The third Virtual Colloquium will take place on the 21st November 2025 and the call for papers is now open. We invite papers on places and practices relating to disposing the dead including burial, cremation and other technologies. Papers are expected to fall within social science and humanities disciplines, demonstrate theoretical engagement and include empirical data. As always, with the Colloquium, this is a particularly supportive environment for postgraduate students and postdocs. Each paper will have a thirty-minute time slot: presenters are expected to speak for around twenty minutes, to allow time for questions.

We encourage submissions from around the world, and panels will be organised to accommodate a range of time zones. All presentations must be in English.

Please submit your abstract using the google form here. The deadline for submission is 1^st October 2025. Tickets will be available via the CRG website from 11^th October.

All abstracts from last year’s Virtual Colloquium can be found here. 

If you have any questions about the event, please get in touch: julierugg36@gmail.com