Renske Visser
@drrenskevisser.bsky.social
Medical Anthropologist & Death Scholar @Oulu uni. Co-host @deathstudiespod (thedeathstudiespodcast.com)
Blogger @deadgoodreading (deadgoodreading.com).
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Blogger @deadgoodreading (deadgoodreading.com).
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Renske Visser
@drrenskevisser.bsky.social
· Dec 19
Hello! I'm new to these blue skies. I'm a Death Scholar and recently started a postdoc at Oulu University researching children's beliefs about death. I co-host @deathstudiespod.bsky.social and blog @deadgoodreading.bsky.social
So if you like tweets about death, dying and the dead, give me a follow!
So if you like tweets about death, dying and the dead, give me a follow!
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This week Slovenia rejected an Assisted Dying bill making our latest episode even more timely as we speak to Dr Jessica Young about the development of a legal framework around assisted dying in New Zealand
open.spotify.com/episode/3wD4...
open.spotify.com/episode/3wD4...
Dr. Jessica Young on assisted dying, the New Zealand End of Life Choice Bill, culturally responsive research, end of life care and decision making, and sociological approaches
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November 25, 2025 at 6:51 PM
This week Slovenia rejected an Assisted Dying bill making our latest episode even more timely as we speak to Dr Jessica Young about the development of a legal framework around assisted dying in New Zealand
open.spotify.com/episode/3wD4...
open.spotify.com/episode/3wD4...
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New blog! I devoured Story of a Murder by @hallierubenhold.bsky.social
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deadgoodreading.com/story-of-a-m...
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deadgoodreading.com/story-of-a-m...
Story of a Murder
On 1 February 1910 music-hall performer Belle Elmore suddenly vanished from her North London home. In Story of a Murder: the Wives, the Mistress and Doctor Crippen Hallie Rubenhold describes the lif...
deadgoodreading.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:46 AM
New blog! I devoured Story of a Murder by @hallierubenhold.bsky.social
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deadgoodreading.com/story-of-a-m...
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deadgoodreading.com/story-of-a-m...
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Lovely new episode with Dr Jessica Young on assisted dying in New Zealand
thedeathstudiespodcast.com/dr-jessica-y...
thedeathstudiespodcast.com/dr-jessica-y...
Dr. Jessica Young - The Death Studies Podcast
What’s the episode about? In this episode, hear Dr Jessica Young on assisted dying, the New Zealand End of Life Choice Bill, culturally responsive research, end of life care and decision making, and s...
thedeathstudiespodcast.com
November 2, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Lovely new episode with Dr Jessica Young on assisted dying in New Zealand
thedeathstudiespodcast.com/dr-jessica-y...
thedeathstudiespodcast.com/dr-jessica-y...
Lovely new episode with Dr Jessica Young on assisted dying in New Zealand
thedeathstudiespodcast.com/dr-jessica-y...
thedeathstudiespodcast.com/dr-jessica-y...
Dr. Jessica Young - The Death Studies Podcast
What’s the episode about? In this episode, hear Dr Jessica Young on assisted dying, the New Zealand End of Life Choice Bill, culturally responsive research, end of life care and decision making, and s...
thedeathstudiespodcast.com
November 2, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Lovely new episode with Dr Jessica Young on assisted dying in New Zealand
thedeathstudiespodcast.com/dr-jessica-y...
thedeathstudiespodcast.com/dr-jessica-y...
Reposted by Renske Visser
Reposted by Renske Visser
Lovely review of the book @ericaborgstrom.bsky.social and I wrote 💙📚
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Critical approaches to death, dying, and bereavement
Published in Death Studies (Ahead of Print, 2025)
www.tandfonline.com
November 1, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Lovely review of the book @ericaborgstrom.bsky.social and I wrote 💙📚
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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A perfect post-Halloween read 🍄🟫
A is for Arsenic by @chriswoodyard.bsky.social
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deadgoodreading.com/a-is-for-ars...
A is for Arsenic by @chriswoodyard.bsky.social
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deadgoodreading.com/a-is-for-ars...
A is for Arsenic
Chris Woodyard very kindly sent a copy of the book A is for Arsenic: an ABC for Victorian Death, a book that is perfect to read during the spooky month, when the boundaries between the dead and the li...
deadgoodreading.com
November 1, 2025 at 9:00 AM
A perfect post-Halloween read 🍄🟫
A is for Arsenic by @chriswoodyard.bsky.social
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deadgoodreading.com/a-is-for-ars...
A is for Arsenic by @chriswoodyard.bsky.social
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deadgoodreading.com/a-is-for-ars...
Very happy to have contributed the chapter “Homing in on societal changes around place of death” in the - 🚨fully open access!🚨- Research Handbook on End of Life Care and Society.
⬇️ My chapter is available here ⬇️
#academsky 📚💙
www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap-o...
⬇️ My chapter is available here ⬇️
#academsky 📚💙
www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap-o...
www.elgaronline.com
October 23, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Very happy to have contributed the chapter “Homing in on societal changes around place of death” in the - 🚨fully open access!🚨- Research Handbook on End of Life Care and Society.
