Jennie Riley
@jen-studies-death.bsky.social
Interdisciplinary researcher in death, dying, religion & theology. PI 'Baggage for the Beyond.' Leverhulme Research Fellow, Aberdeen Divinity; PhD TRS, Durham. ASDS Postdoc rep. SocRel Events Officer. TEDx speaker.
Back to work today, with a shiny new article (albeit based on my very-old-feeling PhD) waiting in my inbox!
doi.org/10.1177/2050...
If you teach or research on religion and science, religion and medicine, or worldviews, I think it would make a fresh addition to your bibliographies.
doi.org/10.1177/2050...
If you teach or research on religion and science, religion and medicine, or worldviews, I think it would make a fresh addition to your bibliographies.
November 3, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Back to work today, with a shiny new article (albeit based on my very-old-feeling PhD) waiting in my inbox!
doi.org/10.1177/2050...
If you teach or research on religion and science, religion and medicine, or worldviews, I think it would make a fresh addition to your bibliographies.
doi.org/10.1177/2050...
If you teach or research on religion and science, religion and medicine, or worldviews, I think it would make a fresh addition to your bibliographies.
Do you have experience of
✴️ HINDU ✴️ SIKH ✴️ MUSLIM ✴️ AFRO-CARIBBEAN ✴️
Or other UK minority funeral practices?
It’s so important to recruit diverse interview samples for research studies, and at the moment I’m simply not getting that right. I’d love your help to do better.
✴️ HINDU ✴️ SIKH ✴️ MUSLIM ✴️ AFRO-CARIBBEAN ✴️
Or other UK minority funeral practices?
It’s so important to recruit diverse interview samples for research studies, and at the moment I’m simply not getting that right. I’d love your help to do better.
July 23, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Do you have experience of
✴️ HINDU ✴️ SIKH ✴️ MUSLIM ✴️ AFRO-CARIBBEAN ✴️
Or other UK minority funeral practices?
It’s so important to recruit diverse interview samples for research studies, and at the moment I’m simply not getting that right. I’d love your help to do better.
✴️ HINDU ✴️ SIKH ✴️ MUSLIM ✴️ AFRO-CARIBBEAN ✴️
Or other UK minority funeral practices?
It’s so important to recruit diverse interview samples for research studies, and at the moment I’m simply not getting that right. I’d love your help to do better.
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Thrilled to have been on this Early Career's Researcher workshop at @BSASocrel #socrel25 with Dr Jennie Riley @jen-studies-death.bsky.social and Dr Rob Barward-Symmons @robb-s.bsky.social on public speaking, comms and accessibility!Such brilliant advice on how to get our research out into the world!
July 15, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Thrilled to have been on this Early Career's Researcher workshop at @BSASocrel #socrel25 with Dr Jennie Riley @jen-studies-death.bsky.social and Dr Rob Barward-Symmons @robb-s.bsky.social on public speaking, comms and accessibility!Such brilliant advice on how to get our research out into the world!
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Fantastic PGR/ECR workshop this morning exploring public engagement, framing research and accessibility, and engaging with media by the excellent @jen-studies-death.bsky.social @renasha.bsky.social @robb-s.bsky.social
Lots of fantastic tips and insight which I look forward to putting into practice.
Lots of fantastic tips and insight which I look forward to putting into practice.
July 15, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Fantastic PGR/ECR workshop this morning exploring public engagement, framing research and accessibility, and engaging with media by the excellent @jen-studies-death.bsky.social @renasha.bsky.social @robb-s.bsky.social
Lots of fantastic tips and insight which I look forward to putting into practice.
Lots of fantastic tips and insight which I look forward to putting into practice.
The next @asdsdeath.bsky.social postdoc meeting is on Wednesday 23rd July at 8am BST (A slight change of date, I'm afraid, as I'll be running a conference!) Book via tinyurl.com/3u4jc7vn or sign up for reminder emails at tinyurl.com/2x2nuxae (right hand side!)
ASDS Monthly Postdoctoral Support Group – July 2025 – The Association for the Study of Death and Society
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July 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The next @asdsdeath.bsky.social postdoc meeting is on Wednesday 23rd July at 8am BST (A slight change of date, I'm afraid, as I'll be running a conference!) Book via tinyurl.com/3u4jc7vn or sign up for reminder emails at tinyurl.com/2x2nuxae (right hand side!)
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
open.spotify.com
July 8, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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...
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.
@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
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.
@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.
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
The next @asdsdeath.bsky.social postdoc sesh is on Wednesday 25th June at 8am BST. We'd love to have you!
tinyurl.com/2tx6acc2
tinyurl.com/2tx6acc2
Loved being at last week's @cendeathsociety.bsky.social annual (and anniversary!) conference. A warm deathly community, as always - & probably the only time you'll ever see a formula in my work (leave chemistry to my far cleverer sister). Time to turn these slides and scribbles into a paper!
June 16, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Loved being at last week's @cendeathsociety.bsky.social annual (and anniversary!) conference. A warm deathly community, as always - & probably the only time you'll ever see a formula in my work (leave chemistry to my far cleverer sister). Time to turn these slides and scribbles into a paper!
