End of Life & Death Scholars
Blog topics
WE ARE LOOKING FOR BOTH SOLO BLOG POSTS AS WELL AS MULTIPART BLOG SERIES ON MORE COMPLEX TOPICS THAT REQUIRE DEEPER EXPLORATION THAN CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED IN A SINGLE BLOG.
PLEASE NOTE THAT AT THIS TIME WE CANNOT COMPENSATE YOU FOR YOUR BLOG POST. CONTRIBUTING TO OUR BLOG IS VOLUNTARY AND DEEPLY APPRECIATED BY OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM AND OUR COMMUNITY. YOU CAN LIST PUBLICATIONS ON THIS BLOG ON YOUR RESUME/CV AS WORKS OF PUBLIC SCHOLARSHIP.
EOL/DEATH SCHOLARS ARE NOT REPRESENTED BY A SINGULAR/INDIVIDUAL SCHOLAR. ALL IDEAS, PUBLICATIONS, IMAGES, AND WORDS ARE OWNED BY INDIVIDUAL AUTHORS AND DO NOT REPRESENT A CONSENSUS ACROSS THE EOL/DEATH SCHOLARS ORGANIZATION. ALL BLOG CONTENT IS GENEROUSLY PROVIDED BY SCHOLARS VOLUNTEERING TIME AND INFORMATION AT THEIR OWN DISCRETION.
We are looking for a variety of death, dying, and end-of-life communication blog content to share with our readership and community. Our blog centers around creating a space to demystify and destigmatize research about death and dying being conducted by academics (with a special emphasis on communication research, with an understanding that all death and dying research is inherently interdisciplinary).
We are interested in blogs on such topics as:
Public/applied death scholarship
Ethics and necropolitics (especially in regard to human rights, social justice, prison abolition, and liberation)
Death anxiety
Death-centered research projects
Reviews of relevant death literature/journals
Trends in current death culture
Advice on working in death industries
How To’s (How to submit to conferences, write grants for death research, etc.)
And more!
Note: The blog is meant to be a publicly accessible repository of general information -- which may sometimes redirect toward current research or places to find further reading. Bloggers may use this forum as a way to do outreach for special projects, talk about important issues in communication studies, post calls for participants, promote their published work, etc. In other words, we want the community to use this blog space to promote their scholarship and interests!
Pitch guide
SUBMIT A PITCH TO US FOR REVIEW WITH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
1.) WHAT IS THE CENTRAL ARGUMENT OR TOPIC OF YOUR BLOG?
2.) HOW WILL YOUR BLOG BENEFIT OUR AUDIENCE (MOSTLY OTHER DEATH-MINDED ACADEMICS AND PUBLIC SCHOLARS?)?
3.) WHY ARE YOU THE BEST PERSON TO WRITE THIS BLOG?
A pitch should be no longer than 500 words maximum. You may include a link to previously written work if that work is applicable as a reference for your ability. Email your pitch to eoldeathscholars@gmail or submit it using the form below and our web content team will do our best to respond to your pitch within 2-4 weeks. Please keep in mind that we are a small team of academics and scholars who contribute our work to this community on a voluntary basis.
Once someone from our web content team contacts you about moving forward with your blog, you’ll be asked to determine approximate word count and blog style as well as a timeline for writing, revising, and publication.
Blog requirements
BLOGS CAN TAKE A VARIETY OF FORMS BUT SHOULD RANGE BETWEEN 750 AND 1500 WORDS (IF YOU FEEL YOU NEED TO EXCEED THIS LIMIT, WE CAN DISCUSS CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE).
Each blog must be the author’s original content. Quoting and paraphrasing from sources with appropriate citation is encouraged. Hyperlinking is even better (we can help you with this if you do not have the experience).
We encourage the incorporation of images and other multimedia links in your blog content. Consider what images of your own you have that you would like to publish with your blog content, or suggest to us what sites we can explore to find images to share and cite that could enrich your work.
