Death in Scotland from the Medieval to the Modern

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

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

Death and identity in Scotland from the medieval to the modern: beliefs, attitudes and practices... 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…

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Death in Scotland (@DeathinScotland) | Twitter 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

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

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

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

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]

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