Ageing and Society - International Interdisciplinary Conference on March 27, 2025 in Gdańsk, Poland

Conference online (via Zoom)

CFP: In 2050, according to scientists’ expectations, 17% of world population will be people aged 65 and over. There will be twice as many elderly people as today. In the light of these predictions, it is obvious that we have to change radically our viewpoint on many aspects of life. We have to re-think our attitudes toward cultural, social, political, economic, medical, and many other dimensions of the world’s near future.

  The International Interdisciplinary Conference “Ageing and Society” should become an excellent opportunity for such a reflection. Thus, we want to describe the phenomenon of aging in its multifarious manifestations: psychological, social, historical, cultural, philosophical, religious, economic, political, and many others. We also want to devote considerable attention to how this phenomenon appears in artistic practices: literature, film, theatre or visual arts. That is why we invite researchers representing various academic disciplines: anthropology, history, psychiatry, psychology, psychoanalysis, sociology, politics, philosophy, economics, law, literary studies, theatre studies, film studies, memory studies, migration studies, consciousness studies, dream studies, gender studies, postcolonial studies, medical sciences, cognitive sciences, and urban studies, to name a few.

  Different forms of presentations are encouraged, including case studies, theoretical inquiries, problem-oriented arguments or comparative analyses.

  We will be happy to hear from both experienced scholars and young academics at the start of their careers, as well as doctoral and graduate students. We also invite all persons interested in participating in the conference as listeners, without giving a presentation.

 Our repertoire of suggested topics includes but is not restricted to:

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 1. Societies:

Ageing and social exclusion

Ageism

Ageing and social policy

Ageing and urban planning

Ageing and family relations

Multi-generational families

Great-great-grandparents and great-great-grandchildren

Domestic violence

Ageing and crimes

Ageing and law

Ageing and politics

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 2. Cultural frames of aging:

History of ageing

The elderly in different parts of the world

 Multi-Cultural ageing

Cult of youth

Age and authority

Ageing and creativity

The elderly and love

The elderly and sex

Ageing and death

Ageing and trauma

Ageing and New Age

Ageing and religions

Ageing and spiritual life

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 3. Health and Caregiving:

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Geriatric medicine

Chronic disease

Physiology of ageing

Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias

Ageing and memory loss

Ageing and depression

Ageing and suicide

Euthanasia

Nursing homes

Homecare services

Family caregiving

Wellness

Elixirs of youth

Long-lived individuals

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   4. Economic Challenging

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 Ageing and employment

Economic status of the elderly

Ageing and retirement

Ageing and social security

Ageing and job security

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  5. Literature and the Arts:

​Literature for the elderly

 Elderly writers

 Elderly readers

Old-fashioned literary genres

Ageing as a theme of literature, film, theatre and fine art

Literature and the arts against age discrimination

Please submit abstracts (no longer than 300 words) of your proposed 20-minute presentation, together with a short biographical note by 7 March 2025 to: [email protected] 

Notification of acceptance will sent by 10 March 2025.

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The conference language is English.

The conference will be held virtually via Zoom. Different forms of presentation are available.