Call for papers 'Death and Identity in Scotland' conference: deadline 16 October 2015
'Death and Identity in Scotland from the Medieval to the Modern: Beliefs, Attitudes and Practices' conferencewill take place on Friday 29 January to Sunday 31 January 2016, New College, University of Edinburgh.
This is the third in a series of conferences that aims to accelerate interest and research into Scottish death studies. The theme for 2016 is death and identity. Papers are particularly welcome on:
- The Effect of the Reformation upon Scottish Death practices & beliefs
- Death in the Scottish Diaspora
- Folklore, customs & rituals
- Death, grief & mourning
- Death, poverty, age, gender & status
- Architecture, landscapes & monuments
- Death in literature & the visual arts
- Legal & medical aspects of death
- Theology, liturgy & the funeral ministry
Established research and work-in-progress welcomed. Send abstracts of no more than 200 words by 16 October 2015 to: [log in to unmask]
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