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Another FYI APOLOGIES FOR ANY CROSS-MAILING ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------- The Social Context of Death, Dying and Disposal 8th International Conference Wednesday 12 - Saturday 15 September 2007 Hilton City Hotel, Bath CALL FOR PAPERS The Social Context of Death, Dying and Disposal conference covers all aspects of death, dying and bereavement, including a rich range of arts-related contributions. It is a multi-disciplinary residential conference for anthropologists, archaeologists, art and architectural historians, artists, bereavement counsellors, cultural geographers, deathwork practitioners, historians, literary theorists, medical and health practitioners, palliative care workers, philosophers, psychologists, students of religion, social policy analysts, sociologists and those in the legal professions. The conference has been held every two years since 1993, with the most recent at the University of Bath in 2005, attracting over 200 delegates from around the world and generating a great deal of media attention. The 2007 conference is being jointly organised by the University of Bath's Centre for Death and Society (CDAS) and the Institute of Contemporary Interdisciplinary Arts (ICIA). Abstracts (max 300 words) for conference papers are invited on any social aspect of death dying and disposal. As this is a multi-disciplinary conference abstracts need to communicate clearly with delegates from a wide range of disciplines. ABSTRACT CLOSING DATE: WEDNESDAY 28 MARCH 2007 Please send all abstracts to Caron Staley at [log in to unmask] or call +44(0)1225 386949 for more information. http://www.bath.ac.uk/cdas/news/conferences