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European Network in Aging Studies

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The European Network in Aging Studies (ENAS) is an association of researchers concerned with the study of cultural aging. It facilitates international and interdisciplinary collaboration among Aging Studies scholars at all career levels, most notably in the humanities and social sciences. The network promotes academic research on cultural dimensions of human aging. Among others this includes research on cultural narratives and popular (self-)images of aging and old age and their histories, literary and other artistic representations of aging and old age, as well as collective memory, and media and policy discourses on aging and old age. Furthermore, it encompasses research on generational identities; intersections of age with other social categories such as gender, sexuality, ethnicity, religion or belief, (dis)ability, or class; the social meaning and organization of life course transitions such as retirement or relocation; and people’s aging experiences in...

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The authors thank Aagje Swinnen (University of Maastricht/University of Humanistic Studies, Utrecht, the Netherlands) for her assistance in preparing this entry.

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  1. Center for Inter-American Studies, University of Graz, Graz, Austria

    Ulla Kriebernegg & Barbara Ratzenboeck

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  1. Ulla Kriebernegg
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  1. Population Division, UN Dept of Economic Social Affairs Population Division, New York, NY, USA

    Danan Gu

  2. School of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, USA

    Matthew E. Dupre

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  1. Population Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations, New York, NY, USA

    Danan Gu

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Kriebernegg, U., Ratzenboeck, B. (2019). European Network in Aging Studies. In: Gu, D., Dupre, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69892-2_838-1

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