Making Sense of Death
Death is universal, but how cultures across time and space understand and experience death is not. Carrie and Alexis explore how ancient and contemporary cultures use the senses to make sense of death.
Date: 25 June 2019, 12:30 (Tuesday, 9th week, Trinity 2019)
Venue: Ashmolean Museum, Beaumont Street OX1 2PH
Venue Details: Meet in Gallery 27 (Ground Floor)
Speakers: Carrie Ryan (University of Oxford), Alexis Gorby (University of Oxford)
Organising department: The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH)
Organisers: Hugo Shakeshaft (University of Oxford), Helena Guzik (University of Oxford)
Part of: Talking Sense Gallery Talks
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Booking required?: Not required
Audience: Public
Editor: Helena Guzik