Reg­is­tra­tion is now open for the upcom­ing DDD17 Con­fer­ence: The Pol­i­tics of Death, tak­ing place 27–30 August 2025 at Utrecht Uni­ver­si­ty, the Netherlands! 🖤

🔗 Click here to reg­is­ter — but don’t wait too long: reg­is­tra­tion clos­es Fri­day, 16 May 2025.

Here’s a glimpse of what’s in store:

🧠 Inspir­ing sessions

A wide range of pan­el ses­sions, includ­ing paper pre­sen­ta­tions, round­ta­bles, and workshops.
👉 Get a sneak peek at the cur­rent programme

🎤 Thought-pro­vok­ing plenaries

Keynote by Dr. Kami Fletcher
Expe­ri­en­tial keynote by Prof. Enny Das
A ple­nary round­table on euthana­sia in the Dutch context
👉 Read more about the ple­nar­ies here

🎉 Excit­ing extras!

A Death Book Club 📚
Guid­ed Dark Tourism tours in beau­ti­ful Utrecht 🏛️
A unique Death Muse­um excur­sion to Amsterdam 🚋
A three-course veg­e­tar­i­an Con­fer­ence dinner

👉 Read more about the addi­tion­al events here

We warm­ly invite you to join us in Utrecht this sum­mer to explore, reflect on, and dis­cuss all things death. Look­ing for­ward to see­ing you there!

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Call for Papers for „Crip­ping Repro­duc­tive Jus­tice: Rethink­ing Repro­duc­tive Futures”
Sym­po­sium tak­ing place on Octo­ber 15, 2025, in Barcelona, Spain

This event will bring togeth­er schol­ars and activists to explore the inter­sec­tions of dis­abil­i­ty and repro­duc­tive jus­tice, fos­ter­ing inter­dis­ci­pli­nary dia­logue and chal­leng­ing ableist assump­tions in repro­duc­tive and sex­u­al health poli­cies, prac­tices, and movements.

Keynote Speak­er: Dr. Ali­son Kafer

Dr. Ali­son Kafer is Direc­tor of LGBTQ Stud­ies and Embrey Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor of Wom­en’s, Gen­der, and Sex­u­al­i­ty Stud­ies at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Texas at Austin. She is the author of Fem­i­nist, Queer, Crip and co-edi­tor of Crip Genealo­gies. Her work, includ­ing con­tri­bu­tions to Crip Author­ship and Fight­ing Mad: Resist­ing the End of Roe v. Wade, explores dis­abil­i­ty and queer crip world-mak­ing, par­tic­u­lar­ly at the inter­sec­tions of repro­duc­tive, envi­ron­men­tal, gen­der, and racial justice.

We invite abstracts (max. 300 words) for 15-minute pre­sen­ta­tions in Eng­lish that cen­tre dis­abled people’s expe­ri­ences and crit­i­cal­ly engage with repro­duc­tive and dis­abil­i­ty jus­tice frame­works. Con­tri­bu­tions from diverse perspectives—including crip the­o­ry, spec­u­la­tive meth­ods, and inter­sec­tion­al jus­tice approaches—are high­ly encouraged.

Key Details:

📅 Sub­mis­sion Dead­line: April 25, 2025
📢 Noti­fi­ca­tion of Accep­tance: May 30, 2025
📍 Event Date & Loca­tion: Octo­ber 15, 2025 | Barcelona, Spain
📩 Sub­mit abstracts & queries to: Dr. Han­nah Gib­son (Hannahgrace.Gibson@uab.cat)
For more details, please find the full Call for Papers attached. We would appre­ci­ate it if you could cir­cu­late this among your net­works and col­leagues who may be interested.
We look for­ward to your con­tri­bu­tions and/or attendance!
Best regards,
Dr. Han­nah Gib­son and Lau­ra San­miquel Molinero.
AFIN Research Group
Uni­ver­si­tat Autóno­ma de Barcelona 

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