‘‰ eshd2025.eshd.eu

11.01.2025 18:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

De datum lijkt nog niet te kloppen?

07.01.2025 20:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Lezing: Van epidemieรซn tot gezondheidsongelijkheid: lessen uit Amsterdam (1850-1950) - Huis van de Nijmeegse Geschiedenis Ziektes zoals tuberculose, cholera en pokken teisterden niet alleen onze voorouders, maar onthullen ook verrassend veel over sociale ongelijkheden die tot op de dag van vandaag relevant zijn. Tijdens ...

Komt allen naar de lezing van dr. @timriswick.bsky.social !!!

07.01.2025 20:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Geachte heer/mevrouw,

Wij herinneren u graag aan de komende lezing van dr. @timriswick.bsky.social op 13 februari aanstaande over doodsoorzaken in Amsterdam! Meldt u nu aan via kleiohistoria@markbeumer.eu

04.01.2025 18:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Family history at the crossroads: reflections on past, present, and future challenges - Genus This paper contains the reflections of the author on the state of family history within the constellation of History and the Social Sciences. The first part of the paper presents a brief outline of ho...

๐ŸŽ† Close 2024 with an insightful read! ๐Ÿ“–
Our last post of the year highlights David S. Reher's new paper: 'Family history at the crossroads: reflections on past, present, and future challenges.'
Link to the #openaccess paper: ๐Ÿ‘‡
genus.springeropen.com/articles/10....

31.12.2024 10:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ“ข We have our Plenary speakers for our #ESHD2025 Conference. On September 10th, Opening Conference:
Guido Barbujani (Ferrara University)
"The famous human races"

6th Conference of the European Society of Historical #Demography #Bologna 10-13/9/2025

๐Ÿ‘‰ eshd2025.eshd.eu

17.12.2024 12:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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CFP: Workshop on Health Transitions in the Global South

CFP Deadline 3 February 2025

Workshop 9-10 June 2025 at LSE

Organised by myself and Neil Cummins

Sponsored by the LSE Historical Economic Demography Group

12.12.2024 00:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22    ๐Ÿ” 17    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Zwolle legt de dood bloot: maandenlang onderzoek naar stokoude sterfgevallen In Amsterdam en Antwerpen is de dood al ontrafeld, nu richt de blik zich op Zwolse sterfgevallen. Onderzoekers storten zich maandenlang op oude registers van doodsoorzaken. En zien dat ook deze stad i...

Blij met alle aandacht voor doodsoorzaken.nl!

www.destentor.nl/zwolle/zwoll...

16.12.2024 07:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is great!

13.12.2024 15:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Very happy to see so many familiar faces from Twitter on Bluesky!

13.12.2024 15:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ“ข ๐‚๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐š๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ: ๐†๐‘๐„๐€๐“๐‹๐„๐€๐ ๐’๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐„๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ง ๐’๐จ๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฉ๐ก๐ฒ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž. We are inviting submissions for two dynamic sessions at the upcoming European Society for Historical Demography Conference๐Ÿงตโฌ‡๏ธ

03.12.2024 13:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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