Events

Event calendar

In this section we present selected events from the interdisciplinary field of anthropology and medicine.

We appreciate any references to relevant events. Please send an e-mail to events@agem.de

Aug 27 – Aug 30, 2025

DDD17 Conference: The Politics of Death

Con­fer­ence

Con­fer­ence at Utrecht Uni­ver­si­ty, the Netherlands

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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Oct 15, 2025

Cripping Reproductive Justice: Rethinking Reproductive Futures

Con­fer­ence

A sym­po­sium in Barcelona, Spain

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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Past events

2025

May 06 , 2025

Nick Long: The hypnotist’s dilemma: mystical recuperation, counterproductive care, and the anxieties of symbolic healing

Presentation

Hybrid Medical Anthropology seminar

Link to this event

Apr 26 - Apr 27, 2025

Salze und Anorganika

Conference

Pharmaziehistorische Biennale der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geschichte der Pharmazie

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Apr 22 , 2025

Mona Sawy: Coptic Medicine and its Remedies. Exploring an Ancient Pharmacopoea

Presentation

Lecture at the Centre for the Study of Medicine and the Body in the Renaissance (CSMBR) Pisa, Italy

Link to this event

Apr 14 , 2025

CfP: The Doctor. Contemporary perspectives

Panel

Call for Papers for a panel at AAA

Link to this event

Mar 27 - Mar 29, 2025

10th International Workshop on Historical Epistemology: Intersections of Psychological Research and Psychotherapeutic Practices

Workshop

Workshop at the Universität zu Lübeck, Germany

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