Death in Scotland from the Medieval to the Modern

28/01/2016

Getting excited already!! Check out our programme at https://goo.gl/aZiV0o

14/01/2016

Death and Identity in Scotland from the Medieval to the Modern: Beliefs, Attitudes and Practices will take place on Friday 29 January to Sunday 31 January 2016, New College, University of Edinburgh.

This is the third in a series of multi-disciplinary conferences that aim to accelerate interest and research in Scottish death studies. The theme for 2016 is death and identity.

For details of how to book: http://bit.ly/Deathandidentity The conference programme can be found online: http://www.ed.ac.uk/divinity/news-events/events/death-and-identity-in-scotland-from-the-medieval-t

This is the third in a series of multi-disciplinary conferences that aim to accelerate interest and research in Scottish death studies. The theme for 2016 is death and identity. The plenary speakers are: Christine Borland, Artist and BALTIC Professor, Northumbria U…

07/12/2015

Don't forget to check out our Twitter account at https://twitter.com/DeathinScotland!

Senaste tweets från Death in Scotland (). Information and updates about the third biennial Death in Scotland conference, to be held in Edinburgh in early 2016

07/12/2015

Death in Scotland 2016 full programme now available! Please see below, or download from: https://goo.gl/aZiV0o

Download .pdf of the full programme here: https://goo.gl/aZiV0o

07/12/2015

Download .pdf of the full programme here: https://goo.gl/aZiV0o

09/09/2015

Not too late to send us your abstracts! Email your max 200 word abstract to [email protected] by 16th October.

15/06/2015

Call for papers - the third Death in Scotland Conference will take place on Friday 29 to Sunday 31 January 2016 at New College Edinburgh. The conference takes as its theme 'death and identity'. For more information email: [email protected]

13/01/2015

"Am I dying?" The honest answer.

Matthew O’Reilly is a veteran emergency medical technician on Long Island, New York. In this talk, O’Reilly describes what happens next when a gravely hurt patient asks him: “Am I going to die?”

09/02/2014

BBC: Legal action taken over baby ashes

Parents alleging the wrongful disposal of baby ashes in Aberdeen are taking legal action against the city council at the Court of Session.

01/02/2014

Now, we've been talking about death and dying for two days already. But what do YOU want to do before you die?

A collaboration between Candy Chang and James A. Reeves, Ritual Fields is a collection of public installations, stories, and artwork that explores the possibilities of ritual in an age of distraction and flux. Home of the Before I Die project, etc.

31/01/2014

What an interesting day we've had today!

21/01/2014

A Visual Consideration of How We Relate to Death

Courtesy the Wellcome Library's new open-access repository of historical imagery.