ASDS: Exploring death to better understand life
We warmly invite you to become a part of The Association for the Study of Death and Society (ASDS), a thriving and diverse community dedicated to exploring and understanding death, dying, grief, and bereavement through various lenses—arts, humanities, social and allied sciences. Whether you’re an academic, practitioner, or someone with a deep interest in death studies, we welcome both new and returning members.
As an ASDS member, you’ll enjoy:
- Subscription to *Mortality – a leading international journal covering topics such as death, dying, grief, and memorialisation
- Discounts on conference fees for the renowned Death, Dying, and Disposal (DDD) conference
- Regular updates through our newsletter “Deadlines”
- Access to seminars, events, and support groups for Postgraduate Researchers (PGR) and Postdoctoral scholars
- The chance to engage in our ASDS Ambassadors programme, promoting Death Studies worldwide
- Opportunities to collaborate with like-minded professionals and scholars
- A platform for your research and work within Death Studies
- The ability to shape the future of this field through active involvement
By joining ASDS, you’ll be part of a supportive international network, fostering interdisciplinary connections, advancing research, and encouraging meaningful dialogue on death and society.
DONE: Dood Onderzoek Nederland
The multidisciplinary DONE-network (Dood Onderzoek Nederland; Death Research Netherlands) brings together various scholars from the Netherlands and Belgium who study death-related topics. At present, the network has over 50 members.
In bi-monthly meetings, scholars discuss new publications, ongoing research, grant applications, and so on; or join each other in death-related activities (e.g., visits to museums, cemeteries or cultural outings). The network is also used to share CfPs and invitations for various events.
CDAS: Centre for Death and Society
As part of CDAS’s 20thanniversary celebrations, the centre is delighted to sponsor DDD – especially since the conference, the journal and CDAS were so closely connected in their early days.
CDAS is a world-leading research centre based at the University of Bath, UK, focusing on the social and international contexts of dying, death and bereavement. We are a very active and welcoming community of scholars and practitioners, with many events throughout the year, a blossoming visiting fellow network, and our own online conference. You can find out more about us via social media (find us on BlueSky, Facebook and X) or our monthly newsletter. Please email cdas@bath.ac.uk to subscribe. We hope you all enjoy this wonderful DDD conference, which is very close to our heart.