Dying and Death in 18th-21st Century Europe

Volume 2
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-4438-5547-1
Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 496 Seiten

Reihe: Dying and Death Studies

This book features the second selection of the most representative papers presented at the international conference “Dying and Death in 18th–21st Century Europe” (ABDD), a traditional scientific event organized every year in Alba Iulia, Romania. The book invites the reader on a fascinating journey across the last three centuries of Europe, using the concept of death as a guide.

The past and present realities of the complex phenomena of death and dying in Romania, the United Kingdom, Lithuania, Serbia, Macedonia, Poland, USA, Germany, Sweden, Finland, and Italy are dealt with by authors from varying backgrounds, including historians, sociologists, psychologists, priests, humanists, anthropologists, and doctors. This is proof that death as a topic cannot be confined to one science; the deciphering of its meanings and of the shifts it effects requires a joint, interdisciplinary effort.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Teodorescu, Adriana

Rotar, Marius

Rotar, Corina

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär

Über Autor(innen)

Marius Rotar, PhD, is a Historian and Researcher at “1 Decembrie 1918” University in Alba Iulia, Romania. He was the initiator of the international conference “Dying and Death in 18th–21st Century Europe”. He is the President of Amurg, the Romanian Cremation Association and the Romanian Association for Death Studies.

Adriana Teodorescu has a PhD in Comparative Literature, and is a Researcher at “1 Decembrie 1918” University in Alba Iulia, Romania. She is the Vice-President of the Romanian Association for Death Studies.

Corina Rotar is an Associate Professor at “1 Decembrie 1918” University in Alba Iulia, Romania, and has a PhD in Computer Science. Corina is one of the main organizers of the “Dying and Death in 18th–21st Century Europe” conference.