Witnessing at the end of life | End of Life Studies

Affective and Ethical Tightropes of Witnessing – Highlights from our PhD Workshop

Published on: June 26, 2018 Author: Jacqueline Kandsberger Leave a comment

One of Dame Cicely Saunders’ most enduring legacies is the importance of being present, of witnessing, at the end of life. Academic witnessing at the margins of life and death can require balancing an intense intimacy with simultaneously gaining enough distance to ‘see’ significant or representative broader concepts. What does this mean for us as… Continue reading →

Invitation to a summer postgraduate workshop on witnessing at the end of life

Published on: January 29, 2018 Author: Solveiga Zibaite Leave a comment

I’m delighted to announce that we are hosting a free postgraduate student workshop on Witnessing at the End of Life, which will take place on the 11th and 12th of June 2018. This two day workshop is designed for postgraduate students by postgraduate students. My fellow PhD student Jacqueline Kandsberger and I are organising the event… Continue reading →