VACANCIES: ASDS General Council Members Closing date: 17:00 BST, Friday 17th September. Find out more and apply here: 🔗 deathandsociety.org/asds-council...
Association for the Study of Death and Society
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The Association for the Study of Death and Society promotes the study of death in the arts, humanities, and social & allied sciences. Become a member today: deathandsociety.org
For those working or researching #Death #Dying #Bereavement this years @irishhospice.bsky.social celebrating 40 years of hospice care in #Ireland has a super line up of keynote speakers. @deathstudiespod.bsky.social Dr Beth Michael-Fox and myself will be there too! #IHFForum2026 #IHF2026 #Speirgorm
Join IHF's End-of-Life Forum 2026 on Sept 24 at Croke Park, Dublin. Theme: "Every Death Matters" Register now! 📍Croke Park 📅24 Sept 🔗 https://ow.ly/Wswu50ZbWhK #IHFForum2026 #IrishHospiceFoundation #PalliativeCare #Healthcare #SocialCare #DyingDeathBereavement
We are happy to announce the dates for the 2027 edition of the Death, Dying & Disposal conference! We are still looking to expand our organizational team. Feel free to reach out to us by emailing Emma (emma.moormann@uantwerpen.be)
Our upcoming online event 'Experiences of Bereavement in Adults with a Learning Disability' scheduled for Wednesday 15 July has been postponed due to unforeseen circumstances. 🔗 To get updates direct to your inbox, you can sign up to be an ASDS member: deathandsociety.org/become-a-mem...
ASDS Event Reminder! We're excited to be welcoming Josephine Robinson for her talk, Experiences of Bereavement in Adults with a Learning Disability, on Wednesday, 15 July, 11:00 BST (UTC+1). 🔗 Please remember to book your ticket here: deathandsociety.org/online-event...
Planning Your Digital Legacy (by Saint Francis Hospice) 🧡 sfh.org.uk/resources-an... #Hospice #HospiceEducation
Saint Francis Hospice - Planning Your Digital Legacy
Many parts of life are now digital. This guide can help you think about what you would like to happen to your online accounts, photos, devices and digital memories.
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Join our DACNET hosts @deathstudiespod.bsky.social and @chendirl.bsky.social 7 July 2026 at 2pm BST (UK) for another engaging chat about death related research. Open to all, international attendees welcome! ONLINE event - REGISTER 👉 lnkd.in/dEMGTzEM #DeathStudies #DeathResearch #Interdisciplinary
Attending the online #CDAS20 conference tomorrow? Don't miss our panel session in the afternoon (11am AST) with authors from the edited volume that my colleague Robert & I put out last year! We're going to have a great time! #conference #centrefordeathandsociety #deathstudies
3pm BST I join my lovely co-authors www.berghahnbooks.com/title/Spinel... for a Round Table at #CDAS2026 Death & Power conf. I'll share my work on historical #stillbirth & #Irish #death & #burial customs, they'll share theirs on digital, colonial & imperial, death @graveyardarch.bsky.social
We are delighted to share that the 18th Death, Dying and Disposal Conference (DDD2027) will take place at the University of Antwerp, Belgium, September 2027. Further details will be shared in due course. We look forward to welcoming you to Antwerp in 2027! #Deathconf #DDD2027
ASDS Event Reminder! We're excited to be welcoming Justina Šumilova next week, for her talk Limitrophy of Death: More than Life, More than Death. Monday 15 June, 15:00 BST (UTC+1) 🔗 Book your tickets here: deathandsociety.org/online-event...
