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On Ageing - A Colloquium with Prof Ilit Ferber (Tel Aviv University) - 12th April

Date: Friday 12th April 2024

Time: 3:00pm to 5:00pm

Venue: Waldegrave Drawing Room, St Mary’s University and Online via Zoom

Jean Améry and the Ageing Body

This colloquium features a discussion on the process of bodily ageing, in experiences of movement and limit. Drawing on her recent research on Jean Améry’s 1968 book On Aging: Revolt and Resignation, Prof. Ilit Ferber (Tel Aviv University) will explore Améry's phenomenological engagement with one of the most natural and inevitable processes, the process of getting old. Améry uniquely approaches aging from five different perspectives: time, body, social aging, culture, and the imminent approach of death. This lecture will focus on the second perspective: the aging body.

The presentation will be followed with Q&A, and a reflection by Maggie Doherty, Director of the Centre for the Art of Living and Dying Well. Drinks reception proceeds after the talk.

This event is supported by St Mary’s University, and is part of the Movement and Bodies Colloquium series, in partnership with Maison des Sciences de L’Homme, Paris Nord. It is open to all participants.

How to attend

To register for a Zoom link, please email: movandcare@gmail.com or anna.westin@stmarys.ac.uk

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