DORS#8: Digital Death in Context

Death Online Research Symposium 8

About the Symposium

At the 8^th International Death Online Research Symposium (DORS#8) we want to call attention to the conceptualisations, productions and uses of ‘context’ in the study of digital death.

Keynotes

1. Amanda Lagerkvist, visiting professor' Helsinki University, Finland

Concerned, critical and committed: Why are we here and what do we feel deeply about in death online research?

2. Stacey Pitsilides, associate professor, School for Design Arts and Creative Industries, Northhumbria University, Newcastle, UK

3. Katarzyna Nowaczyk-Basinska, Research Fellow, Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence at the University of Cambridge, UK Digital

Death in the Making: Who Decides, How, and Why It Matters

Call for abstracts

Time and place

Symposium Death Online Research Symposium (DORS#8)

Date: 6-8 May, 2026

Venue: Meeting Room 1 & 2 in Conference Center, Aarhus University, Fredrik Nielsensvej 2-4, 8000 Aarhus C

Ph.d. workshop

Date: 5 May

Venue: Meeting Room 1 & 2 in Conference Center, Aarhus University, Fredrik Nielsensvej 2-4, 8000 Aarhus C

Important dates

Early bird registration, March 25, 2026
Regular registration, April 20, 2026
Ph.d. workshop registration, April 20, 2026

Price and registration

Early Bird Dkr. 2.200 (Euro 295,-)
Regular Dkr. 2.900,- (Euro 390,-)
Ph.d. registration Dkr. 2.200,- (Euro 295)

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Revised 09.02.2026

Knud Holt Nielsen