Renske Visser

Dr. Jessica Young - The Death Studies Podcast What’s the episode about? In this episode, hear Dr Jessica Young on assisted dying, the New Zealand End of Life Choice Bill, culturally responsive research, end of life care and decision making, and s...

Lovely new episode with Dr Jessica Young on assisted dying in New Zealand

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Dr. Jessica Young - The Death Studies Podcast What’s the episode about? In this episode, hear Dr Jessica Young on assisted dying, the New Zealand End of Life Choice Bill, culturally responsive research, end of life care and decision making, and s...

Lovely new episode with Dr Jessica Young on assisted dying in New Zealand

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New episode ft Dr Jessica Young on assisted dying in New Zealand

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Dr. Jessica Young on assisted dying, the New Zealand End of Life Choice Bill, culturally responsive research, end of life care and decision making, and sociological approaches Podcast Episode · The Death Studies Podcast · 01/11/2025 · 1h 7m

🚨 New Episode Alert 🚨

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Critical Approaches to Death, Dying and Bereavement | Erica Borgstrom, 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

Get your own copy here:

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Critical approaches to death, dying, and bereavement Published in Death Studies (Ahead of Print, 2025)

Lovely review of the book @ericaborgstrom.bsky.social and I wrote 💙📚

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Unearthing One small action changed the course of Kyo Maclear's life. A simple swab undid everything Maclear thought she new about her family, sense of self, and rootedness. After the death of her father she fel...

📚💙New blog! 💙📚

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A is for Arsenic Chris Woodyard very kindly sent a copy of the book A is for Arsenic: an ABC for Victorian Death, a book that is perfect to read during the spooky month, when the boundaries between the dead and the li...

A perfect post-Halloween read 🍄‍🟫

A is for Arsenic by @chriswoodyard.bsky.social

💙📚

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Very happy to have contributed the chapter “Homing in on societal changes around place of death” in the - 🚨fully open access!🚨- Research Handbook on End of Life Care and Society.

⬇️ My chapter is available here ⬇️
#academsky 📚💙

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Photo of a screen showing the title of the seminar and Dr Maija Butters giving some opening words

Looking forward to the Finnish Death Studies Annual Seminar entitled “Thanatocene Now! Death and the Ecological Crisis”

Copy of the book “The Cow with Ear Tag #1389”- which has a photo of a cow on the cover, resting on a tree trunk covered in green moss

The Cow with ear tag #1389 is a thought-provoking read about cows, slaughter, meat and dairy industries, and the myth of the happy cow

💙📚 Full review here:

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The cow with ear tag #1389 I have been vegetarian since I was a teenager. For a while I still ate organic meat, but as this is still part of the same meat industry, I quit this at some point as well. My blind spot to this day, ...

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DDD17: The 2025 Death, Dying and Disposal Conference - The Death Studies Podcast What’s the episode about? In this episode, get an overview of the 2025 Death, Dying and Disposal Conference held in Utrecht in the Netherlands What was the conference about? Below is some information ...

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New open access handbook including my chapter “Homing in on societal changes in meanings around place of death”

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Behind the scenes of the @asdsdeath.bsky.social awards ceremony this afternoon at @ddd17-2025.bsky.social

Congratulations to all!

A special well done to CDAS members @drrenskevisser.bsky.social and Bethan Michael-Fox for being nominated for their awesome @deathstudiespod.bsky.social

Thank you!!

Renske Visser is seated in a cool floral dress next to her project's PI Karin Murris. There is a huge screen behind them, and the project is called 'Small Matters'.

First panel we're attending @ddd17-2025.bsky.social! Go @drrenskevisser.bsky.social go! #deathstudies

Dr. Kaylee Alexander - The Death Studies Podcast What’s the episode about? In this episode, hear Kaylee Alexander discuss the digital humanities, being a research data librarian, visual culture, cemeteries, French cemetery laws, cemetery sculpture, ...

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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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#podsky

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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