This looks like a great opportunity for students working on matters relevant to multinational, transcultural, and global nursing care. Like Anthropology and Aging, it is open-access, fast, and peer-reviewed! CALL FOR PAPERS The International Journal of Nursing Student Scholarship (IJNSS) was created to provide the opportunity for undergraduate and graduate nursing students to publish their […]
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AAGE member panels at the IUAES Inter-Congress, May 15-18, 2014 in Chiba, Japan
The International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Studies will be holding its annual Inter-Congress in Chiba, Japan from May 15-18. It will be held in conjunction with the 50th anniversary meeting of JASCA (Japanese Association of Social and Cultural Anthropology). According to the IUAES Commission on Aging and the Life Course, co-chaired by Leng Leng […]
AAGE at AAA 2014, Washington DC, December 3-7 2014
April 15th is the deadline for submitting poster and panel abstracts for the 113th AAA Annual Meeting. The theme of the meeting is “Producing Anthropology,” which, the Program Chairs note, also produces a wealth of questions about anthropology: “what are our epistemological commitments to the ways we make scientific knowledge today? What impact do our […]
New Book: UNFORGOTTEN Love and the Culture of Dementia Care in India Bianca Brijnath
UNFORGOTTEN: Love and the Culture of Dementia Care in India Bianca Brijnath Announcing Volume 2, Life Course, Culture and Aging: Global Transformations series edited by Jay Sokolovsky in cooperation with AAGE. Bianca Brijnath’s first book, “Unforgotten: Love and Culture of Dementia Care in India” is due for release in July 2014. Here is what readers […]
Aging in an Age of Climate Change: Part 4, by Janelle Christensen
Janelle Christensen, PhD, MPH (AAGE member since 2006). Janelle’s research interests lie at the intersection of disaster management and aging studies, exploring how community dwelling families respond to emergency preparedness and disaster planning while simultaneously providing care for family members with Alzheimer’s disease. She completed both PhD in Applied Biocultural Medical Anthropology and a Masters […]
Aging in an Age of Climate Change: Part 3, by Janelle Christensen
Janelle Christensen, PhD, MPH (AAGE member since 2006). Janelle’s research interests lie at the intersection of disaster management and aging studies, exploring how community dwelling families respond to emergency preparedness and disaster planning while simultaneously providing care for family members with Alzheimer’s disease. She completed both PhD in Applied Biocultural Medical Anthropology and a Masters […]
Aging in an Age of Climate Change: Part 2
On March 11, 2011, an unusually strong earthquake off the coast of northeastern Japan produced a tsunami that in some places reached as high as 40 meters. The massive wave crashed across the coastal towns, carrying massive boats and buildings before sweeping back out to sea, in an instance transforming the landscape into a wasteland. […]
Margaret Clark Award For Student Papers: Deadline June 1, 2014
Award Competition AAGE is invites graduate and undergraduate students to submit papers of interest to anthropology and gerontology to compete for the Margaret Clark Award. This award supports the continued pursuit of work following the example of Margaret Clark, a pioneer in the multidisciplinary study of socio-cultural gerontology and medical anthropology, and a scholar committed […]
“Aging in an Age of Climate Change” (Part 1)
Several of us have been involved in research around aging and climate change (enough for a special issue of Aging and Anthropology Perhaps? or a workshop?). When one considers the way aging is taking place around the world, and then looks at the effects of global climate change on the world`s populations, it is difficult […]
Global Aging Forum at GSA Annual Scientific Meeting, Nov. 24
PDF of this Flyer: FINAL Global Aging Forum at 2013 GSA-flyer Sun, Nov 24 I 11:45 am-5:00 pm I Sheraton Hotel, Oak Alley Room I $30 (Lunch included). Focus on transnational research and educational efforts concerning global aging and health. A stellar cast of speakers will advance our understanding of ongoing activities and outline future […]