Thrilled to have been nominated to the Editorial Board for @tandfresearch.bsky.social #Mortality Journal. Looking forward to working alongside some lovely scholars, and applying my expertise in #ReproductiveLoss to rigorous and high-quality peer review. #HistMed #Midwifery @asdsdeath.bsky.social
The 27th Cemeteries Colloquium, York was just fab - finally got to meet my good pal Dr Helen Frisby in real life! Thanks to Dr Julie Rugg for the warm welcome - will be back for the 28th next year! @cendeathsociety.bsky.social @asdsdeath.bsky.social #DeathStudies #Cemeteries #Gravedigging #Rituals
ASDS Event Reminder! 🔗 deathandsociety.org/online-event... We're excited to be welcoming Minakshi Dewan next week, for her talk The Final Farewell: Death, Ritual, and Inequality in India. If you would like to attend, please remember to book your ticket using the link above.
9am (UK) Wed 29 April 2026 our PostDoctoral Support Group will be hosted by @chendirl.bsky.social. Members will have received a meeting link via email, if you would like to join but are not yet a member you can find details on the Events page on our website deathandsociety.org/postdoctoral...
Event Reminder! Monday, 20 April, 16:00 GMT 🔗 Book Your Free Ticket Here: deathandsociety.org/online-event...
DDD18 Host Call Reminder: Deadline Approaching Friday 1st May 2026 🔗 deathandsociety.org/death-dying-... Feel free to contact us at deathandsociety@gmail.com with any questions, or to arrange an informal discussion. We look forward to hearing from you!
Tap the link to book your spot for tomorrow's online panel! 🔗https://deathandsociety.org/latin-american-studies-of-death/ Death and Politics in Latin America Monday 13th April 1pm CST / 8pm BST *English translation included via live captions.
We invite you to join us for two online panel sessions over the coming weeks! Click here for tickets 🔗 deathandsociety.org/latin-americ...
From the ASDS community we invite you to join Dr Panagiotis Pentaris as part of the DEAGENCY Lecture Series: "Facing mortality: Existential conversations for kindness and social connection" on Wednesday April 8th @ 16:30 CET. erc-deagency.eu/lectures/
#EuroHistHealth welcomes @chendirl.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social to our next WG5 lunchtime seminar at 12.30 CET on 15 APRIL 2026. The paper is titled * Voluntary Gravedigging as Living Heritage * Check your email/bulletin for the meeting link! #Skystorians #DeathStudies #Research #Speirgorm
Finally made it to the #CovidMemorialUK wall at #Embankment #London and even as a #Death #Researcher this left me breathless. The wall stretches from Tower Bridge down Albert Embankment opposite #BigBen and near the #LondonEye #Covid #DeathStudies #Commemoration
2 lecturer roles available conducting quality research to improve the care of babies and children with life limiting conditions and #palliative care needs 👇 www.linkedin.com/posts/lorna-... #AcademicChatter #JobFairy #EndOfLife #EoL
Lecturer (Education & Research) | King's College London | Lorna Fraser
I am looking for two talented academics who are interested in undertaking high quality research to improve the care of babies and children with life limiting conditions and palliative care needs. Two...
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This month there is no #PostDoc meetup but we will resume in April and will email the new dates. In the meantime you are welcome to join #DACNET on the 26 March 👇https://deathandsociety.org/eventsandgroups/death-and-culture-network/
Death and Culture Network – The Association for the Study of Death and Society
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Congratulations to my lovely @asdsdeath.bsky.social colleagues who have chapters in this new 📖 #BookSky #DarkHeritage #DarkTourism #DeathStudies #Heritage #HelenFrisby @drdan.bsky.social @deathandculture.bsky.social 👏
Join us for the third and final installment of our Decolonising Death Studies Webinar series... Mapping Deathways — Environment, Digital & Repatriation Friday 20th March 2026 08:00 - 09:30 (GMT) 🔗 Book your free ticket: deathandsociety.org/decolonising...
Join us on Wednesday 25th March for the next in our online event series...! 🔗 Book Your Free Ticket Here: deathandsociety.org/online-event...
Join us tomorrow Friday 6th March for the second webinar in our Decolonising Death Studies Series! Meaning Making, Death Politics in Post-Colonial Spaces 6th March 2026, 16:00 - 17:30 (GMT timezone) Booking 🔗 deathandsociety.org/decolonising...