New year

I’ve returned to Finland already a couple of weeks ago, but I haven’t been able to summarize and reflect about my experiences in London because of the holidays and all. The 3,5 months felt like an eternity for various reasons and I’ve been telling people who ask me “how was it” that “I’ll get back to you in January”.

There are huge changes going on at the moment in my personal life, nothing dramatic or negative, but exhausting and exhilarating at the same time, which is why this (research) blog might be quiet for quite some time. This research fatigue with my thesis is not helping the issue, although I’m not worried. The time for work will come again and I need to let my brains rest.

Happy new year 2012!

NNT and FDSA spring symposium – CfP reminder!

Since I’m part of the organising committee, I’d like to remind anyone interested about the spring symposium of Nordic Network of Thanatology and the Finnish Death Studies Association. Please circulate! Deadline is this Friday!

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Call for papers – 2nd Nordic Symposium of Death and Dying

We wish you all welcome to the 2nd Nordic Symposium of Death and Dying, which will be held in Helsinki, Finland, on April 25th – 27th 2012. The symposium is intended for the members of the Nordic Network of Thanatology and also all the other professionals working in the fields connected to matters of death and dying. The theme of the conference is “Dying, Death and Bereavement – Nordic Perspectives“.

Broad range of interest is typical of thanatology/death studies and cross-disciplinary approaches are especially welcome. In the conference we will be able to make comparisons between the Nordic countries; if some research project is already making them that would be particularly interesting. People’s own agency in matters of death, dying and bereavement is also of special interest, as well as papers on death and emotions and death in various institutions.

Please feel free to circulate this CFP. Abstracts (no more than 250 words) should be sent to Ilona Kemppainen (ilona.kemppainen (at)helsinki.fi) by December 16th 2011! Also enquiries regarding the conference may be sent to this address.

We will mail all the participants about travel, accommodation, programme, conference venue etc. shortly.

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