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The Asian Conference on Aging & Gerontology

01 July / 2017

Hear the latest research. Publish before a global audience. Present in a supportive environment. Network. Experience Japan. Join a global academic community.

The International Academic Forum (IAFOR), in conjunction with its global university and institutional partners, is proud to announce The Asian Conference on Aging & Gerontology 2017 (AGen2017).

This international and...


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The IAFOR International Conference on Global Studies 2017

14 July / 2017

Barcelona is one of the most exciting cosmopolitan hubs in the Mediterranean and indeed in Europe. Well known for its architecture, from the Roman to the Contemporary, as well as its food and culture, Barcelona has a long history in hosting major international conferences in all areas of study and...


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The IAFOR International Conference on the City 2017

14 July / 2017

History has long shown an ambivalence towards the city. On the one hand, it has been the metropolis, a necessary, vital site of commerce and culture. On the other it has been​ ​considered the fallen place, at once dangerous and shadowed in crime.

This ambivalence holds across continents, from​ ​the Americas...


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New Book Publication by Lleida University (UdL) on Literary Creativity on the Older Woman Writer

26 September / 2016
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SIforAGE partner group Dedal-Lit, from University of Lleida (UdL) has recently edited a book on literary creativity with a focus on the older women writer. The book is edited by: Núria Casado Gual, Emma Domínguez Rué and Brian Worsfold and published by Bern: Peter Lang, 2016. 

Briefly, the book explores how literary studies and their associated critical theories offer a refreshing viewpoint from which humanist-oriented studies of ageing may be re-conceptualized, and an integrated view of ageing and gender can be developed. This volume builds on the work of seminal authors in the field of literary gerontology, while it also elaborates on important theories that age-critics have developed in the broader field of cultural gerontology, to present the experience of ageing, and old age in particular, as a creative phase of the life course that completes the older person's identity and, specifically, that of the older woman.

As a contrast to stereotypical views of ageing women that are still sustained in both gerontological and social domains, the essays in this collection focus on the works of eleven women writers whose careers were or have been prolonged into their old age, and whose later literary creativity reveals fascinating aspects about both the complex, contradictory, and enriching experience of growing older, and especially of doing so as an artist and as a woman. 

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“A full life” lands in Lleida

21 September / 2016
  siforage  |  SIforAGE

The photography exhibition “A full life” by photographer Ana Portnoy continues its tour. After being exhibited for the first time in the Espai “LaCaixa” Sagrada Família, and after that in Donostia until the 15th of September, past Monday 19th of September it was inaugurated at the University of Lleida.

The event counted on the participation of Ander Errasti (project manager of the SIforAGE Project), Nuria Casado (head researcher of Group Dedal-Lit at the UdL, and member of SIforAGE), Joan Biscarri (vice rector of cultural activities and university projection), and the author herself Ana Portnoy. The opening act gathered dozens of attendants who were interested on the exhibition, the Project and/or the SIforAGE International Conference 2016.

“A full life” continues its path and will be at the University of Lleida until the 7th of October, just in time to be at the University of Barcelona on the 10th of October to welcome the Conference Day 1 and Day 2 which will take place there on the 19th and 20th of October. For now, as the last programmed exhibition, it will be in the Cultural Center CaixaForum during the End-of-Project Symposium on the 21st of October.

Do not miss the chance to visit this unprecedented and unique exhibition which perfectly transmits the reality of Active and Healthy Ageing. You can watch below a glimpse of what happened during the inauguration. 

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SIforAGE about to release its third and final spot

15 September / 2016
  siforage  |  SIforAGE

The SIforAGE International Conference 2016 is approaching and with it the end of the Project. That is why next 25th of September, SIforAGE will release its third and final spot, which aims at showing the journey of SIforAGE during those last 4 years of development, and how it will culminate with the SIforAGE International Conference 2016 during the 19th, 20th and 21st of October in Barcelona.

This last promotional short will serve for the audience to see what has been done until now, and what do the members of the Project expect for the future. This multimedia content will be part of the next wave of dissemination related to the SIforAGE International Conference 2016, aimed at the audience which already knows the Project, as well as to new interested people who wants to know more.

With the slogan “Working for a better tomorrow starting today”, the spot will be uploaded to the Project’s YouTube channel and disseminated through the social networks and the two official websites of SIforAGE and the SIforAGE International Conference 2016. 

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SIforAGE International Conference 2016 official website now available in Catalan and Spanish

11 September / 2016
  siforage  |  SIforAGE

(ENG) Those who have been following the most recent posts of SIforAGE in its social networks, have been able to see that the SIforAGE International Conference 2016 official website is now available in Catalan and Spanish.

Giving the chance to read the website contents both in Catalan and Spanish it is expected to reach a greater local audience and so the ones already interested in the Project and its Conference can easily access to all the information about the event.

The SIforAGE International Conference 2016 will take place in Barcelona, Spain, during the 19th, 20th and 21st of October. We are looking forward to welcome national and international attendees!

(CA) Aquells qui han estat seguint les publicacions més recents de SIforAGE a les seves xarxes socials, han pogut veure que la web oficial de la SIforAGE International Conference 2016 està ara disponible en català i castellà.

Donant l’oportunitat de llegar els continguts de la web tant en català com en castellà, s’espera arribar a una major audiència local i que així els interessats en el Projecte i la seva Conferència puguin accedir fàcilment a tota la informació sobre l’esdeveniment.

La SIforAGE International Conference 2016 tindrà lloc a Barcelona, Espanya, durant el 19, 20 i 21 d’octubre. Estem desitjant rebre a convidats nacionals i internacionals!

(ES) Aquellos quien han sido siguiendo las publicaciones más recientes de SIforAGE en sus redes sociales, han podido ver que la web oficial de la SIforAGE International Conference 2016 está ahora disponible en catalán y castellano.

Dando la oportunidad de legar los contenidos de la web tanto en catalán como en castellano, se espera llegar a una mayor audiencia local y que así los interesados en el Proyecto y su Conferencia puedan acceder fácilmente a toda la información sobre el acontecimiento.

La SIforAGE International Conference 2016 tendrá lugar en Barcelona, España, durante el 19, 20 y 21 de octubre. ¡Estamos deseando recibir a invitados nacionales e internacionales!

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SIforAGE publishes an article in the scientific magazine Neurama

10 September / 2016
  siforage  |  SIforAGE

Last 20th of June, the scientific magazine Neurama held an article written by Ander Errasti, Cristina Astier, Oriol Castro, Elena Urdaneta and Javier Tejada. The informative paper presents the results obtained during the four years development of the European Project SIforAGE. It also informs about the SIforAGE International Conference 2016, which will be held in Barcelona on the 19th, 20th and 21st of October. 

The article is divided in three sections. Section I introduces the justification and framework of the Project. Section II presents the project’s results grouped in the three main areas in which it has focused: (1) social responsibility of research on ageing, (2) evidence-based policy-making on ageing and (3) social awareness as a mean for a “Society for All Ages”. Each of the parts includes the most relevant outcomes of the project as well as some of the materials generated and published within the SIforAGE project. Finally, Section III presents the most outstanding features of the SIforAGE International Conference 2016 (Barcelona, 19th-21st October). The goal is to close the SIforAGE project opening new paths towards the construction of an Active and Healthy future for all the elderly people. 

You can read the whole article here.

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