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​March 19-20, 2024 - Queens Building, Emmanuel College, Cambridge, England

We invite you to a unique conference: a collaboration between the the University of the Third Age (Cambridge), the Creative Ageing Special Interest Group of the British Society of Gerontology, the Association for Narrative Research and Practice, and the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Narrative, St. Thomas University, Canada. This event will be hosted at  Queens Building Emmanuel College, Cambridge, England. 
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This two-day event will explore the idea of later life as a time for intentionally growing old and not just getting old, for discovery and not only decline.  It will look into the limits and possibilities of a vision of aging as ADVENTURE
​(e.g., outward, backward, inward, etc.), as opposed to the sad, slow tragedy according to which for many, old and young, it can be implicitly perceived.  
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Keynote addresses and individual presentations are aimed at fostering interdisciplinary conversation in order to “test out”, so to speak, such a counter-intuitive notion.  These include:  narrative gerontology, critical gerontology, developmental psychology, psychotherapy, sociology, dementia care, palliative care, spirituality, creativity, political activism, lifelong learning, life-writing, literature, theatre, and the arts.

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Confirmed presenters & keynote speakers include: ​

KEYNOTE: Molly Andrews - Honorary Professor of Political Psychology at University College London

KEYNOTE: Emily Bradfield - Founder of Creative Ageing Special Interest Group, British Society of Gerontology

KEYNOTE: Bill Randall - Emeritus Professor of Gerontology (STU); Visiting Fellow, Emmanuel College

Del Lowenthal - Emeritus Professor of Psychotherapy and Counselling, University of Roehampton

Karen Skerrett - Clinical psychologist; affiliate of University of Chicago and Northwestern University

Albert Banerjee - Research Chair in Community Health and Aging, St. Thomas University

Matte Robinson - Associate Professor and Chair of English, St. Thomas University

Melanie Lovatt - Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Stirling

Oddgeir Synnes - Professor of Health Humanities at VID Specialized University, Oslo, Norway

Laura Davies - Lecturer in Literature, Kings College Cambridge; Director of Good Death Project

Sarah Hopkins - Geriatrics Society Doctoral Research Fellow Primary Care Unit, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge.

Simon Noah Etkind - Assistant Professor of Palliative Care, University of Cambridge

Father Lee Taylor - Priest-in-Charge | Llangollen Group of Churches | Valle Crucis, Wales, UK