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Founded in the early 1990s, since its inception the aim of this study group is to provide a simultaneously stimulating and safe space to share ideas related to death, dying and bereavement. It encourages postgraduate students and early career researchers especially to contribute at the annual symposium.
- To promote the study of the Sociology of Death and its associated disciplines.
- To work with, and be open to working with, practitioners in this area and policy makers.
- To provide the opportunity for postgraduate students and early career academics to share their ideas in a safe and supportive environment.
- To hold an annual symposium for individuals to present their ideas and research in a collegial environment. The symposium shall be open to all.
- To facilitate networking opportunities between sociologists, those from associated disciplines working in this field, practitioners and policy makers.
- To provide opportunities and encouragement for individuals at all levels within academia, and those outside of academia, to publish at all levels.
Please watch this space for details.
21 November 2011
The Impact of Death: policy implications in the twenty first century - Programme
BSA Meeting Room, Imperial Wharf, London, UK
Another successful event was held in November 2011. Slides are available below:
- The Impact of Policy on Death by Erica Borgstrom, University of Cambridge
- The Role of Advance Directives in the Lives of Patients towards the End of Life by Tikva Meron, Jane Seymour and Kathryn Almack, University of Nottingham
- The Relationship between Palliative Care and Euthanasia: a comparison of the developments in England and The Netherlands during the Post-War Period by Ellen van Reuler, University of Manchester
- Bereavement in Later Life: an emerging policy issue for the 21st Century by Jodie Croxall, Swansea University
- Bereavement and Workplace Well-being by Anne Corden, University of York
- “Beyond Bereavement”: the impact of unresolved grief on Gypsies and Travellers – implications for policy & practice by Carol Rogers and Margaret Greenfields, Buckinghamshire New University
- Paying the Price of Death: the challenges for British state funeral policy by Liam Foster, University of Sheffield, and Kate Woodthorpe, University of Bath
15 November 2010
Joint BSA Death, Dying and Bereavement Study Group and BSA Media Study Group Event: Death and the Media - Programme
BSA Meeting Room, London, UK
16 November 2009
Death, Dying and Bereavement Study Group Annual Symposium
University of Sheffield, UK
The Symposium was a great success. Presentations are now available:
The Social Aspects of Death, Dying and Bereavement Study Group Annual Report is now available.
- Read What it means to be 'into' Death, published in Network, Autumn 2008 issue.
- Clark, D. (ed) (1993) The Sociology of Death (Oxford: Blackwell)
- Field, D., Hockey, J. and Small, N. (eds) (1997) Death, Gender and Ethnicity (London: Routledge)
- Hockey, J., Katz, J. and Small, N. (2001) Grief, Mourning and Death Ritual (Buckingam: Open University Press)
- Hockey, J., Komaromy, C. and Woodthorpe, K. (eds) (2010) The Matter of Death: space, place and materiality (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan)
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Recent Research
University of York project into the financial implications of the death of a partner
Ongoing Research
Call for participation into ongoing research about the Japan Airlines flight JL123 crash on 12 August 1985. The research will cover not only the crash itself, but also the aftermath of the disaster and the way in which it impacted the lives of so many people around the world: http://www.jl123.co.uk/.
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To join the group or find out more about its activities please contact the convenor Kate Woodthorpe.
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Kate Woodthorpe
Centre for Death and Society
Department of Social and Policy Sciences
University of Bath
Claverton Down
Bath
BA1 7AY
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