The Death, Commemoration and Memory (DCM) Research Group is based within the
Topics for discussion may include, but are not limited to:
- Acts of commemoration, mourning practices and rituals
- The social aspects of individual memory, collective memories and cultural attitudes towards memory
- The ethics and etiquette of death studies: the treatment of human remains in archaeology, pathology and museum practice
- Death in the visual arts: commemoration through architectural and artistic practices
- Poetic, literary and musical interpretations of death
- The dichotomy between history and memory
- Psychological and sociological studies of bereavement
We welcome abstracts of 300 words on any aspect of the conference’s themes, accompanied by a short academic resume of 200 words maximum. Applications should be sent to dcm.ed@hotmail.co.uk with ‘DCM CONFERENCE’ as the email’s subject. Submission deadline: 12 March 2010.
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