Differentials and transitions in historical health(care) since the 19th century: Mortality, Morbidity, and Medicine across the Atlantic
The historical roots of today's health outcomes remain poorly understood, yet tracing them is essen-tial to make sense of the world we inhabit. This workshop brings together scholars at the intersection of historical demography and the history of health to examine how mortality, morbidity, and medi-cine have evolved across Europe, Africa, and the Americas in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. By tracing these historical trajectories and differentials, the workshop aims to deepen our understand-ing of how the past continues to define health and healthcare in the present.
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09:30 – 10:00 |
Doors open & Introduction by organisers |
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10:00 – 11:30 |
Session 1: Morbidity and mortality, and medicine in historical Europe Syphilis morbidity and institutionalisation in the Amsterdam hospital 1856-1896 Mayra Murkens, University of Groningen
The young adult excess mortality: a historically universal trait?
Medical attention at death in nineteenth century rural Scotland
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11:45 – 13:00 |
Lunch Break |
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13:15 – 14:45 |
Session 2: Health(care) and mortality across Africa and South America
Legacies of Colonial Maternal Health Services in Africa
The Mortality Transition in Suriname: Analysing Cause-Specific Mortality, 1903–1949
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For any questions, contact
Dinos Sevdalakis (k.sevdalakis rug.nl)