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What do you want to be buried with?
Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, @jen-studies-death.bsky.social's TEDx talk draws on her research into contemporary grave goods, and why we need and want them. Watch now: media.leverhulme.ac.uk/video/what-d...
Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, @jen-studies-death.bsky.social's TEDx talk draws on her research into contemporary grave goods, and why we need and want them. Watch now: media.leverhulme.ac.uk/video/what-d...
June 6, 2025 at 10:16 AM
What do you want to be buried with?
Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, @jen-studies-death.bsky.social's TEDx talk draws on her research into contemporary grave goods, and why we need and want them. Watch now: media.leverhulme.ac.uk/video/what-d...
Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, @jen-studies-death.bsky.social's TEDx talk draws on her research into contemporary grave goods, and why we need and want them. Watch now: media.leverhulme.ac.uk/video/what-d...
Enjoyed the TEDx talk? Fill your boots with an hour of grave goods* conversation via tinyurl.com/ykrb3syv - it was such a joy to join Jess on her podcast, to talk potatoes, the persistence of ritual, and ancient mesopotamian sex toys
*Content warning for miscarriage
*Content warning for miscarriage
WHY DO WE PUT THINGS IN GRAVES WITH OUR DEAD? DR JENNIFER RILEY
Opening Ceremony Podcast · Episode
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May 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Enjoyed the TEDx talk? Fill your boots with an hour of grave goods* conversation via tinyurl.com/ykrb3syv - it was such a joy to join Jess on her podcast, to talk potatoes, the persistence of ritual, and ancient mesopotamian sex toys
*Content warning for miscarriage
*Content warning for miscarriage
It's TEDx talk time 😍
You've been waiting for it! Now here it is: Dr. @jen-studies-death.bsky.social's TED talk on Death, Ritual, and Grave Goods!
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMlj...
What do you want to be buried with? | Dr. Jennifer Riley | TEDxAberdeen
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
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May 20, 2025 at 10:24 AM
It's TEDx talk time 😍
A Dr Riley double bill at New Insights into Scottish Deathways today. A lovely start to 2025 conferences, and a welcome chance to start drilling into two quite different ways of conceptualizing contemporary Scottish death & dying
April 25, 2025 at 4:23 PM
A Dr Riley double bill at New Insights into Scottish Deathways today. A lovely start to 2025 conferences, and a welcome chance to start drilling into two quite different ways of conceptualizing contemporary Scottish death & dying
It was an excellent night to be an Aberdeen Divine wearing a black jumpsuit 💃🏼💃🏼
April 18, 2025 at 6:47 PM
It was an excellent night to be an Aberdeen Divine wearing a black jumpsuit 💃🏼💃🏼
The next @asdsdeath.bsky.social postdoc session is on 30th April 2025 - & you can sign up at tinyurl.com/env5w2hz . Please note the change in time - this is the time of year when different global summer time shifts go bananas 🍌🤯 - 9am BST, 11am EEST, 8pm NZST!
April 2025 2025 ASDS Post-doctoral Support Group
An informal support group for researchers of ageing, dying and death who have completed their doctoral studies/PhD
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April 4, 2025 at 8:38 AM
The next @asdsdeath.bsky.social postdoc session is on 30th April 2025 - & you can sign up at tinyurl.com/env5w2hz . Please note the change in time - this is the time of year when different global summer time shifts go bananas 🍌🤯 - 9am BST, 11am EEST, 8pm NZST!
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‘Addressing the voices and experiences of disabled and neurodivergent individuals within religious contexts is essential’ – book now for ‘Religion, Disability and Neurodivergence’ a BSA Sociology of Religion study group event, 29 March, King's College London tinyurl.com/5fhstycw
March 14, 2025 at 10:40 AM
‘Addressing the voices and experiences of disabled and neurodivergent individuals within religious contexts is essential’ – book now for ‘Religion, Disability and Neurodivergence’ a BSA Sociology of Religion study group event, 29 March, King's College London tinyurl.com/5fhstycw
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March's @asdsdeath.bsky.social postdoc group is on Wednesday 19th at 8am GMT (pm NZDT, 10am EET, 11am EEST). I'd love to see you there!
March's @asdsdeath.bsky.social postdoc group is on Wednesday 19th at 8am GMT (pm NZDT, 10am EET, 11am EEST). I'd love to see you there!
March 6, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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March's @asdsdeath.bsky.social postdoc group is on Wednesday 19th at 8am GMT (pm NZDT, 10am EET, 11am EEST). I'd love to see you there!
March's @asdsdeath.bsky.social postdoc group is on Wednesday 19th at 8am GMT (pm NZDT, 10am EET, 11am EEST). I'd love to see you there!
Welcome to Grave Goods Wrapped!
Hours of staring at boob doodles & so so worth it - I've had so much fun working on this collab already (and lots more to come - watch this space!)
Hours of staring at boob doodles & so so worth it - I've had so much fun working on this collab already (and lots more to come - watch this space!)
