CDAS: Centre for Death and Society
@cendeathsociety.bsky.social
Works leading research centre at the University of Bath, UK. Were interested in the social contexts of death, dying and bereavement.
https://www.bath.ac.uk/research-centres/centre-for-death-society/
https://www.bath.ac.uk/research-centres/centre-for-death-society/
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CD&S
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⭐️CDAS WALK NOW AVAILABLE⭐️
A terrific evening to launch our new FREE podcast death and crime walk around the city of Bath, with funeral biscuits to celebrate
cdaswalk.org
A terrific evening to launch our new FREE podcast death and crime walk around the city of Bath, with funeral biscuits to celebrate
cdaswalk.org
Decolonising grief
Join us for our next seminar co-organised with The Open University on the continuing aftermath of death.
Tuesday 2nd December 7pm - 8pm online
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Join us for our next seminar co-organised with The Open University on the continuing aftermath of death.
Tuesday 2nd December 7pm - 8pm online
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/decolonisi...
‘Decolonising’ ‘grief’? Death and its continuing aftermath in the UK today
What do ‘we’ ‘know’ and how? (Part 1).
This is the first of a two part collaboration between the University of Bath and The Open University.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Decolonising grief
Join us for our next seminar co-organised with The Open University on the continuing aftermath of death.
Tuesday 2nd December 7pm - 8pm online
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/decolonisi...
Join us for our next seminar co-organised with The Open University on the continuing aftermath of death.
Tuesday 2nd December 7pm - 8pm online
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/decolonisi...
As part of 2025 Children’s Grief Awareness Week we are delighted to release our interview with Jenni Thomas OBE and Anna May of the The Student Grief Network on the impact of parental bereavement
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#!ChildrensGriefAwarenessWeek2025
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#!ChildrensGriefAwarenessWeek2025
Grief and bereavement support: in conversation with Jenni Thomas OBE and Anna May
This one hour interview with Jenni Thomas OBE and Anna May, in conversation with the University of Bath's Centre for Death and Society(CDAS)…
vimeo.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:42 AM
As part of 2025 Children’s Grief Awareness Week we are delighted to release our interview with Jenni Thomas OBE and Anna May of the The Student Grief Network on the impact of parental bereavement
vimeo.com/1125241155
#!ChildrensGriefAwarenessWeek2025
vimeo.com/1125241155
#!ChildrensGriefAwarenessWeek2025
Death and power: call for papers
Submit your abstract to our 2026 Annual
Conference!
17-19 June, online
www.bath.ac.uk/announcement...
Submit your abstract to our 2026 Annual
Conference!
17-19 June, online
www.bath.ac.uk/announcement...
CDAS conference 2026 - call for contributions
The CDAS conference 2026: death and power - is now open for contributions!
www.bath.ac.uk
November 12, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Death and power: call for papers
Submit your abstract to our 2026 Annual
Conference!
17-19 June, online
www.bath.ac.uk/announcement...
Submit your abstract to our 2026 Annual
Conference!
17-19 June, online
www.bath.ac.uk/announcement...
Join us this week for our seminar
Death during conflict: what we can learn from the aftermath of war
Thurs 13th Nov 5pm GMT, hybrid
With Yumna Masarwa, Naomi Pendle, Isaac Hillary & Oliver Walton
As part of special issue ed. by Naomi, Tal Morse & Fisayo Ajala
Sign up in comments
Death during conflict: what we can learn from the aftermath of war
Thurs 13th Nov 5pm GMT, hybrid
With Yumna Masarwa, Naomi Pendle, Isaac Hillary & Oliver Walton
As part of special issue ed. by Naomi, Tal Morse & Fisayo Ajala
Sign up in comments
Death during conflict: what can we learn from the aftermath of death in war
You are warmly invite to this panel discussion with Yumna Masarwa, Naomi Pendle, Isaac Hillary and Oliver Walton- online and in 3 East 3.5
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November 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Join us this week for our seminar
Death during conflict: what we can learn from the aftermath of war
Thurs 13th Nov 5pm GMT, hybrid
With Yumna Masarwa, Naomi Pendle, Isaac Hillary & Oliver Walton
As part of special issue ed. by Naomi, Tal Morse & Fisayo Ajala
Sign up in comments
Death during conflict: what we can learn from the aftermath of war
Thurs 13th Nov 5pm GMT, hybrid
With Yumna Masarwa, Naomi Pendle, Isaac Hillary & Oliver Walton
As part of special issue ed. by Naomi, Tal Morse & Fisayo Ajala
Sign up in comments
⬇️ Our next CDAS seminar ⬇️
Dying in conflict: what can we learn from the aftermath of death in the wars in Gaza, Ukraine and South Sudan
With Yumna Masarwa, Ph.D and Safa Suliman
13th November 5pm - 6pm GMT
Hybrid, no charge.
