The DDD17 conference will almost entirely be offered in a hybrid format. This means that most sessions – with the exception of workshops, roundtable sessions, and the experiential keynote by prof. Enny Das– will also be accessible online via Microsoft Teams. The Teams links for each session will be shared via our website.

There will also be specific activities for online participants, including:

Online Meet & Greet

Wednesday 27 August, 12.00-12.45 & Friday 29 August, 15.45-16.15

Meet other online participants and chat about your work and interests, your hopes and wishes for and experiences of the conference, or anything you’d like. So just grab a cup of coffee or tea and call in! Click here to join this meeting on Wednesday. Click here to join this meeting on Friday.

Meet Mortality: Promoting the interdisciplinary study of death and dying

Thursday 28 & Friday 29 August, 12.45-13.45

Mortality is the leading journal related to subjects of death and dying, grief and bereavement, and memorialisation. If you would like more information on the journal and publishing, are interested in peer reviewing for the journal, or have a book for review (or that you would like to review), please contact us directly at mortalityjournal@gmail.com or join Dr Bethan Michael-Fox online. She’s happy to answer all your questions. Click here to join this meeting on Thursday. Click here to join this meeting on Friday.

Mortal, three short animations: Meet the makers

Thursday 28 August, 16.00-17.00

Via the DDD17 website, you are invited to watch three animated films by UK-based artists Ben Faircloth, Eilidh Nicoll, and Mariana Leal, who take inspiration from the Death Positive Movement. Their work reflects on how death and dying can be rethought, and how matters such as end-of-life care and planning, handling grief, and funerary practices can be better approached. Each artist has undertaken a period of research and development, engaging broadly with the subject and their local community groups. They have also been supported by social anthropologist Dr Hannah Rumble, Research Fellow at the Centre for Death and Society at the University of Bath. In this online session, you are invited to meet the makers and dr. Hannah Rumble for a talk on these animations. Click here to join this meeting.