News and Upcoming Events
DEATH: SOUTHBANK CENTRE'S FESTIVAL FOR THE LIVING
DEATH: SOUTHBANK CENTRE'S FESTIVAL FOR THE LIVING The Southbank Centre London Friday 27 January - Sunday 29 January 2012 The Ultimate Equalizer, The Grim Reaper, The Bles......
The Dark Tourism Symposium 2012
The world's first academic centre for dark tourism research will soon open at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan, Preston, England). The Institute for Dark Tourism Research (......
Report on the Inaugural Death Down Under Conference (Sydney University, 27 - 28 June 2011)
Inaugural Death Down Under conference (Sydney University , 27-28 June 2011) In June 2011 the first Death Down Under conference was held at Sydney University. It was a te......
Spirit Possession and Mental Health Conference (19 March 2012)
Spirit possession is recognised world wide across many cultures and by several religions. Spirit possession is often seen as an idiom of distress causing a change in behaviour and mental well being. S......
Death Down Under 2012
Welcome to DDU 2012 28 and 29 June 2012 University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand Call for papers is now open The University of Otago, Dunedin, in associat......
British Sociological Association Death, Dying and Bereavement Study Group Event: The Impact of Death: policy implications in the twenty first century
21st November, 2011 Kate Woodthorpe and Tara Bailey (University of Bath, UK) co-ordinated this event which was held in the BSA London Meeting Room on Imperial Wharf. It is a fantastic l......
ASDS Postgraduate Winter Seminar
ASDS Postgraduate Winter Seminar 11th December 2010 The second ASDS PG seminar was held at the University of Bath on 11th December 2010. There were three speakers: Nicolas Wheatl......
Poundland Cemetery
Should windchimes be permitted in cemeteries?......
Review of the 'Death and the Working Class' Exhibition at the Manchester People's History Museum
Review of the 'Death and the Working Class' Exhibition at the Manchester People's History Museum by Julie Ellis and Jenny Hockey (Exhibition runs 23 October 2010 to 2......
Letter from ASDS President Professor Jenny Hockey on the importance of Death Studies in Higher Education
At a time when many academic disciplines are campaigning against budgetary cuts in the UK, cross-disciplinary research risks being overlooked. Who owns and will champion it? As president of the Assoc......