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Michail Raftakis @mraftakis.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

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

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Michail Raftakis @mraftakis.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

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

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Michail Raftakis @mraftakis.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

#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/

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Michail Raftakis @mraftakis.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

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.

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Michail Raftakis @mraftakis.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

After a week in Brisbane for #IPC2025, I’m on my way to Melbourne for a research stay at @monashuniversity.bsky.social for coding historical causes of death and discussing AI and construction of historical databases. Pretty excited

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Michail Raftakis @mraftakis.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

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.

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Michail Raftakis @mraftakis.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

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.

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Michail Raftakis @mraftakis.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

🚨 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...)

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Michail Raftakis @mraftakis.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

After sitting in the drawer for a few years, my paper on tuberculosis mortality in early 20th-century Greece has just been finally published in Social Science History. bit.ly/44CJIVL

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Michail Raftakis @mraftakis.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

My first ever PAA! Excited to be here to connect with other scholars and to hear such high-quality ongoing research #PAA2025

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Michail Raftakis @mraftakis.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

I'm in DC for #PAA2025, but today I'm spending my afternoon at the Library of Congress. Look at my view

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Michail Raftakis @mraftakis.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

On my way to Leiden for ESSHC 2025 — excited to connect with other scholars and share research in progress. Tomorrow, I'll be presenting a paper on stillbirths in early 20th-century Greece among colleagues and friends.

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Michail Raftakis @mraftakis.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

📢 Join us later today, December 12th, for the final event of this season's GenPopClima Seminar Series at @unibo 🎓 @ericbschneider.bsky.social will present his latest research on Atmospheric Pollution and Child Health in Historic London (1887-1914). 📍 In person & on Teams.

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Michail Raftakis @mraftakis.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Using new data from 2019 to 2021, we analyze the sociodemographic profile of unwed mothers and address questions such as: How has the introduction of civil partnerships in 2008 impacted the trends in nonmarital childbearing?

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Michail Raftakis @mraftakis.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Greece stands out as the country with the lowest rate of nonmarital childbearing in Europe.Earlier this year, our work (w./ V. Gavalas) appeared in Population, Space and Place, we examine the reasons behind Greece’s unique position. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/3MV8FK...

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Michail Raftakis @mraftakis.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

CfP for a special issue in Historical Life Course Studies: "Sources and Databases on Causes of Death in Historical Societies (1800–1950)." Join us! greatleap.eu/calls/call-f...

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Michail Raftakis @mraftakis.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

The CfP for the 6th Conference of the European Society of Historical Demography is out! The conference will be held in Bologna from 10 to 13 September 2025. The deadline for submissions is January 31, 2025! eshd2025.eshd.eu

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