Few concepts travel as widely across aging research as “narrative,” yet what scholars mean by it, and what they ask it to do, varies from field to field. This panel treats narrative as a “boundary object” (Star and Griesemer): a concept flexible enough to serve critical gerontology and social theory as well as literary age studies. The three panelists ask what the term means within their respective fields, and what is gained when these perspectives meet. Following brief individual contributions, the panel turns to open discussion. Eva-Maria Trinkaus considers “storied” lives and the role of (auto)fiction in how aging selves narrate themselves, while Ulla Kriebernegg turns to the literary concept of narrative – narrativity as an aesthetic category – in fiction and film. Stephen Katz, in turn, draws on Jaber Gubrium’s concept of narrative practice in social theory and its application to aging. Together, the contributions explore the possibilities and limits of an interdisciplinary approach to narrative and aging. Hosted by the GSA Humanities, Arts, and Cultural Gerontology Advisory Panel.