⬇️ My chapter is available here ⬇️
#academsky 📚💙
www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap-o...
⬇️ My chapter is available here ⬇️
#academsky 📚💙
www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap-o...
Looking forward to the Finnish Death Studies Annual Seminar entitled “Thanatocene Now! Death and the Ecological Crisis”
October 23, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Looking forward to the Finnish Death Studies Annual Seminar entitled “Thanatocene Now! Death and the Ecological Crisis”
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The Cow with ear tag #1389 is a thought-provoking read about cows, slaughter, meat and dairy industries, and the myth of the happy cow
💙📚 Full review here:
deadgoodreading.com/the-cow-with...
💙📚 Full review here:
deadgoodreading.com/the-cow-with...
October 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
The Cow with ear tag #1389 is a thought-provoking read about cows, slaughter, meat and dairy industries, and the myth of the happy cow
💙📚 Full review here:
deadgoodreading.com/the-cow-with...
💙📚 Full review here:
deadgoodreading.com/the-cow-with...
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New open access handbook including my chapter “Homing in on societal changes in meanings around place of death”
www.elgaronline.com/edcollbook-o...
www.elgaronline.com/edcollbook-o...
www.elgaronline.com
September 22, 2025 at 12:43 PM
New open access handbook including my chapter “Homing in on societal changes in meanings around place of death”
www.elgaronline.com/edcollbook-o...
www.elgaronline.com/edcollbook-o...
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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
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First panel we're attending @ddd17-2025.bsky.social! Go @drrenskevisser.bsky.social go! #deathstudies
August 27, 2025 at 11:22 AM
First panel we're attending @ddd17-2025.bsky.social! Go @drrenskevisser.bsky.social go! #deathstudies
Had a great time chatting with @kpalex91.bsky.social :)
August 2, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Had a great time chatting with @kpalex91.bsky.social :)
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New episode with Professor Patricia MacCormack on Death Activism, Philosophy, the Anthropocene, Veganism and anti-natalism and more!
open.spotify.com/episode/75VN...
open.spotify.com/episode/75VN...
Professor Patricia MacCormack on philosophy, death activism, veganism, antinatalism, necrosexuality, the Anthropocene, dudebros in academia, and a loving and vitalist relationship to death
The Death Studies Podcast · Episode
open.spotify.com
July 4, 2025 at 5:45 AM
New episode with Professor Patricia MacCormack on Death Activism, Philosophy, the Anthropocene, Veganism and anti-natalism and more!
open.spotify.com/episode/75VN...
open.spotify.com/episode/75VN...
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Assisted Lab is hiring - please share widely!
We are inviting applications for a fully funded PhD position (100%) as part of the ERC/SERI Assisted Lab team at University of St. Gallen, starting September 2025.
More information here 👇
jobs.unisg.ch/offene-stell...
We are inviting applications for a fully funded PhD position (100%) as part of the ERC/SERI Assisted Lab team at University of St. Gallen, starting September 2025.
More information here 👇
jobs.unisg.ch/offene-stell...
HSG: PhD Position in Medical / Legal Humanities / Cultural Studies (m/f/d)
We welcome applicants with a strong academic background in law, legal humanities, socio-legal studies, film studies, media studies, cultural studies, sociology, comparative literature, or a related di...
jobs.unisg.ch
June 24, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Assisted Lab is hiring - please share widely!
We are inviting applications for a fully funded PhD position (100%) as part of the ERC/SERI Assisted Lab team at University of St. Gallen, starting September 2025.
More information here 👇
jobs.unisg.ch/offene-stell...
We are inviting applications for a fully funded PhD position (100%) as part of the ERC/SERI Assisted Lab team at University of St. Gallen, starting September 2025.
More information here 👇
jobs.unisg.ch/offene-stell...
Small Matters doctoral researcher Inka Laisi wrote some reflections on this year’s @cendeathsociety.bsky.social conference on Death and Transitions ⬇️
small-matters.com/cdas-confere...
small-matters.com/cdas-confere...
CDAS Conference 2025: Death and transitions
By Inka Laisi, doctoral researcher Small Matters, University of Oulu In this blog I reflect on my attendance at the CDAS (Centre for Death and Society) conference, located at the University of Bath…
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June 27, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Small Matters doctoral researcher Inka Laisi wrote some reflections on this year’s @cendeathsociety.bsky.social conference on Death and Transitions ⬇️
small-matters.com/cdas-confere...
small-matters.com/cdas-confere...
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Thank you @drrenskevisser.bsky.social for this important work. Not only as a poet but but as a living being, this impacts me and I am always glad to find new people to leanr from.
Presented my work about the Small Matters project and children and death Yesterday at the #CDAS20 conference- so today, day 2, I can just sit back and relax listening to other speakers ☺️
@cendeathsociety.bsky.social
small-matters.com
@cendeathsociety.bsky.social
small-matters.com
An Educational Community Project about Multispecies Death and Dying
small-matters.com
June 13, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Thank you @drrenskevisser.bsky.social for this important work. Not only as a poet but but as a living being, this impacts me and I am always glad to find new people to leanr from.