The Struggle Against Infant Mortality: Chicago, Paris and London, 1900-1980 – IEA CNRS – 12-13 March 2026

The Struggle Against Infant Mortality: Chicago, Paris and London,

1900-1980

INTERNATIONAL EMERGING ACTION, CNRS 2024-2026

12-13 March 2026

Location: John W. Boyer Center

41 Rue des Grands Moulins, 75013 Paris

 

Organizers

• Clarisse Berthezène (Université Paris Cité, Echelles UMR 8264)
• Jean-Christian Vinel (Université Paris Cité, Echelles UMR 8264)

 

• Clare Bambra, (Newcastle University)
  Gabriel Winant (University of Chicago)
  Rudi Batzell (Lake Forest College)

 

• Eman Abdelhadi (Sociology), Colleen Grogan (Public Health / Political Scence) Administration), Marcia Tan (Epidemiology), and Aresha Martinez-Cardoso (Epidemiology), University of Chicago
• Elie Azria, (Epidemiology), UPCité, OPPaLE, CRESS
  Catherine Deneux-Tharaux, (Epidemiology) UPCité, OPPaLE, CRESS (
  Nathalie Sage-Pranchère, Historical demography, UPCité, Sphère UMR 7219

 

PROGRAM

Day 1

9-9:15: coffee, breakfast, introductions

9:15-10: Discussion of Clare Bambra’s paper

10-11:30: Race, ethnicity, class

11:30-1: Infrastructures

1-2: Lunch

2-3:30: Public policy

3:30-5: Demography

 

Day 2

9-10: Coffee, breakfast, sum up previous day

10-11:30: What interesting research questions now arise?

11:30-1: Methodological challenges and disciplinary dynamics

1-2: Lunch

2-3:30: Cities / research sites

3:30-5: Funding and future direction