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KANARIS THEATRE AND TOP FLOOR CLASSROOM

A two-day interdisciplinary workshop exploring how cultures across time have understood death, mourning, remembrance, and healing.

Bringing together archaeology, classics, Egyptology, museum practice, philosophy, psychotherapy, literature, and the arts, the event examines how historical conceptions of death and the afterlife, such as Iron Age funerary practices, Egyptian mortuary texts, Roman philosophical consolations, and modern literature and art, continue to shape contemporary understandings of grief, healing, and remembrance.

Talks and roundtables will focus on the following themes:

• Death, the body, and the afterlife.

• Mourning, ritual, and remembrance.

• Healing through museums, literature, and art.

Funded by University of Manchester CIDRAL Events Grant Scheme 2025/2026, the workshop will be in person at the Manchester Museum.