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Call for Papers: Piecing Together Body and Death: Construction – Deconstruction – Reconstruction

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Piecing Together Body and Death: Construction – Deconstruction – Reconstruction
DAI, Cluster 3 “Body and Death. Concepts – Practices – Media”
Frankfurt am Main/hybrid, 28–30 September 2026

Submission Deadline: 31 March 2026

Cluster 3 Body and Death invites contributions that deal with the construction, deconstruction, and reconstruction of bodies, especially after death, both on a theoretical and practical level. The three-day conference will be held from 28th to 30th September at the RGK in Frankfurt (Palmengartenstraße 10–12, Frankfurt am Main).

Submissions for papers and posters are invited in English and German and should include an abstract of no more than 300 words. Oral presentations may last up to 20 minutes. Poster presentations are also encouraged; posters should be prepared in A1 format (portrait orientation). The meeting will be held in a hybrid format and will be streamed online. The abstracts should be sent to koerperundtod.sprecher@dainst.de by no later than 31.03.2026.

Kontakt
Prof. Dr. Mayke Wagner, Stellvertretende Direktorin, Leiterin der Außenstelle Peking 
Mayke.Wagner@dainst.de

The complete Call for Papers can be found at the conference website.

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