Dr. Elreacy Dock
elreacydock.bsky.social
Dr. Elreacy Dock
@elreacydock.bsky.social
Doctor of Behavioral Health, Department Chair and Professor of Thanatology at Capstone University, Certified Grief Educator, and VP of the National Home Funeral Alliance. www.elreacydock.com
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✨ RIDDLE TIME ✨
What do you get when you mix the Death Studies Podcast 🎙️ with DDD17 🪦💬?

👉 A brand-new episode featuring some amazing people during the Death, Dying & Disposal Conference 2025!

🎧 Listen now:
thedeathstudiespodcast.com/ddd17-the-2025-death-dying-and-disposal-conference
DDD17: The 2025 Death, Dying and Disposal Conference - The Death Studies Podcast
What’s the episode about? In this episode, get an overview of the 2025 Death, Dying and Disposal Conference held in Utrecht in the Netherlands What was the conference about? Below is some information ...
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November 7, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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The Association for the Study of Death and Society @asdsdeath.bsky.social usefully record their online talk series, so my talk on:
'Death situated in life: Personhood, pregnancy loss, and the politics of death'
is available here:
deathandsociety.org/online-event...
Online Events Recordings – The Association for the Study of Death and Society
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September 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Join us on September 30th at 8 pm ET for our upcoming webinar with Amy Bridger from Farmstead Scattering Garden! We’ll discuss cultural and historical approaches, practical considerations for helping families choose the right setting, and much more: secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/...
September 19, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Share your skills and experience with someone beginning their career in #deathstudies.

We are still looking for mentors for the ASDS Early Career Mentoring scheme. Find out more and apply by 22 September. deathandsociety.org/mentoring/ @ddd17-2025.bsky.social
September 11, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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We hope you are able to join us for two new (free!) online events this autumn. The first is next Wednesday 17 September with Rolando Nooks from Compassionate Reprieve.

Find out more and register here. deathandsociety.org/online-event...

#deathstudies #criminialjustice #deathtech #grief
September 11, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Do join us for a discussion about death hosted by Bethan Michael-Fox and me
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/meet-up-gr...
Meet Up Group for Death and Culture Researchers
A group for anyone engaged in researching death and culture, hosted by the Death and Culture Network (DaCNet) at the University of York
www.eventbrite.co.uk
August 28, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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Day 3 at DDD17!
Another day, another wonderful panel on 'Education and support in learning to cope with death.'

Among other fascinating presentations, Galina Arbeli and Anne Cohen Kirah present the results from their 'Designing for end of life' classes.
August 29, 2025 at 11:11 AM
@drrenskevisser.bsky.social Loved your presentation about children in death studies!! ❤️
August 27, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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Each year, more than 720,000 people die worldwide by suicide.

By leveraging interpretable machine learning, artificial intelligence can analyze patient data and help clinicians create targeted interventions for those at high risk of suicide.
AI to Predict Suicide: The Case for Interpretable Machine Learning | Think Global Health
This AI approach can analyze patient data to identify risks and more efficiently target interventions
www.thinkglobalhealth.org
August 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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The Algorithm + Miscarriage Project is already gathering invaluable accounts of women's on/offline remembrance after miscarriage. For information on who can take part and what to do if you'd like to share your story - see below.

#miscarriage #pregnancyloss #algorithms #socialmedia #onlinesafety
August 5, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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Small Matters doctoral researcher Inka Laisi wrote some reflections on this year’s @cendeathsociety.bsky.social conference on Death and Transitions ⬇️

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CDAS Conference 2025: Death and transitions
By Inka Laisi, doctoral researcher Small Matters, University of Oulu In this blog I reflect on my attendance at the CDAS (Centre for Death and Society) conference, located at the University of Bath…
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June 27, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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You're all invited to the next in our series of free online #deathstudies events on Weds 16 July. Hear from Maria Papalampropoulou on the invisibility of perinatal bereavement.

Book here. deathandsociety.org/etn/the-invi...
July 10, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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📩 ASDS members and friends... check your inboxes today for the new Deadlines newsletter, packed with useful info, resources and opportunities!

You can sign up and view previous issues here and let us know what you'd like to see in future newsletters. deathandsociety.org/newsletter/
Deadlines Newsletter – The Association for the Study of Death and Society
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July 11, 2025 at 6:17 AM
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There's a mid-year sale for Routledge books at the moment - you can save 20% on Critical Approaches to Death, Dying and Bereavement. tinyurl.com/3p52z6a8
Critical Approaches to Death, Dying and Bereavement
This book is the first of its kind to examine key topics in death, dying, and bereavement through a critical lens, highlighting how the understanding and experience of death can vary considerably, bas...
www.routledge.com
July 7, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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Missed our conference opening plenary with @ericaborgstrom.bsky.social and @johnmacartney.bsky.social?

You can now watch it here ⬇️

www.bath.ac.uk/campaigns/mo...
Mobilising social science and humanities expertise in palliative and end of life care research
CDAS conference 2025 'Death and Transitions'
www.bath.ac.uk
July 8, 2025 at 6:17 AM
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My wonderful colleagues in the @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social Law school invited me to talk about grave goods (and grave...bads?) for their Death and Law Podcast. You can catch me here! open.spotify.com/episode/4OPy...
Grave Goods
Death and Law · Episode
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July 8, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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After enthusiastic feedback on the pilot, the
@asdsdeath.bsky.social PGR/ECR 2025-26 mentoring scheme is open for applications - closing 8/9/2025!

Further information is available at deathandsociety.org/mentoring/ - or feel free to get in touch by email.
June 25, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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Professor Kate Woodthorpe, Director of @cendeathsociety.bsky.social calls for the #AssistedDying Bill debate to fully confront the realities of underfunded adult social care and the complexities of end-of-life prognoses, which she says are currently being overlooked.
#Research #SocialCare
June 23, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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New paper out - Home death as a conditional ideal: ethnographic insights from an English hospital. Written with Jennifer Rogerson, published in Mortality. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Home death as a conditional ideal: ethnographic insights from an English hospital
Advance care planning is a process that involves ascertaining and documenting a patient’s preference for future care, especially in the context of end-of-life care. Based on an ethnographic study o...
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June 23, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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The next @asdsdeath.bsky.social postdoc sesh is on Wednesday 25th June at 8am BST. We'd love to have you!

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June 16, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Calling #deathstudies PGRs & Postdocs! Catch up with fellow researchers in a friendly online discussion & support group.
👉 Postdoc group, Wed 25 June, 9:00 BST
👉 PGR group, Thurs 26 June, 18:00 BST
Book here. deathandsociety.org/eventsandgro...
Events & Groups – The Association for the Study of Death and Society
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June 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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📣 Check out our monthly online #deathstudies events from this month until the autumn. All free. All welcome. All available to book right here. deathandsociety.org/online-event...
June 14, 2025 at 2:38 PM