Our time together at DDD17 – as a short, but hopefully (partly) lasting DDD17 community – has come to a close. Over these past days, we’ve explored, listened, debated, and imagined — and we want to thank you for bringing such openness and curiosity to the theme of the Politics of Death.

This may be the end of the conference, but we hope it is only the beginning of conversations on this theme. Let’s continue them in whatever ways we can — in our research, our writing, our teaching, our work, our communities. We hope you are leaving as inspired as we are.

Thanks to everybody who made this conference what is has been. A conference is made by its participants – together we were a fantastic community.

  • Want to know what happened during the conference? Check our Instagram and BlueSky pages.
  • Have anything to share? Mail us at DDD17@uu.nl and we’ll put it on this website.
  • Want to learn more, experience again, and look back? Check our “Conference proceedings” site

Updates

  • Registration closed

    Registration to attend the conference is now closed. All of those who have registered and would like to attend the excursion or conference dinner, please register and pay before 1 August via https://ddd17.sites.uu.nl/additional-events/

  • Registration extended

    Although registration was originally closed, we’ve decided to extend the deadline by one month – until Friday, 13 June. This extension applies only to general attendees who wish to join the conference as part of the audience. Unfortunately, we can no longer accept new presenters, as the program is now full.

  • Diner registration extended

    The deadline for registration for the DDD17 Conference Dinner is extended to Friday 01 August, 2025.

Join these death scholarship networks

Association for the Study of Death in Society (ASDS)

Doods Onderzoekers Nederland (DONE)

Centre for Death and Society (CDAS)

Australian Death Studies Society (ADDS)