Excited to announce that "Connective Histories of Death," a Theme Issue of Thanatos, which I've co-edited with Marta Cenedese (Turku Institute for Advanced Studies (TIAS)), will soon be out! I think it's turned out really nicely and features some great research that emerged out of the #HoD20 sympo.

Thanatos 2/2020 special issue "Connective Histories of Death" is finally out. Thank you for the guest editors-in-chief, Samira Saramo and Marta-Laura Cenedese, and all the authors. #DeathStudies #connectivehistories #history #literature #Philosophy tinyurl.com/yyq5a2uq

Povilas Dikavičius studies funeral processions in 17th century Vilnius, Lithuania and demonstrates how #deathscapes play integral roles in the negotiation of #community, belonging, and the making of the #polis. #ConnectiveHistories #Thanatos #DeathStudies tinyurl.com/yyq5a2uq

Arnar Árnason and Sigurjón Baldur Hafsteinsson’s article studies how the specific and local geographical site of the “late” Icelandic glacier Ok expanded to become a multi-sited deathscape. #ConnectiveHistories #Thanatos #DeathStudies #climatechage tinyurl.com/yyq5a2uq

Gian Luca Amadei connects the close links between new technologies for disposing of the dead and the rapid development of the urban techne in early twentieth century London. #GeorgeBernardShaw #ConnectiveHistories #Thanatos #DeathStudies tinyurl.com/yyq5a2uq

David Harrap and Emily Collins suggest that a two-part ars moriendi framework for the spiritual side of #hospicecare may hold a key to facilitating and supporting “dying free” and “dying well” today. #ConnectiveHistories #Thanatos #DeathStudies tinyurl.com/yyq5a2uq

Jacqueline Holler studies the emotions around death and dying and the ars moriendi in Early Colonial New Spain. #ConnectiveHistories #Thanatos #DeathStudies tinyurl.com/yyq5a2uq

Immanuel Mifsud's poetic intervention gives readers the opportunity to engage with the thoughts of a dying man—as envisioned by the poet—in both the original Maltese and the translated English. #ConnectiveHistories #Thanatos #DeathStudies tinyurl.com/yyq5a2uq

I am pleased to announce that "Connective Histories of Death" is now out & open access! This special issue of Thanatos, which I co-edited with Marta Cenedese (Turku Institute for Advanced Studies (TIAS)), has 7 new and exciting contributions to #DeathStudies #DeathHist. thanatos-journal.com