Throughout our #MuseumOfMankind exhibition, we've been asking visitors what they cherish enough to be buried with. Contemporary grave goods researcher
@jen-studies-death.bsky.social has analysed these, and put together this incredible summary - Grave Goods Wrapped drive.google.com/file/d/1Kc_Q...
@jen-studies-death.bsky.social has analysed these, and put together this incredible summary - Grave Goods Wrapped drive.google.com/file/d/1Kc_Q...
Grave goods wrapped.mov
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February 20, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Welcome to Grave Goods Wrapped!
Hours of staring at boob doodles & so so worth it - I've had so much fun working on this collab already (and lots more to come - watch this space!)
Hours of staring at boob doodles & so so worth it - I've had so much fun working on this collab already (and lots more to come - watch this space!)
Have you got grave goods thoughts to share, but not the time for a full interview? You can submit those here tinyurl.com/mwvwjxmk
(And if you are interested in being interviewed? You can find out more here - tinyurl.com/ve4pwp54 )
(any and all sharing very gratefully received!)
(And if you are interested in being interviewed? You can find out more here - tinyurl.com/ve4pwp54 )
(any and all sharing very gratefully received!)
February 20, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Have you got grave goods thoughts to share, but not the time for a full interview? You can submit those here tinyurl.com/mwvwjxmk
(And if you are interested in being interviewed? You can find out more here - tinyurl.com/ve4pwp54 )
(any and all sharing very gratefully received!)
(And if you are interested in being interviewed? You can find out more here - tinyurl.com/ve4pwp54 )
(any and all sharing very gratefully received!)
The February @asdsdeath.bsky.social postdoc session is on Wednesday 19th at 8am GMT (pm NZDT, 10am EET, 11am EEST). Old hats and new faces equally welcome - we'd love to see you there ✨👻 tinyurl.com/2s3njdpc
February 6, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The February @asdsdeath.bsky.social postdoc session is on Wednesday 19th at 8am GMT (pm NZDT, 10am EET, 11am EEST). Old hats and new faces equally welcome - we'd love to see you there ✨👻 tinyurl.com/2s3njdpc
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The deadline to submit abstracts for this year’s SocRel conference has been extended until 14.02.2025, 12noon (GMT). For more info on the call for papers, abstracts & submission: www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...
Many thanks to those who have already submitted abstracts for consideration.
Many thanks to those who have already submitted abstracts for consideration.
February 5, 2025 at 11:32 AM
The deadline to submit abstracts for this year’s SocRel conference has been extended until 14.02.2025, 12noon (GMT). For more info on the call for papers, abstracts & submission: www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...
Many thanks to those who have already submitted abstracts for consideration.
Many thanks to those who have already submitted abstracts for consideration.
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✨ 2025 Postdoc Support Group Dates ✨ January's meeting sign-up is tinyurl.com/y2pfxa57 - 8am BST (9pm NZDT, 10am EET, 11am EEST). Follow @asdsdeath.bsky.social and sign up to the newsletter for updates.
January 8, 2025 at 3:29 PM
✨ 2025 Postdoc Support Group Dates ✨ January's meeting sign-up is tinyurl.com/y2pfxa57 - 8am BST (9pm NZDT, 10am EET, 11am EEST). Follow @asdsdeath.bsky.social and sign up to the newsletter for updates.
✨ 2025 Postdoc Support Group Dates ✨ January's meeting sign-up is tinyurl.com/y2pfxa57 - 8am BST (9pm NZDT, 10am EET, 11am EEST). Follow @asdsdeath.bsky.social and sign up to the newsletter for updates.
January 8, 2025 at 3:29 PM
✨ 2025 Postdoc Support Group Dates ✨ January's meeting sign-up is tinyurl.com/y2pfxa57 - 8am BST (9pm NZDT, 10am EET, 11am EEST). Follow @asdsdeath.bsky.social and sign up to the newsletter for updates.
The 2025 SocRel call for papers is live!
Submit by 7th February 2025 to join us for the 50th anniversary conference at Durham University, 14th - 16th July.
More info at tinyurl.com/5n7z488d
Submit by 7th February 2025 to join us for the 50th anniversary conference at Durham University, 14th - 16th July.
More info at tinyurl.com/5n7z488d
December 19, 2024 at 10:56 AM
The 2025 SocRel call for papers is live!
Submit by 7th February 2025 to join us for the 50th anniversary conference at Durham University, 14th - 16th July.
More info at tinyurl.com/5n7z488d
Submit by 7th February 2025 to join us for the 50th anniversary conference at Durham University, 14th - 16th July.
More info at tinyurl.com/5n7z488d
Final @asdsdeath.bsky.social postdoc group meeting of the year is next Wednesday 11th December at 8am BST (9pm NZDT, 10am EET, 11am EEST) - I'd love to see you there! tinyurl.com/yfneczkb
December ASDS Post-doctoral Support Group
An informal support group for researchers of ageing, dying and death who have completed their doctoral studies/PhD
tinyurl.com
December 4, 2024 at 10:58 AM
Final @asdsdeath.bsky.social postdoc group meeting of the year is next Wednesday 11th December at 8am BST (9pm NZDT, 10am EET, 11am EEST) - I'd love to see you there! tinyurl.com/yfneczkb