Past News and Events
CFP: BSA Social Aspects of Death, Dying and Bereavement Annual Symposium 13 November 2015
BSA Social Aspects of Death, Dying and Bereavement Annual Symposium 13 November 2015 Methodology: Researching Death, Dying and Bereavement This year's DDB sympos......
Death of Professor Michael Kearl
Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas announced the sudden death of Professor Michael Kearl from a heart attack. Here are some links about Professor Kearl's academic work and legacy......
Public Conference on burial procedures, post mortem and digital autopsy
A public conference was organised by the Birmingham Muslim Burial Council (BMBC) on 18th January 2015 at the Birmingham District Amal Branch, West Mid-lands, England. The aim, under the overall theme ......
CFP: 11th Death, Dying and Disposal Conference, September 2013
11th Death, Dying and Disposal Conference The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes September 5-8, 2013 DDD has always been a multidisciplinary conference an......
Conference: Engaging with the dead: exploring changing human beliefs about death, mortality and the human body
Conference: Engaging with the dead: exploring changing human beliefs about death, mortality and the human body This conference will be hosted by the Durham University Archaeology Depart......
Two Book Reviews: Candi K. Cann (2014). Virtual Afterlives: Grieving the Dead in the Twenty-First Century and Karla A. Erickson (2013). How We Die Now: Intimacy and the Work of Dying
Candi K. Cann (2014). Virtual Afterlives: Grieving the Dead in the Twenty-First Century. Lexington, KY: University of Kentucky Press, 168 pages. Dr. Cann argues that the way we grieve a......
CFP: Social Aspects of Death, Dying and Bereavement (DDB) Study Group
BSA Social Aspects of Death, Dying and Bereavement Annual Symposium 13 November 2015 Methodology: Researching Death, Dying and Bereavement Drawing on discussions from pre......
Hull-York Medical School PhD Scholarship
Hull-York Medical School PhD Scholarship Body donations for medical science: identifying good practice in the interactions between Medical School Anatomy Unit staff and families. ......
CFP -- FAMILY TROUBLES: CARE AND CHANGE IN DIVERSE CONTEXTS
CFP -- FAMILY TROUBLES: CARE AND CHANGE IN DIVERSE CONTEXTS One-day Symposium, 16 September 2015, University of Reading, UK This inter-disciplinary symposium aims to expl......
Conference: Death Online Research Symposium (2pm Wednesday April 9th - 6pm Thursday April 10th, 2014 Durham University)
Death Online Research Symposium 2pm Wednesday April 9th - 6pm Thursday April 10th, 2014 Co-hosted by the Death Online Research Network and Durham University's Centre for......