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Marie Curie 2023 Research Conference

Marie Curie Research Conference 2023: Improving End of Life for All
Marie-Curie Research Conferenece 2023 February 6-10

The Underworld and Halloween

George Alexander Gazis is Assistant Professor in Greek Literature in the Department of Classics and Ancient History. He is interested in the function of mortality and the afterlife in the Homeric Epics and early Lyric. On Halloween we explore how these ancient understandings resonate with the festivities which now take place on 31st October.
Odysseus and the Underworld

Call For Papers: From the Black Death to COVID-19: Airborne Diseases in History, Literature, and Culture

Call for papers for an upcoming virtual conference organized by Tatiana Konrad, Chantelle Mitchell, and Savannah Schaufler as part of the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) project "Air and Environmental Health in the (Post-)COVID-19 World."
Poster for: From the Black Death to COVID-19: Airborne Diseases in History, Literature, and Culture

Welcome Daniel Burrell

Welcome to the Newest Postgraduate Centre Associate
Student Daniel Burrell

Spirituality & Death international online symposium feat CDALS Director (Thurs 2nd Dec 2021)

Join CDALS Director Douglas Davies and other international experts for a free online expert-meeting on Spirituality and Death, organised by the editorial board of the journal Studies in Spirituality.
 Jheronimus Bosch, Death (Detail of The Seven Deathly Sins and the Four Last Things, 1500-1525, Prado Madrid)

Music, Monuments, and Memory Symposium (13th Nov 2021): Programme and Registration

Join us for this free one-day exploratory symposium on the relationship between Music, Monuments, and Memory.
A photograph of a single red poppy in a field in Bearpark, Durham (photograph by Matthew McCullough)

Sustainable Death Practices in Contemporary Europe Webinar (3rd Nov 2021)

Join CDALS Associates Brenda Mathijssen and Georgina Robinson for a free interactive webinar discussing the emergence of sustainable death practices in contemporary Europe.
Sustainable Death Practices Webinar with Brenda Mathijssen and Georgina Robinson, 3rd Nov 2021

Music, Monuments, and Memory Symposium (13th Nov 2021): Call for Papers

Professor Douglas Davies FBA, Director of The Centre for Death and Life Studies at Durham University, invites your interest in this one-day exploratory symposium on the relationship between Music, Monuments, and Memory.
Durham Cathedral

Research on Cremation & Burial Archives at Durham: Possible funding available

The Durham Residential Research Library is advertising Visiting Fellowships of one month in duration. The extensive archives of the British Cremation Society and the Federation of Burial and Cremation Authorities might offer one focus for a suitable applicant.
Durham Cathedral viewed from the Palace Green

Music, Mortality, and Ritual Symposium (15th May 2021): Programme and Registration

Professor Douglas Davies FBA, Director of The Centre for Death and Life Studies at Durham University, invites your interest in this one-day exploratory symposium on the relationship between Music, Mortality, and Ritual with its prime focus on Music.
Music, Mortality, and Ritual Symposium

Music, Mortality, and Ritual: A Death Studies Symposium (15th May 2021): Call for Papers

Professor Douglas Davies FBA, Director of The Centre for Death and Life Studies at Durham University, invites your interest in this one-day exploratory symposium on the relationship between Music, Mortality, and Ritual with its prime focus on Music.
Looking up at the windows of Abbey House on Palace Green, Durham