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.
Mortality (academic journal)
A foremost international, interdisciplinary journal that has relevance both for academics and professionals concerned with human
mortality, Mortality is essential reading for those in the field of
death studies and in a range of disciplines, including anthropology, art, classics, history, literature, medicine, music, socio-legal
studies, social policy, sociology, philosophy, psychology and
religious studies.
The journal is also of special interest and relevance for those professionally or voluntarily engaged in the health and caring professions, in bereavement counselling, the funeral industries, and in central and local government.
Publication Frequency • 4 issues per year
ISSN 1357-6275 (Print), 1469-9885 (Online)
For any queries or to express interest in peer reviewing for Mortality, please email: mortalityjournal@gmail.com
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.
ASDD: Australian Death Studies Society
The Australian Death Studies Society aims to foster the development of high-quality scholarship about dying, death, and body disposal within Australia. The Society was formed in 2020 to establish a network of death studies scholars across disciplinary and institutional boundaries within Australia; facilitate public access to expertise in death studies to inform public policy and debate; and to promote the study of dying, death, and disposal within the uniquely Australian context. The subject matter of death touches all aspects of human experience, and this is reflected in the interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary nature of our membership. The ADSS welcomes members from diverse scholarly backgrounds, including (but not limited to) anthropology, design, history, law, medicine, philosophy, palliative care, sociology, taphonomy and forensic sciences, and media studies.