New Directions in the Renaissance Death Arts
- Event type
- Round table discussion
- Address
- Warburg Institute, Woburn Square, London WC1H 0AB
- Event dates
- Contact
- warburg@sas.ac.uk 020 7862 8910
Marking the publication of The Death Arts in Renaissance England: A Critical Anthology (Cambridge 2022) and Memory and Mortality in Renaissance England (Cambridge 2023), this panel discussion explains the ongoing research program informing these two books and reflects upon the significance of the death arts for current scholarship. It then proposes new directions and pathways for future research in this growing field.
DRAFT PROGRAMME:
DRAFT PROGRAMME:
- Bill Sherman (Director, Warburg Institute): Introduction
- Rory Loughnane: Memory and Mortality (vol from Warburg Symposium 2019)
- William E. Engel: Memory Arts & Death Arts, two anthologies and their afterlives
- Grant Williams: Forward looking aspects of death arts; intro to the “Love Arts”
- Questions and discussion
- Wine & cheese reception (with books available on display)
This event will take place in person in the Warburg Institute Lecture Room, and will be live-streamed via Zoom.
ATTENDANCE FREE ONLINE OR IN PERSON WITH ADVANCE BOOKING. PLACES LIMITED.
