CO-SPONSORSHIP: Death, Dying, and Beyond Unit and Religion and Memory Unit

The Death, Dying, and Beyond Unit and the Religion and Memory Unit invite proposals on the theme "The Afterlives of Memory." How do we preserve the memories of those who are dying? How do we preserve the memories of the dead—both about the deceased and the memories they held? What happens when memory itself dies? And how are ghost stories and other “scary histories” of monsters or ghouls reflect a kind of haunting memory? We welcome papers and panels that examine the material culture and immaterial processes of the afterlives of memory, as well as theoretical studies reflections on what memory’s afterlives tell us about their social and political contexts.