BSA Ageing, Body and Society Study Group 7th Annual Conference: Ageing and Culture, Manchester

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BSA Ageing, Body and Society Study Group 7th Annual Conference: Ageing and Culture
Friday 26th February 2016
MICRA, University of Manchester

This year the Ageing, Body and Society study group is holding its annual day conference in Manchester, in collaboration with MICRA, University of Manchester. The theme of the day is Ageing and Culture. We will also be celebrating the publication of The Routledge Handbook of Cultural Gerontologyhttps://www.routledge.com/products/9780415631143

We are delighted to welcome a keynote address by Professor Andy Bennett (Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia) entitled ‘Music Scenes and Ageing Bodies’ and a plenary panel on Cultural Gerontology.

Our aim is to bring together academics and researchers from the arts and humanities, the sociology of ageing and social gerontology to provide a critical analysis of key perspectives and debates, and consider avenues for future agendas, within the field of cultural gerontology.

Full programme and booking, and Further Information about the study group.

If you have any questions, please email events@britsoc.org.uk.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Dr Wendy Martin and Professor Julia Twigg

Convenors: BSA Ageing, Body and Society study group

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