Join us.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/death-duri...
Dying in conflict: what can we learn from the aftermath of death in the wars in Gaza, Ukraine and South Sudan
With Yumna Masarwa, Ph.D and Safa Suliman
13th November 5pm - 6pm GMT
Hybrid, no charge.
Join us.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/death-duri...
Death during conflict: what can we learn from the aftermath of death in war
You are warmly invite to this panel discussion with Yumna Masarwa and Safa Suliman , hosted by Naomi Pendle- online and in 3 East 3.5
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 15, 2025 at 7:43 PM
⬇️ Our next CDAS seminar ⬇️
Dying in conflict: what can we learn from the aftermath of death in the wars in Gaza, Ukraine and South Sudan
With Yumna Masarwa, Ph.D and Safa Suliman
13th November 5pm - 6pm GMT
Hybrid, no charge.
Join us.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/death-duri...
Dying in conflict: what can we learn from the aftermath of death in the wars in Gaza, Ukraine and South Sudan
With Yumna Masarwa, Ph.D and Safa Suliman
13th November 5pm - 6pm GMT
Hybrid, no charge.
Join us.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/death-duri...
Our October 2025 newsletter is OUT NOW, feat. news and upcoming events including two of our own:
13th November: death during conflict
2nd December: Decolonising grief
Both online, both free!
Pls share with your networks
www.bath.ac.uk/publications...
13th November: death during conflict
2nd December: Decolonising grief
Both online, both free!
Pls share with your networks
www.bath.ac.uk/publications...
www.bath.ac.uk
October 14, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Our October 2025 newsletter is OUT NOW, feat. news and upcoming events including two of our own:
13th November: death during conflict
2nd December: Decolonising grief
Both online, both free!
Pls share with your networks
www.bath.ac.uk/publications...
13th November: death during conflict
2nd December: Decolonising grief
Both online, both free!
Pls share with your networks
www.bath.ac.uk/publications...
For Black History Month we're highlighting research that impacts identity, belonging, and cultural continuity for Black people.
George Gumisiriza’s PhD reviews Africa’s oldest death practice, whilst addressing inequalities in this area of research.
bit.ly/46LRdZO
George Gumisiriza’s PhD reviews Africa’s oldest death practice, whilst addressing inequalities in this area of research.
bit.ly/46LRdZO
October 7, 2025 at 8:06 AM
For Black History Month we're highlighting research that impacts identity, belonging, and cultural continuity for Black people.
George Gumisiriza’s PhD reviews Africa’s oldest death practice, whilst addressing inequalities in this area of research.
bit.ly/46LRdZO
George Gumisiriza’s PhD reviews Africa’s oldest death practice, whilst addressing inequalities in this area of research.
bit.ly/46LRdZO
What. A. Day.
Today was our welcome back to CDAS colleagues, with food, conference planning and lectures. Thank you to all who came, including a great student turn out at the end of the day for Edward Kirton-Darling’s public lecture on investigating the deaths people who are homeless
Today was our welcome back to CDAS colleagues, with food, conference planning and lectures. Thank you to all who came, including a great student turn out at the end of the day for Edward Kirton-Darling’s public lecture on investigating the deaths people who are homeless
October 2, 2025 at 7:49 PM
What. A. Day.
Today was our welcome back to CDAS colleagues, with food, conference planning and lectures. Thank you to all who came, including a great student turn out at the end of the day for Edward Kirton-Darling’s public lecture on investigating the deaths people who are homeless
Today was our welcome back to CDAS colleagues, with food, conference planning and lectures. Thank you to all who came, including a great student turn out at the end of the day for Edward Kirton-Darling’s public lecture on investigating the deaths people who are homeless
Exciting new Post-Doctoral Researcher opportunity at University College Cork on changing attitudes on body disposal in Ireland.
Apply here: bit.ly/3IPsonZ
Apply here: bit.ly/3IPsonZ
September 30, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Exciting new Post-Doctoral Researcher opportunity at University College Cork on changing attitudes on body disposal in Ireland.
Apply here: bit.ly/3IPsonZ
Apply here: bit.ly/3IPsonZ
⭐️ New job alert claxon! ⭐️
Based at the The University of Manchester with CDAS you’ll be working with Profs Kate Reed and Kate Woodthorpe on a three year study on death administration.
Deadline for applications is 09/10/25
Please share with your networks
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Based at the The University of Manchester with CDAS you’ll be working with Profs Kate Reed and Kate Woodthorpe on a three year study on death administration.
