Lecture Series: Dignity at the End of Life

A new international lecture series on dignity at the end of life offers academic perspectives on euthanasia, grief, and psychological care at the end of life. It stems from the DIGNITY-EU research project, which was led by the University campus Freiburg and funded by the European university alliance EPICUR. The series serves as an example of how EPICUR funding fosters sustainable international collaboration between universities.

An overview of the lectures:

Dignity: Connecting thanatology, ethics, and spiritual care to sustain human dignity at the end of life
EPICUR project “Dignity EU” / Interdisciplinary Ethics Center, Freiburg
Tuesday, June 2, 2026, 6:30 p.m. (CEST), online

Dignity at the end of life, European perspectives
Jochen Sautermeister (Department of Moral Theology, University of Bonn)
Tuesday, July 7, 2026, 6:30 p.m. (CEST), online

Flourishing at the End of Life?
Christiane Woopen (Center for Life Ethics, University of Bonn)
Tuesday, August 4, 2026, 6:30 p.m. (CEST), online

Bereavement of young parents
Livia Sani / Marie-Frédérique Bacqué (Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Strasbourg)
Tuesday, September 1, 2026, 6:30 p.m. (CEST), online

“Till death do us part”: The emerging phenomenon of assisted double suicide
Claudia Bozzaro (Institute for Ethics, History, and Theory of Medicine, University of Münster)
Tuesday, October 6, 2026, 6:30 p.m. (CEST), online

Dignity in Spiritual Care
Eckhard Frick (Research Center for Spiritual Care, Technical University of Munich)
Tuesday, November 3, 2026, 6:30 p.m. (CET), online

Spiritual Needs of Patients
Tobias Stripp / Niels Christian Hvidt (Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark)
Tuesday, December 1, 2026, 6:30 p.m. (CET), online

How grief moved from culture to psychiatry
Marie-Frédérique Bacqué (Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Strasbourg)
Tuesday, February 2, 2027, 6:30 p.m. (CET), online

Concluding Panel
EPICUR project “Dignity EU” / Interdisciplinary Ethics Center Freiburg
Tuesday, March 2, 2027, 6:30 p.m. (CET), online