We are pleased to share information about the workshop Dementia and Care: Thinking Beyond Personhood?, which will take place on 19 June 2026 in an online format. This event may be of particular interest to students, researchers, and professionals in the fields of anthropology, philosophy, care studies, and health.

The workshop is organised by Dr Annette Leibing (Université de Montréal), Dr Fernando Vidal (ICREA - Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies / Universitat Rovira i Virgili), and Dr Federico Zilio (Università di Padova), within the framework of the project "Human-robot interaction with older people with dementia: sociocultural and gender differences and ethical and professional implications in the use of companion robots (MyRobot)", coordinated by Dr Blanca Deusdad and Dr Fernando Vidal.

The project is supported by grant PID2023‑147169NB‑I00 from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation and is carried out in collaboration with the Università di Padova, the Université de Montréal, the Medical Anthropology Research Center (MARC URV), and the Department of Anthropology, Philosophy and Social Work at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili.