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The Death Studies Podcast

The Death Studies Podcast

The Death Studies Podcast is a platform for the diversity of voices in, around and contributing to the academic field of Death Studies. Find out more at www.thedeathstudiespodcast.com

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01:03:16

Jason Danely on ageing, Japan, loss, ageing...

The Death Studies Podcast ·

2023/01/01

What's the episode about? In this episode, hear Jason Danely discuss ageing, Japan, loss, ageing subjectivities unwitnessed death and anthropology. Who is Jason? Jason Danely is a Reader in Anthropology at Oxford Brookes University, where he is the Chair of the Healthy Ageing and Care Research Innovation and Knowledge Exchange Network. Having studied Comparative Religions and Asian Studies before pursuing his PhD in Anthropology, Jason's research began as an exploration of the ritual lives

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01:09:14

Salena Godden on poetry, her book Mrs Death Misses...

The Death Studies Podcast ·

2022/12/24

What's the episode about? In this episode, hear Salena Godden discuss poetry, her book Mrs Death Misses Death, depicting death as a Black woman, memoir, and talking about death Who is Salena? Salena Godden FRSL is an award-winning author, memoirist, essayist, poet and broadcaster of Jamaican heritage based in London. In 2021 Canongate published her highly acclaimed debut novel Mrs Death Misses Death. It is the winner of The Indie Book Award for fiction and The Peoples Book Prize 2022 and

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01:15:08

Mandy Gosling on psychotherapy, grief experienced by...

The Death Studies Podcast ·

2022/12/01

What's the episode about? In this episode, hear Monday Gosling on psychotherapy, grief experienced by adults and couples who were bereaved as children, her experience of bereavement as a child, the loss of mothers and delayed and prolonged grief. Who is Mandy? Mandy Gosling is a UKCP and BACP accredited psychotherapist, researcher and author, specialising in unresolved grief experienced by adults and couples who were bereaved as children. As a bereaved child herself, Mandy completed a research

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01:27:08

Professor Gayle Letherby on reproductive loss,...

The Death Studies Podcast ·

2022/11/01

What's the episode about? In this episode, hear Professor Gayle Letherby discuss reproductive loss, auto/biographical methodologies, loss and bereavement, childlessness, and academic and creative writing practices approaches. Who is Gayle? Gayle Letherby is a Visiting Professor of Sociology at the University of Plymouth and Visiting Professor at the University of Greenwich. She is a teacher, mentor and a researcher. Alongside substantive interests in reproductive and non/parental identities;

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01:18:20

Dr Jillian A. Tullis on end-of-life care and...

The Death Studies Podcast ·

2022/10/01

What's the episode about? In this episode, hear Dr Jillian A. Tullis discuss end-of-life care and communication, resisting the hospice narrative, autoethnography and its ethical implications, truth in qualitative research, spirituality and cancer care and innovative teaching approaches. Who is Jillian? Dr. Jillian A. Tullis is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of San Diego. Her teaching and research interests focus on health communication,

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01:06:57

Dr Trish Biers and Dr Katie Stringer Clary on...

The Death Studies Podcast ·

2022/09/21

What's the episode about? In this episode, hear Dr Trish Biers and Dr Katie Stringer Clary discuss museums, heritage, and death, the ethics of human display, curation and working in museums and heritage education. Who is Trish? Dr Trish Biers is the Collections Manager at the Level of Curator of the Duckworth laboratory (human and non-human primate remains and an archive) in the Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies in the Department of Archaeology at the University of Cambridge. She teaches in

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01:37:54

Dr John Troyer on technology and the human corpse,...

The Death Studies Podcast ·

2022/09/01

What's the episode about? In this episode, hear Dr John Troyer discuss technology and the human corpse, necrowaste, necrophilia laws, transdisciplinary death studies, grief and his sister and mother’s deaths. Who is John? Dr John Troyer is the Death Studies Scholar-at-Large and former director of the University of Bath’s Centre for Death and Society in the Department of Social and Policy Sciences at the University of Bath. John received his doctorate from the University of Minnesota in

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01:09:33

Dr Sara Knox on murder, serial killers, pet death,...

The Death Studies Podcast ·

2022/08/01

What's the episode about? In this episode, hear Sara Knox discuss murder, serial killers, pet death, inequality in death and dying, violence and representation and writing novels. Who is Sara? Dr Sara Knox is Associate Professor in the Writing and Society Research Group and the School of Humanities and Languages at the University of Western Sydney. She is the author of Murder: a Tale of Modern American Life (Duke University Press, 1998) and other notable works on violence and representation

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00:54:41

Dr Helen Frisby on Victorian funeral customs,...

The Death Studies Podcast ·

2022/07/01

What's the episode about? In this episode, hear Dr Helen Frisby discuss Victorian funeral customs, traditions of death and burial, sineaters and being an independent researcher whilst working in professional services in a university. Who is Helen? Dr Helen Frisby obtained her PhD on Victorian funeral customs from the University of Leeds in 2009. Helen is a Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Death & Society, University of Bath, Secretary of the Association for the Study of Death

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01:14:29

Dr Ruth Penfold-Mounce on crime, deviance, death and...

The Death Studies Podcast ·

2022/06/01

What's the episode about? In this episode, hear Dr Ruth Penfold-Mounce discuss crime, deviance, death and popular culture, celebrity death, pedagogy and public engagement with death, death walks and gender inequality after death. Who is Ruth? Dr Ruth Penfold-Mounce is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology in the Sociology Department at the University of York. Her background in Sociology is united with an interest in crime and deviance, death studies and popular culture and celebrity. Ruth formerly

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00:57:23

Professor Frank Eyetsemitan on the psychology of...

The Death Studies Podcast ·

2022/05/06

What's the episode about? In this episode, hear Professor Frank Eyetsemitan discuss the psychology of death, ageing, intergenerational relationships, cross-cultural gerontology, and grief. Who is Frank? Professor Frank Eyetsemitan is Professor of Psychology at Roger Williams University in Bristol Rhode Island, where he previously held the position of Associate Dean for Social Sciences Division of the College of Arts and Sciences. Professor Eyetsemitan’s work in the field of aging spans almost

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01:02:35

Lucy Willow on death and fine art, performance art...

The Death Studies Podcast ·

2022/04/01

What's the episode about? In this episode, hear Lucy Willow discuss death and fine art, performance art and visual culture, photographing the dead, mourning, loss, grief and artistic practice, as well as research and being a celebrant. Who is Lucy? Born in Whitstable, Kent Lucy Willow graduated with first class BA in Fine Art from Falmouth College of Art in 2003. Willow lives and works in Cornwall and has exhibited widely both nationally and internationally. Her work first received acclaim with

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01:07:46

Dr Panagiotis Pentaris on thanatology, hospice social...

The Death Studies Podcast ·

2022/03/01

What's the episode about? In this episode, hear Dr Panagiotis Pentaris discuss thanatology, hospice social work, bereavement therapy, end-of-life strategy, religious literacy in hospice care and death in a transhumanist and posthumanist society. Who is Panagiotis? Panagiotis Pentaris is Director of Research and Research Studies Senior Lecturer of Social Work & Thanatology at Goldsmiths, London. He was formerly an Associate Professor of Social Work and Thanatology in the School of Human

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00:51:18

Dr Kate Woodthorpe on funeral practice and policy,...

The Death Studies Podcast ·

2022/02/01

What's the episode about? In this episode, hear Dr Kate Woodthorpe discuss funeral practice and policy, state funeral support, death and loss as relational, public dying and working in academia. Who is Kate? Kate Woodthorpe became CDAS (the Centre for Death and Society at the University of Bath, UK) Co-Director in 2021, having joined CDAS in January 2010, and acting as Programme Leader for the Foundation Degree in Funeral Services until 2012. Kate has had articles and book chapters published on

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01:11:49

Dr Kami Fletcher on death and American and African...

The Death Studies Podcast ·

2022/01/12

What's the episode about? In this episode, hear Dr Kami Fletcher on death and American and African American history, African American burial grounds, late 19th and early 20th century Black undertaker and contemporary Black grief and mourning. Who is Kami? Dr. Kami Fletcher is an Associate Professor of American & African American History and Co-Coordinator of Women’s and Gender Studies at Albright College. She teaches courses that explore the African experience in America and unpacks

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01:04:38

Gina Bond on being an anatomy technician, body...

The Death Studies Podcast ·

2021/12/17

In this episode, hear Gina Bond discuss a career as an anatomy technician, body donation, dissection, anatomy, death education, digitalising donor registers, annual memorials for donors and the support available in this field of work. Who is Gina? Georgina Bond is an anatomy technician in the Medical Teaching Unit at the University of Sheffield. She deals with people who chose to donate their body upon their death, including their embalming, their dissection and their eventual funeral. She has a

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01:12:43

Deb Rawlings and Emma Clare on Death Doulas, death...

The Death Studies Podcast ·

2021/11/15

In this episode, hear Deb Rawlings and Emma Clare on Death Doulas, death education, the language we use around death and dying, and doing death differently! Who is Deb? Deb Rawlings is a Senior Lecturer in postgraduate palliative care at Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia. With a background in palliative care nursing, Deb is an academic/researcher with an interest in the Death Doula role. She was an author and moderator on the successful Dying2Learn MOOC. Deb is Co-Lead Investigator on

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00:54:13

Dr Khyati Tripathi on death anxiety, Covid-19 in...

The Death Studies Podcast ·

2021/10/21

In this episode, hear Dr. Khyati Tripathi on the psychology of death, death anxiety research, Covid-19 in India, qualitative and autoethnographic work, Psychosocial Studies and her own experiences of studying for a PhD whilst living with Rheumatoid Arthritis. Who is Khyati? Khyati Tripathi is a Visiting Research Fellow at Harvard University. was formerly an Assistant Professor at UPES, the University of Petroleum and Energy Studies in Dehradun, India. She is a death researcher with a focus in

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01:00:00

Dr Erica Borgstrom on End-of-Life Care, advance care...

The Death Studies Podcast ·

2021/09/17

In this episode, hear Dr. Erica Borgstrom discuss End-of-Life Care, anthropology, palliative care, ethnography, thanatology and death studies, as well as ‘imposter syndrome’ in academia. Who is Erica? Erica is a medical anthropologist and lecturer at the Open University, where she is the Qualifications Lead for Health and Social Care and the lead for Open Thanatology. She is a Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute and Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Erica is one of the two

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