Deadline for applications is 09/10/25
Please share with your networks
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Research Associate - Uncovering Hidden Inequality:Oxford Road
We are seeking a dedicated and enthusiastic Research Associate to work on the ESRC-funded project, ‘uncovering hidden inequality: developing new ways of doing death administration’ directed by Professor Kate Reed in the Department of Sociology, University of Manchester.
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk
September 29, 2025 at 1:00 PM
⭐️ New job alert claxon! ⭐️
Based at the The University of Manchester with CDAS you’ll be working with Profs Kate Reed and Kate Woodthorpe on a three year study on death administration.
Deadline for applications is 09/10/25
Please share with your networks
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Based at the The University of Manchester with CDAS you’ll be working with Profs Kate Reed and Kate Woodthorpe on a three year study on death administration.
Deadline for applications is 09/10/25
Please share with your networks
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Still time to submit your abstract!
🚨🚨🚨The CfP for the 2025 BSA #Death, #Dying and #Bereavement symposium is now open! This year's theme is #Care and #Caring, and the University of Nottingham is hosting us. Please submit your abstracts by Tuesday 30th September to [email protected]. We're looking forward to reading them!
September 27, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Still time to submit your abstract!
Reposted by CDAS: Centre for Death and Society
In the 2nd seminar of our series, @mollyconisbee.bsky.social @cendeathsociety.bsky.social gave us a whistle-stop tour of attitudes to grief & loss from pre-Reformation England to the present day.
If you missed it, the recording is now available here: griefcentre.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/events
If you missed it, the recording is now available here: griefcentre.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/events
September 23, 2025 at 12:28 PM
In the 2nd seminar of our series, @mollyconisbee.bsky.social @cendeathsociety.bsky.social gave us a whistle-stop tour of attitudes to grief & loss from pre-Reformation England to the present day.
If you missed it, the recording is now available here: griefcentre.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/events
If you missed it, the recording is now available here: griefcentre.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/events
Reposted by CDAS: Centre for Death and Society
🚨🚨🚨The CfP for the 2025 BSA #Death, #Dying and #Bereavement symposium is now open! This year's theme is #Care and #Caring, and the University of Nottingham is hosting us. Please submit your abstracts by Tuesday 30th September to [email protected]. We're looking forward to reading them!
September 16, 2025 at 2:29 PM
🚨🚨🚨The CfP for the 2025 BSA #Death, #Dying and #Bereavement symposium is now open! This year's theme is #Care and #Caring, and the University of Nottingham is hosting us. Please submit your abstracts by Tuesday 30th September to [email protected]. We're looking forward to reading them!
Too Poor to Die
Free online book seminar with Amy Shea
Still time to sign up, one week to go!
Free online book seminar with Amy Shea
Still time to sign up, one week to go!
Too Poor to Die with Amy Shea
Please join us for a talk with Amy Shea – to mark the launch of her new book Too Poor to Die: The Hidden Realities of Dying in the Margins.
Hosted online by Dr John Troyer on Tuesday 23 September from 7-8pm BST
Tickets below.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/too-poor-t...
Please join us for a talk with Amy Shea – to mark the launch of her new book Too Poor to Die: The Hidden Realities of Dying in the Margins.
Hosted online by Dr John Troyer on Tuesday 23 September from 7-8pm BST
Tickets below.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/too-poor-t...
Too Poor to Die
The hidden realities of dying in the margins
www.eventbrite.co.uk
September 16, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Too Poor to Die
Free online book seminar with Amy Shea
Still time to sign up, one week to go!
Free online book seminar with Amy Shea
Still time to sign up, one week to go!
Reposted by CDAS: Centre for Death and Society
Our next seminar is next Weds! Sign up now to hear @mollyconisbee.bsky.social @cendeathsociety.bsky.social explore how her research into grief through history has influenced her counselling work. We can't wait!
www.goodgrieffest.com/events/uob-g...
@leseldawson.bsky.social @lucyselman.bsky.social
www.goodgrieffest.com/events/uob-g...
@leseldawson.bsky.social @lucyselman.bsky.social
September 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Our next seminar is next Weds! Sign up now to hear @mollyconisbee.bsky.social @cendeathsociety.bsky.social explore how her research into grief through history has influenced her counselling work. We can't wait!
www.goodgrieffest.com/events/uob-g...
@leseldawson.bsky.social @lucyselman.bsky.social
www.goodgrieffest.com/events/uob-g...
@leseldawson.bsky.social @lucyselman.bsky.social
Listen to our visiting prof Lucy Easthope on Conversations With… Podcast, on facing adversity
shows.acast.com/609b9e6c972e...
shows.acast.com/609b9e6c972e...
