HiDo members at the biannual conference of The European Association for the History of Medicine and Health

In collaboration with the SHiP network, HiDo members participated with two sessions on “Religious Differentials in Causes of Death, 1850-1940” at the biannual conference of The European Association for the History of Medicine and Health in Leuven, 7-10 September 2021.
 
Session 1. Religious differentials in causes of death, 1850-1940. Part I.

Chair: Janssens, Angélique (Maastricht University and Radboud University Nijmegen)

  • Derosas Renzo and Munno Cristina (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice): Mortality and Causes of Death in Nineteenth-Century Venice. A Comparison of Jews and Catholics.
  • Muurling Sanne (Radboud University Nijmegen): A World of Difference? Religion, Neighbourhoods, and Infant Mortality in Mid-Nineteenth Century Amsterdam 
  • Devos Isabelle (Ghent University): Causes of Death of Catholics and Jews in the city of Antwerp, 1928-1939

Session 2. Religious differentials in causes of death, 1850-1940

Chair:  Devos, Isabelle (Ghent University)

  • Diepgrond Nadeche and Riswick Tim (Radboud University Nijmegen): Diseases and Divinity: Investigating Religious Differences in Health of Patients in the Binnengasthuis in Amsterdam, 1856-1896
  • Junkka Johan and Hiltonen Maria (Umeå University): Religious Differences in Cause-Specific Infant Mortality in Northern Sweden, 1860-1900
  • Walhout Evelien and Beekink Erik (Leiden University and Radboud University Nijmegen): Faith in a Time of Cholera in the Dutch Town of Woerden, 1866