Funerary customs, rites and practices related to death lie at the
intersection between the private and the public spheres. While
rites of passage in general are landmarks of an individual biography,
they are also public events, which often carry political meaning. The conference „Death in Central and Eastern Europe: Past and Present“ invites paper proposals from historians, anthropologists and
sociologists who study funerary rites in Eastern and Central Europe.
The conference focuses on the time period from the end of the 19th century to the present.

The conference has a double aim: it invites researchers to
share their empirical work with each other in individual panels and,
equally importantly, it offers a venue for developing a comparative
analytical framework for understanding the commonalities and
differences in the development of funerary rites and practices in the
region.

Proposals for individual (20 minute) papers or panels consisting of
three presentations are invited.

Please submit a 300 word abstract per paper and a cv to
Helena.Toth@lrz.uni-muenchen.de.

The deadline for submissions is December 15th; notifications of the
acceptance of papers by the end of the calendar year.