This interdisciplinary research conference aims to explore the temporal aspects of the end of life and the temporal dimensions of dying and death. In doing so, the diverse temporal questions surrounding the end of life and its time-related challenges of an ethical, social, psychological, theological, historical and cultural nature will be examined.

Under discussion are attitudes, practices, problems and ways of dealing with the time of dying, including: Is there an ideal time to die? How are temporal aspects of assisted suicide addressed in literature? What happens when death comes too soon and a child dies? Or when the process of dying is prolonged, as in the case of dementia? And what did earlier generations think about the time of dying?

Further information is available on the conference website:

https://www.ethik.uzh.ch/de/ise/veranstaltungen/2026/Zeit-des-Sterbens.html

Date:

Donnerstag, 18. Juni, 13 Uhr bis 17.45 Uhr

Freitag, 19. Juni, 08.30 Uhr bis 17:15 Uhr

Venue:

Faculty of Theology and the Study of Religion, Room 200

Kirchgasse 9, 8001 Zürich

Registration:

The conference is open to all members of the public free of charge; please register by 10 June