Sonja Leferink:
Thanks for the note. Your research sounds quite interesting, and I can
sympathize with your problem regarding finances. Travel is so
expensive, especially when one is crossing oceans, etc. The conference
itself funds a few students, but it doesn't provide much money (only a
maximum of about $300 Canadian). Information about the travel grants is
at: http://alcor.concordia.ca/~csaa1/travelGrants2003.html
I don't know about other grants for students from outside Canada.
Let me know if you think you'd be able to attend, and sorry that I
couldn't be of any more help.
Ivan
Ivan Emke
Associate Professor
Social/Cultural Studies
Sir Wilfred Grenfell College
Memorial University of Newfoundland
Corner Brook, NL
A2H 6P9 Canada
709-637-6200, ext. 6322
Fax: 709-639-8125
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From: Leferink, Sonja [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 4:04 AM
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Subject: Re: Canadian conference session
Greetings from Utrecht, the Netherlands,
Dear Ivan,
I would like it very much to present an paper about my subject 'Poor
people
can't die. Funerary culture and marginalisation in Argentina', but the
big
problem is funding. Since my university is cutting down costs and my PhD
contract has ended, I wonder if there are any travel grants available I
could apply for?
Thank you very much and success!
Sonja Leferink
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> Van: Emke, Ivan [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Verzonden: maandag 2 december 2002 16:50
> Aan: [log in to unmask]
> Onderwerp: Canadian conference session
>
> Greetings from the New World:
>
> In June of 2003, as a part of the Canadian Sociology and Anthropology
> Association's annual conference, I am organizing a session on the
Social
> and Cultural Aspects of Death and Dying. The conference will be held
in
> Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. More information about the conference
is
> available at:
<http://alcor.concordia.ca/~csaa1/callforPapers2003.html>
>
> A description of the session on death and dying is as follows:
>
> Social and Cultural Aspects of Death and Dying
>
> It has been stated that death is admirably democratic: there is only
one
> per person, but every person is sure to get one. Beyond this
assurance,
> it goes without saying that the crossing over from life to death is a
> centrally important moment in our own lives. Furthermore, how we
> anticipate, acknowledge, cope with and remember the deaths of those
around
> us is of great social and cultural significance. This session will
focus
> on how human societies deal with the social ruptures which are caused
by
> death. The papers can cover a wide range of research areas, including
the
> representations of death in our culture, rituals of remembrance,
issues
> related to hospice care, trends in funeral and memorial practices,
> historical or cross-cultural studies of death and dying, the analysis
of
> professional groups who work with the dying or the dead, as well as
other
> cognate topics.
>
> If anyone on the list is interested in proposing a paper, please
contact
> me at the address below. Feel free to disseminate this message as
widely
> as you wish.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Ivan Emke
> Associate Professor
> Social/Cultural Studies
> Sir Wilfred Grenfell College
> Memorial University of Newfoundland
> Corner Brook, NL
> A2H 6P9 Canada
>
> 709-637-6200, ext. 6322
> Fax: 709-639-8125
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