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The Death Studies Podcast
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Podcast providing a platform for the diversity of voices in, around and contributing to the academic field of Death Studies. Hosted by Dr Bethan Michael-Fox & Dr Renske Visser

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Wonderful podcast series, full of fascinating talks from interesting people about many different aspects of death. If you haven't tried it before, now is a very good time to do so.
October 4, 2026 at 4:08 PM
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Listen to @deathstudiespod.bsky.social to hear discussions on #love, #romance, #death, culture, prison writing, creative writing, obituaries, epitaphs and more, which emerged out of event on Love and Loss at Arnos Vale Historic Garden Cemetery, Bristol.
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August 31, 2026 at 9:52 AM
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August 18, 2026 at 3:14 PM
New episode with @jtwelsch.bsky.social where we discuss his latest book The Poetry of Suicide: Lessons in grief from the lives and deaths of poets @manchesterup.bsky.social and much more!
August 16, 2026 at 12:24 PM
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Love and Loss: A Day At #ArnosVale Historic Garden Cemetery, Bristol discussing #love, #romance, #death, culture, prison writing, creative writing, obituaries, epitaphs and more.
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August 11, 2026 at 9:55 AM
This August @jtwelsch.bsky.social discusses poetry and suicide, autoethnography, memoir, suicidology, creative writing, language and the messiness of life.

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J.T. Welsch What’s the episode about? In this episode, hear J.T. Welsch on poetry and...
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August 5, 2026 at 4:39 PM
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The @deathstudiespod.bsky.social is such a brilliant space for death-related scholarship, and it was lovely talking to them recently about The Poetry of Suicide. I promise it’s a cheerier listen than you’d guess! ❤️
August 4, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Fresh month, fresh episode!

Listen to @jtwelsch.bsky.social discuss his book The poetry of suicide: Lessons in grief from the lives and deaths of poets, and more!

@manchesterup.bsky.social 💙📚

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J.T. Welsch on poetry and suicide, poets’ lives, autoethnography, memoir, suicidology, creative writing, language and the messiness of life
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August 1, 2026 at 1:25 PM
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Always a valuable listen
Listen to our episode ft. @mollyconisbee.bsky.social - we discuss her book No Ordinary Deaths published by @profilebooks.bsky.social and much more!

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July 27, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Listen to our episode ft. @mollyconisbee.bsky.social - we discuss her book No Ordinary Deaths published by @profilebooks.bsky.social and much more!

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Link to episode in the comments!
July 27, 2026 at 6:34 PM
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For those working or researching #Death #Dying #Bereavement this years @irishhospice.bsky.social celebrating 40 years of hospice care in #Ireland has a super line up of keynote speakers. @deathstudiespod.bsky.social Dr Beth Michael-Fox and myself will be there too! #IHFForum2026 #IHF2026 #Speirgorm
Join IHF's End-of-Life Forum 2026 on Sept 24 at Croke Park, Dublin.

Theme: "Every Death Matters"

Register now!

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#IHFForum2026 #IrishHospiceFoundation #PalliativeCare #Healthcare #SocialCare #DyingDeathBereavement
July 17, 2026 at 1:36 PM
⭐️Bonus Episode ⭐️

This episode accompanies a special issue “Dead Women and Gendered Death in Visual Culture” published in @maifeminism.bsky.social

Co-edited by Devaleena Kundu, Bethan-Michael-Fox, and Khyati Tripathi.

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July 15, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Listen to @cendeathsociety.bsky.social visiting fellow Molly Conisbee in our latest episode!

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July 6, 2026 at 8:53 AM
Social historian Molly Conisbee, auhtor of No Ordinary Deaths features on the podcast this month!

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Dr Molly Conisbee on social histories of death and mourning, liberation thanatology, lessons from the history of death, walking tours and being a bereavement councillor
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July 2, 2026 at 4:36 AM
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Join our DACNET hosts @deathstudiespod.bsky.social and @chendirl.bsky.social 7 July 2026 at 2pm BST (UK) for another engaging chat about death related research. Open to all, international attendees welcome! ONLINE event - REGISTER 👉 lnkd.in/dEMGTzEM #DeathStudies #DeathResearch #Interdisciplinary
June 26, 2026 at 2:43 PM
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Call for Papers! Death and grief in Nordic childhoods

#booksky #academsky

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Call for papers: Death and grief in Nordic childhoods | Barn – forskning om barn og barndom i Norden
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June 17, 2026 at 6:33 PM
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ooh live podcast recording...including Beth from @deathstudiespod.bsky.social as part of the @openthanatology.bsky.social confernce in June. Tickets on sale now for in-person and online attendance.
May 19, 2026 at 2:34 PM
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“Life, however, does not follow a novelist’s discipline. Fiction, one suspects, is tamer than life” writes pulitzer prize winner @appletwigli.bsky.social in her beautiful and emotive memoir on the deaths of her two sons.

📚💙 Read my blog here:

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Things in nature merely grow
Thing in nature merely grow is the 2026 winner of the Pulitzer Price for memoir or autobiography. In the memoir Yiyun Li writes about the suicides of both her sons which occurred six years apart. Li's...
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May 15, 2026 at 10:03 AM
Want to experience a live podcast recording? Join the @openthanatology.bsky.social Launch and watch host Dr Bethan Michael-Fox in conversation with Dr Korina Giaxoglou

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Launch of the Centre for Open Thanatology
Join us for the 'Launch of the Centre for Open Thanatology: Dialogue and Engagement with Death and Loss'
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May 12, 2026 at 2:05 PM
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Want a low cost solution to build up your folklore library?

Looking for a rare title?

We have opened a 2nd hand folklore web bookshop, raising money for charity @folklorelibrary.bsky.social

We have 100s of books to add, and the first 20 or so are up

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May 8, 2026 at 2:15 PM
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CFP: The Everyday Heritage and Afterlives of Asylum Burial Grounds in Britain and Ireland, 27 October (online ZOOM, Chairs: Alana Harris and Julie Rugg)

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May 2, 2026 at 4:18 PM