Renske Visser

Had a great time chatting with @kpalex91.bsky.social :)

Helsinki goes a full year without a traffic death A city traffic engineer credits the success to lower speed limits and smarter design.

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Professor Patricia MacCormack on philosophy, death activism, veganism, antinatalism, necrosexuality, the Anthropocene, dudebros in academia, and a loving and vitalist relationship to death The Death Studies Podcast · Episode

New episode with Professor Patricia MacCormack on Death Activism, Philosophy, the Anthropocene, Veganism and anti-natalism and more!

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HSG: PhD Position in Medical / Legal Humanities / Cultural Studies (m/f/d) We welcome applicants with a strong academic background in law, legal humanities, socio-legal studies, film studies, media studies, cultural studies, sociology, comparative literature, or a related di...

Assisted Lab is hiring - please share widely!

We are inviting applications for a fully funded PhD position (100%) as part of the ERC/SERI Assisted Lab team at University of St. Gallen, starting September 2025.

More information here 👇

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CDAS Conference 2025: Death and transitions By Inka Laisi, doctoral researcher Small Matters, University of Oulu In this blog I reflect on my attendance at the CDAS (Centre for Death and Society) conference, located at the University of Bath…

Small Matters doctoral researcher Inka Laisi wrote some reflections on this year’s @cendeathsociety.bsky.social conference on Death and Transitions ⬇️

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Thank you @drrenskevisser.bsky.social for this important work. Not only as a poet but but as a living being, this impacts me and I am always glad to find new people to leanr from.

Assisted dying – medical anthropolgist on the complex practical and ethical road ahead I’ve seen just how deeply people are affected when asked to contemplate their future – or the future of someone they love.

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An Educational Community Project about Multispecies Death and Dying

Presented my work about the Small Matters project and children and death Yesterday at the #CDAS20 conference- so today, day 2, I can just sit back and relax listening to other speakers ☺️

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Looking forward to present at the @cendeathsociety.bsky.social conference tomorrow!

Fully online and still time to book

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III International Seminar - Images of Death and Grief in Popular Media This seminar explores how death and grief are depicted across popular media, including film, television, literature, and digital platforms.

📺📽️📚💻Hear from an amazing line up of speakers, including ASDS council members and ambassadors, in this seminar exploring images of death and grief in popular media.

Next Thurs (12 June), 11:00-13:00 BST. Online and free to book.

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Dr. Terri Daniel on toxic theology, healthy theology, complicated grief, being a non-religious chaplain, hospice and loss The Death Studies Podcast · Episode

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Screenshot of the article Death is not the end

Congrats Prof Claire Nally on the publication of the article Death is not the End, and thank you for the lovely mention of the podcast and our book chapter on @salenagodden.bsky.social Mrs Death Misses death 💙📚

Article available open access here:

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Hand holding Purple folder with the text “This Must Be the place “ and a lanyard with my name on it

Whilst I am not able to attend #EAPC2025 proper, I am delighted to be able to attend this pre conference seminar “Readying for End of Life in Place”

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Critical Approaches to Death, Dying and Bereavement This book is the first of its kind to examine key topics in death, dying, and bereavement through a critical lens, highlighting how the understanding and experience of death can vary considerably, bas...

Currently on sale!

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The book Legacy, with a blue cover with a colourful stethoscope resting against a tree stump surrounded by dirt and tree branches

New blog! Legacy by @ucheblackstockmd.bsky.social is a powerful anger and thought-provoking memoir that outlines the ongoing and pervasive racism present in healthcare, and how skin colour affects health outcomes and life expectancy.

💙📚

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Dr. Yasmin Gunaratnam on transnational dying, end-of-life care, being a carer, education with end-of-life-care professionals, art methods, anti-colonial death studies, genocide, yoga, and ADHD The Death Studies Podcast · Episode

A year ago we released this wonderful episode with Yasmin Gunaratnam on transnational dying and end-of-life care in cities, hospitality, migration and death, an anti-colonial death studies and climate crisis, the genocide in Gaza, and being an academic with ADHD

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Professor Claire Nally on literature, Goth, Steampunk, death memoirs, representations of dead women, death positive libraries & working in academia The Death Studies Podcast · Episode

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Dr. Sydney Campbell on Medical Assistance in Dying for mature minors, children’s participation, policy, assisted dying, childism, participatory research and end-of-life contexts

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Dr. Sydney Campbell - The Death Studies Podcast What’s the episode about? In this episode, hear Sydney Campbell on Medical Assistance in Dying for mature minors, children’s participation, policy, assisted dying, childism, participatory research and...

Today we released our 50th episode!

In this episode, hear @sydney-campbell.bsky.social on Medical Assistance in Dying for mature minors, children’s participation, policy, assisted dying, childism, participatory research and end-of-life contexts

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Details : Postdoctoral Research Fellow - DIY Commemoration of the Dead : The University of Melbourne Careers at The University of Melbourne

This sounds like an awesome job opportunity! ⬇️

@hannahgould.bsky.social @asdsdeath.bsky.social @cendeathsociety.bsky.social

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#WHAI2025 REGISTRATION OPEN 👉 BOOK NOW 👉 tinyurl.com/2jnkuw4s 👇 Conf site QR Code 👇 Brilliant program made possible by our brilliant ⭐ #skystorians @whaireland.bsky.social #WomensHist #History #GenderHist #RevolutionaryHist #IrishResearch #Speirgorm #HealthHist #Carlow #Ireland

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Got a spare hour this weekend? Listen to our latest episode ft. Professor Claire Nally on Goth, the portrayal of dead women, death memoirs and the Death Positive Library

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A copy of Death and Institutions photographed in my garden on a bed of moss and twiggs

The book opened on the page that starts my chapter entitled Institutional thoughtlessness : prison as a place for dying

Book mail is the best mail!

A copy of the edited collection Death & Institutions, including my chapter Institutional Thoughtlessness: prison as a place for dying landed in my mailbox

Thanks to the editors for inviting me to contribute! @cendeathsociety.bsky.social 💙📚

The book the Great Dead Body Teachers resting on a tree trunk

🐣New blog 🐣

🪺 Happy Easter🪺

The Great Dead Body Teachers by Jackie Dent delves into the world of body donation, dissection and teaching human anatomy 💙📚

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The green/gold book A Stone is Most Precious Where it belongs resting against a pile of my old sauna stove stones

A Stone Is Most Precious Where it Belongs review on Dead Good Reading 📚💙

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A Stone is Most Precious Where it Belongs My last post was October last year. It has been a while! Clearly I went into hibernation mode. I have not stopped reading, but as I have 3 part time jobs, a podcast and a blog the latter has suffered ...

New blog!

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Professor Claire Nally - The Death Studies Podcast What’s the episode about? In this episode, hear Claire Nally on literature, Goth, Steampunk, death memoirs, representations of dead women, death positive libraries & working in academia Who is Claire?...

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New publication!

Small Matters: An Educational Community Project about Death and Dying

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