Facing Adversity with Professor Lucy Easthope | Conversations with Annalisa Barbieri
shows.acast.com
September 8, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Listen to our visiting prof Lucy Easthope on Conversations With… Podcast, on facing adversity
shows.acast.com/609b9e6c972e...
shows.acast.com/609b9e6c972e...
Too Poor to Die with Amy Shea
Please join us for a talk with Amy Shea – to mark the launch of her new book Too Poor to Die: The Hidden Realities of Dying in the Margins.
Hosted online by Dr John Troyer on Tuesday 23 September from 7-8pm BST
Tickets below.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/too-poor-t...
Please join us for a talk with Amy Shea – to mark the launch of her new book Too Poor to Die: The Hidden Realities of Dying in the Margins.
Hosted online by Dr John Troyer on Tuesday 23 September from 7-8pm BST
Tickets below.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/too-poor-t...
Too Poor to Die
The hidden realities of dying in the margins
www.eventbrite.co.uk
September 2, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Too Poor to Die with Amy Shea
Please join us for a talk with Amy Shea – to mark the launch of her new book Too Poor to Die: The Hidden Realities of Dying in the Margins.
Hosted online by Dr John Troyer on Tuesday 23 September from 7-8pm BST
Tickets below.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/too-poor-t...
Please join us for a talk with Amy Shea – to mark the launch of her new book Too Poor to Die: The Hidden Realities of Dying in the Margins.
Hosted online by Dr John Troyer on Tuesday 23 September from 7-8pm BST
Tickets below.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/too-poor-t...
Behind the scenes of the @asdsdeath.bsky.social awards ceremony this afternoon at @ddd17-2025.bsky.social
Congratulations to all!
A special well done to CDAS members @drrenskevisser.bsky.social and Bethan Michael-Fox for being nominated for their awesome @deathstudiespod.bsky.social
Congratulations to all!
A special well done to CDAS members @drrenskevisser.bsky.social and Bethan Michael-Fox for being nominated for their awesome @deathstudiespod.bsky.social
August 29, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Behind the scenes of the @asdsdeath.bsky.social awards ceremony this afternoon at @ddd17-2025.bsky.social
Congratulations to all!
A special well done to CDAS members @drrenskevisser.bsky.social and Bethan Michael-Fox for being nominated for their awesome @deathstudiespod.bsky.social
Congratulations to all!
A special well done to CDAS members @drrenskevisser.bsky.social and Bethan Michael-Fox for being nominated for their awesome @deathstudiespod.bsky.social
Lovely to see CDAS PhD students @Rachel Cummings and Polly Maxwell relaxing in between sessions at @ddd17-2025.bsky.social
August 29, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Lovely to see CDAS PhD students @Rachel Cummings and Polly Maxwell relaxing in between sessions at @ddd17-2025.bsky.social
CDAS Visiting Fellows at @ddd17-2025.bsky.social ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Tal Morse, Bethan Michael Fox and Jesse Peterson
Tal Morse, Bethan Michael Fox and Jesse Peterson
August 28, 2025 at 7:49 PM
CDAS Visiting Fellows at @ddd17-2025.bsky.social ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Tal Morse, Bethan Michael Fox and Jesse Peterson
Tal Morse, Bethan Michael Fox and Jesse Peterson
Many members of CDAS at #DDD17 conference in Utrecht on the Politics of Death, come and say hi! @asdsdeath.bsky.social
August 27, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Many members of CDAS at #DDD17 conference in Utrecht on the Politics of Death, come and say hi! @asdsdeath.bsky.social
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of CDAS we are sponsoring lunches for PGRs and ECRs at the @ddd17-2025.bsky.social Conference this week in Utrecht. See you there! @asdsdeath.bsky.social
August 26, 2025 at 5:47 AM
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of CDAS we are sponsoring lunches for PGRs and ECRs at the @ddd17-2025.bsky.social Conference this week in Utrecht. See you there! @asdsdeath.bsky.social
Would you like your ashes to travel the world?
Hear from CDAS’s Kate Woodthorpe on the destination of ashes, on the BBC World Service Pick of the World
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
Hear from CDAS’s Kate Woodthorpe on the destination of ashes, on the BBC World Service Pick of the World
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
BBC World Service - Pick of the World, Ashes in a bottle and a new approach to death
A rebirth in our thinking on bereavement - and an act of neighbourly love
www.bbc.co.uk
August 18, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Would you like your ashes to travel the world?
Hear from CDAS’s Kate Woodthorpe on the destination of ashes, on the BBC World Service Pick of the World
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
Hear from CDAS’s Kate Woodthorpe on the destination of ashes, on the BBC World Service Pick of the World
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...