One of the best bits of my job is getting to work with wonderful scholars - @sarahhuque.bsky.social writes here on work she has led, + some we are doing together #suicidecultures #discoveringliveability - finding joy in collaborative, qualitative approaches, even when studying #suicide

Suicide Cultures and the Sociology of Suicide Symposium A two-day symposium at the University of Edinburgh 6-7th May 2025

Next week (6-7th) is our @wellcometrust.bsky.social supported symposium on #suicidecultures and the #sociology of suicide! We've got a diverse and exciting programme of speakers & roundtable discussions. We'll be providing remote access to many of the talks 👇
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Beyond excited to see what this edited collection becomes!

See full CFP below - we (@jeffreyansloos.bsky.social @carolinelenette.bsky.social Jennifer White + me) are working to make space for different kinds of (critical) suicide studies

#suicidecultures @d-liveability.bsky.social #critsui

Lots to think about so far @suicideresearchsym.bsky.social - looking forward to sharing emerging #suicidecultures work on materiality, emotions, and structures tomorrow in Oral Session 20!

Hybrid Seminar Series with Caroline Lenette and Achol Arop 'Collaborative explorations of suicide from refugee perspectives'

Our next #suicidecultures seminar: @carolinelenette.bsky.social + Achol Arop reflect on a recent publication addressing South Sudanese youth advocates perspectives on suicide via poetic/reflexive inquiry www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/13...

12th May, 9am UK time

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Ethnicity Statistics as Tricky Tools in “Post-Racial” Britain: Celebrating the Lives and Obscuring the Deaths of Mixed-Race Populations | Catalyst: Feminism, Theory, Technoscience

📰New paper from @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded #suicidecultures PhD researcher (and now postdoctoral researcher with @d-liveability.bsky.social) Emily Yue.

The paper considers statistics about ethnicity as 'tricky tools' in suicide prevention work 👇

catalystjournal.org/index.php/ca...

Hybrid Seminar Series with Kamesha Spates The Price of Strength: Understanding Suicide Among Black Women Through a Black Feminist Lens

Next #suicidecultures seminar is with Kamesha Spates!

'The Price of Strength: Understanding Suicide Among Black Women Through a Black Feminist Lens'

25th March, 2pm UK time

Kamesha will be online, + you can attend online OR in person if in/near Edinburgh 👇

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Final day to submit an abstract or application to attend our Sociology of Suicide symposium @ Edinburgh, 6-7th May, with @annamueller.bsky.social and @sethabrutyn.bsky.social + several of the #SuicideCultures + @d-liveability.bsky.social teams

blogs.ed.ac.uk/suicide-cult...

A blog from me about our #suicidecultures online seminars past and future, and some early plans for something similar but different as part of our work on #DiscoveringLiveability

Powerful review of Alexandre Baril's Undoing Suicidism, by Ruth Pearce, in Symbolic Interaction

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Relevant to #suicidecultures + @d-liveability.bsky.social

Call for papers and participation: Suicide Cultures and the Sociology of Suicide (6th-7th of May 2025) – Suicide Cultures: Reimagining Suicide Research

Call for papers and participation - #SuicideCultures and the Sociology of Suicide, a 2 day symposium at the University of Edinburgh 6-7th May

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Looking forward to our next #suicidecultures seminar - w/ Dr Kamesha Spates (University of Pittsburgh) -

'The Price of Strength: Understanding Suicide Among Black Women Through a Black Feminist Lens'

25th March, 2pm UK time

Sign up to attend here:
events.bookitbee.com/suicide-cult...

Call for papers and participation: Suicide Cultures and the Sociology of Suicide (6th-7th of May 2025) – Suicide Cultures: Reimagining Suicide Research

Suicide Cultures and the Sociology of Suicide, University of Edinburgh 6-7th May 2025

blogs.ed.ac.uk/suicide-cult...

Sociologically inclined + working on suicide? You can apply to hang out with @annamueller.bsky.social + @sethabrutyn.bsky.social and the #suicidecultures team for 2 days

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

Top of my reading pile this week:

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New paper from Sigita Doblyte (former visiting researcher w/ #suicidecultures)

From Public Culture to Personal Worth: A Sociological Inquiry into the Cultural Roots of Suicide

Research Fellow (Suicide Cultures) at The University of Edinburgh Apply now for the Research Fellow (Suicide Cultures) role on jobs.ac.uk - the leading job board for higher education jobs. View details.

Two roles still open for applications with our team:

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKY615/r... - closing 13.1.25 - joining the Discovering Liveability team, focus on activism in/as suicide prevention

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLB203/r... - closing 20.1.25 - joining the #suicidecultures team

About to sign off after a busy year, and looking forward to an even busier one!

New teaching, new team members and new research! And while our new project (Discovering Liveability) gears up, #suicidecultures is still ongoing, with a super-cool set of speakers for our final year of online seminars 👇

Jarring Encounters: Discomfort, Disruption, and Dominant Narratives of Suicide - Rebecca Helman, Sarah I. Huque, Amy Chandler, 2024 In researching experiences and understandings of suicide bereavement across diverse communities in Scotland, we expected to hear difficult, distressing, and pai...

New publication from the #suicidecultures team

'Jarring Encounters: Discomfort, Disruption, and Dominant Narratives of Suicide' in #Qualitative Health Research

Led by former Research Fellow, Rebecca Helman

#suicideresearch #affect

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Chapter 20 Embodiment and space in understandings of suicide and self- harm

Latest publication from #suicidecultures team - #openaccess courtesy of Wellcome

"Embodiment and space in understandings of suicide and self-harm"

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Collaborative effort with the whole team, thanks to a lovely invite to contribute from Louise Boyle.