About the Colloquium
On Friday, 21 November 2025, a virtual colloquium organized by the Cemetery Research Group will take place via Zoom.
The event will focus on places and practices relating to the disposal of the dead, including burial, cremation, and other methods. This year’s keynote speaker is Ruth E. Toulson (Maryland Institute College of Art), who will deliver a presentation titled “The Last Cemetery: Shifting Deathscapes in Contemporary Singapore”.
Tickets for the colloquium will be available on the CRG website starting 11 October 2025.
Call for Papers
The colloquium invites researchers from the social sciences and humanities, as well as postgraduate students and postdoctoral researchers, to submit papers that combine theoretical insight with empirical research on the proposed theme.
Each presentation will have a thirty-minute slot, allowing roughly twenty minutes for the talk and time for questions. The event is open to contributors from around the world, with panels arranged to accommodate different time zones. All presentations must be in English.
Abstracts can be submitted via this Google Form by 1 October 2025.
For any questions please contact Dr Julie Rugg at julie.rugg@york.ac.uk.
New book series
In related publishing news, Routledge has launched a new book series titled “Accommodating the Dead: Materialities, Rituals and Technologies”. The series explores the evolving and multi-faceted study of the dead body and the diverse ways humans engage with it, with an international and interdisciplinary scope.
